it Home According to news on August 26, the recently high-profile science fiction film "Megalopolis" has caused controversy due to the false quotes from film critics in its trailer. An investigation confirmed that the false quotes were generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The trailer was taken down hours after it was posted.
According to "Deadline", the person in charge of promotional materials for the film's trailer, Eddie Egan, has been dismissed. After investigation, it was confirmed that these quotes were not intentionally forged by egan or the film studio Lionsgate, but were the result of AI generation. These false quotes claimed to be film critics' criticism of director Francis Ford Coppola's past works, such as evaluating "The Godfather" as a "loose, narcissistic movie" and calling "Apocalypse Now" "a... An epic piece of trash." However, the opposite is true and these reviews were originally very praising of these films.
it House noticed that the phenomenon of AI generating false content is nothing new. AI systems are capable of producing smooth, confident text, but often lack the factual accuracy of . Even the companies that develop AI products themselves have fallen into similar traps, making factual errors in official presentations.
Due to a lack of understanding of the limitations of AI-generated content, many people mistakenly believe in false information generated by AI. For example, lawyers for former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen filed a legal document citing multiple non-existent court cases. Avianca's lawyers made the same mistake. Elsewhere, fugees rapper Pras Mitchell lost a federal conspiracy case, in part because her attorneys submitted an AI-generated closing statement.
