The trick: Rented Halo
The edited season really vanished, and the premiere moved to 2027.
The rogue AI agent comes from unnamed sources. TV4's own check says the human factor, not AI.
An unsupervised AI agent deleted a TV show's whole edited season.
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Gizmodo reports Aftonbladet cited unnamed sources for the AI agent. Euronews says TV4's head of programmes Mia Lindqvist denied an AI agent was responsible, and the 22 November premiere moved to 2027. TV4 told Aftonbladet its investigation found the human factor, not AI, per Gizmodo. Futurism notes that wording falls short of ruling out AI, and reports the backup did not work.
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Receipts
- Supports gizmodo.com:
citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, that an AI agent deleted the edited version of the show’s upcoming second season
- Context euronews.com:
pushing the planned 22 November premiere back to 2027
- Refutes euronews.com:
Mia Lindqvist denied that an AI agent was responsible
- Context euronews.com:
TV4 said all the original footage of the show remains available but the season must be edited again from scratch.
- Refutes gizmodo.com:
TV4 later told Aftonbladet that its investigation found the material disappeared because of “the human factor” at the production company and “not AI.”
- Context futurism.com:
falls short of ruling out AI involvement
- Context futurism.com:
their backup didn’t work and that means they have to recut everything from scratch
- Refutes nyadagbladet.se:
Hon säger i stället att problemet var en backup som inte höll.
- Context nyadagbladet.se:
Pressansvarige Ludvig Ternstedt beskriver det som ett tekniskt haveri.
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