Polish Radio Station Replaces Human Hosts with AI-Generated Presenters to Simulate Interviewing Deceased Poet Wisława Szymborska
October 21, 2024
Polish radio station Off Radio Krakow replaced human presenters with AI-generated ones and aired a simulated interview with the deceased poet Wisława Szymborska. The AI-driven experiment aimed to attract younger listeners but led to job losses for former hosts. In response to the public backlash, the station ended its use of AI presenters.
- Alleged deployer
- off-radio-krakow, mariusz-marcin-pulit
- Alleged developer
- openai, elevenlabs, leonardo-ai
- Alleged harmed parties
- lukasz-zaleski, mateusz-demski, wislawa-szymborska, off-radio-krakow-audience, off-radio-krakow-employees
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