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Polish Radio Station Replaces Human Hosts with AI-Generated Presenters to Simulate Interviewing Deceased Poet Wisława Szymborska
- Occurred
- Oct 21, 2024
- Published
- Oct 28, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
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.
Developers
- OpenAI
- ElevenLabs
- Leonardo AI
Deployers
- Off Radio Krakow
- Mariusz Marcin Pulit
Harmed parties
- Lukasz Zaleski
- Mateusz Demski
- Wisława Szymborska
- Off Radio Krakow audience
- Off Radio Krakow employees
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: AI-generated audio and text used to simulate a deceased poet, causing job losses and public backlash.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8