DeepfakeMedium
Megalopolis Trailer Included Fake AI-Generated Quotes Attributed to Film Critics
- Occurred
- Aug 21, 2024
- Published
- Aug 23, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Lionsgate pulled the trailer for "Megalopolis" after it was discovered to contain fake quotes from well-known film critics, generated by AI. The quotes falsely criticized Francis Ford Coppola's previous films. The incident was attributed to an error in vetting by marketing consultant Eddie Egan. Lionsgate has since parted ways with Egan and apologized to Coppola and the critics affected by the fabricated content.
Developers
- Chatbot developers
Deployers
- Lionsgate
- Eddie Egan
Harmed parties
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Pauline Kael
- Film critics
- American Zoetrope
- Lionsgate
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: AI-generated fake quotes attributed to real critics constitute synthetic media deception.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8