Swedish TV show 'Historieätarna' season delayed after AI agent reportedly deleted footage
An unsupervised AI agent, intended to clean up files for the Swedish public broadcaster SVT, reportedly deleted all raw footage and edited clips for the upcoming season of the popular show "Historieätarna". This incident, confirmed by SVT's head of programming Mikael Österby, has forced the broadcaster to delay the new season from its planned autumn release to spring 2025. While SVT attributes the data loss to the AI, some outlets frame the claim with skepticism.
3 articles from 3 outlets covered this story. Their coverage differs on 1 point. The underlying claim is sourced from a press release.
What do all outlets agree on?
3 outlets covered “Swedish TV show 'Historieätarna' season delayed after AI agent reportedly deleted footage”. All of them report the following:
- Swedish public broadcaster SVT
- Show 'Historieätarna' (The History Eaters)
- Unsupervised AI agent
- AI was tasked with cleaning up files
- AI deleted all raw footage and edited clips
- SVT's head of programming, Mikael Österby, confirmed the incident
- New season delayed from autumn to spring 2025
Did outlets disagree about this?
Yes. Coverage of “Swedish TV show 'Historieätarna' season delayed after AI agent reportedly deleted footage” differs on 1 point. Each account below is how a different outlet described the same event:
The AI agent was directly responsible for the deletion.
Which outlets covered this?
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