Controversy over false reviewer quotes in

TapTechNews August 26th news, the recently highly anticipated science fiction movie Megalopolis has sparked controversy due to false reviewer quotes in its trailer. After investigation, it was confirmed that these false quotes were generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The trailer was pulled down a few hours after its release.

According to Deadline, Eddie Egan, the person in charge of the trailer's promotional materials for this film, has been removed from his position. After investigation, it was confirmed that these quotes were not intentionally fabricated by Egan or the film studio Lionsgate, but the result of AI generation. These false quoted contents claimed to be the critics of director Francis Ford Coppola's past works, such as evaluating The Godfather as a loose, narcissistic film, and calling Apocalypse Now an epic junk. However, the truth is just the opposite, and these comments originally gave high praise to these films.

TapTechNews noticed that the phenomenon of AI generating false content is not a new thing. AI systems can generate smooth and confident text, but often lack factual accuracy. Even the development company of AI products itself has fallen into a similar trap and made factual errors in the official demonstration.

Due to insufficient understanding of the limitations of AI-generated content, many people have mistakenly believed the false information generated by AI. For example, the lawyer of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen once submitted a legal document that cited several non-existent court cases. The lawyer of Colombian airline has also made the same mistake. In addition, Fugees rapper Pras Michel lost in a federal conspiracy case, one of the reasons being that his lawyer submitted an AI-generated closing statement.