Poland's OFF Radio Fires Its Human DJs, Replaces Them With AI Personas — One 'Interviews' a Nobel Laureate Who Died in 2012. Staff Petition Gets 20,000 Signatures in 48 Hours, Station Walks It Back.
In October 2024, Krakow-based OFF Radio Kraków terminated over a dozen journalists and relaunched with three AI-generated 'presenters' targeting Gen Z. The opening broadcast featured an 'interview' with Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska — who died in 2012. The fake interview asked her about influences and got entirely fabricated quotes. Her literary estate, the Polish Journalists Association, and 20,000+ petition signers forced the station to terminate the 'experiment' within a week. The Polish government held emergency parliamentary hearings on AI in media.
Poland's OFF Radio Fires Its Human DJs, Replaces Them With AI Personas — One 'Interviews' a Nobel Laureate Who Died in 2012. Staff Petition Gets 20,000 Signatures in 48 Hours, Station Walks It Back.
In October 2024, Krakow-based OFF Radio Kraków terminated over a dozen journalists and relaunched with three AI-generated 'presenters' targeting Gen Z. The opening broadcast featured an 'interview' with Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska — who died in 2012. The fake interview asked her about influences and got entirely fabricated quotes. Her literary estate, the Polish Journalists Association, and 20,000+ petition signers forced the station to terminate the 'experiment' within a week. The Polish government held emergency parliamentary hearings on AI in media.
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