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A ‘True Crime’ Documentary Series Has Millions of Views. The Murders Are All AI-Generated


The creator of a viral "true crime" series where the murders were all invented by AI explains how he did it.

The tips were all reacting to a YouTube video with a shocking title: "Husband's Secret Gay Love Affair with Step Son Ends in Grisly Murder.” It described a gruesome crime that apparently took place in Littleton, Colorado. Paul mapped out the formula for the genre as he watched: a scandalous affair, some brutal crime, interrogating the suspects and a stunning trial of a perpetrator to bring things home. “We terminated the channel in question for multiple violations of our Community Guidelines, including our policies covering child safety that prohibit the sexualization of minors,” Jack Malon, a YouTube spokesperson, wrote in a statement.

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