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Netflix Doc ‘What Jennifer Did’ Uses AI Images to Create False Historical Record


Documentary filmmakers were publishing guidelines on how to ethically use generative AI right as Netflix’s true crime doc was adding fake images to the historical record.

A primary concern for Petrucelli, Jenkins, and Antell, longtime documentary filmmakers and co-founders of the Archival Producers Alliance (APA), is to avoid a situation in which AI-generated images make their way into documentaries without proper disclosure, creating a false historical record. These images offer a stark contrast to how the audience sees Pan for most of the film: quiet, shaken, and under the harsh lighting of an interrogation room. Subscribe Free members get access to posts like this one along with an email round-up of our week's stories.

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