2023-10-26
20 分钟Before we start, a warning.
This episode contains material some people may find distressing.
If you've been on TikTok lately, you may have seen them.
Stop scrolling and listen to my terrible story.
Videos of strange looking animated children desperate for your attention.
Brace yourself for a harrowing journey through a story of unimaginable sadness, where the echoes of suffering resonate in every word.
They all have a harrowing tale to tell.
Children who describe how they were murdered by strangers.
Babies who say they were tortured to death.
The darkness I endured haunts me to this day.
The memories of the abuse, the fear and the pain are etched into my being.
Some of these figures may appear a bit cartoonish, but each of them represents a real life tragedy that happened.
So how have these videos of dead children being created?
The answer is AI artificial intelligence.
They're entirely computer generated.
The faces, the voices, the words, all created using AI software, but with their stories based on actual events.
Some of these videos have millions of views, but grieving relatives say they should never have been made.
So what's going on.
Ed?
I'm Ed Mayne and this is the first episode of Extreme, a new series from BBC Trending.