Agent-Generated Chicago-Style Video Sparks PR Controversy
KarlMuth · x · 2026-08-27
Karl Muth shared an experiment where an agent swarm, trained on a dataset of Chicago social media (including likes), was asked to create a video likely to be popular and instantly recognizable as set in Chicago. The resulting excerpt sparked discussion about a new PR problem for the city's mayor.
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