Feb 20 • 11:04 UTC 🇩🇪 Germany SZ

Television: AI Video in ZDF Contribution: New York Correspondent Removed

ZDF has dismissed its New York correspondent, Nicola Albrecht, for using misleading footage in a report about children's fear of arrests during ICE operations.

ZDF, a major German television network, has dismissed Nicola Albrecht, its New York correspondent, with immediate effect due to a breach of internal guidelines and journalistic standards. Albrecht, who reported for programs like 'Mittagsmagazin' and 'Heute-Journal', had used incorrect visual material in a segment aired on Sunday, which focused on children's fears concerning violent arrests by ICE. The piece included footage that misrepresented the situation, specifically a scene from a 2022 police operation in Florida that was improperly attributed, alongside a segment generated using artificial intelligence from the tool Sora, which was distinctly watermarked in the corner of the image.

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