The article says AI-generated content has become nearly impossible to avoid online. Platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok have expanded authentication efforts and increasingly label AI-made images, videos, and music. The author argues that labels are not enough: if platforms can identify AI content, they should give users controls to filter or reduce it.
Tribeca Festival will premiere Dreams of Violets, a 75-minute AI-generated film. The fictional dramatization depicts the Iranian government’s mass killing of protestors in January, with its people and images fully created by AI. The reported $2,000 production cost makes the project notable less as a tool launch than as a cultural and ethical signal for AI-made cinema.