AI agent reportedly deleted edited files of Swedish show The Challenge Sverige
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Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports that production company Mastiff let an AI agent into the server for The Challenge Sverige, and the agent deleted the show's edited files, which had been due to premiere November 22.
Aftonbladet's sources say the deletion could not be recovered. The premiere has been delayed to 2027 after what TV4, the channel set to air the show, calls a "technical breakdown" that caused the files to be deleted. TV4 has not said that an AI agent caused the loss.
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AIThe Challenge Sverige, set to premiere November 22, has been delayed to 2027 after its edited files were deleted in a "technical breakdown," according to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. Aftonbladet's sources say an AI agent was let into the server and deleted the entire show with no way to recover it. Broadcaster TV4 confirmed only the technical breakdown, not an AI agent's role.
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