Blue Planet III includes cloudier footage to prove it is authentic

Summarised from Guardian World's report · Updated 24 Oct, 06:20 · Archive

The BBC's Blue Planet III deliberately includes less polished, cloudier shots to assure viewers the footage is real and not AI-generated.

The BBC's new Blue Planet III will feature deliberately cloudier and less polished footage than viewers might expect from a modern nature documentary. Producers say this approach counters growing concerns about AI fakery and assures audiences that the footage is genuinely filmed. The series returns 25 years after the first Blue Planet and nearly a decade after Blue Planet II, which highlighted plastic pollution.

Executive producer Elizabeth White said AI "makes us want to be even more authentic". She explained that footage previously excluded—such as sequences with plankton obscuring the view, boats, buoys or poor water conditions—is now being left in to demonstrate authenticity. "As AI booms we will probably lean more into the more organic", murkier and less polished footage, White said. The series includes cutting-edge technology such as the world's first underwater CCTV camera, dubbed the "stonefish" cam.

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• Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boomBBC series deliberately uses ‘more organic’ shots to assure viewers animals are not AI-generated, producers say The David Attenborough -narrated series Blue Planet III deliberately includes cloudier, less polished footage to counter AI fakery and assure viewers it is “authentic”, its producers have said. Nearly a decade after Blue Planet II shone a light on plastic pollution, and 25 years since the first Blue Planet aired, the hit BBC series is returning with more animal behaviour and cutting-edge technology, including the world’s first underwater CCTV camera – dubbed “stonefish” cam.…Guardian World · 24 Oct, 00:01

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