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How accurate are the viral TikTok AI POV lab history videos?

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76% Informative

AI-generated videos showing the points of view of people waking up in different historical time periods have gone viral on TikTok .

Historians have shared concerns about the accuracy of the content and whether AI can truly resurrect the past.

Dan and Hogne are the creators behind two of the accounts - POV Lab and Time Traveller POV.

Dan says his videos are not meant to be taken as pure historical fact and encourage viewers to research history.

Prof Frood has concerns that the videos haven't been created accurately or reliably.

She thinks the viral nature of these videos is less about their historical content and more about the public's fascination with AI itself.

She says a concerning inaccuracy in the video is that the retractor is based on images from after the disaster rather than before.

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72

Informative language

65

Neutral language

77

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informal

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English

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50

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not offensive

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not hateful

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medium-lived

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