In recent weeks, the internet has become a hotbed of misinformation. Following the announcement of the new delay for GTA VI, the web was flooded with very strange trailers. Roads that gleamed with the exact lighting from Rockstar's graphics engine, conversations between characters who never existed, and sequences that seemed to be pulled from the studio itself… but were generated by artificial intelligence.
A vast number of gamers responded then, with many accepting it outright and others making it evident that it no longer makes sense to develop a game when “la IA puede hacerlo ya todo”. What is evident is that the delay of GTA VI has created a distinct void that many are attempting to fill... And the worst part is that YouTube seems indifferent to this situation.
Uno de los primeros éxitos virales fue obra de Teaser Universe, un creador conocido por experimentar con IA visual. Su vídeo, que incluía en la descripción una advertencia explícita sobre su origen artificial, fue interpretado por millones como un tráiler filtrado. El sistema de búsqueda de Google llegó incluso a catalogarlo como “tráiler oficial”, alimentando su legitimidad.
Jeffrey Phillips, un usuario de Reddit, afirmó haber provocado que el algoritmo de Google le mostrase un falso tráiler de GTA VI simplemente tras pulsar un “botón de twerk”, parte de un experimento casero para medir la deriva del buscador. La anécdota, recogida por Kotaku, muestra que un gesto mínimo puede cambiarlo todo.
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NBC News has been chronicling this shift in magnitude for months. Its researchers have discovered that “El contenido generado por IA en YouTube amasa miles de millones de views, generando una gran escalada de la desinformación”.
At this juncture, the assessment from digital disinformation specialist Jonathan Albright carries an almost prescient weight. “La IA ha convertido a YouTube en una fábrica de espejismos”, he cautions, outlining a landscape where falsehoods not only spread but are fine-tuned for acceptance.


