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Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom

24 October 2026 at 00:01

BBC 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.

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© Photograph: PHOTOGRAPHER:/CREDIT LINE:BBC Studios/Jose Branco

© Photograph: PHOTOGRAPHER:/CREDIT LINE:BBC Studios/Jose Branco

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