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AI Video for Mordaunt's Book Faces Major Criticism

9/29/2025

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The AI-promoted video for Penny Mordaunt's book is criticized for errors.
It shows a dog with a horse's face and gibberish signs, plus cars on a roundabout driving incorrectly.
The book releases October 16.
The video misrepresents history: a Napoleonic battlefield's flags, Big Ben with two clock faces, and a Victorian clip showing plastic sheeting not common until the 1950s.

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Story summary

The AI-promoted video for Penny Mordaunt's book is criticized for errors.
It shows a dog with a horse's face and gibberish signs, plus cars on a roundabout driving incorrectly.
The book releases October 16.
The video misrepresents history: a Napoleonic battlefield's flags, Big Ben with two clock faces, and a Victorian clip showing plastic sheeting not common until the 1950s.