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Articles by Katerina Cizek

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The Synthesis: ‘The End of Times’ Filmmakers on AI and Breaking the Audience Contract
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The Synthesis: 9 Red Flags to Look For in AI Documentaries in 2026 
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The Synthesis: Before the First Cut—When AI Decides What We Edit
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The Synthesis: AI Enhancement Isn’t Assistance—It’s Reconstruction, And That Changes Everything
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The Synthesis: Valerie Veatch Connects AI and Eugenics in ‘Ghost in the Machine’
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The Synthesis: Can AI—or documentary—get us closer to human authenticity?
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The Synthesis: How Sora 2 Mainstreams the Collapse Between Irony and Information
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The Synthesis: Raoul Peck on Using AI to Critique Authoritarianism in ‘Orwell: 2+2=5’
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Detail Versus Fidelity: CEO of AI Video Footage Enhancer Topaz Labs Strongly Advises “Against Forensic and Medical Uses”
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Tribeca Immersive 2025: Better Off Together
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The Synthesis: ‘Deepfaking Sam Altman’ Director Adam Bhala Lough Says Documentarians Should Get Good Lawyers
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The Synthesis: We Must Protect Human Creativity from Being Flattened by AI
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The Synthesis: Here’s What Happened When We Prompted Sora With Taglines From Oscar-Winning Documentaries
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The Synthesis: All Bets Are Off for AI and Documentary—It’s Time for a Reset
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The Synthesis: Piotr Winiewicz on the “Surprisingly Ordinary Dreams” Generated by AI in His IDFA Opening Film
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The Synthesis: AI Is Everywhere, Even in Your Documentary
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“We’re Not Making Twins”: iNK Stories Founders Develop Documentary AI-Powered NPC Avatars
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