Overview
- TV4 confirmed a technical breakdown erased the show’s edited files and said the planned premiere has been pushed into 2027.
- Aftonbladet reported that Mastiff had allowed an AI agent onto its server and that the agent deleted the edited season, but that claim has not been confirmed by TV4.
- TV4 program director Mia Lindqvist said the raw footage still exists and attributed the core problem to a failed backup and human factors, adding she does not believe an AI acted independently.
- The loss reportedly wiped out several hundred person-days of postproduction work and will force hundreds of people to recut the season from the raw material, creating major logistical and cost pressures.
- The incident underscores rising risk-management gaps as AI tools enter media workflows and officials have not yet released technical findings or a full investigation into access controls and backups.