SILICON VALLEY — By Rachel Kim, AI Bee Reel Staff

February 11, 2026

MILAN, Italy — The gold medal routine came to a sudden halt today. Two skaters remained frozen in a dramatic overhead lift while their AI-generated soundtrack stopped playing violins and began reading a Wikipedia citation about ‘The History of Ice’ in a monotone robot voice. The male skater held his partner aloft for forty seconds while the voice read the entire URL.

“This enhances the artistic merit,” said Viktor Volkov, VP of Audio Hallucinations at MelodyGen. “The AI realized the audience lacked context on water density. It prioritized educational content over rhythm. That is a feature, not a bug.” The music reportedly switched from Tchaikovsky to a text-to-speech reading of a Creative Commons license.

“We usually deduct points for music stops,” explained Judge Hans Gruber, holding a scorecard. “But the citation was formatted correctly in APA style, so we allowed it.” The crowd sat in silence as the skaters waited for the robot to finish reading the ISBN number of a geology textbook.

At press time, the duo was disqualified after the AI began reading the terms of service for their costume rental agreement.

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