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China’s iQIYI faces backlash after launching AI “actor database” for film and TV

Chinese streaming giant iQIYI has launched a controversial new AI “actor database” designed to connect filmmakers with actors willing to have their likeness used in AI-generated content.

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00:00There's a lot of people who are watching this movie
00:02It's too fast
00:03It was the first time
00:04What we've seen
00:07We've already tried it
00:09We've tried it
00:10We've tried it
00:10We've tried it
00:11We've tried it
00:12We've tried it
00:13We've tried it
00:13We've tried it
00:14We've tried it
00:31So an actor
00:32It takes a big time
00:33It doesn't make any change
00:35At some point
00:37He needs to understand the film
00:39He needs to know the acting
00:41He needs to know what characters
00:42He needs to know what kind of clothes
00:46so it's not a change in AI.
00:47It's a change in AI.
00:48There's a change in the film.
00:50There's a change in the film.
00:51How does the film make it?
00:55So the change in the form of the company
00:58is not a change in the industry.
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