15:36 Mar 18 2024

Artificial intelligence-generated videos with celebrities, including some 'resurrected' stars, have jumped in popularity on Chinese short-video platforms amid low production costs but making them bear risks of breaking regulations and laws, several lawyers told Yicai. A 30 to 60-second video with AI-generated deceased celebrities costs from CNY80 to CNY600 (USD11.10 to USD83.40), Yicai learned. Chinese e-commerce platforms also offer AI models of alive stars for less than CNY25, which has lured many people.

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