The Story
This co-reported story investigates allegations that an AI-generated short drama used the likenesses of two social media users without consent, portraying them as degrading characters. Through interviews with an affected individual, an AI drama director, and a legal expert, the report explores potential causes of unauthorized likeness use and the challenges ordinary people face in protecting their image rights. It also examines the broader need for industry regulation and platform accountability. Following public complaints, the streaming platform removed the drama and suspended the production company's uploads for 15 days.
Selected Excerpt
From the co-reported article · English translation for this portfolio
“I’m just an ordinary person. I never imagined that one day AI would infringe on my rights by using my face.” The experience has left Baicai concerned about the excessive use of AI technology. His original photo post had attracted little attention, with only twenty or thirty likes; it was hardly popular content. “I only shared these photos on Xiaohongshu and in my WeChat Moments, nowhere else. If this can happen to me, what about everyone else?”
Read the Chinese Original
“我就是一个很普通的人，我没有想到有一天AI侵权会侵到我脸上来。”经此一事，白菜对于AI技术的过度使用也产生了一些担忧。他的那组写真照帖文此前阅读量并不高，点赞数量也只有二三十，算不上热门内容。“我只在小红书和朋友圈里面发过这些东西，我也没有在其他平台发过，那我都能够被侵权成这样，那其他人呢？”
My Contribution
Primarily responsible for writing and structuring the report, integrating interview materials, industry perspectives, and legal analysis into a coherent news story. Also contributed to a limited portion of the interview work.