Crowdfunding Platform BackerKit Announces Ban on AI-Generated Content


Per The Guardian, a Denver Jamaican BBQ pop-up used AI menu images showing meat like belts and beetles, disgusting customers. Nurse Jill Sennett posted photos on X, gaining over 500 reposts. She criticized creepy AI images in dining as bad culture.....
Xiaohongshu announced on Sept 3 routine regulation of AI-generated fake content, targeting travel, lodging, medical aesthetics, education, and real estate. It will combat AI-faked scenes, fabricated experiences, mass-produced homogeneous posts, and enhance detection to curb unlabeled AI content.....
China's first fully AI-generated long-form series "Hou Xi You Ji" premieres Aug 31: 18:00 on Mango TV, 20:00 on Hunan TV. First batch "Flower-Fruit Mountain" has 5 episodes, 40 min each; SVIP gets 3, VIP 2. Adapted from a late Ming/early Qing myth novel, a sequel to Journey to the West.....
A public service ad in Linfen, Shanxi was suspected AI-generated due to distorted images: pedestrians with mismatched heads and feet, a broom emerging from a garbage bag. After exposure, local officials replaced it overnight. The government confirmed the ad was AI-made by a partner agency; review only checked text, not visuals.....
At the Beijing International Film Festival, Tim from Film Turbulence shared their AI video creation journey, including backlash after labeling AI-generated content. They used AI in drone reviews to highlight product features.....