Published: 2:00pm, 13 Mar 2025Updated: 2:08pm, 13 Mar 2025
During China’s key Two Sessions meeting that concluded on March 11, Chinese actor Jin Dong called for legislation and better regulations on artificial intelligence (AI), especially deepfake face-swapping technologies that victimised many of his fans.
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The Two Sessions is China’s annual meetings of the country’s top legislative and political advisory body – the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
Jin, 48, is a CPPCC member and is widely known as the most popular Chinese actor among middle-aged Chinese women.
Multiple women were previously reported to have fallen victim to AI-generated fake Jin Dongs on social media.
In 2020, a 61-year-old woman from eastern China’s Jiangxi province lost 5kg in weight and almost split with her husband, after she fell for fake Jin videos on social media.
She even planned to travel 2,000km to see Jin, who she said had promised to gift her one million yuan (US$140,000) and a flat.
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