Compiled by CHARLES RAMENDRAN, CHOW HOW BAN and R. ARAVINTHAN
ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) fans in China, unhappy with the Japanese government’s reportedly threatening remarks over the Taiwan issue, created AI-generated videos of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi being beaten up by Ultraman, Sin Chew Daily reported.
The creators used the newly-released Seedance 2.0 software by ByteDance to generate the amusing videos to hit out at Takaichi for her remarks in November last year that a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.
The videos angered Japanese netizens and prompted Ultraman creator Tsuburaya Productions to consider taking legal action.
The company said the videos had been removed following a report lodged.
However, several other videos are still circulating online.
> Several parts of Beijing, Jilin and Liaoning provinces in China have seen the mushrooming of the so-called “huntun jiuguan” (wonton pubs) offering cheap wonton and beer and a place for people to release their stress.
China Press reported that patrons were contributing to the rowdy atmosphere at the pubs by dancing and singing on tables.
The pubs are lit by dim bulbs and furnished with simple wooden tables and inexpensive stools. Songs from the 1970s and 1980s blare from loudspeakers, drawing mainly young and middle-aged adults.
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