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People’s Daily figure puts AI at 95% of China’s new micro-drama output
Reality Check with Ross Coulthart
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"THE NUMBERS ARE GRIM, ACCORDING TO THE STATE-RUN PEOPLE'S DAILY NEWSPAPER, ABOUT 95% OF THE MICRO DRAMA IS PRODUCED IN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR WERE ENTIRELY AI CREATED. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING OVERSEAS COULD BE A PREVIEW OF WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN IN HOLLYWOOD."
NewsNation host Jesse Weber cites China’s state-run People’s Daily as reporting that roughly 95% of micro-dramas produced in the first three months of the year were created entirely with AI. Weber frames the figure as a warning for Hollywood, where studios and unions are still negotiating how to handle AI’s use in writing, production and performances.
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