AI Is Taking a Bigger Role in Short Dramas, and Actors Are Paying the Price

AI is taking a bigger role in short dramas, and actors are paying the price

The entertainment industry may be approaching a strange new reality: the actor you are watching might not be an actor at all. AI-generated dramas and digital performers are moving from experimental technology into everyday entertainment, with production companies increasingly using artificial intelligence to create characters, scenes and entire short-form productions. The shift is happening quickly […]

The next victims of artificial intelligence are actors: in China, they are being replaced on a large scale by digital doubles

The rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry has become a threat to Chinese actors and online influencers, writes financial times. Modern video generation models, such as the bit-beating Seedance 2.0, make it possible to replace humans with digital actors, significantly reducing the cost and production time of video content. Image source: Jackson Sophat/unsplash.com Things have changed […] The post The next victims of artificial intellig…

AI-generated videos are already displacing actors and livestreamers across China's entertainment industry

In China, 95 percent of the 128,000 short dramas released in Q1 2026 were AI-generated. Some actors are being forced to hand over their voice and likeness to AI tools before getting fired, the Financial Times reports. AI-related labor disputes are rising fast. The article AI-generated videos are already displacing actors and livestreamers across China's entertainment industry appeared first on The Decoder.