After her father died from cancer, Zhang Xinyu had an artificial intelligence avatar made that looks and sounds just like him, part of a growing “digital human” industry that China is moving to govern more tightly.
Videos featuring AI digital humans are ubiquitous on Chinese social media, with their uncanny features and smooth, dexterous motions often used to tout products.
The nation’s cyberspace regulator issued draft rules this month on how these avatars are developed and deployed — seeking to stop them harming children, threatening social…
