19 October 2026 Weibo

Entertainment : Mangguo TV (芒果TV) posted information on its Weibo account stating that the drama series “Amazing Friends” broadcast on the platform’s Mangguo Lingchuang Juchang (芒果灵创剧场) features cast members played by “AI artists” Fang Yu, Lin Enna, Zhan Yan, Qi Xu, and Cheng Du in its first season, with the official continuously releasing plot clips and announcing daily updates at 6 p.m.; in addition, virtual idol account Kizuna AI CN released a video of itself running backwards under the identity of “China’s Kizuna AI” with the hashtag “Virtual Humans Play Around on Weibo,” showcasing how virtual idols can participate in everyday interactive content.

Enterprise : On China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), China International Capital Corporation Chief Information Officer Cheng Long (程龙) introduced that the company is advancing the integration of large language models with analyst professional capabilities to create “Zhong Jin Dianjin Da Moxing (中金点金大模型)”, and stated that in the future it will build all-weather digital analyst avatars to serve business lines including investment research, risk control, and wealth management; account Tong Xinyijie (通信伊姐) posted on the occasion of the Double Ninth Festival, stating that “Su Tongtong Shuzi Yuangong Juntuan (苏通通数字员工军团)” was jointly created by eight digital employees to send holiday greetings to elders, thereby conveying the concept of “digital wisdom and warm companionship”; account Zhong Zhenglvxing (中正履行) posted that its published research and study article on the Doctrine of the Mean was co-created and refined with “Lu Qiyuan (卢麒元) AI digital avatar”, showcasing a case of AI digital avatars based on real people prototypes participating in content creation; account jscswyc published content titled “AI Avatar Digital Human: Five Tourism Short Videos”, displaying tourism-themed short videos produced in the form of AI digital human avatars; account Ziyan Jijin (姿严基金) commented that AI is evolving from a mere tool into a “digital employee” capable of autonomous planning and task execution, believing this marks management practices entering a new era.

Ethical Contexts : Shandian Xinwen (闪电新闻) reported that a large number of AI-generated digital avatars named “Xiaohui” have appeared on short-video platforms, packaged with a persona of a refined, obedient university student lacking maternal love, specifically using terms like “auntie” and “mama” to guide middle-aged and elderly women to purchase high-commission products, with some products offering commissions as high as 55%; accounts Zhang Daoda (张道达), Fenxiang Caijing (粉巷财经), NBD Qiche (NBD汽车), NBD Shipin (NBD视频) and others simultaneously reposted a report titled “Seventy-year-old takes train to visit AI grandson,” pointing out that such AI digital avatars rely on pitiful personas to elicit sympathy from elderly users for product promotion; Shandian Xinwen (闪电新闻) reported separately that a group of young netizens, in efforts to awaken elderly relatives engrossed in the “Xiaohui” persona, voluntarily produced “parody Xiaohui” videos to expose the scam, depicting the digital avatar in prison clothes, smoking and drinking for ironic exposure. Actor Wu Yue (吴越) posted angrily on Weibo denouncing an account named “Huajie Meizhuang Riji (花姐美妆日记)” for using AI technology to steal his image and voice for on-screen narration and skincare product recommendations, questioning how much money the account had defrauded and demanding full restitution; Nanfang Dushibao (南方都市报) reported that the account had also previously released videos using stolen “Deng Yaping (邓亚萍)” imagery for product promotion, with the Deng Yaping team responding that it had never authorized any AI commercial collaborations using their image and is currently gathering evidence on videos suspected of infringement; Shandian Xinwen (闪电新闻) simultaneously reported on the question “who will regulate AI theft of celebrity images for profit,” mentioning that actress Wen Zhengrong had previously revealed being victimized by AI misuse of her livestream footage for product promotion. China Telecom initiated discussions with netizens on “how to prevent AI face-swap fraud” in its “Happy Chat” interactive column and released accompanying tips on preventing telecom information fraud; CCTV International Network reported that Shanghai Laoniandaxue (上海老年大学), when soliciting course requirements questionnaires from elderly students this year, found that forward-looking fraud prevention content including AI face-swap video scams became one of the most popular courses among students.

Healthcare : Yicai Kuaixun (一财快讯), Diyi Caijingwang (第一财经网) and Jiujing Shipin (究竟视频) all reported that against the backdrop of the global AI pharmaceutical industry facing an “anti-Moore’s Law” dilemma and persistently high clinical trial failure rates, a research team has proposed rewriting the logic of new drug development by injecting “electronic drugs” into “virtual human” models, attempting to complete new drug development with less than 100 million dollars in investment, and emphasized that the crux of current problems lies in insufficient understanding of diseases themselves rather than merely relying on upgrades to drug screening tools.