Do audiences need AI stars? - 36Kr

AI actors, AI short dramas, and AI comic-style dramas are rapidly gaining traction on social and short-video platforms.

Anhui Satellite TV has even begun airing fully AI-produced shows, pushing AI content into mainstream distribution.

The market is growing fast thanks to low costs, high output, and relatively limited risk.

But audiences still resist the uncanny-valley effect, and tighter regulation is likely to trigger a compliance and shakeout phase.