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Backlash as AI 'Rejuvenates' Jackie Chan in 'A Legend': China's Film Makers Under Fire - The AI Wired

Fans are upset about Jackie Chan's use of AI to look younger in "A Legend," because they think it's not real. This makes people wonder about the future of ethics and technology in filmmaking.

Chan and Zhang Yixing play in A Legend, which has been billed as a follow-up to the 2005 movie The Myth. It’s about a professor of archaeology (Chan) who finds some strange artefacts that take him back to the Western Han dynasty (206 BC–9 AD), where he fights to protect his country and starts a romantic trip. He said, AI technology has broken the limits of traditional special effects, opening up a world of endless filmmaking possibilities.

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