Hong Kong prison service pulls controversial AI-generated K-pop ad after anti-drug messaging backfires

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The Hong Kong prison service withdrew a controversial AI-generated K-pop advertisement that aimed to convey anti-drug messages but backfired by employing stark transformations of K-pop stars into old prisoners, resulting in adverse reactions.

Featuring four female K-pop stars who later transform into old men behind bars, the ad was meant to convey the message that drugs will ruin lives “no matter how pretty they're packaged”.