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AI boy avatars go viral in China, using sob stories to trick elderly out of money

BEIJING: AI-generated "sob-story boys" have recently taken Chinese short-video platforms by storm, allegedly using emotional manipulation to cheat elderly viewers out of their savings.

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在中国,人工智能男孩虚拟形象走红网络,利用悲惨故事骗取老年人钱财。

Scammers are using viral Chinese AI boy avatars and fake sob stories to target the elderly on short-video apps. - South China Morning Post composite/Douyin

BEIJING: AI-generated “sob-story boys” have recently taken Chinese short-video platforms by storm, allegedly using emotional manipulation to cheat elderly viewers out of their savings.

Known collectively as “Xiaohai”, these digital avatars typically appear as teenage boys in school uniforms or plain white shirts, tearfully describing their poverty-stricken lives on camera.

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