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'Give me a snort': Hong Kong pulls anti-drug AI K-pop video that looked like drug promotion

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Hong Kong's prison service has withdrawn an anti-drug video featuring AI-generated virtual K-pop idols after social media users said it, on the contrary, resembled a promotion campaign for illegal substances.

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The Correctional Services Department uploaded the controversial video, titled "Obsession: The Sugar-Coated Trap," to its social media platforms on Friday. The one-minute video featured four AI-generated female K-pop stars named Weedy, Icy, Coke and Little E — representing cannabis, ice, cocaine and etomidate, a strictly regulated anaesthetic agent — who sang and danced while promoting their effects.

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