Hong Kong actor Lawrence Ng licenses younger likeness for AI role, says he’s ‘very satisfied’ with result

A Hong Kong actor has voluntarily licensed his own face to an artificial intelligence company, allowing the technology to resurrect his younger self for a film role—a striking reversal of the typical narrative of celebrities battling deepfakes and unauthorized digital replicas. Lawrence Ng's decision to embrace the technology rather than fight it raises uncomfortable questions about whether consent can ever truly offset the existential threat that AI likenesses pose to actors' livelihoods and autonomy. As the entertainment industry braces for the deepfake era, Ng's apparent satisfaction with his algorithmic doppelgänger may signal either a pragmatic future for Hollywood or a cautionary tale about what actors stand to lose by making peace with their own

CNA Lifestyle·7h ago