{
  "id": 2378956,
  "title": "TikTok ads use AI clones of popular figures Dewy Choo, Zhang Linghe to target S’poreans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/tiktok-ads-use-ai-clones-of-popular-figures-dewy-choo-zhang-linghe-to",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-21T12:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/tiktok-ads-use-ai-clones-of-popular-figures-dewy-choo-zhang-linghe-to-target-sporeans"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Their identities have been exploited to market products to Singaporean TikTok users.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}