{
  "id": 3124152,
  "title": "'Just plain insulting': Sellers on Shopee and TikTok call out auto-generated AI ads that mislead customers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/just-plain-insulting-sellers-on-shopee-and-tiktok-call-out-auto",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-24T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNA - Singapore",
    "slug": "cna-singapore",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ai-generated-videos-shopee-tiktok-misleading-sellers-6336961"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Singaporean author Xie Shi Min discovered her novel, Ghost Hunters of Geylang, advertised on Shopee using AI-generated content in March. The video misrepresented her book by describing it as a lighthearted adventure and created an AI avatar that claimed the protagonist could smell durians from the pages. The author expressed her frustration over the AI's distortion of her work, calling it \"just plain insulting.\" She reached out to her publisher and reported the issue to Shopee. Epigram Books, her publisher, confirmed receiving similar complaints from other authors and advised them to report the listings. Shopee has reported about 10 affected listings since March but could not confirm if the videos have been removed. They suggested implementing features to turn off AI-generated images and videos, though the effectiveness remains uncertain.",
  "summary": "In one AI-generated video on Shopee, a book by a local author, which deals with themes such as emotional and verbal abuse, was described as a \"fun\" story.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "'Just plain insulting': Sellers on Shopee and TikTok call out auto-generated AI ads that mislead customers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/just-plain-insulting-sellers-on-shopee-and-tiktok-call-out-auto-3126636",
        "published": "2026-08-24T22:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}