Probe into ‘AI fake’ audio clip claiming 100-million-fan China KOL had ‘love affairs’
Influencer known as Crazy Xiaoyangge which means ‘Crazy Little Brother Yang’ is known for his unusual live-streaming antics
China’s top-earning online influencer, Crazy Xiaoyangge has been caught up in an alleged artificial intelligence-generated “love affair” scandal.
Mainland police have launched an investigation into an audio clip that allegedly features the drunk voice of Lu Wenqing, one of the three co-founders besides Xiaoyangge and his elder twin brother Dayangge of their company Three Sheep Group, which has been circulating online.
Lu reportedly says in the fake audio clip he himself asked two women KOLs from the company, Qilaoban and Zhuo Shilin, to sleep with him.
He also allegedly says he could kick Xiaoyangge and his brother out of the company whenever he wanted, and thinks nothing of Zhang Yiming, the founder of TikTok parent company ByteDance, because “nobody would buy stuff from Douyin if Three Sheep weren’t here”.
Douyin is the mainland version of TikTok, and the platform Xiaoyangge, known in English as “Crazy Little Brother Yang”, built his e-commerce empire and amassed over 100 million followers.
Xiaoyangge, whose real name is Zhang Qingyang, attracted fans with his “crazy” comic sales style.
