{"slug": "dji-used-an-ai-generated-person-in-an-ad-angering-the-actual-humans-who-buy", "title": "DJI Used an AI-Generated ‘Person’ In an Ad, Angering the Actual Humans Who Buy Products", "summary": "DJI angered customers after publishing a now-deleted TikTok ad featuring an AI-generated avatar that appeared to be a real person, sparking backlash from actual human buyers.", "body_md": "DJI is in a bit of hot water after it was discovered publishing an AI-generated ad on TikTok, where AI-generated people are not all that unusual. DJI's now-deleted ad featured a video with an AI avatar who looks, mostly, like a real, actual person.\n\n[Read More]", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dji-used-an-ai-generated-person-in-an-ad-angering-the-actual-humans-who-buy", "canonical_source": "https://petapixel.com/2026/07/16/dji-used-an-ai-generated-person-in-an-ad-angering-the-actual-humans-who-buy-products/", "published_at": "2026-07-16 18:31:31+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-17 23:21:34.782278+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai", "ai-ethics", "ai-products"], "entities": ["DJI", "TikTok"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dji-used-an-ai-generated-person-in-an-ad-angering-the-actual-humans-who-buy", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dji-used-an-ai-generated-person-in-an-ad-angering-the-actual-humans-who-buy.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dji-used-an-ai-generated-person-in-an-ad-angering-the-actual-humans-who-buy.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/dji-used-an-ai-generated-person-in-an-ad-angering-the-actual-humans-who-buy.jsonld"}}