""No, it's that the original version featured a gay couple getting married. But in the film's Chinese release, someone digitally altered it - quite possibly using AI - and replaced one of the men with a woman, Bloomberg reports, and the homophobic and censorious implications are irking audiences across the globe. "What's happening outside the film is even more terrifying than what's shown in it," wrote a user on the Chinese social network Weibo, as spotted by The Guardian.""
"Again, it hasn't been confirmed whether AI was used, but the mere whiff that a powerful technology like it can easily scrub controversial segments from a movie should send a chill through anybody who's a minority or holds politically charged opinions. Because if censors want to erase a gay couple that appears only one minute in the movie, what lengths will they go to block out anything they don't like in other places?"
The original film version features a gay couple getting married, but the Chinese release digitally replaced one of the men with a woman, possibly through AI-driven editing. Audiences criticized the alteration as disrespectful to the LGBT community and a form of censorship. China's past removals of homosexual references in films have created plot holes, but the new seamless edit suggests a more sophisticated suppression method. Public outcry prompted the local distributor to halt the film's wide release in China. The incident raises concerns that powerful digital tools could be used to erase minority representation and politically sensitive content.
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