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Chinese platforms remove viral AI videos pairing Monkey King and Lin…

The clips used AI to put two classic characters side by side and went viral before being pulled; the platforms have not said which rule they broke.

On air: Hank Ledger on BBN Newsroom
Published 10:22 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

At a glance

First reported by Global Times: “Chinese platforms remove viral AI videos pairing Monkey King and Lin Daiyu”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 10:22 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Chinese, AI.
BBN covered this story before: Coppola Eyes Return; Fan Bingbing on AI Microdramas (October 9).

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Global TimesChinese platforms remove viral AI videos pairing Monkey King and Lin Daiyu

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChinese platforms have removed a wave of viral AI videos that pair the Monkey King with Lin Daiyu, two of the most famous characters in Chinese literature.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip is on it this morning.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside the offices of a video platform, and the lobby behind me is very quiet, because the videos in question are gone, which is the whole story.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentFor viewers who missed them, the clips used AI to put the Monkey King, a rebel who fights heavenly armies, next to Lin Daiyu, a poet famous for crying into her handkerchief.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA rebel and a poet.
Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentExactly, Hank, it is a sitcom waiting to happen, he smashes the furniture and she weeps about it, and honestly I'd watch it. I also have notes on the second season.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe platforms took them down, Skip. Thank you for that report.

Oct 9Coppola Eyes Return; Fan Bingbing on AI Microdramas · Variety
Oct 13Chinese platforms remove viral AI videos pairing Monkey King and Lin… (this story)