Licensing faces provides one route for performers to participate in automated production.
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Chinese studios scale AI microdrama production
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Chinese studios reportedly produced 128,000 AI microdramas in one quarter while actors licensed their likenesses.
Reported metric: 128,000; a quarter
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- Welcome to September 17, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)
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