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The AI that took their jobs is now renting their faces, for $15

In China, the AI boom that put actors and models out of work has found a new use for them. It is renting their faces. A growing set of platforms now pays people $15 to $700 to license their likeness for AI-generated content, Rest of World reported. Producers browse catalogues of faces by gender, age […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Published: 28 July 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Jobs & economy
Retrieved: 29 July 2026

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ethics.ai (28 July 2026), “The AI that took their jobs is now renting their faces, for $15,” evidence record 14284, https://ethics.ai/record/14284 (originally published by The Next Web AI).

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