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Korean fried chicken ad sparks backlash for copying AI video trend

A fried chicken brand in South Korea has sparked backlash for attempting to replicate a viral AI-generated "fruit affair" mini-video trend. The original videos, which gained popularity, depicted a husband discovering his wife's affair with another piece of chicken, leading to him falling for a pelican mascot. The brand's imitation of this trend, which involved a similar narrative with their mascot, was met with criticism. AI

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RANK_REASON The cluster discusses a social media trend and a brand's attempt to capitalize on it, which is not core AI news.

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    # AI ‘fruit affair’ mini videos popularity stir backlash after a fried chicken brand tries to copy trend in # Korea “In the video, a husband represented by plai

    # AI ‘fruit affair’ mini videos popularity stir backlash after a fried chicken brand tries to copy trend in # Korea “In the video, a husband represented by plain fried chicken discovers that his wife had an affair with a piece of yangnyeom chicken, or spicy seasoned fried chicken…