How Lao Gan Ma, China’s iconic chilli brand, got caught in an AI storm

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by China: SCMP Tech / TechNode / Pandaily / KrASIA / Sixth Tone at 28 Oct, 08:00 UTC

For three decades, Lao Gan Ma’s glass jars, bearing the stern portrait of founder Tao Huabi, have been a fixture on Chinese dinner tables and a symbol of traditional food manufacturing. This week, however, the iconic chilli sauce has become an unlikely focus of public anxiety over artificial…