Controversy Surrounds Xiaohongshu, Accused of Art Theft for AI Technology
Xiaohongshu – China’s Instagram-like photo-sharing social media platform – is accused by local Chinese artists of stealing their work without permission to train the company’s...
Xiaohongshu – China’s Instagram-like photo-sharing social media platform – is accused by local Chinese artists of stealing their work without permission to train the company’s in-house AI model. What is Xiaohongshu? Xiaohongshu, which literally translates to ‘little red book’, is China’s largest photo-sharing lifestyle platform. Founded in June 2013, the app now has over 200 million monthly active users (MAUs) in the Chinese-language alone, according to latest data by Chinese third-party social media monitor Qiangua Data. Xiaohongshu has a sizable user base that rivals that of English-language social media platforms. It has thus earned itself the title of ‘Chinese Instagram’....