Midjourney AI bans deepfakes of China's Xi Jinping to avoid controversy.

Midjourney, an AI image generator that creates realistic deepfakes, has banned the creation of fake images of Chinese President Xi Jinping to "minimize drama." The company enforces the rule for all global users, not just those in China, and cites sensitivity to different societies and cultures as the reason. Some users expressed frustration about the ban, while the CEO of Midjourney argued that political satire is taboo in China and that the company wants to avoid endangering people in China from using the service.