The indie publisher says generative AI tools modified its TikTok ads--including one that added a racist, sexualized stereotype--and claims the platform opted it into automated features despite having them turned off.

ByteDance, the Beijing-based owner of TikTok, is shifting strongly into artificial intelligence after years of legal and privacy scrutiny. Its chatbot Doubao, launched in 2023, has become China’s most popular AI assistant with over 100 million daily users,

Night in the Woods, Usual June among games impacted.

Finji is "unable to view or edit the AI-generated versions of its own ads," which includes a "sexualised, racist and sexist representation" of one of its charac