{"id":159398,"date":"2026-10-28T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159398"},"modified":"2026-10-28T08:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T08:00:12","slug":"how-lao-gan-ma-chinas-iconic-chilli-brand-got-caught-in-an-ai-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159398","title":{"rendered":"How Lao Gan Ma, China\u2019s iconic chilli brand, got caught in an AI storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostFor three decades, Lao Gan Ma\u2019s 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 intelligence.<br \/>\nOnline rumours that the Guizhou-based company had replaced hundreds of factory workers with AI went viral, prompting boycott threats and highlighting growing public unease over the impact of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-trends\/article\/3372414\/how-lao-gan-ma-chinas-iconic-chilli-brand-got-caught-ai-storm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostFor three decades, Lao Gan Ma\u2019s glass jars, bearing the stern portrait of founder Tao Huabi, have been a fixture on Chinese dinner tables&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159398"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}