Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In a dimly lit bedroom, a frightened young woman is thrown onto a bed by a tall, muscular man. He grabs her hand, and flame-like vines crawl across her body, fusing with her flesh. She levitates, then drops. A dragon-shaped tattoo appears across her chest.
“Two months,” the man says. “Give me an heir, or I will eat you.”
The scene is from “Carrying the Dragon King’s Baby,” one of the many hundreds of short dramas that appear on apps like DramaWave and ReelShort. There’s just something about this one that isn’t quite right. The lighting may be glossy and cinematic, but the show has an odd visual texture like something between a movie and a video game cutscene.
That’s because “Carrying the Dragon King’s Baby” is part of a new trend for making these shows entirely with AI: no actors, camera operators, cinematographers, or CGI specialists required.
These short dramas, which originated in China but have now spread across the globe, are increasingly being created entirely with AI, and hundreds of new shows are spun up each day.
🎭 Read the story: technologyreview.com/2026/05/15/1137326/chinese-short-dramas-ai/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement
In a dimly lit bedroom, a frightened young woman is thrown onto a bed by a tall, muscular man. He grabs her hand, and flame-like vines crawl across her body, fusing with her flesh. She levitates, then drops. A dragon-shaped tattoo appears across her chest.
“Two months,” the man says. “Give me an heir, or I will eat you.”
The scene is from “Carrying the Dragon King’s Baby,” one of the many hundreds of short dramas that appear on apps like DramaWave and ReelShort. There’s just something about this one that isn’t quite right. The lighting may be glossy and cinematic, but the show has an odd visual texture like something between a movie and a video game cutscene.
That’s because “Carrying the Dragon King’s Baby” is part of a new trend for making these shows entirely with AI: no actors, camera operators, cinematographers, or CGI specialists required.
These short dramas, which originated in China but have now spread across the globe, are increasingly being created entirely with AI, and hundreds of new shows are spun up each day.
🎭 Read the story: technologyreview.com/2026/05/15/1137326/chinese-short-dramas-ai/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_source=YouTube&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement
