> How could a tea commercial actress cause scandal anyway?
Imagine someone at the company makes a lewd prank involving the model and it gets out of hand, making its way into the public
A couple of examples of something similar happening already: In 2005, people discovered the "Hot Coffee mod" in Rockstar's game Grand Theft Auto which showed a sex scene that would have given the game an "Adults Only" rating, meaning that most stores wouldn't carry it. The game had to be recalled and reissued, resulting in at least tens of millions of dollars in losses
Later, in 2013, the game "Beyond: Two Souls" had a scandal with actress Ellen Page who contributed her likeness, voice acting, and mocap animation. There is apparently a shower scene in the game that is censored, but a fully naked version of her character's model leaked online. This sparked controversy since Page herself didn't appear naked for the game's material, nor did she consent to being depicted fully naked as far as I'm aware. I don't think this resulted in any lawsuits, but this was being talked about as a possibility at the time
Now imagine if this happened with the tea commercial AI model. People would start coming forward, claiming that the model is based on their appearances. They would demand compensation for being defamed. Under the right circumstances, it could have devastating results for whoever is involved
(To that, I'm almost surprised that the "AI art is theft" crowd hasn't been making noise about AI actors and actresses potentially being made to bear the likenesses of real people)