Baidu Netdisk AI Caption "Brain Not Enough, Belly Comes Instead" Insults Pregnant User
Baidu Netdisk's AI caption generator produced an insulting phrase when automatically captioning a pregnant user's maternity photo, generating online backlash and prompting the company to apologize and refund the user while committing to improve content filtering.
What happened
A woman from Qingdao was shown a maternity photo by Baidu Netdisk's "Photos from This Day Last Year" feature, paired with the AI-generated caption "θεδΈε€οΌθεζ₯ε" ("Brain not enough, belly comes instead").
The user found the caption insulting to pregnant women and expressed unwillingness to continue using the service.
Reported impact
The incident sparked online discussion after trending on Weibo, with users criticizing the caption as "vulgar and disrespectful."
Index analysis
The caption appears to have been generated without appropriate content filtering or human review to screen for offensive output when applied to sensitive contexts like pregnancy.
Governance controls
Baidu Netdisk reportedly contacted the user for a refund and stated that the caption was inappropriate, committing to improved caption screening, enhanced model training, and better technical review processes to prevent similar issues.
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