China's low-budget animated film *Niu Lai* (also translated as *The Bull Comes* or *The Cow Is Coming*) has become an unlikely box-office hit after going viral for its poor quality, grossing more than…
Microsoft Corp. has quietly wound down its five-year retreat from China, shuttering offices, closing retail stores, and cutting thousands of jobs, while continuing to sell Azure and AI services to Chi…
Niu Lai, a low-budget Chinese animation film, grossed 11.4 million yuan after going viral for its poor animation and confusing plot, up from 7,705 yuan in its first 10 days, according to movie trackin…
Yang Zhilin, the 34-year-old founder and CEO of Moonshot AI, has gone viral on Chinese social media platform Weibo after his company's Kimi K3 model launched on Friday, with the hashtag 'Post-90s Tsin…
China banned customizable AI companion apps on July 15, 2026, under regulations jointly issued by five government departments including the Cyberspace Administration of China, forcing ByteDance, Aliba…
Norwegian striker Erling Haaland has become a cultural phenomenon in China, amassing over 7 million followers on Weibo and Douyin in just over a month through memes, AI edits, and the fan-created nick…
AI-generated videos and deepfake edits of soccer star Erling Haaland have gone viral during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, fueling a Solana-based meme token and surging NFT trading volumes. The phenomenon h…
A viral video of soccer star Erling Haaland reacting to his reflection in a restaurant was actually AI-generated footage of Chinese comedian Jin Long, not the real Haaland. The clip, which amassed ove…
Weibo's AI group released VibeThinker-3B, a 3-billion-parameter model that achieves 94.3 on AIME and outperforms Claude Opus 4.5 on competition reasoning, but collapses on general knowledge tasks. The…
ByteDance's AI assistant app Doubao is testing a ride-hailing feature in Beijing and Hangzhou, powered by Caocao Mobility, expanding into instant mobility after e-commerce and group-buying.…
A 3-billion-parameter model from Weibo scored 94.3 on the AIME 2026 math Olympiad, outperforming Google's Gemini 3 Pro which scored 91.7. The model is MIT-licensed and its success challenges assumptio…
Chinese sci-fi writer Hao Jingfang revealed that half of her latest book was written with AI, sparking debate over AI-generated literature. Hao stated readers cannot distinguish AI-written parts, whil…
ByteDance's AI assistant Doubao incorrectly told a user his flight cancellation would cost only 5% of the ticket price, then claimed it would compensate him 600 yuan and that he could win a lawsuit ag…