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Kuaishou, a short-video company, achieved a group-level quarterly net profit for the first time. Similarly, iQiyi, supported by Baidu, also turned a profit. Kuaishou has started internally testing its chatbot called “Kuaishou AI conversation,” while iQiyi and Bilibili have started using generative AI in content creation. Read More: https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3232070/kuaishou-iqiyi-chinese-tech-firms-see-stronger-profits-they-tout-potential-generative-ai

China’s popular talent show, “Sing! China,” was stopped after late pop star Coco Lee alleged mistreatment. The backlash caused the production company’s value to plummet and sparked boycott demands. Lee’s claims triggered an investigation, and the show’s broadcaster suspended its airing. The controversy stemmed from audio recordings where Lee accused the production team of unfair …

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ChinaJoy 2023, the biggest gaming event in Asia, began on July 28 in Shanghai, featuring virtual reality games and cosplayers posing for photos. The event is also known as the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference and attracts visitors from around the world. Read More: https://english.news.cn/20230728/b8819083197240a0a5f2574346635fda/c.html

In April 2022, Elon Musk announced his bid to buy Twitter, driven to rid the platform of spam bots and protect free speech. Despite initially hesitating about the $44 billion price tag, Musk eventually acquired Twitter in October 2022. Since then, the platform has undergone significant changes, including rebranding to X and the appointment of …

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Actor-singer Jam Hsiao announced his engagement to his manager, Summer Lin, on her 50th birthday after 16 years of dating. The couple had kept their relationship a secret, and the news was celebrated by many celebrity friends. Hsiao hopes to work harder and achieve more success with Lin as his inspiration. Read More: https://www.truescoopnews.com/newsdetail/taiwanese-actorsinger-jam-hsiao-announces-engagement

A new study suggests a significant proportion of gig workers may be outsourcing work to AI, raising concerns about the accuracy of AI models trained with AI-generated data. The study highlights the problem with tech companies relying on gig workers to clean up data fed to AI systems. Read More: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/06/22/1075405/the-people-paid-to-train-ai-are-outsourcing-their-work-to-ai/

Meituan is a big food delivery company in China that uses drones to deliver food to people who live in crowded cities. They have set up little stations where drones can drop off the food, instead of taking it right to people’s homes. Meituan made over 100,000 drone deliveries in Shenzhen in 2022, and plans …

Food Delivery by Drone is Just Part of Daily Life in Shenzhen Read More »

China has agreed to let Microsoft buy Activision Blizzard, a big gaming company. The UK and US governments still don’t like the deal, though. Activision Blizzard said that China is happy to have more competition in gaming. Microsoft said that many other countries have also approved the deal. Some people still worry that the deal …

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Zibo, the “outdoor barbecue capital” of China, is capping hotel room rates at a maximum of 50% during the upcoming May Day holiday to prevent overcharging, which has gained praise on social media. Other Chinese cities have issued similar warnings. Zibo is seeing a high influx of visitors and is beyond capacity to receive so …

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The Shanghai High People’s Court will hear the patent dispute between Xiao-I Corporation and Apple on May 5. Xiao-I sued Apple for infringing on its chat robot system patent in 2012. The court recognized the validity of Xiao-I’s patent in June 2020, and Xiao-I filed another lawsuit against Apple in August 2020, demanding compensation of …

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