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China’s Film Industry in Crisis as AI Replaces Actors and Jobs Dwindle Across Hengdian

China’s once-booming film and television industry is facing a sharp downturn as AI-driven production, shrinking investment, and tighter controls leave actors, directors, and crew s...

Outrage in China after streaming site debuts AI actor ‘database’

China's entertainment industry has rapidly embraced the use of artificial intelligence, with AI-generated films and shows a common feature on video platforms.

Famous Chinese short drama actor faces lay-off due to AI’s impact returns to farming

A Chinese actor who is well-known for playing dominant bosses in miniseries and has taken part in 200 such productions has become unemployed due to the impact of AI technology. In...

A.I. Shakes Up China’s Entertainment Landscape

New A.I. tools are changing China’s entertainment industry and transforming one of its most popular genres: the microdrama.

How A.I. Is Transforming China’s Entertainment Industry

A.I.-generated microdramas have taken off. Celebrities have threatened legal action against the use of their likeness, while actors say jobs have dried up.

How China is using AI – and state funding – to transform the micro drama industry

Vigloo, a South Korean micro drama production company, has gone all-in on artificial intelligence this year, betting that automation can fundamentally reshape how content is made....

How AI is transforming China’s entertainment industry

Until recently, making a hit microdrama — the soapy, short-form, made-for-mobile shows that have become wildly popular in China — meant hiring actors, renting sets and spending wee...

China’s Biggest Streaming Platform Wants Most of Its New Films to Be AI-Generated

China's answer to Netflix is debuting an AI filmmaking tool in hopes to create the first commercially successful AI movie this year.

Chinese state media: AI-generated Chinese microdramas to be worth $3B+ in 2026, out of a $14B+ total microdrama market,...

New York Times: Chinese state media: AI-generated Chinese microdramas to be worth $3B+ in 2026, out of a $14B+ total microdrama market, boosted by tools like Seedance 2.0  —  This...

AI streaming is going mainstream in China, whether audiences want it or not

IQiyi, China's Netflix, is overhauling its entire business around AI-generated content and launching a new tool that can handle almost every aspect of filmmaking.

Chen Zhe Yuan, Ryan Cheng, Wang Chu Ran, and others swept up in AI authorization agreement claims

Multiple Chinese celebrities swept up in claims of signing AI authorization deals after reports from iQIYI's 2026 World Conference claimed over 100 artists had licensed their liken...

How AI Is Turning China’s Micro-Dramas Into a Multi-Billion-Dollar Market

China’s AI-generated short drama market is booming as studios use generative AI to cut production costs and scale mobile entertainment.

AI is rewiring the world’s most prolific film industry

China’s next growth engine? An AI-powered intelligence dividend

As China enters its 15th five-year plan, policymakers face a structural constraint that cannot be eased with another round of infrastructure spending or property stimulus. The demo...

AI is rewiring the world's most prolific film industry

India produces the most movies of any country, but shifting audience habits are squeezing production budgets and studios are responding by tapping AI.

China's AI Boom: From Compute Constraints To Commercial Momentum

Alibaba, Tencent lead pivot from chatbots to embodied AI for robotics

Chinese tech companies are racing to deploy artificial intelligence models into robots, shifting the battleground for generative AI from digital chatbots to physical autonomous sys...

iQIYI Launches Nadou Pro, China’s First AI Agent for Professional Film and TV Production

China’s edge over US in AI world models: abundant data, faster deployment, executive says

China’s world models are benefiting from early integration with the country’s strong industrial base, which gives the domestic ecosystem greater momentum than that of the US, accor...

AI is not eating up China’s software market but turbocharging it: HSBC analyst

China’s artificial intelligence model companies are unlikely to “eat up” the domestic software market because they lack the deep industry know-how and experience to meet enterprise...

The rapid embrace of AI in China, its biggest testing ground, may shape how AI is used globally

More than a year after the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek, a main rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, stunned the world with its own advanced AI model, China has become a testing ground for ma...

Alibaba AI voice model cracks top 5 globally, outperforming US rivals in regional accents

A new artificial intelligence voice model from Alibaba Group Holding has beaten out Western rivals OpenAI and xAI on a major global benchmark, underscoring its technical edge in ca...

Can ‘token exports’ give China an edge in the AI era?

As Chinese artificial intelligence companies continue to push for the adoption of their flagship models overseas, they have taken on a new role as a key source of so-called “token...

Artificial Intelligence Twinning App That “Bridges Gap Between AI & Human” Divides Industry Opinion

EXCLUSIVE: A platform for actors that aims to “protect and monetise human identity in the age of artificial intelligence” launches officially today, but many in the UK film and TV...