China’s AI Short-Drama Boom Enters a New Phase as Platforms Battle for Content and Producers Rethink Profits
China’s AI-generated short-drama market is projected to reach approximately KRW 8 trillion ($5.7 billion) in 2026, intensifying competition among major technology platforms for premium content. While artificial intelligence has lowered production costs and barriers to entry, shifting revenue-sharing arrangements and…
OpenAI’s Model Halt, Global Apology and Federal Probe Expose AI’s Growing Control Problem
Over the past two weeks, OpenAI has found itself at the center of three developments that have raised fresh questions about the safety of advanced artificial intelligence. On Sept. 28, the company canceled the planned October release of GPT-6.1 Astra,…
Meta’s Muse Surges Past ChatGPT—and Signals a Turning Point for the AI Industry
In September 2026, Meta upended the prevailing AI playbook with the launch of Muse, its personal AI agent. Less than two weeks after its debut, Muse climbed to the top of the U.S. App Store’s free-app rankings, overtaking longtime leader…
AI EdTech Platform SWEATCH Partners with Daisybell to Build AI Call Center
Daisybell’s first domestic partner since establishing its Korean subsidiary… Set to transform customer service through AI RGSC Inc. (CEO Seo Jong-yoon), which operates the AI-powered edtech platform SWEATCH, is partnering with global voice AI solutions provider Daisybell to build a…
Feishu Merged into Doubao: ByteDance Storms the AI Work Entrance
On July 30, an internal email from ByteDance jolted the industry awake: the Feishu product team was merged into the Doubao product team to form a new Doubao product team, uniformly led by Doubao head Zhao Qi, and Feishu head…
Apple’s New CEO’s First Test: A RMB 15,999 (≈USD 2,360) Foldable — a Bold Bet or a Risky Move?
In September 10, the lights came on at Apple’s California campus. New CEO John Ternus walked onto the stage in a workwear-style dark jacket — neither Steve Jobs’s signature black turtleneck nor Tim Cook’s business shirt. The engineer, who has…
PTFE Breaks into NVIDIA’s Supply Chain: A Misread “Materials Revolution” and the Real Investment Logic
In August 2026, supply-chain news within the industry stated that NVIDIA plans to introduce PTFE material into its NVSwitch boards, and to make it the primary material choice for the AI-accelerator-tray orthogonal backplane of its new-generation server platform Rubin Ultra…
WRC 2026 Observations: The Robots’ “Coming-of-Age Ceremony,” from Showing Off Skills to Getting Real Work Done
August 2026, Yizhuang, Beijing. If you still think the World Robot Conference is a “tech temple fair” where robots put on a big show of backflips and synchronized dancing to flaunt their skills, this year’s WRC will completely overturn your…
Observations on Chinese Automakers’ Overseas Sales Strategies
As Chinese automakers continue to expand their overseas footprint, their sales channels are also rapidly expanding. Looking at the overall picture, the overseas sales networks of China’s major automotive groups have entered the stage of a thousand-plus-outlet scale, and cover…
Sharp Price Hikes, Harness Breaks 50,000 Stars Overnight: DeepSeek Sheaths the Butcher’s Knife and Picks Up the Abacus
In the week of mid-August, DeepSeek made three consecutive moves. On the evening of August 12, the official version of its flagship model, DeepSeek-V4-Pro (DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813), quietly went online, with the official WeChat account making a formal announcement the next day,…