China’s AI firms aren’t horsing around in 2026. The country’s leading AI developers rang in this month’s Chinese new year celebrations by launching new products and trying to entice new users.
Bytedance's Doubao chatbot wishes you a happy new year. Credit: Douyin
The huge marketing campaigns carried out by tech giants like Alibaba and Tencent confront a stark reality, however: for all the hype around China’s advances in AI, the country still has significantly lower adoption
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