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Latest news and updates on Kuaishou. Founded in 2012 as a site to share gifs, Kuaishou is now one of the leading short-video platforms. With almost 300 million daily active users as of January 2020, Kuaishou is trying to turn a profit with livestreaming e-commerce.

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26 August, 2024

Live streamer Viya Huang Wei sells goods on Taobao in 2019. The Chinese influencer was fined US$210 million in 2021 for tax evasion. Photo: Getty Images

E-commerce

China’s tax authority to demand online influencer, merchant revenue numbers

A newly proposed regulation would require internet platform operators to report revenue information about users.

23 Dec 2024 - 4:15PMvideocam

Artificial intelligence

China’s generative AI market sees fewer new entrants with 64 new approvals

12 Dec 2024 - 6:00PM

Tencent

Tencent launches its answer to OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video tool

4 Dec 2024 - 12:03PM

Social media

TikTok rival Kuaishou gets police warning over content moderation

The warning was over alleged lapses in dealing with prohibited content in a timely manner and failing to protect minors.

22 Nov 2024 - 8:09PM

Kuaishou was accused of violating the Cybersecurity Law by failing to remove unauthorised content in a timely manner. Photo: Shutterstock

Artificial intelligence

China’s ‘AI Tiger’ Zhipu in race to boost video-generation features

The updated version of Ying will be able to generate 10-seconds long 4K high-definition video clips at 60 frames per second, Zhipu says.

11 Nov 2024 - 6:00PM

ByteDance

ByteDance adds video generator to China’s most popular AI app

The move underscores the TikTok owner’s ambitions to solidify Doubao’s leading position.

11 Nov 2024 - 7:30AM

Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI unicorn MiniMax scores big in US with Talkie chatbot app

Talkie, part of the fast-growing ‘companion AI’ market segment, was the fourth most-downloaded AI app in the US in the first half of 2024.

31 Oct 2024 - 8:00AM

Social media

My Take | China’s stock-market frenzy reflects social media’s growing sway over investors

The current investor euphoria has been aroused by the proliferation of upbeat short-video posts on Chinese social media.

8 Oct 2024 - 7:00AM

E-commerce

China fines influencer agency US$9.8 million for fake mooncakes

Controversies erupted after influencer Crazy Little Brother Yang falsely promoted mooncakes he sold as shipped from Hong Kong.

27 Sep 2024 - 7:00PM

ByteDance

ByteDance launches 2 new video-generation AI models in race with OpenAI’s Sora

The new Doubao-PixelDance and Doubao-Seaweed large language models will be available from next month.

24 Sep 2024 - 7:42PM

ByteDance’s new video-generation models reflect how Chinese tech firms have been making aggressive moves into this nascent AI market segment. Photo: Shutterstock

TV shows and streaming video

Plot twists, revenge, cheating. The rise of Chinese micro dramas

China’s US$5 billion micro drama industry is booming, but its sometimes ‘pornographic’ and ‘vulgar’ content has the government concerned.

24 Sep 2024 - 5:15PM

Zhu Jian (centre, left), 69, rehearses with other actors on the set of the micro drama Grandma’s Moon in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, on July 16, 2024. Photo: Reuters

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba’s DingTalk launches new service bundled with AI features

DingTalk 365 offers more than 10 features including AI-powered search, virtual assistant and automated reply.

24 Sep 2024 - 5:00PMvideocam

Alibaba

Alibaba CEO eyes greater AI research and development, open sources 100 new LLMs

Alibaba Cloud on Thursday also launched a new text-to-video model, as CEO Eddie Wu reveals increased pace of AI development at Apsara event.

19 Sep 2024 - 7:00PM

Artificial intelligence

Shengshu AI says its Sora-like text-to-video tool will bring down production costs

The Beijing-based start-up held an event dedicated to a feature in its Vidu tool that maintains consistency of subjects across clips.

11 Sep 2024 - 8:45PM

Shengshu AI co-founder and CEO Tang Jiayu held an event showcasing how his company’s text-to-video tool Vidu can help streamline video production. Photo: Ben Jiang

Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI ‘tiger’ MiniMax launches text-to-video-generating model

Video-01 is the first iteration of the firm’s Sora-like tool, with future updates expected to enable users to generate videos from images.

6 Sep 2024 - 3:50PM

Chinese tech firms have been making aggressive moves into the nascent market segment for text-to-video-generating tools. Photo: Shutterstock

E-commerce

China’s internet users near 1.1 billion, driven by short videos

In the first half of 2024, more than a third of China’s new internet users were drawn to short video apps, a government survey shows.

30 Aug 2024 - 7:00AM

Artificial intelligence

Kuaishou steps up monetisation of AI video generation with new price plan

Chinese tech firm Kuaishou is offering a monthly subscription to its Sora-like AI video generating service, as China’s AI players step up efforts to monetise the cutting-edge technology.

24 Aug 2024 - 6:30PM

Tencent

Tencent beefs up content on super app WeChat by adding breaking news alerts

The new feature has been made available for testing to a small number of users after a recent system update.

6 Aug 2024 - 9:00PM

Portland, OR, USA - Aug 19, 2021: Finger touching WeChat app icon with unread message badge on an iPhone. Tencent’s WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Alibaba

Alibaba sees AI talent exit to start own firm amid China’s unicorn boom

Despite the departure, Alibaba has emerged as one of the most prolific investors in mainland China’s growing artificial intelligence start-up sector.

19 Jul 2024 - 8:00AM

Artificial intelligence

Chinese short video app Kuaishou unveils Sora-style product amid AI race

Kuaishou, the major rival of TikTok’s sister app Douyin, has launched a text-to-video service similar to OpenAI’s Sora, as Chinese Big Tech firms race to catch up in AI.

7 Jun 2024 - 7:00PM

WeChat

Chinese super app WeChat requires disclosure of AI-generated content

WeChat’s updated content-moderation policy forms part of a broader industry effort to promote greater transparency of artificial intelligence-generated content.

6 Jun 2024 - 5:30PM

Artificial intelligence

ByteDance, Kuaishou see exodus of top AI experts amid China’s unicorn boom

The departure of AI experts from these Big Tech firms reflects increased investor interest in start-ups that could become the next OpenAI.

28 May 2024 - 1:37PMvideocam

The departure of AI experts from Big Tech firm reflects China’s new unicorn boom. Image: Shutterstock

Alibaba

Alibaba subsidiary Lingxi Games shuts down game engine project

Lingxi Games has discontinued its Ant Engine project, as parent Alibaba pares down investment in its non-core businesses.

9 May 2024 - 7:00AM

Video gaming

China’s Kuaishou shuts down video gaming project in Beijing

Around 30 people were laid off after Kuaishou Technology disbanded its video gaming studio in Beijing.

30 Apr 2024 - 9:00PMvideocam

E-commerce

Kuaishou’s top influencer accuses platform of unfair treatment in rare public spat

The top influencer on Kuaishou Technology, China’s No 2 short video platform, has complained about being unfairly treated in a rare open spat between a live streaming star and a major internet platform.

24 Apr 2024 - 8:00AM

A passenger walks past a Kuaishou ad in a subway station in Beijing, February 3, 2021. Photo: Bloomberg

Artificial intelligence

Chinese tech giants tout advancing AI models in race to catch up

Comments made by top executives this earnings season have offered a glimpse into the progress made by China’s Big Tech firms, after US start-up OpenAI launched in late 2022 its groundbreaking ChatGPT.

22 Mar 2024 - 7:01AMvideocam

The Tencent Holdings headquarters in Shenzhen, China. Photo: Bloomberg

ByteDance

ByteDance CEO wants to whip employees into shape amid fierce competition

Chief executive Liang Rubo said ByteDance has become slow and inefficient in the face of increased competition.

31 Jan 2024 - 2:57PM

Tencent

Tencent chairman Pony Ma sets confident tone for internet giant in 2024

The Shenzhen-based internet giant must find new lifelines in its video gaming and social media operations, Ma told employees at the firm’s annual meeting.

29 Jan 2024 - 9:39PM

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