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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vivi Mengjie Xiao, an AI product manager and content creator on RedNote, China’s social media platform. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’m an AI product manager in China, and earlier this year, my CEO…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Xiankun Wu, the CEO and cofounder of Kuse, an AI-powered visual workspace headquartered in San Mateo, California. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… In the near future, you may have a workplace with AI employees,…

An executive of one of Pop Mart’s biggest competitors said there is a recipe for making a “golden” character like Labubu. Loading audio narration… Miniso, a Chinese lifestyle company, is the force behind Top Toy, a company that makes blind boxes. Its intellectual property characters include YoYo, a little figure…

For the past few weeks, China has been swept up in a “lobster” craze. Loading audio narration… Chinese users rushed to install OpenClaw on their devices, even forming long lines outside Tencent’s headquarters in Shenzhen and Baidu’s headquarters in Beijing to get engineers to help install the AI agent. Others…