430,000 AI Micro-Dramas in 8 Months: A Visitor's Take on China's AI Content Boom
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-11-10
A visitor to China shares two surprising observations: an explosion of AI-generated "micro-dramas" — 430,000 released in the first eight months of 2026, with elderly viewers so absorbed that some illiterate people learned to read just to scroll — and the mandatory labeling of AI content (in effect since September 2025), with TV commercials routinely carrying AI disclaimers.
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