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   ByteDance's Scale and AI Strategy Face Scrutiny

   TMTPost reports a dispute over the claim that China’s internet has entered a “ByteDance era.” Douyin Group vice president Li Liang cited a 41.8% usage-time share across ByteDance’s top 50 apps, questioned the statistical boundary, and said Tencent-investee apps would produce a larger total if included. The commentary also examines ByteDance’s valuation, financial performance and full-stack AI businesses across models, cloud services and applications. It presents numerous figures attributed to the report’s sources and highlights inconsistencies in some user data.

   钛媒体 · 🔥 0
2. Oct 23
   AI Comic-Drama Costs Fall as Compute and Distribution Pressurize Returns

   An analysis by Wang Zhiyuan, republished with authorization by 36Kr, says AI comic-drama production fees have fallen sharply. Soy Sauce Culture founder Huang Haonan said batch projects cost about 400 yuan per minute, while premium projects remained near 1,000 yuan per minute. The report says some labor savings have shifted toward compute and discarded AI generations, while platform revenue-sharing rules and paid traffic acquisition can leave creators with limited returns. DataEye Research counted 221,900 AI dramas and comic-dramas newly launched on Douyin in the first half of 2026, of which 1,055, or 0.48%, exceeded 100 million views; the figure measures reach, not profitability.

   虎嗅 AI · 🔥 0

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