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2026-08-31 08:53:39

AI series 'Post-Journey to the West' to air in Hunan TV prime time tonight

Mango TV’s AIGC-produced long-form series Post-Journey to the West is set to premiere tonight, with the show going live on Mango TV at 18:00 and then airing in Hunan TV’s prime-time drama slot at 20:00. The first season is planned for 30 episodes, with each episode running 40 minutes. The first batch, labeled the "Huaguoshan" arc, includes five episodes. According to BlockBeats, this is the first AI long-form drama in China to be broadcast on satellite television. The production does not use human actors, and both the visuals and character performances were generated through AIGC. Seedance 2.0 and Seedance 2.5 provided the AI technology for the project, while the director, art team, and AI production team completed the series together. The report also said the show is the first nationwide "review-while-airing" series released after the "21 radio and television measures," meaning production, review, and broadcast are moving forward at the same time, with later plotlines still able to change based on review comments and audience feedback.

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AI series 'Post-Journey to the West' to air in Hunan TV prime time tonight
AVATAR48
2026-07-22 17:10:14

AVATAR48 Launches $AYA Token on Virtuals, Onboards Adult Star Eimi Fukada

AVATAR48 announces the launch of its native token $AYA on Virtuals, partnering with Japanese adult star Eimi Fukada. Powered by AI AVATAR, the platform builds a tokenized 'Heart Economy' where users chat, earn, and unlock intimate content, with plans for humanoid robotics.

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AVATAR48 Launches $AYA Token on Virtuals, Onboards Adult Star Eimi Fukada
Beijing
2026-07-21 12:21:26

Beijing plans Token factory rollout in the second half of 2026

Beijing’s Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology said the city’s digital economy value added grew 7.8% in the first half of the year, while value added from core digital economy industries rose 9.8%, making a notable contribution to overall GDP growth. Looking to the second half of 2026, the bureau said Beijing will advance annual tasks tied to building a benchmark digital economy city and push forward its “AI+” action plan. Among the measures outlined, Beijing plans to formulate policies for the development of the Token economy, focusing on production, distribution, and application. The city also plans to build a Token factory and a Token distribution platform, with intended use cases in sectors including industry, education, and culture and tourism. The bureau also said it will expand AI adoption in consumer-facing scenarios such as smart translation and simultaneous interpretation in the tourism and cultural consumption sector, while supporting OPC roadshows, AIGC training programs, and an open-source ecosystem built around “RISC-V+AI OS.”

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Beijing plans Token factory rollout in the second half of 2026
SenseTime
2026-07-19 02:37:11

SenseTime unveils SenseNova U1 Pro at WAIC 2026 with native 8K output and a delivery-focused image workflow

SenseTime introduced SenseNova U1 Pro at WAIC 2026, positioning it as a system for complex multimodal delivery rather than a model built only for single-pass image generation. According to the event presentation and the original report by QbitAI cited by MarsBit, U1 Pro is designed to handle a full chain of tasks around a target outcome: understanding, planning, information organization, multimodal generation, checking, revision and final delivery. The launch demo centered on an ultra-long 8K image themed around the ninth anniversary of WAIC from 2018 to 2026. The report said the original file was 51 MB and remained legible when enlarged. It summarized U1 Pro’s core strengths in three parts: native 8K generation that preserves text, layout and detail on very large canvases; a text-and-image interleaved workflow that can move from sketching to refinement, coloring, checking and adjustment; and a product focus on deliverable outputs for use cases such as infographics, urban planning, film storyboards, academic posters and commercial design. The article also described four practical tests, including a 24 solar terms panoramic image, a laboratory-style visual poster, a glazed-texture traditional landscape with futuristic architecture, and an original movie poster intended to look ready for commercial use. SenseTime CEO Xu Li summarized the broader issue this way: “Being interactive does not mean being deliverable.”

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SenseTime unveils SenseNova U1 Pro at WAIC 2026 with native 8K output and a delivery-focused image workflow