Round Table China The AI powered Spring Festival
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Feb 25, 2026 Robots and kung fu machines stole the show while AI tools crafted personalized New Year greetings and profile pictures. Surge pricing and voucher crazes created real-world chaos at bubble tea shops. Digital twins and real-time cloning appeared onstage, and motion-capture ink-wash art came to life. The holiday accelerated older adults using AI and sparked a major platform war over promotions and infrastructure.
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Mass Adoption Measured In Billions
- Generative AI surged in everyday holiday tasks: 1.9 billion interactions with Doubao and millions of generated greetings and profile pictures.
- Yu Shun and Niu Honglin describe AI replacing awkward blessing copy-paste with tailored, on-demand messages.
AI As A Single Voice For Shopping
- AI agents completed multi-step shopping tasks end-to-end using integrated payment and e-commerce platforms.
- Yu Shun explains users can speak a single phrase and the AI selects items and pays across owned services.
AI Use Jumped Beyond Big Cities
- AI interactions exploded across demographics and regions, including 130 million first-time users and nearly 4 million over-60s.
- Steve Hatherly notes movie-ticket orders grew 372x and county-level orders rose 782x during the holiday.