“ChinAI #374: China’s first AI-generated longform TV series” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured links China’s first AI-generated longform TV series The Later Journey to the West Huxiu article SCMP Why We Like Things - what Silicon Valley gets wrong about taste Those who Disappeared after the Mudslide at the Gyirong Border Crossing (in Chinese) Good thread on Anthropic’s recent threat intelligence report A China Hawk’s Case for Studying in China Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at [email protected] or on Twitter at @jjding99 --- First published: September 14th, 2026 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-374-chinas-first-ai-generated --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.