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— Daren Wise, Tokyo

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China’s first AI film hits cinemas but ticket sales lag

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BEIJING - China’s first fully AI-generated feature film opens in cinemas on Friday, in what promises to be a tough box-office test for the country’s booming tech industry as advance…

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