China’s ‘Lipstick King’ Touts AI Tokens in First for Singles’ Day Festival - BusinessWorld Online
Li Jiaqi and Alibaba sold nearly 100,000 monthly AI packages in 30 minutes, as generative tools became a featured Singles’ Day category.
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China's 'Lipstick King' touts AI tokens in first for Singles' Day festival
BEIJING — The Singles' Day shopping extravaganza in China unveiled a new attraction this year as it graduates beyond a long association with cut-price cosmetics and home appliances: computing credits used to access artificial intelligence tools.The launch is the first time AI token packages have been offered as a significant consumer product category during Singles' Day, the world's largest shopping festival originally held on Nov 11 each year.T…
China’s ‘Lipstick King’ touts AI tokens in first for Singles’ Day festival
By Sophie Yu and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The Singles' Day shopping extravaganza in China unveiled a new attraction this year as it graduates beyond a long association with cut-price cosmetics and home appliances: computing credits u...
China’s ‘Lipstick King’ hawks tokens as AI gets Singles’ Day push
China’s “Lipstick King” has traded make-up swatches for artificial intelligence. Top live-streamer Li Jiaqi on Monday evening teamed up with an executive from Alibaba Group Holding to pitch AI subscriptions, selling nearly 100,000 monthly packages in just 30 minutes, according to data provided by the e-commerce giant. The broadcast on Taobao and Tmall – Alibaba’s largest domestic online marketplace – marked the first time generative AI products …
Austin Li, also known in China as Li Jiaqi, rose to fame selling lipsticks on live broadcasts, Reuters reports. His success earned him the nickname “King of Lipstick,” but now he’s started promoting a completely different product: tokens for using artificial intelligence. In a broadcast on Monday on the Taobao Live platform, the influencer presented monthly subscriptions for QwenWork, Alibaba’s AI productivity service. In the first half hour, 10…
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