31 October 2026 News

Healthcare : Xinjuli Keji (芯聚力科技) in Zhuhai, Guangdong released the Xinkangxiaoyi (芯康小医) series of AI medical products at the “AI Medical Embodied Intelligence New Product Launch and Global Signing Ceremony,” with the Xinkangxiaoyi (芯康小医) intelligent digital human covering pre-diagnosis, in-diagnosis, and post-diagnosis scenarios, and signing cooperation agreements with institutions including Hengqin Renshou (横琴人寿) and Xianggang Zhijia Gongsi (香港智佳公司); at the smart healthcare session of 2026 Tengxun Quanqiu Shuzi Shengtai Dahui (2026腾讯全球数字生态大会), Tengxun Jiankang (腾讯健康) showcased a model with deep integration of “AI avatars” and “medical service agents,” first landing in Guangzhou Yikedaxue Fushu Funvertong Yiliao Zhongxin (广州医科大学附属妇女儿童医疗中心), where AI avatars handle round-the-clock hospital affairs consultation, with complex needs seamlessly transferred to medical service agents; Muwumutong (木吾木同), a subsidiary of Boyi Keji (搏奕科技) in Hangzhou, developed the Dr . Agent (Dr. Agent) digital doctor intelligent agent platform, which can replicate the clinical reasoning and speaking habits of experts including Liu Xiaoli (刘小利), deputy director of Zhejiang Yiyuan (浙江医院) brain center, and Li Wanli (李万里), director of orthopedics center, generating exclusive “digital avatars” to produce medical science popularization short videos in just minutes, with “AI preliminary screening plus licensed physician final review” dual quality control to maintain medical safety standards; in the “2026 Sichuan-Chongqing Digital Economy Development Opportunity List,” Wuhan Xiehe Chongqing Yiyuan (武汉协和重庆医院) proposed scenario requirements for AI digital doctor-assisted medical care, expecting to engage with artificial intelligence enterprises; the Shuzhi Yanfengdui (数智研锋队) student team of Changsha University developed Nuanling Banxing Zhineng Zhuxing Peihu Lunyi (暖龄伴行智能助行陪护轮椅), integrating digital family member replication voice and image functions, enabling nursing home elderly to achieve video-call-style companionship with “family members” through cloned voices, and this project has won honors including the first prize of the Hunan Industrial Design Competition.

Entertainment : A virtual IP brokerage company Zaomengshi (造梦师) rooted in Shanghai’s Yangpu District has cumulatively incubated over 3,000 virtual singers, with top-tier artists achieving over 10 billion total plays across the internet. Founder Yin Chen (银尘) emphasizes driving virtual images through real-person motion capture and then real-time mapping to the virtual layer for presentation. The company has reached comprehensive strategic cooperation with Huana Yinyue (华纳音乐). The “audio dataset” of the virtual singer Luo Tianyi under bilibili recently received a data intellectual property registration certificate issued by Shanghaishi Zhishichanquanju (上海市知识产权局), becoming a representative case of intellectual property confirmation for completely virtual human audio data products. bilibili’s senior legal director Zhu Yao (朱堯) stated that the next step will involve applying for registration of “voice corpus unit library” at finer granularity, further exploring layered intellectual property confirmation pathways for virtual human audio data. Huace Yingshi (华策影视) launched the AI idol boy group MO:V Moowu, composed of five virtual characters: Lu Heng, Xia Mingzhe, Jiang Yichen, Lin Qiao, and ZENO. The group has released its first MV and is expected to appear in films, dramas, variety shows, and interactive dramas. Mangguo TV (芒果TV) partnered with Lize Yingye (丽泽影业) to create five native AI artists—Chengdu, Fangyu, Lin Enna, Qi Xu, and Zhanyan—and simultaneously launched the AI photorealistic drama they star in, “Awesome Friends.” iQIYI signed its first batch of AIGC creators and launched the AI acting competition romance variety show “Love Restart,” expected to be performed by AI artists. Actress Qi Wei (戚薇) authorized the creation of an exclusive AI digital avatar “Han Qingxia,” starring in the AI manga drama “Apocalyptic Summer.” She also candidly acknowledged that her team began experimenting with virtual images as early as 2022. Qinghai Xining City West District state-owned enterprise Qinghai Tianmai Jianshe Touzi (青海天迈建设投资有限公司) produced Qinghai’s first AI food manga drama “Three Faces,” which surpassed 10 million clicks within three months of launch, with subsequent plans to develop derivative products such as digital human guides. Wasu Media introduced at the “Yuzhang Forum” how it uses AI digital actor technology to perform AI face-swapping renovations on backlogged dramas to recover investment losses, and launched the smart new lifestyle terminal “iHome Smart Screen” equipped with the digital human “Aigea.” Hangzhou entrepreneur Yan Feihu (严飞虎) won the gold award at “2026 Qianchaobei · Quanqiu Chuangye Dasai (2026钱潮杯·全球创业大赛)” with an AI emotional companion robot project. During the same competition period, award-winning projects such as “Maidou AI Yamaxun FBE Shuzi Ren (麦兜AI亚马逊FBE数字人)” emerged. Jiangsu Suqian Suyou District, using Na Dian Yingshi Jidi (捺店影视基地) as a carrier, advances “real-scene plus AI” dual-wheel driving, with complementary expansion of new business formats such as AI digital creation. In Qingdao Licang District’s “Red Gene, Passing the Torch” cross-temporal dialogue AIGC patriotic education national reading activity, organizers collected images of local veteran party members to generate AI digital humans for telling red heritage stories. Surrounding phenomena such as the “sacred-Daiyu CP” between Sun Wukong and Lin Daiyu, scholar Zheng Xiqing (郑熙青) and Liu Shuliang (刘书亮), author of the book “Virtual Idols, AI Digital Humans, and Cybernetic Life,” jointly explored the generalization of virtual idols and AI digital humans in fan culture and their emotional connection mechanisms. In the drama “Myriad Flower World,” jointly produced by Hengxing Yinli Chuanmei (恒星引力传媒) and Tengxun Shipin (腾讯视频), Su Lvxia, portrayed by Ju Jingyi (鞠婧祎), involves a “companion intelligent entity” setting that explores a worldview where the virtual and real intertwine.

Marketing : At the “Shared Services with AI+ Going Global” special event in Guangzhou, Quwan Technology AI market head Liu Huan (刘欢) demonstrated AI livestream intelligent agents on-site that can replicate overseas influencers’ sales pitch language and style with one-click migration and adaptation across different product categories, enabling digital humans to independently complete real-time broadcasting, automatic product listing, and all-day venue management without any human on-camera presence; Wuxi Da Liyu Wenhua Keji (无锡大鲤鱼文化科技), serving as an “artificial intelligence + e-commerce” digital transformation service provider, has core products covering digital employee intelligent agent platform, AI digital human livestream system and integrated machines, with OPC Xiaoyu Zhineng Ti Xitong (OPC小鱼智能体系统) having served 53 enterprises for installation; the cross-border intelligent fulfillment platform Jingchi (鲸驰) founded by Wu Jingbo (吴静波) has set up localized Russian-language livestream rooms in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and independently developed WhaleGPT 3.2 multimodal localization engine driving AI digital human anchors, simultaneously deploying AI digital human product specification and certification information presenters across multiple overseas warehouses in Los Angeles, Rotterdam, and Incheon Seoul; Baidu mobile ecosystem business division fast-moving consumer goods industry sales head Xiong Rui (熊锐) proposed AI marketing “same frequency” theory on China International Advertising Festival, citing landing cases including Quechao (雀巢) AI parenting tools, Telunsu (特仑苏) AI art interaction, and Kekoukele (可口可乐) World Cup digital humans; Hebeisheng (河北省) rolled out eight measures including “OPC+ industrial cluster going global,” encouraging marketing and trade OPCs to develop new business forms such as digital human livestreaming and short video production, and plans to select 100 typical cases by 2028 that empower cluster enterprise marketing; Hengshui Chengshi Zhibo Zhongxin (衡水城市直播中心) opened AI digital human cloning and AI livestream operations training courses for local trainees, helping zero-foundation learners master skills and secure orders for additional income within two weeks; TikTok Shop US region opened AI livestream functionality to selected merchants, including four modes featuring AI digital human livestreaming, currently in pilot and gray-scale testing phases; during JD.com 11.11 mega promotion, JD.com digital human JoyAvatar cumulatively served over 100,000 merchants with GMV exceeding 1.3 billion yuan, contributing over 2.1 million orders during late-night periods when human anchors rest, with AI devices carrying JoyInside possession intelligence achieving over 170% year-on-year growth in active users and completing over 30 million effective interactions cumulatively.

Government : Jiangsu Yanfu Dazhong Daily Media Group has created a digital twin called “Da Zhou” and eight numbered “digital employees,” and launched a digital human content team including Qinghe, Yanxiao Yi, Yanxiao Jin, Yanxiao Si, and Yanxiao You for explanation, promotion, and content broadcasting. In “AI + Party Building” practices across multiple regions, Zhejiang Jingmao Zhiye Jishu Xueyuan (浙江经贸职业技术学院)’s digital human lecture team uses faculty and students as prototypes to explain theory, Beijingzhongyiyaodaxue (北京中医药大学)’s faculty and students have created a robot “Guan Xiaofan” to tell red Chinese medicine stories and conduct interactive Q&A; Hangzhou Guowang Qianjiang Xincheng Gongdian Yingyeting (杭州国网钱江新城供电营业厅) has deployed digital humans and power application robots to help enterprise employees understand value-added services at the “electrical energy and carbon” window; Hunan’s “Xiangjiang Gathering at Feitian Mountain·AI Rule of Law Chenzhou Campaign” legal education activity comprehensively utilizes AI digital humans and AI animation to explain cases through law, with Chenzhou legal education IPs “Chen Xiaosi” and “Chen Xiaofa” synchronized interactions with Turpan’s “Guli Si” and “Fa Wukong”; Fujian Huianxian Zongzhi Zhongxin (惠安县综治中心) has introduced an “unmanned law office” intelligent terminal equipped with an AI virtual digital human mediator to provide standardized disposal recommendations and mediation reference solutions for neighborhood disputes and other matters; People’s Daily’s “High-Quality Development Story Collection” reported that Chongqing Liangjiang Xinqu Guanyinqiao Jiedao Fuli Haiyang Shequ (重庆两江新区观音桥街道富力海洋社区) Party Committee Secretary Li Weijun (李魏君) leveraged “Anxin Gongcheng · Minxin Zhineng Ti (安心工程·民心智能体)” to obtain a proprietary “AI avatar,” enabling 24-hour online response to resident complaints and early identification of potential conflicts; Postal Savings Bank of China disclosed in its third-quarter report that its mobile banking is expanding AI service capabilities including cloud counter digital human intelligent interaction, business guidance, and operational assistance to improve business processing efficiency and customer service experience.

Education : Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence’s personal intelligent agent SoulAgent has entered Zhongguorenmindaxue Fushuzhongxue (中国人民大学附属中学), launching a “Teacher AI Alter Ego” feature that continuously consolidates teachers’ course materials, evaluation standards, and annotation examples into exclusive digital counterparts to assist in completing tasks such as essay grading, class summaries, and teaching Q&A according to each teacher’s professional standards; Miaofengshan Minzu Xuexiao (妙峰山民族学校) in Beijing’s Mentougou District has applied VR drills and AI digital humans to conduct normalized safety training, transforming flood rescue and disaster relief experience into school-based safety resilience courses; at Jiangnan Daxue (江南大学) Business School’s smart curriculum construction seminar, teachers systematically reviewed key focus areas and response strategies for curriculum building around critical links including digital human video recording and knowledge graph construction as well as intelligent agent deployment; iFLYTEK exhibited Xun Fei Tongchuang AI Heiban (讯飞同窗AI黑板) at the 88th China Education Equipment Exhibition, leveraging the Spark large language model to achieve panoramic virtual human classroom interaction, and showcased “Qisimiao Wen Haoqi Chuang (奇思妙问好奇窗)” which uses digital human interactive guidance to encourage students to continuously ask questions and conduct deep inquiry; its “immersive virtual human classroom interaction graphical user interface for electronic devices” has also recently obtained design patent authorization.

Enterprise : 2026 Tengxun Quanqiu Shuzi Shengtai Dahui (2026腾讯全球数字生态大会), Tencent released an intelligent cabin TAI Zhineng Ti (TAI智能体), embedding AI assistant Yuanbao (元宝) into vehicle systems to form an interactive in-vehicle smart companion, having served over one hundred automakers and equipped over 20 million vehicles; Qiye Weixin (企业微信) showcased multiple enterprises leveraging AI avatars and WorkBuddy to improve efficiency, with semiconductor enterprise Xiandao Jidian (先导基电)’s AI assistant “Dayuan” able to complete machining quotes within three to five minutes, Oulaiya (欧莱雅) beauty consultants using AI to unearth customer needs from massive chat records; Chongqing Nong Shanghang (重庆农商行) software development department general manager Zhou Qilv (周期律) proposed dividing enterprise AI human-machine collaboration into three stages—digital assistant, digital avatar, and digital employee—corresponding respectively to responsibility boundaries of “no execution, no accountability,” “execution only, no accountability,” and “both execution and accountability,” and launched the self-developed “Lingxi Bangong Zhushou (灵犀办公助手)”; former Country Garden HR “Jin Chao (今朝)” transitioned into a cutting-edge deployment engineer in the AI field, with a representative project being “executive digital avatars” built on executives’ Feishu chat records and meeting minutes, achieving 92% consistency between AI judgment and actual executives, invited by ByteDance to share; Shenzhen Shenai Bang Rengongzhineng ( Shenzhen ) (深爱榜人工智能(深圳)有限公司) new president Zhou Hengying (周衡英) will lead the team to continue advancing across four directions: digital human customization, industry intelligent agent development, digital content interaction systems, and digital asset operations and maintenance; Hangzhou Wanwu Huiyan (万物慧衍) secured Zhejiang Feigu Konggu (浙江飞谷控股) angel round investment, focusing on commercial applications of virtual digital humans; Shanghai Lingxie AI (灵谐AI) built a digital avatar interaction platform based on personal knowledge bases and instant messaging, providing knowledge services to creators and professionals while exploring commercialization paths including avatar subscriptions, paid groups, and creator revenue sharing.

Ethical Contexts : Actor Wu Yue (吴越) publicly issued a statement denouncing self-media accounts that use AI to impersonate his image and voice to promote cosmetics. In the same period, CCTV exposed an AI digital human account “Xiaohái” that exploits the persona of a “tragic boy” to gain sympathy and defraud elderly consumers. Zhejiang Xuanchuan (浙江宣传) subsequently published an analysis of AI-driven sales chaos, pointing out common tactics such as impersonating celebrities to “make money off their faces,” products with beauty filters producing “miraculous effects,” and virtual personas playing the “emotional card,” calling for “AI-driven sales not to bring disaster.” Regarding rumors that “Hengdian extras’ portraits were used to train large models,” ByteDance’s subsidiary Doubao’s public relations director Liu Xing (刘星) published a clarification stating that Hengdian Yingshi AI Fuwupingtai (横店影视AI服务平台)’s data assets are owned by Hengdian or its authorized parties and will not be used to train ByteDance large models, and the use of related portraits and voices must be authorized by the individual. The Beijing Daily reported that Zhaoyang Fayuan Yayuncun Fating (朝阳法院亚运村法庭) judge assistant Chen Yuxin (陈渝欣) pointed out that using AI deepfake technology to “borrow faces” or “borrow voices” for sales essentially infringes on others’ portrait rights, voice rights, and reputation rights. AI virtual hosts claiming in the first person that “I have tested it and it works” may likewise constitute false advertising, and consumers can claim threefold compensation under the Consumer Protection Law. Gaopeng Lvshi Shiwusuo (高朋律师事务所) conducted legal education on “whether AI virtual person Xiaomei can serve as an advertising endorser,” pointing out that virtual persons lack legal personality and cannot become endorsers in the sense of the Advertising Law. Their scripted claims of fictional user experience still constitute false advertising. Medical device products such as contact lenses are legally prohibited from using any endorsers for recommendation certification. Xiaopeng Qiche (小鹏汽车) published a clarification statement regarding a suspected “AI-generated” employee apology video, stating that the video was actually filmed by the employee in person and did not use digital human or AI face-swapping synthesis technology. In “Double Eleven” consumer alerts across multiple regions, market supervision departments reminded consumers to be vigilant against scenarios of AI virtual persons and green-screen matting that fabricate scenes to induce purchases. E-commerce platform AI model images have been found to display distorted images such as “three legs” and “reverse joint V-signs.” AI generation costs can be as low as 5 yuan per image, far below the cost of actual photography.

Technology : Shiyuan Gufen (视源股份) Recently obtained an invention patent for “Virtual Portrait Generation Model Training Method, Apparatus, Device, and Storage Medium,” which generates more realistic virtual portraits by extracting head posture and expression basis coefficients from videos and combining shoulder images from template videos, continuously optimizing model parameters through multi-dimensional comparison; Shandong Digihuman Technology Co., Ltd. Recently obtained a design patent for an “Anatomical Table,” specifically designed for medical virtual anatomy teaching demonstrations; Hebei Broadcasting and Television Wireless Media Introduced its innovatively developed AI-based digital human interactive system during investor relations activities, completing digital human image capture and modeling, hairstyle and clothing design, skeletal motion binding and interactive scene development, and creating an interaction engine by integrating large language models and multimodal models, which can seamlessly integrate into IPTV set-top boxes, television operating systems, OTT, smart terminals, and other pan-screen applications.