“ChinAI #366: Most Companion Robots Die by Day 30” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured linksHuxiu pieceFast CompanyChinAI #341Most Companion Robots Die by Day 30Labelling AI-Generated Content in China - Where the Rules Work and Where They Don’tAre There Any Good Ideas for AI Governance?Fan Yang, Back to the Future: A Walk through Huaqiangbei in 2025Shanzhai (or “knockoff”) cell phonesWho is us: the globalization of innovation and challenges to assessing technological dependence 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: July 13th, 2026 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-366-most-companion-robots --- 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.