Many Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) companies, Social media Its relatively slow introduction in mainland China has limited its application in overseas markets.
Based in Shanghai Minimax – One Generative AI to start Owner of the South China Morning Post Alibaba Group Holding The company, of which it is a major investor, has seen its Talkie app's traffic more than double in May to 1.32 million views, a strong example of its success overseas, according to AIcpb.com, a site that tracks the global popularity of AI products.
The Talkie AI app is Character.aiCharacter.ai allows users to customize avatars and interact with virtual chat buddies. According to AIcpb.com, Character.ai achieved 318 million views last month, but Talkie's over 150% month-on-month growth outpaced its rival's 21.6% month-on-month growth.
Meanwhile, the Chinese version of the talkie app, Xingye, only attracted 422,000 views in May, according to data from AIcpb.com.
The relatively weak results from the mainland China version of the app contrast with the growing momentum of China's generative AI. Apps In the international market.
In AmericaFor example, Talkie is ranked in the top 6 entertainment apps. appleSince May 20, apps available on Apple's App Store have been downloaded more than 1 million times, according to market research firm Data.ai.
According to Data.ai, the Chinese version of Hoshino's ranking fluctuated between 29th and 8th in the social networking category on the App Store in mainland China during the same period.
Yang Junjie, co-founder of MiniMax (former executive at a major Chinese AI company) Sense TimeAccording to a report by local tech media outlet GeekPark, a senior executive at a foreign company in China said last month that “there is freer competition in many overseas markets” because mainland China is dominated by major tech companies.
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It's a trend that China's big tech companies are also aware of. Tencent Music EntertainmentA major internet online music unit Tencent Holdingssaid it would stop operations of its AI chatbot Weibo in mainland China from Friday as the app focuses on growth in overseas markets.
Meanwhile, the MiniMax applications Glow and Alienchat, jointly developed by startups Alient Intelligence and BosiCloud, Amazon Web Services partner Shenzhen – Removed from mainland China app stores. These two apps were used to create personalized AI companions.
