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Video eats 70% of one country's tokens as the two markets diverge

development2026-08-25

Claim

Alibaba shipped Wan3.0, turning spreadsheets into 30-second videos, a day after a $10.2 billion share sale and a week after AI capital spending cut earnings 75%, with video eating 70% of China's tokens — America LLM-pilled, China world-model-pilled.

Reported metric: 70% of tokens

Reporting date: 2026-08-25 (not necessarily the event date)

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Alibaba

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An audit finds America ahead on benchmarks and China winning on cost

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Welcome to August 25, 2026

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Video eats 70% of one country's tokens as the two markets diverge
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Reporting date: 2026-08-25
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-08-25-america-is-llm-pilled-china-is-world-model-pilled
Claim: Alibaba shipped Wan3.0, turning spreadsheets into 30-second videos, a day after a $10.2 billion share sale and a week after AI capital spending cut earnings 75%, with video eating 70% of China's tokens — America LLM-pilled, China world-model-pilled.
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