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WAIC 2026 elevates the 'token factory' — why is China chasing cheap tokens over bigger models?

, DIGITIMES, Taipei
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At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, held July 17-20 across "three districts and four venues" with more than 1,100 exhibitors, one phrase recurred across vendor booths and keynotes: the "token factory".

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