iQIYI launches China’s first licensed AIGC online story film

Chinese streaming platform iQIYI has launched Qitan: Paper Blade Across the Wasteland (《奇谭：纸刃渡荒墟》), which it describes as the first AIGC online story film in China to receive a Network Drama/Film Distribution License and go online. The film runs for more than 60 minutes and was jointly produced by iQIYI and DaMeng Innovation. The production used AI across the creative and production process, including concept development, prompt workflows, visual asset generation, AI-assisted image transfer, 4K