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China's daily AI token usage tops 500T as compute demand grows

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China's daily AI token usage surpassed 500 trillion in June 2026, reflecting rapid growth in large AI model applications and increased inference computing demand. Model update cycles have shortened significantly, and Tencent's Hunyuan 3 model showed a 68-fold increase in token calls compared to its predecessor.

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