**🎉 Today’s Tech & AI News Digest 🎉**

🤖 AI Industry Growth and Strategic Innovation in China
China’s AI industry has rapidly expanded in size and innovation, with new frameworks and a growing share of global AI companies.

China Holds 15% of Global AI Firms as Industry Value Tops RMB 900 Billion

💰 AI Dominates Startup Investments in 2025
AI startups are attracting the majority of venture capital funding, making it difficult for non-AI companies to secure investments.

If you’re not an AI startup, good luck raising money from VCs

🎬 OpenAI Sora and Copyright Controls
OpenAI is updating its Sora video app with more nuanced, opt-in copyright protections following feedback from the creative industry.

Sam Altman says Sora will add ‘granular,’ opt-in copyright controls

🔍 AI and Data Collection in Consumer Devices
Companies like Anker are incentivizing users to share security footage to improve AI training, raising privacy and ethical questions.

Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for AI training

🚜 AI for Water-Saving and Crop Management in Agriculture
Instacrops will showcase its AI-driven solutions to help farmers conserve water and boost crop yields at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025.

Instacrops will demo its water-saving, crop-boosting AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

🎭 AI-Generated Actors Enter the Entertainment Industry
AI-generated talent like ‘Tilly Norwood’ is gaining attention from film industry professionals, blurring lines between real and virtual performers.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/791680/tilly-norwood-particle6-xicoia-eline-van-der-velden

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