China AI token use explodes to 140 trillion daily with rising western share
The post China AI token use explodes to 140 trillion daily with rising western share appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. China’s use of artificial intelligence has surged faster than expected, with daily AI token usage rising more than 1,000-fold in just over two years. The growth is also expanding into Western markets. According to China’s National Bureau of Statistics, daily AI token usage increased from 100 billion at the start of 2024 to 100 trillion by the end of the year, reaching over 140 trillion by March 2025. That’s roughly 100,000 tokens per person across China’s 1.4 billion population. Tokens are the small units of text and data that AI models use to process and generate content, forming the basis of everything from chatbot responses to AI-generated videos. Industry experts in China say token use has grown so large that it is becoming the basis of a whole economy, with AI services increasingly bought, sold, and priced by the token. Chinese models gain ground in the West Ch