AI glasses are catching on in China, from shopping to cheating
Getty Images/Rest of World By Viola Zhou 27 March 2026 China’s AI glasses market is growing, fueled by government subsidies and tech giants like Xiaomi and Alibaba integrating LLMs into…
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