At WAIC, visitors queued to experience the Sora-like tool that is currently available by invitation only. AI-generated videos have subsequently flooded the Chinese internet, with Kling AI being used to create clips featuring characters from historical films undertaking modern day tasks and spawning multiple memes. The Sora rival’s hype is such that English language posts teaching users outside of China how to apply for a Kling AI trial can be found on X, formerly known as Twitter. A member of staff from Kuaishou’s large language model team told TechNode that they were not at liberty to disclose the data used to train Kling AI, but indicated that it was open source. Editor’s note: ‘Landing AI’ is a series of special reports focusing on the field of Artificial Intelligence curated by TechNode.