A look at China's AI learning frenzy, as economic anxiety and fear of being left behind fuel a booming market for courses promising prosperity through AI (Afra Wang/New York Magazine)

Economic anxiety and fear of being left behind are driving a booming market for AI courses in China, as reported by Afra Wang in New York Magazine. The article describes a scene in May in a living room on the outskirts of Hangzhou, a city known for tech companies like Alibaba, Unitree, and DeepSeek.