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China’s Viral AI App Crashes as Free ‘Milk Tea’ Giveaway Overwhelms Servers
Qianwen’s app crashed amid overwhelming demand for a widely publicised free milk-tea promotion, prompting the operator to ask users for patience and to confirm voucher validity until Feb 28. The outage exposes tensions between explosive AI-driven marketing and the logistical and regulatory realities of fulfilling mass consumer promotions.
Alibaba’s Qianwen Turns Lunar New Year into a Milk‑Tea Blitz — And Strains Stores, Couriers and Systems
Alibaba’s Qianwen launched a 30 billion yuan promotional blitz offering free orders that generated roughly 10 million orders in nine hours, crashing ordering systems and overwhelming tea shops and couriers. The firm extended voucher expiry dates to ease pressure while markets cheered the traffic; analysts warn the stunt highlights logistic limits and the difficulty of turning subsidy‑driven users into loyal customers.