On September 23, at the 2026 iQIYI Autumn Joy Conference, Gong Yu, the founder and CEO of iQIYI, stated that the development of AI technology has driven the explosive growth of short dramas and also brought new opportunities for long-form content creation. With reduced costs, the number of creators and works has significantly increased, propelling the film and television industry into a positive cycle. iQIYI will leverage AI technology to lower the barriers to entry in the film and television industry, shorten production cycles, and explore new types of content works to promote growth in user content consumption.
