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Chinese teen earns $2,600 with AI homework supervision app

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A 13-year-old Chinese student with no prior programming experience has earned approximately $2,600 in three days by selling an AI-powered app. The app, named Zai Chang, acts as a virtual parent to monitor children's homework habits, issuing reminders if they get distracted and generating a concentration report upon completion. This innovative approach earned her third place in a national AI product marketing competition. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates how AI tools can be leveraged by individuals to create commercially successful products with minimal technical background.

RANK_REASON The article describes a product developed by an individual, not a major company or research institution.

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Chinese teen earns $2,600 with AI homework supervision app

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COVERAGE [1]

  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alice Yan ·

    China teen with zero programming skills earns US$2,600 in 3 days selling AI study app

    A 13-year-old girl in China has earned 18,000 yuan (US$2,600) in just three days from an artificial intelligence (AI) product she developed to assist parents in supervising their children’s study habits. Zhu Shuhan, a Grade Two student at a junior secondary school in Shanghai, ha…

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