[AI short drama production prices have plummeted] September 6 (Xinhua) Since the beginning of this year, AI short dramas have ushered in an explosion: the technical threshold has dropped, a large number of practitioners have poured in, production capacity has rapidly expanded, and production prices have subsequently "dived." For the same production of AI short plays, the price per minute has dropped from 5,000 yuan to a few hundred yuan, approaching the cost line; but the customized short play business can still reach 10,000-20,000 yuan per minute. When "being able to produce" is no longer a scarce capability, the competition in the AI ​​short drama industry is shifting from competing for output and price to competing for content and market. Data shows that the domestic AI drama and comic market is expected to exceed 40 billion yuan in 2026, with a year-on-year growth rate of 138%. The performance of the overseas market is equally impressive, with the scale expected to exceed US$4 billion, accounting for nearly 70% of the overall scale of overseas micro-short dramas. (CCTV Finance)