China’s Kling, a neural network that generates 1080p videos from descriptions, is emerging as a competitor to Sora.

Kuaishou, a Chinese short-video platform and a major competitor to Douyin— the Chinese arm of TikTok, has introduced an Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered video creation service called Kling. The service bears a resemblance to OpenAI Sora, indicating that key Chinese tech companies are racing to match their American counterparts in the realm of AI.

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The AI model, currently in testing phases, can translate textual descriptions into 2-minute long videos with 1080p resolution, supporting different screen aspect ratios. A series of demonstrative videos showcases scenarios like a Chinese boy eating a cheeseburger at a fast-food restaurant, a white cat driving a car against skyscrapers’ backdrop, and a child riding a bicycle in a garden witnessing changing seasons.

Besides Kuaishou, other Chinese firms have made progress in developing similar AI services as Sora. In April, Shengshu Technology, in cooperation with Tsinghua University, unveiled the Vidu AI generator. Zhipu AI, a leading startup in the generative AI sector in China, also plans to launch a similar project this year.

Previously, Kuaishou launched a large language model KwaiYii and image generator Kolors. Its AI Dancer feature can animate photos with people dancing to various rhythms. The company has also promised a service to turn static images into video, based on the Kling model in the near future. According to Kuaishou’s own data, the short-video platform receives 400 million daily visits, compared to 600 million daily users for ByteDance’s Douyin.