Exclusive coverage of WAIC | Tickets are hard to come by! WAIC tickets are being sold by scalpers at nearly twice the price, still in high demand.

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025 was held in Shanghai from July 26th to 28th. This year, WAIC was extremely popular, with long lines still waiting to enter the exhibition hall on the afternoon of the second day of the opening. The line of waiting spectators extended from the entrance of the exhibition hall to both sides of the road, indicating a high level of public interest and enthusiasm for artificial intelligence technology. Sina Technology discovered that the booming demand for exhibition visits has led to the phenomenon of scalpers reselling tickets. Around the exhibition hall, scalpers were selling entrance tickets to passersby. It was reported that the original price of a single-day ticket of 168 yuan was marked up by nearly 80% and resold for 300 yuan each. Some spectators claimed, "There are scalpers selling tickets for 400 yuan or even 500 yuan each, it feels like it depends on their mood."