China has designated the ci yuan as the translation for 'token' in AI, sparking concerns about the dollar's stability in the age of artificial intelligence.

China has officially designated ci yuan as the translation for “token” – the computational units that power tools such as Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini – a move widely seen as devising a new form of global currency for the age of artificial intelligence. In Chinese, ci translates to “word,” while yuan is commonly used as a synonym for “currency”. For instance, the basic unit of the Chinese RMB is the yuan, and most foreign currencies are referred to as yuan in Chinese, prefixed by their respective....