Young People Are Using AI to “Build Tools” for Everyday Life

Recently, whether on Weibo, Xiaohongshu, or TikTok, you can see users sharing self-made AI mini-apps:

• Parents building "homework tutoring" apps for AI to grade arithmetic exercises or practice kids’ English speaking;
• Fans creating "idol schedule countdowns";
• Tesla owners making "car maintenance cost calculators"...

While there are over 4 million apps on the AppStore, ordinary people’s mini-apps perfectly meet fragmented daily needs.

The driving force behind this trend is Lingguang, Ant Group’s multimodal AI assistant: users only need to type a natural language command, and the AI can generate a fully interactive, iterative, shareable mini-app in 30 seconds. In just two weeks, users created 3.3 million mini-apps.

The distance from idea to product is now just one sentence long. Some use it to solve real-life problems; others for fun. Kids and family life have become the main battlefield: parents make "daily reward charts," "bedtime story recommenders," or "family schedule alarms"; older children get "math practice" apps.

It’s not just kids or parents—office workers, fans, even grandparents are joining this creative wave:

• Kids building "English spelling apps";
• Grandparents creating "smart watering assistants";
• Users designing "medication reminder panels" for elderly parents.

Lowering the AI barrier has turned app creation into a cross-generational activity, and even business opportunities emerge: a Chengdu snack shop used Lingguang to create a "blind box ordering" app, attracting more customers.

Lingguang is more than a tech revolution—it’s a life revolution:

• One sentence can create a usable app;
• Fragmented life needs are instantly met;
• Everyone gains the ability to "create tools."

AI used to be about bigger, faster, smarter models. Now, users care about what it can do for them. One sentence can generate "travel planners," "family trip trackers," or "couple budget planners." Instant, flexible, and life-oriented—this is AI entering everyday life in a way never seen before.

Fragmented, personalized, seemingly trivial needs are being transformed into mini-apps by users themselves, forming a huge long-tail market. Homework help, itinerary planning, cooldown period calculations in romance… the less noticeable the scenario, the more real it is in life.

This is a new possibility relevant to everyone, waiting to be explored.