miHoYo just dropped BSide: Olivia Lin on Chinese Steam, an AI desktop companion who'll never finish that piano degree. The eternal Shanghai student majors in piano, minors in psych, and exists purely to vibe with you through MIDI-generated piano videos, letter exchanges, and live wallpaper mode.[[1]](https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/genshin-impact-creator-mihoyo-has-released-an-ai-companion-on-steam-an-eternal-student-cursed-to-never-obtain-her-piano-degree/)

This ain't another gacha cash printer—it's framed as an app, not a game, with tags like Music, Relaxing, and Utilities. Upload files, she plays them; write letters, she replies with AI-generated stories. Early Access in China only, full release free, no global page yet.[[2]](https://nichegamer.com/bside-olivia-lin-genshin-impact-devs-announce/)

Last month the studio announced up to $14.6 billion over three years pouring into in-house AI tools, calling it central to problem-solving. BSide is the first public toy from that war chest, alongside AI experiments in Petit Planet and Genesis. Whales already memeing their new AI girlfriend while the rest wonder if this is the future or just expensive cope.[[3]](https://techwiser.com/hoyoverse-ai-gamble-investment/)