Open Questions | Jeffrey Ding on why diffusion, not innovation, is the secret to victory in the AI race
Jeffrey Ding is an assistant professor of political science at George Washington University. He is the author of…
Google study finds DeepSeek, Alibaba AI models mimic human collective intelligence
New Google research into DeepSeek and Alibaba Cloud’s artificial intelligence models has found that powerful reasoning models capable…
China’s tech self-sufficiency powers stock boom and helps it shake off economic malaise
Nearly a year after DeepSeek’s AI breakthrough rattled global markets, mainland China is entering 2026 with a fresh…
DeepSeek stays mum on next AI model release as technical papers show frontier innovation
Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek continues to keep the world guessing on when its next major release –…
China seeks ‘safe and reliable’ AI supply as global tech race heats up
China has vowed to achieve a “safe and reliable supply” of bedrock artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027…
DeepSeek to customise namesake chatbot for Italian users following probe
Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has agreed to launch the first country-specific version of its namesake chatbot, while…
DeepSeek-V3.2 Outperforms GPT-5 on Reasoning Tasks
DeepSeek released DeepSeek-V3.2, a family of open-source reasoning and agentic AI models. The high compute version, DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale, performs…
China’s DeepSeek adds advanced ‘thinking’ feature to chatbot amid buzz over next model
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has updated the user interface of its flagship chatbot by adding an advanced…
Tech war: China takes confident strides to develop more AI innovation in 2026
That release was a fitting reminder to the world, especially during the peak of the Christmas holiday season,…
China’s Qwen and DeepSeek edge out US AI models in Christian values benchmark
Chinese artificial intelligence models from Alibaba Cloud and DeepSeek have edged out US-developed models to feature in the…
‘Rational optimist’: sci-fi writer Liu Cixin on why he’ll be happy if AI surpasses humans
Liu Cixin is the most influential contemporary science fiction writer in China. He is best known for his…
China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after initial ChatGPT shock
Chinese government authorities sent urgent requests to various experts, including professors from Tsinghua University, to provide briefings on…