China’s AI and EV boom drives record power demand, widening energy gap with US
China’s total electricity consumption hit a record high of 10.4 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2025, more than double…
China AI has ‘less than 20%’ chance to exceed US over next 3 to 5 years: Alibaba scientist
China’s artificial intelligence efforts are unlikely to catch up with the United States in the near term despite…
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 Moonshot AI raises US$500 million in latest funding round: report
Moonshot AI, developer of the highly lauded Kimi AI models, saw IDG Capital lay out US$150 million to…
China-founded AI-agent start-up Manus acquired by Zuckerberg’s Meta for ‘billions’
A China-founded start-up that specialises in artificial intelligence agents was acquired by US tech giant Meta Platforms for…
Hang Seng Index set to cap worst week since April on AI bubble fears
Hong Kong stocks fell on Friday following Wall Street’s retreat as renewed concerns about the artificial intelligence sector…
Why new model of China’s Moonshot AI stirs ‘DeepSeek moment’ debate
Beijing-based Moonshot AI, a start-up valued at US$3.3 billion and backed by Chinese tech giants like Alibaba Group…
China’s DeepSeek makes rare public comment, calls for AI ‘whistle-blower’ on job losses
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek made a rare appearance at a state-backed industry event on Friday as a…
China’s Moonshot AI launches new model lauded as No 1 among open-source systems
The Beijing-based start-up on Thursday said Kimi K2 Thinking was now accessible via Kimi.com and the model’s application…
AI models from China’s DeepSeek, Alibaba and the US flatter users too much, study finds
Leading artificial intelligence models from the United States and China are “highly sycophantic”, and their excessive flattery may…
Huawei’s HarmonyOS 6 system supports direct file transfers to Apple devices for first time
Huawei Technologies on Wednesday released to consumers in China the latest version of its proprietary operating system, HarmonyOS…
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group releases powerful AI model to rival DeepSeek and OpenAI
Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has released a new open-source, trillion-parameter large language model (LLM) that boasts stronger…