The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom
Travel just two hours west of Beijing by train, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by the rolling grasslands…
Chinese AI Researchers Are Finding Their Voice on X
The prevailing narrative in Silicon Valley is that Chinese AI models like Kimi K3 and DeepSeek R1 came…
How People in China Keep Outsmarting Anthropic’s Geolocation Restrictions
Anthropic goes to great lengths to prevent people in China from using its AI models, but in practice,…
ChatGPT Has ‘Goblin’ Mania in the US. In China It Will ‘Catch You Steadily’
Are you even online in 2026 if you haven’t experienced the verbal tics of ChatGPT? It loves goblins,…
A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat
In an Instagram video posted on April 1, lifestyle influencer Melissa Strahle poses outdoors before an American flag…
Scammers in China Are Using AI-Generated Images to Get Refunds
I don’t want to admit it, but I did spend a lot of money online this holiday shopping…
How Taiwan Made Cashless Payments Cute
At a 7-Eleven convenience store in Taiwan, you can pick up a 4-inch plushie of Miffy, the bunny…
How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI Chatbot
When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek became a global sensation in January, it not only shocked Silicon Valley but…