Alibaba, Baidu’s IPO plans for AI chip design units heighten China’s self-reliance drive
The two Chinese internet peers’ initiatives reflected the strong investor appetite for AI chip firms and growing demand…
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…
Tencent seeks collaboration with other major AI developers to improve tech for vulnerable users
Specialised data sets can make AI services more helpful to vulnerable users who have become progressively reliant on…
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…
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…
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 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…
Alibaba’s Qwen3-Omni tops Hugging Face AI ranking as Chinese open systems flourish
Alibaba Group Holding’s new Qwen3-Omni multimodal artificial intelligence system has quickly become the most popular model in the…
Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent’s Weixin Pay embrace China’s cross-border payment system
China’s two largest mobile payment services, Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings’ Weixin Pay, have adopted a new…
Tencent Hires OpenAI Researcher as China Steps Up Talent Search
Tencent Holdings Ltd. has recruited a prominent artificial intelligence researcher from OpenAI in one of the most high-profile…