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…
Tech war: Tencent pushes adoption of Chinese AI chips as mainland cuts reliance on Nvidia
The Shenzhen-based tech conglomerate’s cloud computing unit, Tencent Cloud, said it was supporting “mainstream domestic chips” in its…
Alibaba holds wide lead over rivals ByteDance, Huawei, Tencent in China’s AI cloud market
Alibaba Group Holding captured more than a third of China’s artificial intelligence cloud services market in the first…
Tech war: Anthropic’s Claude restrictions put overseas AI tools backed by China in limbo
An abrupt decision by American artificial intelligence firm Anthropic to restrict service to Chinese-owned entities anywhere in the…
China’s latest AI gadget is credit card-sized recorder as Alibaba’s DingTalk takes on Plaud
The latest artificial intelligence gadget in China is a credit-card sized note-taking recorder from Alibaba Group Holding’s DingTalk…
Tech war: Huawei executive claims victory over US sanctions with computing, AI ecosystem
China has virtually overcome crippling US tech restrictions, according to a senior executive at Huawei Technologies, as mainland-developed…
Huawei revamps cloud computing unit to prioritise AI amid China-US tech war
Huawei Technologies has begun a major restructuring of its cloud computing unit as the Chinese tech giant sharpens…
Chinese unicorn Z.ai, Alibaba Cloud team up to deploy new AI agent for smartphone users
Chinese artificial intelligence unicorn Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu, has joined forces with Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud computing…
US underestimating China’s AI progress, OpenAI’s Sam Altman says
“I’m worried about China,” the 40-year-old Altman was quoted as saying on Monday in a report by American…
Apple eyes Douyin Pay for mainland App Store while iPhone 17 ‘leak’ stirs online debate
Apple has started testing Douyin Pay as a new mobile payment service on its China App Store, according…
Tech giants from Tencent to ByteDance vie for AI agent supremacy after Manus relocates
Chinese Big Tech firms from Tencent Holdings to ByteDance are intensifying their focus on artificial intelligence (AI) agents…