Open Questions | Dong Yu on why ‘every chapter’ of China’s 5-year plans boils down to income
Dong Yu has been executive vice-president of the China Institute for Development Planning at Tsinghua University since 2019.…
What makes China confident enough to ban microchips made by US firm Nvidia?
Beijing’s decision this week to ban Chinese companies from using microchips made by US firm Nvidia indicates the…
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…
Exclusive | Geoffrey Hinton on preventing an AI takeover and the ‘very worrying’ China-US tech race
Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist often called the “godfather of AI” because of his revolutionary neural…
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…
Baidu unveils AI computing platform powered by Chinese chips to push a domestic tech stack
The Beijing-based AI and internet search giant’s upgraded platform delivers a speedier network connection, increased computing power, and…
Google and Grok are catching up to ChatGPT, says a16z’s latest AI report
ChatGPT rivals like Google’s Gemini, xAI’s Grok, and, to a lesser extent, Meta AI, are closing the gap…
China races to embed AI use across major industries with ambitious 2030 target
In its latest road map for artificial intelligence, China has set targets for the adoption of AI-powered devices…
Meet Cambricon: how 2 ‘genius brothers’ created China’s potential rival to Nvidia
The hottest company in China right now is Cambricon Technologies, an artificial intelligence chipmaker whose stock has surged…
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…
As AI chatbots gain popularity in China, so does the business of inserting ads into results
As ChatGPT-like chatbots gain traction, generative engine optimisation (GEO) has emerged as an increasingly significant approach for brands…
How China’s new ‘Darwin Monkey’ could shake up future of AI in world first
Chinese engineers have unveiled the world’s first brain-like computer made up of more than 2 billion artificial neurons.…