Minxiao Chang
Reporter, Technology
Minxiao is a technology reporter at the South China Morning Post, covering semiconductors, AI, and fintech. She previously reported for 36Kr and Harvard Business Review China, specializing in the intersection of AI and emerging technologies. Her coverage focuses on global supply chains, Web3, and RWA.
Minxiao is a technology reporter at the South China Morning Post, covering semiconductors, AI, and fintech. She previously reported for 36Kr and Harvard Business Review China, specializing in the intersection of AI and emerging technologies. Her coverage focuses on global supply chains, Web3, and RWA.
Areas of Expertise:
China markets, emerging techLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Open-weight models allow users around the world to use, copy, modify and distribute the software without paying the model developer.
The latest proposals come two months after China introduced its first dedicated rules governing humanlike AI interaction.
‘It’s basically like stealing something from users, and the malicious intent is what concerns me,’ Shanghai-based AI developer says.
The AI firm said its computing power bottleneck was no longer a ‘primary constraint’ thanks to its fresh US$5 billion war chest.
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Beijing vows to take action if Washington tries to contain China’s firms, as tensions over advanced AI systems heat up before expected Xi-Trump meeting.
While the US has a lead in frontier AI, China’s advantage stems from distributing services through platforms tailored to local habits.
Employees at Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance all report tightening token policies, with some staff asked to co-pay to use US AI models.
Automating AI research has emerged as a battleground, though US firms have an early lead due to superior access to compute resources.
The devices are emerging as central to artificial intelligence race, and China’s suppliers hold key market position.
Company claims it has the industry’s first 7.2-terabit-per-second NPO module, as firms race to set next-generation AI infrastructure standards.
The new iPhone Duo flagship handset is trending on Weibo but faces fierce domestic competition and local hurdles.
The company cited a rapid surge in user demand for AI and increased complexity of its computing systems.
Agentic AIs now use five times as many tokens as humans, giving lower-priced models from Chinese firms a competitive edge, analysts say.
Post-earnings results suggest an emerging divide as differing revenue growth and model capabilities may shape their market standing, analysts say.
First-half revenue from cloud-based deployment services soared over 2,700 per cent year on year.
The AGI Bar in Beijing’s Zhongguancun tech hub offers free tokens to customers who order a drink.
Models from Alibaba, MiniMax and ByteDance currently dominate benchmark rankings on industry evaluation platform Artificial Analysis.
Model shows China can scale AI on domestic chips, setting a usage record as Beijing pushes to cut reliance on US hardware.
Open models reached a record share of 62 per cent on a US web development platform on Saturday, a reversal of figures in June.
Surging token usage as artificial intelligence moves into large-scale deployment spurs search for new approaches.
Retreating from China, once Nokia’s largest single-country market globally, would mark an acquiescence to domestic competition.
With the launch of Harness, China’s DeepSeek continues to build the foundational digital scaffolding for autonomous AI agents.
In a strategy shift, Alibaba’s flagship Qwen3.8-Max model comes with terms for certain companies using it to generate revenue.
The e-commerce giant launches paid tiers for its office assistant in the Qwen app as costs for artificial intelligence mount.
High transition costs are keeping AI developers in China reliant on Nvidia chips, industry sources say.
H3 model enters the generative video battleground, but licensing carve-outs restrict use in US, EU, UK and South Korea.
Companion robots start arriving in September, offering emotional interaction and novelty, but chores remain off the table – at least for now.
China’s studios are using ByteDance’s model to cut production times from months to weeks and drive down video creation costs.
Start-up is recruiting entrepreneurs, developers, creators and students who use Kimi to share their experiences with broader communities.
