Xinmei Shen
Reporter, Technology
Xinmei Shen joined the Post in 2017 and is a technology reporter. She covers content, entertainment, social media and internet culture. Previously, she was with the Post’s tech news site, Abacus. Before that, she was a reporting intern at The Information whilst studying at the University of Hong Kong.
Xinmei Shen joined the Post in 2017 and is a technology reporter. She covers content, entertainment, social media and internet culture. Previously, she was with the Post’s tech news site, Abacus. Before that, she was a reporting intern at The Information whilst studying at the University of Hong Kong.
Areas of Expertise:
China technology coverage, video productionLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
Post-earnings results suggest an emerging divide as differing revenue growth and model capabilities may shape their market standing, analysts say.
The US firm’s new models claim top position on leading benchmarks, though steep operating costs against Chinese rivals highlight a growing divide.
Dean Ball, a former White House adviser, says the window for cooperation will ‘widen’ in next few months but will not stay open forever.
Capital, talent and public attention have moved from crypto to AI, leaving the digital asset industry feeling ‘smaller’, says organiser.
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Despite soaring revenue and enterprise growth, MiniMax’s results underscore the fierce competition with US and Chinese AI labs.
Open models reached a record share of 62 per cent on a US web development platform on Saturday, a reversal of figures in June.
Washington’s buy-back efforts for US debt, cryptocurrency policy support credited for 25 per cent rally.
The personal investments from Joe Tsai and Eddie Wu follow firm’s 710 million share sale, one of China’s largest AI fundraising efforts.
The Chinese tech giant is going ‘full stack’, expanding beyond retail into chips, cloud and large language models as surging spending weighs on quarterly profits.
San Francisco-based Harvey says its new model, Harvey Tenet, was post-trained on top of the open-weight Kimi K3 base.
Government to accelerate use of blockchain, build AI infrastructure in line with national mandate to boost digital contribution to GDP.
Chinese tech giant’s latest offering performed on par with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna and nearly matched DeepSeek, Zhipu’s open-weight models.
Company’s ‘Shield of Open Source’ programme offers free security audits to help users patch software vulnerabilities.
‘Neo-cloud’ provider Antimatter is helping businesses shift away from the US’ frontier AI models, promising lower costs and greater data sovereignty.
Company says GLM-5.3 outperformed leading US systems in cybersecurity tests, beating Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on CyberGym.
Jin Shanmu, a Beijing-based neurosurgeon, was trying to solve a problem related to brain ultrasounds. Instead, he made mathematical history.
Chinese AI start-up’s model impresses in niche areas like cybersecurity but leaves some developers disappointed in its overall capabilities.
Company says it has hired Citic Securities to guide pre-listing preparation but has not announced further details of plans.
Meta’s renewed push into open-source models aims to attract US businesses wary of the regulatory risks associated with adopting Chinese AI.
Average inference prices ranged between US$1.16 and US$1.18 from August 6 to 8, according to Silicon Data’s index.
China’s open-weight models have led AI firms to slash prices, but they will also massively boost overall AI demand, analysts say.
Kimi K3’s escape did not involve the hacking of an external system, unlike recent breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models.
Plans for a major price hike underscore the challenges the company faces to maintain aggressively low prices amid fierce competition.
Hangzhou-based firm is recruiting developers to test software that turns language models into autonomous agents, escalating price war with US rivals.
Washington is reportedly mulling a ban on foreign open-source AI models, but the move would likely raise costs for a slew of US companies.
Firm aims to ‘support open-source community’ and a ‘broad range of hardware’, as H3 model bests Seedance 2.0 in some tasks.
Two factories receive orders for 200,000 units in a month from the continent, company says.
The LexisNexis study identified a ‘clear shift towards China’ in the humanoid robot race, with the US falling behind.
Chinese open-weight models are gaining wider adoption overseas, raising concerns in Washington over China’s accelerating AI progress.
