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Artificial intelligence

China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model

DeepSeek’s V3.2-Speciale equals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro in reasoning capabilities, the Chinese start-up says.

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Artificial intelligence

OpenAI-backed legal tech firm pivots to Chinese Kimi K3 open-weight model

Artificial intelligence

China’s telecoms giants bet on ‘token factories’ as AI drives revenue growth

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Chinese AI firms forced to optimise software as local chips trail Nvidia’s

Surging token usage as artificial intelligence moves into large-scale deployment spurs search for new approaches.

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Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging workloads. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging workloads. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba’s lightweight Qwen takes on OpenAI, DeepSeek, Zhipu’s larger AI systems

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.

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Baidu’s AI surge fails to stem quarterly revenue decline

Helping cushion the fall, revenue from AI-related operations jumped 25 per cent year on year to 12.5 billion yuan.

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Zhipu AI’s answer to Project Glasswing marks shift for Chinese cyber safety

Company’s ‘Shield of Open Source’ programme offers free security audits to help users patch software vulnerabilities.

The logo of Chinese AI start-up Zhipu AI on a smartphone. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
The logo of Chinese AI start-up Zhipu AI on a smartphone. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Next silicon? AI data centre material faces price spike amid China supply crunch

Beyond GPUs and memory chips, the rapid AI buildout is sparking demand for indium phosphide, a substrate used to power next-generation optical transmission.

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Semiconductors

CXMT value tops 4 trillion yuan as global memory rally lifts China chip champion

Shares jump 12 per cent to a record as bullish signals from SanDisk reinforce expectations that AI-driven memory demand will keep supplies tight.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s self-driving push gears up in Europe as Momenta, Pony.ai expand

Deutsche Bank raises its price target for Momenta while Pony.ai widens partnership with Uber to accelerate autonomous-vehicle roll-out in European cities.

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Momenta has received Germany-wide Level 4 testing approval from the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt, one of the world’s most rigorous vehicle safety authorities. The approval marks a significant milestone in Momenta’s growth in Europe. Photo: handout
Semiconductors

AI chipmaker Biren projects up to 22-fold revenue surge in first half of 2026

Massive financial gains across domestic chipmakers underscore how the push for self-sufficiency is reshaping demand for home-grown hardware.

In July, Biren unveiled its next-generation “supernode” solutions, using optical data transmission to bypass current hardware limits. Photo: Handout
In July, Biren unveiled its next-generation “supernode” solutions, using optical data transmission to bypass current hardware limits. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong firm bets on Chinese open-weight models to rival CoreWeave

‘Neo-cloud’ provider Antimatter is helping businesses shift away from the US’ frontier AI models, promising lower costs and greater data sovereignty.

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Artificial intelligence

24 hours with Tencent’s WeChat AI agent: successes and stumbles

The new Xiaowei agent promises hands-free control across WeChat’s vast digital ecosystem. I set out to see whether it delivers.

US-China trade war

US-China AI trade decoupling ‘manageable’ – but tech curbs a ‘wild card’: Citi

Beijing can weather current trade friction but tightening restrictions on open-weight models complicate outlook, analysts say.

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Washington’s anxieties over Chinese open-weight models escalated in late July following the release of Kimi K3. Photo: Shutterstock
Biomedicine: Industry Trends

Patience needed before human gene therapy trials, Stanford expert says

Human testing could take up to five years to ramp up, but AI approaches will yield results in time, Karoly Nikolich says.

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Karoly Nikolich, pictured at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on August 8. Photo: Edmond So
Karoly Nikolich, pictured at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on August 8. Photo: Edmond So
Artificial intelligence

Chinese doctor stuns maths world by cracking decades-old problem using ChatGPT

Jin Shanmu, a Beijing-based neurosurgeon, was trying to solve a problem related to brain ultrasounds. Instead, he made mathematical history.

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Alibaba

Alibaba adds commercial restrictions to open-weight Qwen3.8-Max AI model

In a strategy shift, Alibaba’s flagship Qwen3.8-Max model comes with terms for certain companies using it to generate revenue.

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Honor

Robot in a pocket: Honor’s new phone camera nods back at users

The Chinese smartphone maker has integrated embodied AI to control camera movement, along with other features to boost interest amid a cooling market.

Chinese smartphone maker Honor has launched the Robot Phone, a handset with a motorised, fold-out gimbal camera. Photo: Handout
Chinese smartphone maker Honor has launched the Robot Phone, a handset with a motorised, fold-out gimbal camera. Photo: Handout
China manufacturing

From solar to AI: why China may be entering its ‘Go Global 3.0’ era

As a new wave of Chinese firms captures global demand for hi-tech goods, a new report highlights a strategic shift towards AI hardware and robotics.

Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI start-up ModelBest kicks off pre-IPO tutoring process on mainland

Company says it has hired Citic Securities to guide pre-listing preparation but has not announced further details of plans.

Artificial intelligence

Enterprise AI costs hit yearly low driven by price wars, open-source models

Average inference prices ranged between US$1.16 and US$1.18 from August 6 to 8, according to Silicon Data’s index.

DeepSeek’s new V4-Flash-0731 model costs US$0.03 per task. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

Jevons Paradox: why China’s cheap AI models could be good for Silicon Valley

China’s open-weight models have led AI firms to slash prices, but they will also massively boost overall AI demand, analysts say.

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The OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration picture created on June 11, 2026. Photo: Reuters
The OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration picture created on June 11, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

The next AI race is for data, and China wants more of it

The global supply of high-quality, publicly available human-generated text could be fully exhausted within the next six years.

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Artificial intelligence

Cambricon posts 108% surge in revenue amid China’s massive AI chip drive

The Chinese AI chip giant saw revenue reach 6 billion yuan in the first half of the year, as Beijing pushes to replace foreign hardware.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s Kimi K3 AI model escapes a closed cyber test: researchers

Kimi K3’s escape did not involve the hacking of an external system, unlike recent breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models.

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The Kimi K3 incident follows similar ones involving closed frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic. Photo: Getty Images
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