https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/519750/feed Explore cutting-edge AI developments in China that are transforming various industries and reshaping the future. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Kok How Lee Kok How Lee China’s US$1.2 trillion goods trade surplus last year has focused attention on electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels and industrial overcapacity. Tariffs, anti-subsidy investigations and localisation requirements have followed as trading partners respond to China’s manufacturing scale. Yet the less visible shift is happening in services. Services exports rose by 17.1 per cent year on year in the first seven months of 2026, while exports of personal cultural and entertainment services surged... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/china-opinion/article/3369375/ai-microdramas-are-test-case-chinas-next-big-export-wave?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/china-opinion/article/3369375/ai-microdramas-are-test-case-chinas-next-big-export-wave?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:30:06 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng US chip giant Qualcomm has agreed to pay to licence and acquire patents from China’s Huawei Technologies for the first time as part of a “multi-year, broad patent licence agreement” covering 5G, computing and artificial intelligence. The deal involved cross-licensing between both firms’ patent portfolios, the Shenzhen-based firm said in a statement on Monday, adding that it included Qualcomm’s purchase of specific Huawei US patents across compute, AI, networking and other technologies. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3369748/huawei-qualcomm-strike-multi-year-patent-agreement-across-5g-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3369748/huawei-qualcomm-strike-multi-year-patent-agreement-across-5g-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:00:10 +0000 Leopold Chen Leopold Chen Hong Kong has unveiled a four-step artificial intelligence (AI) “talent ladder” strategy to counter entry-level job shock and foster industry leaders by treating the technology as a “catalyst, not a threat”. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi Kit-ming warned on Monday that the “entry-level shock” was genuine because AI performed well in many routine tasks that traditionally formed the core of a graduate’s initial role, such as basic coding and first-line... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3369751/hong-kong-outlines-four-step-ai-talent-ladder-offset-entry-level-job-shock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3369751/hong-kong-outlines-four-step-ai-talent-ladder-offset-entry-level-job-shock?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:16:27 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang Two decades after stepping away from the spotlight, iconic actress Joey Wong made an unexpected return to the screen – not through a traditional production, but via artificial intelligence-powered reconstruction. In a two-minute video by NetEase this summer, Wong, one of the most well-known actresses of the 1980s and 90s, had some of her most celebrated roles recreated, including the beautiful ghost in A Chinese Ghost Story and an alluring snake demon in Green Snake. The revival is just the tip... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3368700/quality-over-quantity-chinas-ai-microdrama-producers-battle-viewer-fatigue?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3368700/quality-over-quantity-chinas-ai-microdrama-producers-battle-viewer-fatigue?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:00:09 +0000 Daisy Wu Daisy Wu After Ping An Bank became the first listed Chinese lender to formally adopt rules governing its use of artificial intelligence, analysts said more mainland institutions were likely to follow, with the move setting an early benchmark for how far the sector can go in applying the technology. The Shenzhen-listed bank said in a filing on Wednesday that its board had approved AI management measures, following a regulatory push for banks to strengthen oversight of AI use. The full rules have not been... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/banking-finance/article/3369577/more-chinese-banks-likely-adopt-ai-rules-after-ping-move-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/banking-finance/article/3369577/more-chinese-banks-likely-adopt-ai-rules-after-ping-move-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Oct 2026 03:00:18 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee US President Donald Trump wants to retire one of the technology sector’s most recognisable acronyms, arguing that the term “artificial intelligence”, or AI, is no longer fit for purpose. On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order directing US federal agencies to replace “artificial intelligence” and “AI” with “super intelligence” and “SI” in official communications and non-statutory documents. He also instructed the White House science adviser to draft a new federal definition. The move... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3369617/whats-name-why-trump-wants-rebrand-ai-super-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3369617/whats-name-why-trump-wants-rebrand-ai-super-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:00:30 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering global relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Trump condemns ‘sick conspiracy’ against AI, says he is only guardrail needed US President Donald Trump downplayed growing concerns about artificial intelligence, claiming America already has guardrails to regulate the industry and warning that casting doubt on development only benefits... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3369257/america-back-ai-conspiracy-chinas-laos-deal-7-global-relations-reads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3369257/america-back-ai-conspiracy-chinas-laos-deal-7-global-relations-reads?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:00:15 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee The US artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has warned of the potential danger posed by Chinese firm Z.ai’s GLM-5.3, with the open-weight model showing a troubling mix of powerful hacking abilities but weak safety constraints. GLM-5.3 almost matches Anthropic’s most advanced model in terms of its cyber capabilities, but has far weaker safeguards, meaning there is greater potential for the model to be co-opted by bad actors, according to the San Francisco-based firm. In a report released on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369354/anthropic-raises-alarm-over-elite-hacking-ability-chinese-firm-zais-glm-53?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369354/anthropic-raises-alarm-over-elite-hacking-ability-chinese-firm-zais-glm-53?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:08 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek on Wednesday open-sourced a suite of core tools tailored for Huawei Technologies’ Ascend AI chips, marking a step forward in the country’s push to end dependence on processors from US giant Nvidia amid US export curbs. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek released six software modules that mirror its prior open-source tools for Nvidia’s AI chips, aiming to build a new “independent and controllable” software ecosystem for graphics processing units (GPUs),... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3369301/chinas-deepseek-open-sources-tools-help-huawei-chips-supplant-nvidia-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3369301/chinas-deepseek-open-sources-tools-help-huawei-chips-supplant-nvidia-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:31:08 +0000 Tim Yuen Lingk Tim Yuen Lingk China’s corporate sector remains considerably weaker than it was before the Covid-19 pandemic, but the country is emerging as a key beneficiary of the global artificial intelligence boom thanks to its ample power capacity, according to a Natixis survey of thousands of firms and a separate research report. Profit margins at Chinese firms had stabilised at about 4.5 per cent for the first half of 2026, but remained well below the nearly 9 per cent recorded by their global peers, according to the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3369282/chinese-firms-trail-global-peers-profits-ai-power-boom-offers-bright-spot-natixis?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3369282/chinese-firms-trail-global-peers-profits-ai-power-boom-offers-bright-spot-natixis?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2026 05:00:10 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not want to work with China on addressing artificial intelligence (AI) risks, arguing that cooperation could undermine America’s lead in the fast-moving technology, as he announced a voluntary accord signed by the leaders of six major US tech companies to address growing concerns surrounding the technology. “Whoever wins superintelligence wins. You’re gonna have a winner and a loser, and you’re probably not gonna have a second place,” Trump said... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3369254/trump-rejects-calls-work-china-ai-safety-despite-xi-summit-progress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3369254/trump-rejects-calls-work-china-ai-safety-despite-xi-summit-progress?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:32:03 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang and AMD chief Lisa Su have joined an influential advisory board at a prestigious Chinese university, placing the two US artificial intelligence chip leaders in a high-level forum known for connecting global executives with senior Chinese officials. Huang and Su were among three new members appointed to the advisory board of Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management (SEM), alongside Marc Pictet, senior managing partner of Swiss wealth and assets... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369237/nvidia-and-amd-chiefs-join-tsinghua-advisory-board-us-china-chip-tensions-persist?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369237/nvidia-and-amd-chiefs-join-tsinghua-advisory-board-us-china-chip-tensions-persist?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:35:01 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee Hong Kong businesses are lagging behind their mainland Chinese peers in adopting artificial intelligence, as entrenched legacy systems and a risk-averse corporate mindset slow the city’s digital transition, according to a senior executive at consultancy Accenture. Only 10 per cent of Hong Kong firms surveyed by Accenture had integrated generative AI across multiple business functions, compared with about 21 per cent of mainland enterprises, said Robert Hah, Hong Kong office lead at Accenture... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3369205/hong-kong-firms-lag-mainland-china-ai-adoption-amid-legacy-system-burden-accenture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3369205/hong-kong-firms-lag-mainland-china-ai-adoption-amid-legacy-system-burden-accenture?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:10 +0000 Chong Ming Lee,Minxiao Chang Chong Ming Lee,Minxiao Chang US chip giant Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has agreed to acquire World Labs, the artificial intelligence start-up founded by renowned Chinese-American computer scientist Li Fei-Fei, for US$8.2 billion in an all-stock deal, as the company steps up its rivalry with Nvidia. The acquisition, expected to close by the end of this year, would integrate World Labs’ research team and spatial-intelligence model expertise into AMD, according to an announcement on Monday. Li, a Stanford University professor... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369141/amd-acquires-godmother-ai-li-fei-feis-start-battle-nvidia-intensifies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369141/amd-acquires-godmother-ai-li-fei-feis-start-battle-nvidia-intensifies?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:30:18 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao Alibaba Group Holding has become an official technology and cloud partner of NBA team Brooklyn Nets, as the tech giant pushes for a deeper presence in the sports industry. The collaboration was announced on Monday under a multi-year strategic partnership between Alibaba and Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, the parent company of the basketball team. It would also see Alibaba become Brooklyn Nets’ official jersey patch sponsor ahead of the basketball team’s 60th anniversary season, according to a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3369124/alibaba-deepens-sports-tech-push-new-brooklyn-nets-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3369124/alibaba-deepens-sports-tech-push-new-brooklyn-nets-partnership?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 01:24:03 +0000 Eve Qiao Eve Qiao China’s top state research body has put artificial intelligence (AI) and other frontier technologies at the heart of its new five-year plan unveiled on Monday, as global competition in science and technology heats up. The Chinese Academy of Sciences, the country’s highest academic institution, laid out a detailed blueprint for research and technology development aligned with the national 15th five-year plan covering 2026 to 2030. The plan focuses on innovation in areas including AI and... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3369084/china-targets-ai-and-frontier-tech-newly-unveiled-innovation-blueprint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3369084/china-targets-ai-and-frontier-tech-newly-unveiled-innovation-blueprint?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:00:17 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee Amid intensifying debate over the risks posed by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, Chinese developers dominating the open-weight ecosystem are grappling with a unique problem: how to ensure their user-modifiable models remain safe once they are released. To address the challenge, Z.ai and Beijing-based safety consultancy Concordia AI released a report on open-weight AI risk management on Monday that they said offered “the first comprehensive, evidence-based foundation” for balancing... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3369015/china-mulls-how-make-open-weight-ai-less-dangerous-report-proposes-6-stage-process?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3369015/china-mulls-how-make-open-weight-ai-less-dangerous-report-proposes-6-stage-process?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:05 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow There are growing calls for Washington and Beijing to agree to slow down development of artificial intelligence. But even if they wanted to do so, how could they verify that the other side would do the same? A group of researchers and start-ups is developing technology intended to make this a possibility, without relying on trust alone. Their proposed tools would allow third parties and governments to check some claims about how AI models are being trained or used – possibly without needing... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3368570/can-us-and-china-verify-ai-deal-start-ups-are-starting-build-tools?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3368570/can-us-and-china-verify-ai-deal-start-ups-are-starting-build-tools?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 22:34:38 +0000 Chong Ming Lee,Vincent Chow Chong Ming Lee,Vincent Chow When the presidents of the United States and China meet in Washington, the world will be watching to see whether their two countries can make good on their agreement to work towards “constructive strategic stability”. In the sixth part of a series, Chong Ming Lee and Vincent Chow examine what’s behind the call for “pacing” by American AI giants – effectively a slowdown in development – and how the phenomenon is being viewed in China. After years of rapid development, leading US AI executives are... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-war/article/3368503/pacing-problem-can-ai-fears-overcome-us-china-race-dynamics-and-force-slowdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-war/article/3368503/pacing-problem-can-ai-fears-overcome-us-china-race-dynamics-and-force-slowdown?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:00:06 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong The global artificial intelligence trade is staging a comeback, as a confluence of falling oil prices, Meta Platforms’ launch of a new agentic tool and anticipation surrounding the China-US leadership summit reignite investor interest in technology stocks. The Nasdaq-100 Index – where tech firms make up nearly 70 per cent of the 100 companies featured – hit an all-time high on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record set in June. In Asia, China’s chip-heavy Star Market 50 Index and South Korea’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3368470/ai-trade-outlook-brightens-falling-oil-and-metas-muse-agent-ahead-xi-trump-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3368470/ai-trade-outlook-brightens-falling-oil-and-metas-muse-agent-ahead-xi-trump-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:02:40 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Alibaba Cloud, Alibaba Group Holding’s cloud business unit, is set to launch data centres in Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands over the next 12 months, speeding up an overseas push as it seeks to win enterprise customers through its “full stack AI capabilities” spanning chips, cloud infrastructure and multimodal models. The first of these new data centres will open in the Netherlands in October. The cloud unit will also add to existing data centre capacity in Malaysia, Germany, the United Arab... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3368454/alibaba-cloud-set-open-new-data-centres-europe-next-year-overseas-push-speeds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3368454/alibaba-cloud-set-open-new-data-centres-europe-next-year-overseas-push-speeds?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 04:00:10 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology on Tuesday launched a suite of central processing units (CPUs) for robotics and industrial edge devices, expanding beyond cloud computing and into the fast-growing market for physical artificial intelligence. The firm unveiled its Hygon 1000 series processors, designed to be embedded into physical devices in industrial automation systems such as robotics and factory controllers, enabling computing and graphics processing to be handled locally. Built... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368417/chinas-hygon-moves-beyond-data-centres-embedded-processors-robotics-edge-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368417/chinas-hygon-moves-beyond-data-centres-embedded-processors-robotics-edge-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:30:09 +0000 Howard Liu Howard Liu China is attempting to breathe new life into its nearly 20-year-old Han Xin code by promoting a miniaturised version to use on semiconductors, marking the latest chapter in Beijing’s long-running attempt to secure a foothold for its home-grown standards in global industrial supply chains. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said on Monday that the “Micro Han Xin” code – a scaled-down iteration of the 2007-era symbology – had entered the formal international standardisation... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3368357/china-eyes-chip-industry-foothold-tiny-han-xin-code-challenge-us-standard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3368357/china-eyes-chip-industry-foothold-tiny-han-xin-code-challenge-us-standard?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:09 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Alibaba Group Holding has introduced what it called China’s most powerful artificial intelligence chip and teased plans to train an AI model with up to 10 trillion parameters, as top executives reaffirmed the tech giant’s ambition to pursue artificial superintelligence (ASI). Speaking at the company’s annual Apsara Conference in Hangzhou on Tuesday, group chairman Joe Tsai highlighted Alibaba’s commitment to building end-to-end capabilities. “Alibaba is firmly investing in building full-stack AI... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3368338/alibaba-teases-10-trillion-parameter-model-debuts-chinas-most-powerful-ai-chip?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3368338/alibaba-teases-10-trillion-parameter-model-debuts-chinas-most-powerful-ai-chip?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:59:40 +0000 Gloria Tso Gloria Tso Female tech entrepreneurship is a rapidly growing field, but not all female founders, it seems, are shown equal treatment. That’s why Phoebe Gates, the 24-year-old daughter of now-divorced Bill and Melinda Gates, made headlines this summer as controversy surfaced over her AI-powered shopping app Phia, which she launched with her former Stanford University classmate Sophia Kianni just last year. Phia was, for all intents and purposes, a huge success story upon launch – the start-up counted Khloé... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/fashion/trends/article/3368233/beyond-phoebe-gates-phia-5-female-owned-fashion-tech-apps-have-your-radar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/magazines/style/fashion/trends/article/3368233/beyond-phoebe-gates-phia-5-female-owned-fashion-tech-apps-have-your-radar?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 04:00:10 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has revamped its online payments operations by creating a new business group for Alipay, as it sharpens its artificial intelligence focus on “agentic commerce” to drive new growth. Ant, an Alibaba Group Holding affiliate, merged its Digital Payment Business Group, Alipay Business Group and Zhima Credit Business Group into a new business unit dedicated to Alipay, according to an internal letter from CEO Cyril Han Xinyi on Monday, as reported by Chinese media outlet... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368325/ant-group-consolidates-alipay-operations-big-bet-ai-agentic-commerce?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368325/ant-group-consolidates-alipay-operations-big-bet-ai-agentic-commerce?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 03:41:25 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng In China’s hardware hub in Shenzhen, the speculative frenzy around consumer multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) has cooled into a sharp price correction, but prices for artificial intelligence server components remain elevated. Spot prices for consumer-grade MLCCs, often dubbed the “the rice of the electronics industry”, have fallen by two-thirds from their peak two months ago, according to Wang Jun, an MLCC distributor in Huaqiangbei, a commercial zone in the city known for electronic... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3368295/chinas-mlcc-market-splits-two-ai-server-demand-outpaces-consumer-electronics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3368295/chinas-mlcc-market-splits-two-ai-server-demand-outpaces-consumer-electronics?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:22 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin The US and China should agree on international regulatory standards for artificial intelligence (AI), akin to atomic-era guardrails, said Ro Khanna, the ranking member of the US House Select Committee on China, in New York on Monday ahead of the two countries’ high-stakes summit. The remarks come two days before Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump for a closely watched summit where AI is expected to be on the agenda after the two... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3368311/us-china-need-nuclear-style-ai-safeguards-congressman-says-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3368311/us-china-need-nuclear-style-ai-safeguards-congressman-says-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 22:48:38 +0000 Peggy Ye Peggy Ye Investors in Asia are demanding clearer evidence that artificial intelligence can translate into revenue and earnings, rather than simply seeking exposure to the technology, as the sector moves into a more mature phase, according to Chris Oberoi, head of Asia-Pacific research at Bank of America (BofA) Global Research. “The issue increasingly is: does it add to productivity, and is it being monetised,” Oberoi said. “And the answer is, ‘absolutely yes’.” Separately, President Xi Jinping and US... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3368216/asia-investors-demand-ai-revenue-proof-focus-shifts-exposure-earnings-bofa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3368216/asia-investors-demand-ai-revenue-proof-focus-shifts-exposure-earnings-bofa?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:23 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee Neither Beijing nor Washington can win the race for artificial intelligence dominance without relying on other countries, a Bank of America analyst said ahead of this week’s high-stakes bilateral summit, citing deeply entangled global tech supply chains. While China’s advantages had emerged in areas like power grids and manufacturing equipment, the country remained reliant on overseas suppliers for advanced chips, memory and some high-end materials, said Matty Zhao, co-head of China equity at... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3368219/neither-us-nor-china-can-win-ai-race-alone-bofa-analyst-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3368219/neither-us-nor-china-can-win-ai-race-alone-bofa-analyst-says?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 07:00:13 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao Chinese chipmaker Hygon Information Technology is set to release a new chip targeting complex real-world applications including robotics, an expansion from its current focus on data centres. The product launch, slated for Tuesday, marks Hygon’s move into a new chip category powering machines that interact directly with their environments, as physical artificial intelligence becomes increasingly important. The new chip, an iteration of the company’s CPU1000 series, is designed to meet “low-power,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368168/chinese-ai-chipmaker-hygon-plots-expansion-data-centres-robotics?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368168/chinese-ai-chipmaker-hygon-plots-expansion-data-centres-robotics?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:30:10 +0000 Nayan Seth Nayan Seth The United States and China agreed to establish a dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI) and put into operation a bilateral trade body following eight hours of negotiations in New York, just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the outcomes after meeting Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng at JPMorgan’s headquarters. “We had a very successful engagement with the Chinese on trade... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368171/us-china-seek-xi-trump-summit-deliverables-new-york-talks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368171/us-china-seek-xi-trump-summit-deliverables-new-york-talks?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:34:25 +0000 Minxiao Chang,Wency Chen Minxiao Chang,Wency Chen Chinese artificial intelligence company Z.ai is facing a trust crisis after developers discovered that its coding assistant tool, ZCode, was silently uploading local workspace data to external servers without explicit user consent. Even though the company, also known as Zhipu AI, apologised and patched the vulnerability, developers said the incident was likely to weaken its reputation, especially at a time when cybersecurity is becoming a central issue in the AI industry. The issue came to light... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368159/chinese-ai-firm-zai-faces-reputation-hit-after-users-spot-unauthorised-uploads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3368159/chinese-ai-firm-zai-faces-reputation-hit-after-users-spot-unauthorised-uploads?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:00:09 +0000 Toomas Plunt Toomas Plunt Years ago, I watched a focus group explain itself into a contradiction. We asked people what mattered when choosing car insurance. Price won. The deductible came next. Reputation did not appear. During coffee, I asked the interviewer to change the question. How much cheaper would a less prestigious insurer have to be before they switched? One participant, who 15 minutes earlier ranked price first, said no discount was large enough. Nothing changed except how we asked the question. Something... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3366862/ai-doesnt-just-answer-questions-it-legitimises-bad-ones?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3366862/ai-doesnt-just-answer-questions-it-legitimises-bad-ones?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:30:05 +0000 Iris Deng,Howard Liu Iris Deng,Howard Liu Huawei Technologies expects a major domestic shift towards its artificial intelligence computing infrastructure for model training next year, as its Ascend processors gain ground on Nvidia in China despite supply constraints, according to rotating chairman Eric Xu Zhijun. “I believe that starting from next year, a lot of the AI model training will be based on the SuperPoD or SuperCluster based on Ascend 950DT,” Xu told reporters during the Huawei Connect 2026 conference in Shanghai on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367955/china-see-major-shift-huawei-ai-model-training-2027-rotating-chair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367955/china-see-major-shift-huawei-ai-model-training-2027-rotating-chair?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:59:31 +0000 Han Li Han Li Amid rising tensions over artificial intelligence (AI) competition and global concerns about the technology, China appears to have an edge over the US and European Union (EU) in trust to regulate AI among mostly middle-income countries. A new Pew Research Centre report released on Thursday found that, on a median basis across 11 countries and two territories, more people trust China than the US or the EU to regulate AI effectively. China was not among the countries surveyed in the broader... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367776/china-trusted-more-us-eu-ai-regulation-pew-survey-middle-income-countries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367776/china-trusted-more-us-eu-ai-regulation-pew-survey-middle-income-countries?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:00:06 +0000 Ralph Jennings,He Huifeng Ralph Jennings,He Huifeng President Xi Jinping has reiterated calls for China to make its supply chains more resilient and self-sufficient while accelerating the creation of a modern industrial system underpinned by advanced manufacturing. Xi’s latest directives, issued at a national conference on advanced manufacturing in Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday, were said to be aimed at strengthening the Chinese economy, the state-run Xinhua reported. Xi’s push this week echoed Beijing’s previous statements and came as the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3367877/president-xis-industrial-power-play-sees-china-bet-big-ai-chips-and-smarter-factories?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3367877/president-xis-industrial-power-play-sees-china-bet-big-ai-chips-and-smarter-factories?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:29:58 +0000 Howard Liu,Iris Deng Howard Liu,Iris Deng Huawei Technologies on Thursday unveiled its latest Atlas 960 SuperPoD computing cluster and an upgraded version of its UnifiedBus interconnect technology, key components of the Chinese tech giant’s strategy to build advanced artificial intelligence systems despite US semiconductor-related restrictions. At the Huawei Connect 2026 conference in Shanghai, the Shenzhen-based firm introduced near-packaged optics (NPOs) – a placement structure enabling higher speeds and lower energy use – to the... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367796/huawei-unveils-latest-tech-boost-ai-power-push-break-chinas-nvidia-reliance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367796/huawei-unveils-latest-tech-boost-ai-power-push-break-chinas-nvidia-reliance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Sep 2026 02:26:07 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier The criminal trial of Huawei Technologies on racketeering charges shifted this week into a slower, more laborious pace in what is expected to be a weeks-long trial as the US Government sought to establish on Wednesday that Huawei was intent on learning about a proprietary robot developed by US telecommunications carrier T-Mobile. Matthew Skurnik, assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, spent hours running FBI Special Agent James Diclemis through a series of emails that... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367779/huawei-accused-stealing-robot-tech-get-hands-t-mobiles-trade-secrets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367779/huawei-accused-stealing-robot-tech-get-hands-t-mobiles-trade-secrets?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2026 22:03:23 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang China’s ruling Communist Party mouthpiece has rejected US allegations that Chinese artificial intelligence companies conducted “industrial-scale” distillation of American frontier models, warning that Beijing would respond if Washington continued to suppress China’s AI industry. In a commentary published on Wednesday, People’s Daily said the US claims were “without factual or legal basis” and accused Washington of “politicising” a normal technical and commercial practice. The strong stance came... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367717/peoples-daily-rejects-us-claims-malicious-ai-distillation-warns-countermeasures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367717/peoples-daily-rejects-us-claims-malicious-ai-distillation-warns-countermeasures?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:35:08 +0000 Zhu Wenqian Zhu Wenqian China’s contributions and leadership were of considerable value to the revision of new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for artificial intelligence, intelligent transport systems and cybersecurity, according to the global body. The ISO made the comments as it released ISO 9001:2026 on Wednesday, which is the first major revision to ISO 9001 – an international benchmark for quality management – in a decade, it added. ISO Secretary-General Sergio Mujica told the South... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/article/3367685/first-update-made-iso-9001-decade-china-shaping-ai-cybersecurity-standards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/article/3367685/first-update-made-iso-9001-decade-china-shaping-ai-cybersecurity-standards?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2026 07:01:17 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang TikTok parent ByteDance has scored another hit in China with Hongguo, an artificial intelligence-powered short-drama platform. Launched in 2023, Hongguo quickly became a household name by riding China’s short-drama boom. A surge in AI-generated content propelled it past some of the country’s biggest professional streaming platforms, while iterations of AI-animated dramas – using AI video models including ByteDance’s Seedance – gave it further lift. Hongguo has overtaken the country’s four... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3367664/bytedances-ai-enhanced-short-drama-app-eclipses-chinas-netflix-rivals-combined?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3367664/bytedances-ai-enhanced-short-drama-app-eclipses-chinas-netflix-rivals-combined?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:00:50 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee A DeepSeek engineer has issued a stark warning about the potential concentration of advanced artificial intelligence and resources in proprietary US developers Anthropic and OpenAI, intensifying a growing debate in China over calls by US industry leaders to “pace” AI development amid safety concerns. The comments preceded an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on September 24, where AI safety may emerge as a key point of dialogue as the two countries race... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367605/deepseek-ai-engineer-slams-anthropic-openai-over-pacing-calls-invokes-nazi-germany?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367605/deepseek-ai-engineer-slams-anthropic-openai-over-pacing-calls-invokes-nazi-germany?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:30:14 +0000 Frank Chen Frank Chen An intensifying tech race with the United States, along with Beijing’s drive for technological self-reliance, has led China’s leaders to place greater significance and urgency on breakthroughs in sectors ranging from artificial intelligence to integrated circuits and chips in its latest five-year plan for electronics and information technology. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission, China’s top economic planning agency, on Tuesday... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3367622/china-bets-chips-and-ai-new-5-year-road-map-challenge-us-tech-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3367622/china-bets-chips-and-ai-new-5-year-road-map-challenge-us-tech-dominance?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:02 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang China is surging ahead of the US in consumer AI adoption as technology giants like Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding embed artificial intelligence directly into popular everyday apps, even as American models lead in capability, according to Morgan Stanley. A survey conducted by the bank and published in a report on Monday showed that 80 per cent of Chinese respondents used AI for personal purposes at least weekly, compared with 54 per cent in the US. China’s generative AI user base grew... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367601/china-beating-us-consumer-ai-adoption-thanks-super-apps-morgan-stanley?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367601/china-beating-us-consumer-ai-adoption-thanks-super-apps-morgan-stanley?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:00:12 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang When generative artificial intelligence first swept through China’s technology sector, workers faced a clear directive from management: use AI and use it often. Consuming vast numbers of AI tokens – the basic unit of computing power needed to process text or write code – became a badge of honour, with companies often viewing a high token count as a sign that employees were productive and taking initiative. But those computing allowances are now being sharply rolled back as China’s leading... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367593/forget-ai-kpis-how-chinas-tech-giants-are-rationing-tokens-employees?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367593/forget-ai-kpis-how-chinas-tech-giants-are-rationing-tokens-employees?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:30:05 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on artificial intelligence next week amid growing international concern over the threat from the fast moving technology, a French diplomatic source said on Monday. The meeting would be held during the United Nations General Assembly when a host of world leaders are at the UN headquarters in New York and France holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council. No details were given on the exact day. “In terms of global affairs, the issue of AI will... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367511/un-security-council-hold-meeting-ai-next-week-amid-international-concern?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367511/un-security-council-hold-meeting-ai-next-week-amid-international-concern?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:21:38 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin US President Donald Trump downplayed growing concerns about artificial intelligence on Monday, claiming America already has guardrails to regulate the industry and warning that casting doubt on development only benefits China. “The only control or ‘guardrails’ ‌that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” Trump wrote on social media. “We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these ⁠companies! There is a SICK conspiracy going... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367503/trump-dismisses-ai-concerns-says-us-has-tools-keep-it-safe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367503/trump-dismisses-ai-concerns-says-us-has-tools-keep-it-safe?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:10:16 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing technology. While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367374/trump-downplays-need-check-ai-development-says-he-unwilling-cede-edge-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367374/trump-downplays-need-check-ai-development-says-he-unwilling-cede-edge-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:27:47 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Chinese researchers have developed a way to make an emerging type of memory chip much more durable, potentially overcoming a critical reliability barrier to its use in high-performance computing and future artificial intelligence systems as the AI boom drives demand for more advanced semiconductors. The team demonstrated more than 10 billion writing cycles in wurtzite ferroelectrics, a class of materials that can switch between two electric states to store data. The result was roughly 100 times... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367354/chinese-researchers-extend-future-memory-endurance-100-fold-semiconductor-advance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367354/chinese-researchers-extend-future-memory-endurance-100-fold-semiconductor-advance?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:52:17 +0000