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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek on hiring spree – seeks newcomers, not just AI geniuses

The Chinese AI giant is looking to double in size as it seeks to become a ‘driving force’ in the creation of artificial general intelligence.

Artificial intelligence

How a Chinese physical AI start-up’s new paradigm bypasses US road maps

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Artificial intelligence

Mutually assured disruption? Why China wants its own Mythos AI deterrent

Artificial intelligence

Huawei and Cambricon tighten grip on China’s AI chip market as Nvidia slips

Huawei and Cambricon are set to dominate China’s AI server market as geopolitics and self-reliance accelerate Nvidia’s retreat.

Chinese chipmakers led by Cambricon and Huawei are expected to significantly expand their share of the domestic AI server market as Beijing pushes for greater semiconductor self-reliance. Photo: Getty Images
Chinese chipmakers led by Cambricon and Huawei are expected to significantly expand their share of the domestic AI server market as Beijing pushes for greater semiconductor self-reliance. Photo: Getty Images
Semiconductors

China’s Big Fund becomes SMIC’s third-largest shareholder after record buyout

The landmark deal consolidates the Big Fund as third largest owner of SMIC, China’s largest wafer foundry.

Semiconductors

China’s JCET to build new plant in Shanghai to expand advanced chip packaging

US$1.15 billion investment underscores advanced packaging’s role in boosting China’s chipmaking capabilities amid rapid AI development.

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Huawei

Huawei partners win big as China Telecom snaps up servers for self-reliance

China Telecom’s 40,000-server procurement puts Huawei’s Kunpeng ecosystem in focus as Beijing pushes for greater use of domestic hardware.

Huawei Technologies has emerged as a major winner of China Telecom's multibillion-dollar high-performance server procurement programme. Photo: Reuters
Huawei Technologies has emerged as a major winner of China Telecom's multibillion-dollar high-performance server procurement programme. Photo: Reuters
China’s private sector

iPhone supplier Luxshare passes key hearing for Hong Kong listing

The firm, a key supplier for AirPods and iPhones, is a step closer to joining other mainland Chinese tech heavyweights in HKEX listing.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek’s Harness team rushes to join the global AI agent race

Chinese AI start-up recruiting talent to build cutting-edge autonomous agents that adapt foundational language models into commercial tools.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba chip unit T-Head triples capital amid AI hardware bet

First injection in over three years comes as Alibaba works on full-stack AI infrastructure, from its Qwen models to chips to cloud services.

Alibaba has become more vocal about its chip unit this year and is reportedly working toward spinning it off with an initial public offering. Photo: Shutterstock
Apple

Apple faces new antitrust complaint over ‘unfair’ App Store fees in China

The developers asked the antitrust regulator to investigate and penalise Apple for allegedly ‘abusing the company’s market dominance’.

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People queue outside an Apple store to see the new iPhone 17 lineup in Hangzhou on September 19, 2025. Photo: AFP
People queue outside an Apple store to see the new iPhone 17 lineup in Hangzhou on September 19, 2025. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Hard work and endurance: what Alibaba’s team-building says about its AI drive

Jack Ma and executives plant rice seedlings in a symbolic retreat signalling resilience as Alibaba doubles down on AI.

Artificial intelligence

‘We’re all in’: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai makes biggest AI push yet at VivaTech

Tsai lays out Alibaba’s AI playbook: invest across the stack, figure out the winners later.

Artificial intelligence

Zhipu, DeepSeek push China’s trillion-parameter AI frontier amid US clampdown

China’s AI developers deepen push into massive foundation models, backed by lower costs and investor momentum despite US restrictions.

Even as model sizes balloon, Chinese AI firms continue to compete aggressively on price rather than relying solely on performance premiums. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

US AI lead vulnerable to China amid ‘structural challenges’: scholar

China’s advantages in energy and industrial applications could erode America’s AI ‘moat’, according to University of Hong Kong academic.

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By driving down adoption costs, China has accelerated AI integration across its economy to a greater degree than the US, according to a prominent scholar. Photo: Shutterstock Images
By driving down adoption costs, China has accelerated AI integration across its economy to a greater degree than the US, according to a prominent scholar. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

How DeepSeek’s landmark funding cements founder’s grip amid heated AI rivalry

Liang remains committed to pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI) – a vision he reinforced to investors repeatedly last month.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba Cloud expands in France amid Europe’s data sovereignty push

Opening of Paris hub is a response to increased demand, says the China tech giant as it looks to roll out agentic AI services across Europe.

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia signs construction, smart-city deals with Chinese firms

Urban development deals with partners including Huawei and ByteDance underscore growing cooperation between Riyadh and Beijing.

NHC Innovation signed a cooperation agreement with ByteDance to develop strategic artificial intelligence plans. Photo: Handout
NHC Innovation signed a cooperation agreement with ByteDance to develop strategic artificial intelligence plans. Photo: Handout
China’s private sector

Smart-driving chips: the weapon of choice in China’s EV tech war

Carmakers strive for more control over computing hardware to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Horizon Robotics.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Alipay gets AI-agent overhaul to challenge rivals Tencent and ByteDance

Fintech giant is seen leveraging its billion-user base to launch a conversational interface that coordinates 10,000 services, with safeguards.

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Artificial intelligence

AI for less: price war in China deepens amid ‘intense’ competition

Narrowing capability gaps between models and falling costs of service set stage for price reductions to continue, analysts say.

A land grab is under way in China's AI sector as companies offer discounts to capture market share, according to analysts. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Robotics

Alibaba eyes physical world with its first suite of AI models for robots

Alibaba unveils Qwen robot models to push AI beyond chatbots, as embodied intelligence becomes the next frontier in global AI.

The Qwen and Alibaba logos are seen in this illustration taken January 29, 2025. Photo: Reuters
The Qwen and Alibaba logos are seen in this illustration taken January 29, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

AI | AI’s next frontier, world models, and why China is leading

AI models that understand the workings of the physical world and can simulate it will give the technology more human-like powers and drive embodied intelligence.

United States

US judge dismisses Musk’s xAI trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI

A San Francisco judge said xAI failed to show that OpenAI induced former xAI engineer Xuechen Li to steal trade ⁠secrets.

Semiconductors

How massive AI-driven demand for MLCCs triggered a supply bottleneck

Power-hungry data centres fuel demand for MLCCs, which are crucial components for modern innovations including smartphones and electric cars.

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Demand for multilayer ceramic capacitors is being driven by the insatiable computing needs of artificial intelligence as the components are crucial to power tech innovations from smartphones to electric vehicles. Photo: Shutterstock
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