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Artificial intelligence
Chinese expert calls for world models and safety standards for embodied AI
Turing Award winner Andrew Yao says embodied AI needs reasoning, planning and control in one framework.
15 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Why Nvidia chip is unlikely to derail ambitions of China’s Huawei, Moore Threads
15 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
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US-China tech war
Kimi developer Moonshot shows China’s growing AI depth: US government report
15 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
Made in China 2025
China’s Unitree teases platform allowing users to control robots via smartphones
Hangzhou robotics unicorn’s platform is designed to bring embodied intelligence into everyday life.
14 Dec 2025 - 4:49PM
Unitree Robotics is preparing for a listing on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-style Star Market. Photo: Handout
Electric & new energy vehicles
China’s EV battery giants wade into shipbuilding to bolster Beijing’s dominance
CATL and Gotion add momentum to China’s efforts to build new-energy vessels amid an accelerated decarbonisation drive.
14 Dec 2025 - 9:00AM
Artificial intelligence
Sea change: China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after ChatGPT shock
The turning point came when DeepSeek released its V3 and R1 models, which were on par with OpenAI’s GPT and Meta’s Llama models at the time.
14 Dec 2025 - 12:57AM
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Artificial intelligence
Meta sees role reversal as it adopts Alibaba’s Qwen to train AI models
Throughout 2023 and 2024, Chinese firms keen to catch up with the US used Meta’s Llama to help them build their own models.
13 Dec 2025 - 10:39AM
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The Qwen logo is seen in this illustration taken, January 29, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence
Alipay and Rokid open up AI payment function on smart glasses to developers
The function has been made available to participants in the Rokid Spatial Joy 25 Global AR and AI Developer Competition.
15 Dec 2025 - 11:49AM
Huawei
Huawei bolsters AI ambitions with foundation model unit, recruits global talent
In a recruitment ad posted in October, the Shenzhen-based firm said it was building a world-class AI team, wooing global talent.
12 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM
China stock market
‘China’s little Nvidia’ warns of overheating risks after 723% share surge
Moore Threads shares drop 13 per cent on Friday after the GPU maker cautions investors to ‘make decisions prudently and invest rationally’.
12 Dec 2025 - 3:22PM
Huawei
China’s Huawei ramps up foldable handset battle with global launch of Mate X7
Huawei held nearly 70 per cent of China’s foldable smartphone market in the first three quarters, according to research firm IDC.
12 Dec 2025 - 10:41AM
The Huawei Mate X7 features a thickness of 4.5mm when unfolded. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence
AI race: Meta reportedly uses Alibaba’s Qwen for its ‘Avocado’ model
Reported move to reinvigorate Meta’s faltering AI effort with new ‘Avocado’ model is another likely win for Chinese AI.
11 Dec 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling
China’s top cybersecurity regulator has called Nvidia in for questioning about whether its products contain back doors.
11 Dec 2025 - 10:50AM
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Artificial intelligence
Less hype, more hardware: SenseTime banks on multimodal AI to regain its edge
SenseTime may have slipped from the spotlight as one of China’s “AI dragons”, but its tilt at multimodal, real-world AI hints at a comeback.
11 Dec 2025 - 8:12AM
Mergers & Acquisitions
Chinese supercomputer maker Sugon and chip developer Hygon call off merger plans
The aborted merger dashes industry expectations for a major domestic ecosystem covering advanced processors and high-performance servers.
10 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Supercomputer maker Sugon remains the largest shareholder of chip designer Hygon. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba names AI-lab leader Zhou Jingren as new group partner
He will join the 17-member Alibaba Partnership, which steers the company’s course and includes co-founders Jack Ma and Joe Tsai.
10 Dec 2025 - 8:00PM
Semiconductors
China’s Moore Threads to unveil AI chip road map to rival Nvidia’s CUDA system
Founder Zhang Jianzhong is expected to launch the firm’s next-generation AI chip architecture and MUSA platform road map in Beijing.
10 Dec 2025 - 5:01PM
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Artificial intelligence
Microsoft makes US$17.5 billion pledge for AI cloud in India
The country of 1.45 billion people is increasingly drawing the attention of AI power brokers as a market and a source of talent and data.
10 Dec 2025 - 12:03PM
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (left) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: Microsoft via AP
Artificial intelligence
OpenAI names first chief of revenue as ChatGPT maker aims to make a profit
OpenAI is facing increased competition from rivals, including Google, which last month unleashed the latest version of its own AI assistant.
10 Dec 2025 - 10:45AM
Artificial intelligence
Alibaba creates new unit to push consumer use of its Qwen AI models
Significant organisational change underlines company’s determination to turn the Qwen chatbot into a ‘super app’.
10 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
Semiconductors
China’s AI developers to welcome Nvidia’s H200 chip shipments, analysts say
Nvidia faces stronger domestic competition from the likes of Huawei, Cambricon, Moore Threads and MetaX.
9 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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China’s private sector
Tencent quits Paramount’s Warner Bros bid amid US regulatory concerns
Tencent has been dropped as a financing partner from Paramount Skydance’s US$108 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery.
9 Dec 2025 - 7:06PM
Tencent’s failed bid underscores how US regulatory oversight is narrowing the space for Chinese investment in US media and technology deals. Photo: Shutterstock
Ant Group
Ant International signs WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu as brand ambassador
Payments firm says star player ‘embodies the spirit of perseverance’ driving young people and small businesses to ‘uplift their communities’.
9 Dec 2025 - 12:01AM
Liang Wenfeng
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng cleans up on chip firm Moore Threads’ IPO
Liang’s quantitative hedge fund, High-Flyer, subscribes to more than 80,000 Moore Threads shares, which saw a stellar trading debut in Shanghai.
8 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
Artificial intelligence
China AI chipmaker MetaX draws more IPO investors than Moore Threads
More than 5 million investors vied for allotments in the chipmaker’s share offering, which aims to raise US$594 million.
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