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Southern China to allow cross-city robotaxis to ‘connect’ Greater Bay Area
After having registered and been certified in one area, autonomous-driving cars can travel on open roads in other regions.
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China’s GenAI market continues to heat up as Beijing records more LLM filings
27 Dec 2024 - 8:30PM
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Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model outperforms Meta, OpenAI products
27 Dec 2024 - 6:45PM
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China’s tech push: Shanghai aims to be global medical AI hub by 2027
Despite US export curbs on advanced chips, China’s financial powerhouse is betting big on medical AI.
27 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
Shanghai aims to transform itself into a global medical AI hub by 2027. Photo: Reuters
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Bitcoin rally loses steam in final days of record-breaking year
Bitcoin and its smaller rivals are struggling for traction, after the largest cryptocurrency surged to a record high last week.
27 Dec 2024 - 2:51PM
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Hong Kong start-up offers personalised avatars in bid to monetise generative AI
The company’s AI photo booth is built upon several large image models including Stable Diffusion, which it uses to produce digital avatars.
27 Dec 2024 - 7:00AM
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Shanghai firm helps AI start-up Stepfun raise ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’
Fortera Capital, a private-equity firm under the Shanghai State-owned Capital Investment Co, led Stepfun’s recent series B funding round.
26 Dec 2024 - 7:30PM
Artificial intelligence start-up Stepfun raised a hefty, undisclosed amount in its latest funding round. Photo: Handout
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Tesla rival Li Auto wants to expand into an AI and robot company
The premium EV maker aims to produce humanoid robots after achieving level-4 autonomous driving, CEO Li Xiang says.
26 Dec 2024 - 6:30PM
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Alibaba Cloud to live stream China’s most-watched event for first time
The TV show, which airs on January 28, has been a Lunar New Year’s Eve tradition for millions of Chinese families since 1983.
26 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM
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Digital currencies
As stablecoin bill advances in Hong Kong legislature, advocates trumpet it
Stablecoins have the ability to expand their usage in the real financial economy, according to industry experts.
26 Dec 2024 - 11:30AM
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Amazon asks Chinese sellers not to offer cheaper prices on Temu
As competition heats up, the US retailer has started tracking product pricing on rival platform Temu, according to merchants.
24 Dec 2024 - 6:00PM
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Some Chinese merchants say they have been asked by Amazon to stop offering products at a cheaper price on Temu. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Smartphones
China’s foldable smartphone shipment growth slows amid global dip in demand
Huawei remains the bestselling foldable smartphone vendor in China, accounting for around half of total domestic shipments.
23 Dec 2024 - 9:00PM
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Robotics
China’s industrial robot sales shrink on ‘tightening demand’
Total industrial robot deliveries this year are estimated to reach 300,000 units, down 5 per cent from 2023.
23 Dec 2024 - 6:30PM
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Bitcoin records first weekly decline since Donald Trump’s US election victory
The original cryptocurrency was down more than 7 per cent for the seven-day period through 9:27am on Monday in Singapore.
23 Dec 2024 - 3:58PM
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Former Huawei recruit says new venture can now mass produce humanoid robots
Shanghai-based Agibot said it has manufactured 962 commercial robotic units as of December 15.
23 Dec 2024 - 7:00AM
Agibot’s humanoid robot was unveiled at an event in Shanghai on August 18, 2024. Photo: Handout
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EV maker Nio unveils Firefly branded cars to take on Mini Cooper and Smart
The launch is an advancement in Nio’s drive into international markets.
22 Dec 2024 - 1:31PM
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A Hong Kong AI model is accurately identifying eye conditions at high rates
The open-source VisionFM model from the Chinese University of Hong Kong is comparable to doctors at diagnosing ophthalmic diseases, paper finds.
22 Dec 2024 - 9:00AM
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Qualcomm defeats Arm’s claim over chip design license breach
Qualcomm is one of Arm’s biggest customers but they both have grown increasingly at odds as they have become rivals in the processor industry.
21 Dec 2024 - 1:00PM
Arm CEO Rene Haas gives a speech at the COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 3, 2024. Photo: Reuters
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The ‘AI Olympics’ gets new hurdles in Canada as US-China tech war plays out
Chinese researchers and companies such as ByteDance made up a greater share of the 37-year-old AI conference this year, but some could not secure visas.
21 Dec 2024 - 12:00PM
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China faces AI talent shortage in otherwise booming industry, report finds
A quarter of ‘new economy’ job openings this year on the Maimai platform have been directly related to AI, as Big Tech firms fight for top talent.
21 Dec 2024 - 9:00AM
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Chinese-owned Character.ai rival vanishes from US App Store
Talkie, a popular AI companion app developed by Shanghai start-up MiniMax, has been removed from Apple’s store in the US.
20 Dec 2024 - 9:00PM
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