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

Robotics

AgiBot dethrones Unitree as world’s top humanoid maker ahead of IPOs

Semiconductors

Memory prices to peak this year in upcycle turning point, research suggests

Semiconductors

What is delaying Chinese AI giants switching from Nvidia to local chips?

High transition costs are keeping AI developers in China reliant on Nvidia chips, industry sources say.

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Huawei Technologies’ Compute Architecture for Neural Networks requires developers to rewrite and optimise large amounts of code. Photo: Shutterstock
Huawei Technologies’ Compute Architecture for Neural Networks requires developers to rewrite and optimise large amounts of code. Photo: Shutterstock
Moore Threads

China’s ‘little Nvidia’ plans Hong Kong listing after 147% revenue jump

The Chinese AI chip developer plans a listing in Hong Kong to deepen its ‘international strategic footprint’.

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China technology

China races to develop brain-computer interfaces that can be inserted in minutes

The technology – which allows patients to control digital devices using their thoughts – can be implanted like a stent in just a few minutes.

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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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Semiconductors

Beyond lithography: Chinese chip toolmaker achieves wafer polishing breakthrough

While global attention focuses on the most advanced bottlenecks, domestic equipment makers are quietly closing the gap in other essential technologies.

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An exhibitor looks at a wafer during the Semicon China semiconductor exhibition in Shanghai on March 25. Photo: AFP
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
The Kimi K3 incident follows similar ones involving closed frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic. Photo: Getty Images
Robotics

Backed by DeepSeek, Unitree seeks US$9b valuation in landmark robotics IPO

DeepSeek, which invested 141 million yuan, will co-develop AI models and embodied-intelligence technology with Unitree.

Robotics

Programmed to impress: AI make-up arm dazzles in Hong Kong hackathon

Personalised make-up assistant handed top honours after lipstick demonstration, beating more than 160 global competitors in finals.

Artificial intelligence

The ‘rice of electronics’: AI boom is fuelling China’s MLCC supply chain

Driven by the insatiable computing needs of global AI infrastructure, the upstream MLCC supply chain is racing to expand capacity.

In a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on August 5, Shandong Sinocera Functional Materials says it is planning to expand its capacity for AI servers and vehicles. Photo: Handout
Cybersecurity

China launches probe into Palo Alto Networks as US trade tensions intensify

The move comes just a day after Beijing imposed sanctions on a string of US firms and tightened controls over the drone supply chain.

The flags of the US and China on a motherboard. Photo: Shutterstock
The flags of the US and China on a motherboard. Photo: Shutterstock
DeepSeek

DeepSeek signals ‘significant’ price hike, testing its low-cost edge

Plans for a major price hike underscore the challenges the company faces to maintain aggressively low prices amid fierce competition.

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Artificial intelligence

What triggered Goldman Sachs to lift its China AI revenue forecast by 30%

Bank forecasts a sharp revenue surge after Chinese AI models slash costs, boost capabilities and capture global token share.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s Moonshot AI seeks US$50b round as year-end Hong Kong IPO eyed: sources

Unicorn dismantles offshore structure to pave way for potential listing as investor appetite surges after release of Kimi K3 model.

Kimi K3 has outperformed leading US systems from Anthropic and OpenAI in certain capabilities, according to Moonshot. Photo: Reuters
Kimi K3 has outperformed leading US systems from Anthropic and OpenAI in certain capabilities, according to Moonshot. Photo: Reuters
Robotics

China’s X Square Robot submits confidential filing for Hong Kong IPO: sources

The start-up joins a growing list of domestic robot makers in China raising capital.

Artificial intelligence

Tencent ramps up overseas AI push with wider roll-out of flagship Hy3 model

Hy3’s release is the first major update in Tencent’s AI strategy since former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu joined the Chinese tech giant.

Huawei

Slapped with reality: why Huawei’s top chip scientist embraces war-hero mindset

In viral interview, Liao Heng talks navigating US curbs to make Ascend processors, placing innovation over nanometres for chip self-reliance.

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An image of a semiconductor displays the name of Huawei Technology’s chip-design unit, HiSilicon. Photo: handout
Artificial intelligence

China’s MiniMax curbs overseas use of new AI video model amid copyright disputes

H3 model enters the generative video battleground, but licensing carve-outs restrict use in US, EU, UK and South Korea.

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MiniMax says it will review deployment scenarios and compliance controls before it can authorise use of the H3 model in some major markets. Photo: Shutterstock
MiniMax says it will review deployment scenarios and compliance controls before it can authorise use of the H3 model in some major markets. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

Chinese chip-tool maker AMEC says preliminary first-half profit up 282%

First-half outlook an early bellwether for domestic equipment sector as Chinese memory and advanced-logic fabs expand capacity.

Artificial intelligence

Why tech firms are locking down tomorrow’s AI researchers today

China’s tech giants are luring fresh AI graduates by offering salaries that are 16 times the national average.

Artificial intelligence

Chasing physical AI: Ant Group robotics arm Robbyant kicks off external funding

The division seeks US$222 million in the first round and could complete a second by year-end, according to domestic media reports.

Robbyant, an embodied intelligence company under Ant Group, showcases its R1 robot, which is capable of cooking complete meals with minimal human intervention, at the technology exhibition during the 2025 Inclusion Conference in Shanghai on September 12, 2025. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
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