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DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Hitler

Heated rhetoric highlights tensions over how quickly artificial intelligence should advance and who should shape its future amid mounting safety concerns.

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China is beating the US in consumer AI adoption, thanks to super apps: report

Forget AI KPIs: how China’s tech giants are rationing tokens for employees

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Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’

Automating AI research has emerged as a battleground, though US firms have an early lead due to superior access to compute resources.

Automating AI research has emerged as a core battleground in US-China technological competition. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Automating AI research has emerged as a core battleground in US-China technological competition. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Big Tech

Big Macs from above: Meituan and McDonald’s launch drone delivery in Shanghai

Fast-food orders will soar through the Shanghai sky, quickly reaching designated kiosks along the West Bund, offering a new way to collect meals.

Policy

A ploy to entrench US lead? China pushes back on calls for slowdown in AI

Chinese researchers say a slowdown would protect established US incumbents while freezing latecomers out of the market.

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Diplomacy

Xi touts Brics cooperation on AI as US titans flag tech risks

China’s President Xi Jinping promoted an AI ‘community’ at a Brics summit, while US industry leaders backed the idea of slowing the technology’s development.

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Tech Trends

Shein slump deepens as stock tumbles 25% below IPO price

Jefferies says Shein’s ‘low-cost parcels, Guangdong’s supplier density, and supplier-funded experimentation’ will be more expensive.

United States & Canada

Trump downplays AI development checks, says unwilling to cede edge to China

The US is leading China in the development of AI and ‘frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins’, Trump said.

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Z.ai’s fresh US$5b fundraising push comes hot on the heels of July capital raise

The Chinese AI developer is courting more backers as it scales its models and infrastructure amid intensifying competition.

Z.ai, also known as Zhipu AI, is a Chinese tech company specialising in artificial intelligence, and it is looking to raise billions more in capital. Photo: Shutterstock

Tech

Chinese breakthrough in chip material aims to clear hurdle for next-gen memory

Restricting nitrogen-vacancy movement in wurtzite ferroelectrics looks to improve the reliability of next-generation storage, scientists find.

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A worker produces chips for mobile phones, cars and LED lighting at a workshop in China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images
A worker produces chips for mobile phones, cars and LED lighting at a workshop in China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images

Tech Trends

Beijing pushes AI chip design as part of self-sufficiency drive

Agentic AI is creating a ‘paradigm shift’ in semiconductor design, chairman of domestic EDA leader Empyrean Technology says.

Big Tech

The US and China are racing to build ‘self-improving AI’. Here’s what’s at stake

Both sides view ‘recursive self-improvement’ as a game-changer in the AI race. But who will get there first – and will it endanger us all?

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Tech Trends

Nvidia says AGI is here. How are China’s top AI labs catching up?

A primer on what AGI means, where top Chinese AI developers stand, and how Chinese policymakers view the technology.

The Moonshot Kimi and DeepSeek logos are seen in this illustration taken September 5, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Big Tech

Chinese optical supply chain relieved after US leaves transceivers off blacklist

The devices are emerging as central to artificial intelligence race, and China’s suppliers hold key market position.

Wiring is seen inside a Microsoft data centre in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, September 18, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Wiring is seen inside a Microsoft data centre in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, September 18, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Economy

Why Sweden, once one of Beijing’s most outspoken critics, has changed its tune

Driven by geopolitical shifts and critical industrial needs, Stockholm is expected to pivot towards Beijing to shield its economic future.

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Big Tech

Ant to let AI agents shop via 10 digital wallets, from AlipayHK to Starryblu

With open-source release of Agentic Mobile Protocol and deals with credit-card giants, company bids for key role in global standards.

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In Focus | Once known for livestock, a rural Chinese city pivots to AI super units

Fueled by cheap wind power and a cool climate, Inner Mongolia’s Ulanqab is turning energy produced in its pastureland into power for the AI boom.

Photo: Dennis Yip
Photo: Dennis Yip

Tech Trends

After Apple leak, has India lost ground in its supply chain race with China?

In the wake of a cyberattack on a local Apple partner, insiders say India has a long way to go before challenging China as a manufacturer.

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Policy

How Beijing became China’s biggest tech venture capitalist, from AI to chips

China’s tech sector thrives on state-backed investment, reshaping funding dynamics and sparking a debate about balancing risk and innovation.

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Tech Trends

Insert token: how China’s surging AI use is turning compute into currency

As the cost of running AI models continues to drop, the token economy is reshaping ecosystems far beyond corporate cubicles.

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DeepSeek AI engineer slams Anthropic, OpenAI over ‘pacing’ calls, invokes Hitler

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Global Economy

As AI race with US heats up, China targets US$4.5b tech goal in new 5-year plan

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Big Tech

Forget AI KPIs: how China’s tech giants are rationing tokens for employees

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A customer looks at a display at a bar in Beijing offering free AI tokens. Photo: AFP

Tech Trends

Chinese researchers chart 5-stage path toward ‘last AI built by humans’

Automating AI research has emerged as a core battleground in US-China technological competition. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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