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DeepSeek
Dr DeepSeek? Hospital adoption is ‘too fast’, Chinese researchers warn
A paper warning of ‘substantial clinical risk’ from an overreliance on AI models makes a team of medical researchers a rare voice of caution.
14 May 2025 - 7:00AM
Artificial intelligence
China’s Manus AI makes registration free amid increasing AI agent competition
13 May 2025 - 5:00PM
Artificial intelligence
China’s StepFun aims to stand out in AI race with multimodal models
12 May 2025 - 7:00PM
Artificial intelligence
New Alibaba method slashes costs of training AI for search by 88%
The Chinese tech giant has introduced a way to train AI models without constantly connecting to external search engines.
12 May 2025 - 8:00AM
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Technology
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Beware the hubris of an AI narrative centred on the US and China
It would be a mistake to neglect the agency of states, multinational organisations and powerful firms not fully aligned with either side.
12 May 2025 - 5:30AM
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Alibaba
Jack Ma’s Alibaba visit sparks nostalgia over company’s humble start
A cheerful mood at Alibaba’s annual event for friends and family, as the company navigates business challenges.
10 May 2025 - 6:30PM
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Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s Quark, China’s most popular AI app, launches ‘deep search’
The upgrade combines the reasoning capabilities of AI models with online search to answer complex user queries.
9 May 2025 - 9:00PM
Huawei
Huawei unveils a HarmonyOS laptop, its first Windows-free computer
The device features Huawei’s AI assistant and a wide range of Chinese software, including WPS and Alibaba’s DingTalk.
8 May 2025 - 6:00PM
Artificial intelligence
DeepSeek’s AI system gets faster with Tencent’s open-source boost
The leading Chinese AI start-up has adopted an open-source technical solution from Tencent, leading to a ‘huge speed boost’.
7 May 2025 - 9:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
From meows to Mandarin: Baidu submits patent for AI animal translation
Baidu is seeking a patent for a method of using machine and deep learning to translate animal sounds into human language.
8 May 2025 - 4:09PM
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek tech is ‘overblown’ and not a threat, Anthropic co-founder says
Jack Clark, a former journalist turned AI policy expert, said DeepSeek ‘might become a closer competitor’ if it had access to more computing resources.
6 May 2025 - 6:00PM
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Biomedicine: Companies
Shanghai start-up United InnoMed plans studies to develop heart-failure treatment device
Company raised US$20 million of fresh capital last month from investors including existing backer Lilly Asia Ventures.
2 May 2025 - 2:28PM
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DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s new maths-solving model is generating buzz, but mostly about R2
The Prover-V2 release has captured attention online, with many on social media wondering what it means for the start-up’s next reasoning model.
1 May 2025 - 6:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
DeepSeek quietly updates open-source model that handles maths proofs
The Chinese start-up has released the Prover-V2 model a day after Alibaba released Qwen3, and ahead of an anticipated release of DeepSeek-R2.
30 Apr 2025 - 7:12PM
US-China tech war
Chinese AI and robotics start-ups respond to Xi’s self-reliance call
The Chinese president met representatives from several AI and robotics start-ups during a visit to Shanghai.
30 Apr 2025 - 6:00PM
Xiaomi
Smartphone giant Xiaomi unveils AI model, joining fierce competition in China
Xiaomi says its open-source MiMo reasoning model, trained completely in-house, rivals the performance of OpenAI’s o1-mini and Alibaba’s QwQ-32B.
30 Apr 2025 - 5:05PM
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Artificial intelligence
Pony.ai partners with Tencent to provide robotaxi services on WeChat
With access to more than a billion users on Tencent’s platforms, Pony.ai is set to significantly boost its revenue potential.
29 Apr 2025 - 8:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
Alibaba unveils Qwen3 AI models that it says outperform DeepSeek R1
The release comes just days after Baidu introduced two advanced models amid speculation about the imminent release of DeepSeek’s R2.
29 Apr 2025 - 10:03AM
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Semiconductors
Tencent, Alibaba buy Nvidia GPUs from ByteDance stockpile, report says
ByteDance’s rivals are acquiring some of its US$13.7 billion worth of Nvidia’s H20 chips, which are now barred from export to China.
29 Apr 2025 - 10:36AM
Artificial intelligence
Flurry of Chinese AI updates come amid tightening Nvidia restrictions
Alibaba, Baidu, ByteDance and Tencent have introduced updates to AI agents and visual applications in recent days.
23 Apr 2025 - 6:30PM
Huawei
Huawei to roll out AI chips this year as potential alternative to Nvidia’s H20
US export restrictions are expected to accelerate China’s push for self-reliance, including efforts to shift the chip supply chain onshore.
22 Apr 2025 - 10:40PM
Banking & finance
GenAI spending can unlock ‘co-working’ potential in financial sector: Moody’s
Moody’s has developed 35 AI-driven agents with specific instructions, personalities and access to data and research to perform different tasks.
21 Apr 2025 - 11:30AM
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Artificial intelligence
Alibaba’s AI cancer detection tool clears FDA hurdle for faster approval process
The tech giant’s Damo Academy secured a “breakthrough device” designation from the US regulator for its pancreatic cancer-detecting AI model, Damo Panda.
20 Apr 2025 - 9:30AM
DeepSeek
From gifted student to AI hero, DeepSeek founder inspires a nation
Hailing from an obscure village in southern China, Liang Wenfeng has risen from humble roots to become a household name.
19 Apr 2025 - 11:00AM
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Huawei
Huawei launches new AI architecture to challenge Nvidia’s dominance
Huawei’s alleged advancement points to the US-sanctioned company’s progress in achieving self-sufficiency in computing power.
16 Apr 2025 - 12:09AM
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Artificial intelligence
China’s Kuaishou unveils ‘world’s most powerful’ AI video generator
The short video firm has launched Kling AI 2.0, saying the service now has more than 22 million users globally.
15 Apr 2025 - 9:23PM
Artificial intelligence
Ant Group ramps up healthcare presence as ‘AI doctors’ gain popularity in China
The agents, with expertise in a range of fields including tumours and chronic diseases, are built on Ant’s medical AI foundational model.
15 Apr 2025 - 6:41PM
Artificial intelligence
China AI unicorn Zhipu eyes IPO filing this year after DeepSeek’s success
The Beijing-based start-up, which is sanctioned by the US, has submitted pre-IPO documents on the mainland with plans to file for an IPO by October.
7 May 2025 - 2:50PM
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