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Explore cutting-edge AI developments in China that are transforming various industries and reshaping the future.
ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant behind viral app TikTok, is also at the forefront of AI research in China. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

China’s ByteDance discovers new scaling law that could sustain AI boom

Researchers at the Chinese tech giant have been analysing how fast AI agents can improve by performing real-world tasks.

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Alibaba

Alibaba bans staff from using Claude Code over Anthropic spyware concerns

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China technology

China’s Momenta IPO oversubscribed 414 times as Hong Kong listings pack calendar

Artificial intelligence

AI computing stock panic over Meta rumour ‘erroneous’, analysts say

Fears of AI hardware glut not warranted, as ‘Meta’s data centre and compute procurement will accelerate, not slow down’, SemiAnalysis says.

A report that Meta Platforms was developing plans for a cloud business that would sell access to AI computing power led to a stock rout on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Why Hong Kong firms looking to integrate AI must consider fresh grads

Tech-savvy and keen to work, young people already have the tech fluency Hong Kong firms lack in integrating AI into corporate operations.

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US-China relations

US lawmakers push for fewer tax breaks to reduce reliance on China technology

Congressman Nathaniel Moran also warns US business leaders of corporate America’s growing ‘toxic relationship’ with ‘adversary’ Beijing.

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Artificial intelligence

Zhipu AI’s new tool turns GLM-5.2 into agent amid Anthropic rivalry

Firm also known as Z.ai rolls out promotions to lure developers as US rival Anthropic responds to claim it covertly tracked Chinese users.

The company is gearing up to go head-to-head with leading US labs following the release of the GLM-5.2 model last month. Photo: Shutterstock Image
Artificial intelligence

Exclusive | China’s Kling AI nears US$3 billion round at US$18 billion valuation: sources

The Kuaishou Technology spin-off aims to start Hong Kong listing process within a year, as annual recurring revenue soars following latest AI video model release.

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Artificial intelligence

The AI industrial revolution: why US faces a historic tech reckoning from China

From EVs to robotics, China’s advancement in cutting-edge tech has seen it shake off the West’s long-standing belief in US exceptionalism.

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Artificial intelligence

Meituan claims China’s biggest AI model trained on local chips

LongCat-2.0 boasts 1.6 trillion parameters and a million-token context window, on par with DeepSeek’s latest flagship model.

Meituan said the model was built entirely on “large-scale clusters of tens of thousands of AI ASIC superpods". Photo: Shutterstock Images
Semiconductors

Top China chip toolmakers consolidate to build national champions, defy US curbs

Big Fund-invested Piotech plans to acquire Wuxi Shangji and diversify into wafer-bonding, leveraging a big revenue surge to capture the local tool market.

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China aims to boost its semiconductor self-sufficiency as Washington's export controls have tightened its access to advanced foreign chipmaking tools. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Faster AI, lower costs: DSpark eases bottlenecks and chip strain, says DeepSeek

Start-up unveils speculative decoding framework that speeds up inference by up to 85 per cent amid China’s push to overcome US AI curbs.

Semiconductors

As AI pushes data centres to breaking point, some Chinese chipmakers bet on SiC

Basic Semiconductor is the latest firm in the space to move forward with an IPO.

Artificial intelligence

Opinion | Hong Kong’s AI push needs a broader vision and more realistic goals

The city is unlikely to outspend Silicon Valley or outscale Shenzhen. But it doesn’t need to.

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People walk past an AI ambassador in a shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui East on June 14. Photo: Karma Lo
Artificial intelligence

For China’s tech workers, AI ‘optimisation’ sounds like ‘unemployment’

China’s office workers are worrying whether their jobs can be done by artificial intelligence – and whether their companies will make the switch.

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Artificial intelligence

China keeps an eye on AI smart glasses as privacy concerns come into focus

Voluntary code aims to address privacy fears surrounding AI smart glasses as shipments surge and hidden recordings spark public outrage.

Hong Kong stock market

HKEX pushes deeper into index business as AI reshapes Hong Kong market

The bourse wants proprietary indices to better capture China’s technology boom as traditional Hong Kong benchmarks trail regional peers.

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China-India relations

Exclusive | US assures India over AI ‘kill switch’ as ‘Pax Silica’ expands to counter China

New Delhi says Washington pledged AI access would continue after Anthropic restrictions as the US-led initiative adds new members.

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The Pax Silica summit in Washington brought together countries seeking to strengthen AI supply chains. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek on hiring spree – seeks newcomers, not just AI geniuses

The Chinese AI giant is looking to double in size as it seeks to become a ‘driving force’ in the creation of artificial general intelligence.

Artificial intelligence

How a Chinese physical AI start-up’s new paradigm bypasses US road maps

Shanghai-based Fysics AI says Fysiverse is a ‘new-generation physics-based world model that adheres to real-world physical laws’.

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Artificial intelligence

Mutually assured disruption? Why China wants its own Mythos AI deterrent

Anthropic’s Mythos has become a ‘cyber nuclear weapon’ that China cannot afford to leave in US hands alone, says 360 founder Zhou Hongyi.

China has called for the development of a domestic rival to the AI model, which has been likened to a 'cyber nuclear weapon'. Photo: AFP)
Artificial intelligence

Huawei and Cambricon tighten grip on China’s AI chip market as Nvidia slips

Huawei and Cambricon are set to dominate China’s AI server market as geopolitics and self-reliance accelerate Nvidia’s retreat.

Chinese chipmakers led by Cambricon and Huawei are expected to significantly expand their share of the domestic AI server market as Beijing pushes for greater semiconductor self-reliance. Photo: Getty Images
IPO

Chinese PCB maker CFMEE tops 1,000-times oversubscription in Hong Kong IPO

The Hefei-based firm’s listing comes as the global AI boom fuels gains in the materials and components that underpin servers.

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong can take the regulatory high road amid US-China AI decoupling

As a global ‘sovereign AI premium’ emerges and US weaponisation of AI models triggers panic, Hong Kong can bridge diverging AI ecosystems.

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The Future of Marketing in Asia

Marketing guru Sorrell says AI will dismantle the old order

Industry legend maps out how AI will shrink creative teams, supercharge hyper-personalisation and turn media buying into an algorithmic science.

Martin Sorrell has spent decades thinking about the changing nature of marketing. Photo: Humphrey Ng
The Future of Marketing in Asia

The art of persuasion enters the AI era

Content creators have risen to eclipse traditional ad formats, but now, as AI takes centre stage, the battle for authenticity is on.

Three quarters of Hong Kong consumers trust an influencer’s product recommendation even when they know it’s a paid partnership. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Alibaba

Alibaba slashes Qwen AI model price during US working hours in fight for users

The aggressive price cut comes amid intense rivalry between US and Chinese artificial intelligence firms.

Banking & finance

Amid lay-offs in the financial sector, how can banks best integrate AI?

AI adoption in banking could accelerate amid regulatory pressure and client demand, but success hinges on implementation, AWS representative says.

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