Anthropic

Nvidia, Palantir, Meta warn about ‘premature restrictions’ of open-weight models

25 Jul 2026 - 12:20PMvideocam

Opinion | China’s AI vision gives the Global South a seat at the table

25 Jul 2026 - 5:30AMvideocam

China’s Kimi K3 well behind US rivals in cyberattack ability, study shows

Kimi K3’s overall score of 32.2 per cent compares with top, unnamed US models that average 76.2 per cent.

24 Jul 2026 - 6:35PM

Opinion | Hong Kong must wake up to the cold hard geopolitics of AI

With AI increasingly being treated as a strategic asset, the city should ensure it has access to the technologies shaping the global finance.

24 Jul 2026 - 9:30AMvideocam

More Americans think China is world leader in AI, new survey reveals

Findings come as AI race between Washington and Beijing ramps up and with technology high on agenda at planned Trump-Xi summit in September.

24 Jul 2026 - 8:42AMvideocam

AI experts blast US claims of ‘IP theft’ by Moonshot’s Kimi K3

Researchers point to the lack of evidence for any distillation claims, while some highlight Kimi K3’s technical innovations.

23 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM

2026 Xi-Trump summits

What is Beijing thinking? Why Washington is struggling to understand its rival

Language is important in US-China diplomacy, but funding cuts and dwindling student exchanges have left a ‘major gap’ in capabilities.

23 Jul 2026 - 8:49AMvideocam

Trump tech official accuses China’s Moonshot AI of stealing from Anthropic

Michael Kratsios alleges Beijing-based company targeted Anthropic’s most powerful model, Claude Fable 5, through large-scale ‘distillation’.

23 Jul 2026 - 4:00AMvideocam

As US-Chinese AI model gap narrows, what next for Washington?

China’s major advances in artificial intelligence have intensified pressure on US rivals, leaving American AI policy at a crucial crossroads.

22 Jul 2026 - 4:14AMvideocam

Another ‘DeepSeek moment’? What China’s Kimi K3 means for the global AI industry

The new model from Moonshot AI has revived doubts over Silicon Valley’s cost-heavy strategy, but analysts expect demand for compute to keep rising.

22 Jul 2026 - 1:11AMvideocam

Kimi K3 is an advanced chatbot developed by Moonshot AI, a Chinese technology company backed by Alibaba Group Holding. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s Kimi K3 calls US safety curbs on top AI models into question

New model from Moonshot AI is ‘extremely close’ to OpenAI’s flagship after ‘very big jump’ in capabilities, researcher says.

24 Jul 2026 - 6:34PMvideocam

Science

Chinese AI agent outperforms Anthropic’s Claude Code in autonomous research

Zhejiang University’s Qiushi Engine topped the ResearchClawBench leaderboard, but it can’t reliably make new discoveries yet.

22 Jul 2026 - 4:15AMvideocam

Why China’s open-weight AI model Kimi K3 is sparking anxiety in Silicon Valley

Analysts say Beijing-based start-up Moonshot’s 2.8 trillion-parameter large language model could narrow the gap with the US within ‘weeks’.

22 Jul 2026 - 2:17AMvideocam

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 faces GPU crunch amid US-China tech rivalry

Chinese start-up pauses Kimi K3 subscriptions due to surging demand and compute shortages, highlighting the country’s AI chip challenges.

20 Jul 2026 - 5:48PM

Alibaba

Alibaba previews Qwen3.8, claiming its strength trails only Anthropic’s Fable 5

Preview reflects the latest phase in China’s AI push, as domestic labs chase parity with US heavyweights.

19 Jul 2026 - 9:25PM

South Korea

Why South Korea is racing to build a sovereign AI model for cybersecurity

Fears over access to foreign AI models have accelerated Seoul’s push to control the systems used to defend critical infrastructure.

17 Jul 2026 - 3:49PMvideocam

Moonshot AI touts world’s largest open-source model as China closes gap with US

Kimi K3 is designed for long-horizon coding, knowledge work and reasoning tasks, according to a blog post by Moonshot AI.

21 Jul 2026 - 11:40AM

Moonshot AI said its Kimi K3 achieved ‘open frontier intelligence' with 2.8 trillion parameters. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Exclusive | Anthropic, China and why Pax Silica architect thinks the US can keep AI lead

Brief curbs on foreign access to Anthropic’s Fable and Mythos models designed to keep infrastructure safe, Jacob Helberg says.

17 Jul 2026 - 1:30AMvideocam

As US AI costs soar, global firms pivot to China’s cheap, open-weight models

A sharp narrowing of the performance gap is prompting some developers to shift from costly American giants to budget-friendly Chinese alternatives.

16 Jul 2026 - 9:25AMvideocam

US hardens AI stance on China as Anthropic calls for extending lead

AI company urges tighter export controls, saying Chinese rivals are rapidly closing the gap through unauthorised model distillation.

16 Jul 2026 - 6:05AM

Artificial intelligence has become a central battleground in US-China technological competition. Photo: Shutterstock

Christmas tree troubles, new Pacific missile launch: 7 US-China relations reads

From a ruckus over Christmas trees to new drug trafficking arrests, here are highlights from our overseas correspondents in the first half of July 2026.

16 Jul 2026 - 12:02AM

American Christmas tree growers are getting involved in the US-China trade war over fears for their profits this winter. Photo: Shutterstock

Sam Altman signals OpenAI price war as rivalry with Anthropic, China heats up

American AI pioneer eyes 75 per cent fee cut for flagship software to counter market gains by Claude and low-cost alternatives from Chinese providers.

15 Jul 2026 - 8:30PM

Boko Haram exploited US and Chinese AI chatbots for attacks: Cambridge study

Former fighters say AI helped with bomb-making, planning and propaganda, raising calls for US-China action on terrorist misuse of chatbots.

15 Jul 2026 - 5:52AM

China works on AI safety benchmark as regulators target large model risks

State-led initiative addresses AI concerns such as data leaks and hallucinations, as Beijing joins global efforts to enhance oversight of generative models.

13 Jul 2026 - 9:30PM

Beyond Claude Code: the Chinese AI tools poised to benefit after back-door alert

As Beijing flags a security risk in Anthropic software, domestic tech firms are rapidly embracing local alternatives such as ByteDance’s Trae and Alibaba’s Qoder.

11 Jul 2026 - 3:00PMvideocam

Anthropic’s models – including Claude Code – have long been officially inaccessible in China, but they remain popular in the country due to their advanced capabilities, with domestic developers routinely finding workarounds to maintain access. Photo: Shutterstock

Renewed US-China AI dialogue serves US security interests: former officials

Ex-officials say AI safety talks offer Washington valuable insight into Beijing’s advances, risks and vulnerabilities.

11 Jul 2026 - 6:41AMvideocam