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News articles, analyses and commentary about machines that mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving. This also covers chatbots, algorithms, consumer products and Big Data analysis that make use of AI.
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Singapore, mainland China top global student assessment as OECD scores plummet

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Mainland Chinese students who took part in the survey hailed from the cities of Beijing and Shanghai, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Photo: Xinhua

I’ll write romance novels if AI solves all maths, Chinese Fields winner jokes

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Deng Yu says his remarks on writing romance novels were "entirely in jest”. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese team achieves fourfold leap in fuel-cell power

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Hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks are seen as a potential route to cutting emissions from China’s long-haul freight sector, offering an alternative to battery-electric vehicles limited by range and charging times. Photo: Xinhua

J-50 design team reveals leapfrog tech for China’s next-gen stealth fighters

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An image of what appears to be one of China’s sixth-generation fighters, sometimes referred to as the J-50 and consistent with designs developed by Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, surfaced on Chinese social media late last year. Chinese authorities did not confirm the authenticity of the images. Photo: Handout

US scrambles to match China’s air-breathing hypersonic missile advantage

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China’s YJ-19 anti-ship missile makes its debut at a military parade in Beijing, China, on September 3, 2025. Photo: Eugene Lee
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Protocol’s release will allow AI agents to enter existing mobile payment systems as "trusted actors”, according to the company. Photo: LightRocket via Getty Images
Ant Group

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.

Hong Kong economy

‘The more, the better’: Hong Kong won’t cap talent passes, labour chief says

Mainland China

‘Freaked out’: why AI safety fears are spiking ahead of Xi-Trump summit

Robotics

Video | Robots protest to demand AI regulation

Poland’s Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski met with the robot protesters to hear their demands regarding industrial AI usage.

Poland’s Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski met with the robot protesters to hear their demands regarding industrial AI usage
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Israel-Gaza war

Israeli film on AI-backed Gaza killings gets 25-minute ovation

Oscar-winning directors premiere ‘NAZA’, featuring military whistle-blowers detailing automated target selection.

Hong Kong society

Can John Lee untie the 4 knots choking the tech loop in Northern Metropolis?

What measures will the chief executive take to facilitate the flow of personnel, capital, data and materials into the hi-tech cooperation zone?

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Semiconductors

Enflame soars 179% in Shanghai debut as Nvidia challenger taps AI fever

Tencent-backed company valued at US$25 billion, highlighting its role in Beijing’s push for domestic chips amid US export restrictions.

The Enflame booth at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, July 20, 2026. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Hong Kong economy

In Focus | What’s a Northern Metropolis-like project doing in Malaysia? Lessons for Hong Kong?

Development of Malaysia’s Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone and Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis offers case study on mutual learning.

US-China trade war

Anthropic claims Moonshot, DeepSeek secretly diverted user requests to Claude

AI giants accused of cloning American models by funnelling real Chinese user queries to them via network of intermediate platforms.

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Huawei

AI bottleneck-breaker: China’s Huawei touts high-speed optical module

Company claims it has the industry’s first 7.2-terabit-per-second NPO module, as firms race to set next-generation AI infrastructure standards.

A man walks by a Huawei store in Beijing on July 8, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong can become AI literacy hub, industry leaders say

City can also help build trustworthy AI, experts tell panel discussion co-organised by the SCMP at the Belt and Road Summit.

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(From left) Artificial Intelligence Association of Hong Kong founder and chairman Neil Tan, IBM Consulting's Sony Angel Han, Fano Labs' Albert Lam and Ellen Lau of Preface AI at the panel discussion. Photo: Jonathan Wong
China-Japan relations

Japan’s AI satellites and other space ambitions ‘a serious threat’, China warns

State broadcaster CCTV says satellite plan is a cornerstone of Tokyo’s broader space militarisation strategy.

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China technology

DeepSeek says new Flash AI model beats Kimi K3 on cyber, coding benchmarks

Developer’s V4.1 Flash launch highlights China’s AI battle, where efficiency and speed drive competition amid chip curbs.

SCMP Exclusives

Exclusive | Moonshot AI considers dual listings in Hong Kong and Shanghai: sources

Moonshot’s exploration of dual listings may stem in part from the weaker performance of AI stocks in Hong Kong, the sources said.

The Moonshot AI and Kimi logos are seen in this illustration taken September 5, 2026. Photo: Reuters
US-China tech war

China rejects US AI model distillation allegations, warns of retaliation

The commerce ministry says distillation is ‘neutral’ and widely used by companies around the world, including American firms.

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The DeepSeek name is displayed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on June 16, 2026. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Apple

Apple takes on Chinese brands by unveiling first foldable iPhone

Apple is attempting to break into China’s foldable phone market, the world’s largest and most competitive, dominated by Huawei Technologies.

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US-China trade war

US drone ban proposal to halt China’s rise concerns American police, farmers

Fears in US surround banning of Chinese drones used for non-military purposes such as search and rescue, factory inspections and farming.

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United States

Anthropic researcher quits, says AI firms are ‘gambling with our lives’

Jacob Coxon says he and others building AI believe it could ‘kill us all by the end of the decade’, as firms race to build advanced models.

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Anthropic has argued that if it unilaterally pauses its work, its less cautious rivals would dominate the industry, making it less safe overall. Photo illustration: Reuters
Mainland China

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek taps underwriters for IPO: sources

Start-up aims to begin the IPO process this year to list on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-like Star market, sources say.

Singapore

Man in Singapore gets protection order against wife who sent AI obscene images

The court found the act of sending of fake images and videos of the man and his sister engaging in sexual acts amounted to family violence.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI ‘employees’ can now work in ByteDance, Tencent apps

QoderWake tool now lets users create assistants that can function within office communication platforms from rivals, as well as Alibaba’s.

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A woman walks past an Alibaba Group sign at an office complex in Shenzhen, in southern China’s Guangdong province, on March 25, 2026. Photo: Getty Images
China's military weapons

Merging air, land and sea swarms – the next frontier in China’s drone technology

CETC says mature formations of similar drones are the foundation for a combat network linking uncrewed assets across domains.

CETC says drone-swarm technology is an intelligent, distributed combat system. Photo: CCTV
Semiconductors

Huawei’s new chip philosophy gets run out with debut smartphone

The trifold Mate XT 2 smartphone is a key test of Huawei’s ability to make chips using its new design approach.

WeChat

US firm shows how AI helped hijack WeChat account with just 1 unanswered call

The flaw allowed for remote account takeovers without user interaction, prompting Tencent to patch the problem after Calif cybersecurity team flagged it.

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China stock market

Chinese stocks face US Fed and oil pressures in September, says top fund manager

Strong corporate earnings may cushion stocks, though US rate and oil risks threaten to weigh on sentiment, according to a leading asset manager.

People walk across a footbridge with a screen showing financial market movements, in the financial district of Shanghai on August 19. Photo: AFP
JD.com

Amid China’s AI shift, JD.com bets on 3 million robots to automate logistics

The firm plans to retrain frontline workers for more technical roles, including maintenance of robots.

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A technician trains a robot at a JD.com data collection centre in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on August 24. Photo: Xinhua
Technology

As China embraces AI, few US pharmaceutical execs bet on it for innovation

Survey finds drug companies planned to scale AI or had already done so, but few anticipated a ‘wholesale revolution’ from the tech.

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US-China relations

China ‘can never get ahead’ of US in AI, Bessent says in advance of Xi’s visit

Trump’s treasury secretary accuses Chinese artificial intelligence firms of ‘stealing and copying’, weeks before leadership summit in Washington.

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