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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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Robotics
Chinese robot maker Dobot’s humanoid cooks steak from 1,800km away using VR
A Dobot Atom completed some delicate tasks, including flipping the meat and sprinkling salt over the dish.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s AI ambitions take shape with 90% of supercomputing capacity now in use
4 Jul 2025 - 9:00PM
DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s LinkedIn AI job listings show hunger for international Chinese talent
4 Jul 2025 - 7:00PM
Robotics
The humanoid robotics race
Chinese companies have the lead in the global market for humanoid robotics, unveiling new models faster than their US rivals and controlling 63 per cent of the industrial supply chain.
4 Jul 2025 - 2:00PM
Asean
Opinion
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How Asian businesses can compete with China’s apex predators
China’s growing supply chains offer short-term opportunities but Asia must quickly learn from how it tests and strategically nurtures firms.
4 Jul 2025 - 10:50AM
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China education
What to expect as tycoon-founded Chinese universities enrol first undergraduates
Philanthropic entrepreneurs are helping to promote China’s national strategy of ‘scientific self-reliance’ through education.
4 Jul 2025 - 8:05AM
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Food and Drinks
Introducing AI-designed beers – but are they any good?
Breweries are tapping artificial intelligence to make beer taste better. But can the likes of ChatGPT create a pint worth drinking?
4 Jul 2025 - 8:00AM
Meta Platforms
Meta’s AI lab is stacked with Chinese talent, drawing attention back home
Seven of 11 publicly listed recruits at the new Meta Superintelligence Labs graduated from prestigious Chinese universities before moving to US.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:00AM
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Alibaba
Alibaba seeks US$1.5 billion from exchangeable bonds for cloud, e-commerce push
The zero-coupon bonds maturing in July 2032 can be exchanged for Alibaba Health shares.
4 Jul 2025 - 1:01AM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
Xpeng launches G7 ‘Super AI’ SUV, taking on Xiaomi YU7 and Tesla Model Y
The G7, Xpeng’s first model to feature its in-house Turing AI chip, starts at 195,800 yuan (US$27,325).
3 Jul 2025 - 9:48PM
Alibaba
Alibaba AI model-based agentic framework tops global ranking
DeepSWE, trained on the Qwen3-32B model, scored 59 per cent accuracy in the latest industry benchmark to outperform a DeepSeek-V3 variant.
4 Jul 2025 - 7:11AM
Apple
Apple’s China iPhone sales face headwinds in second half: Counterpoint
Sales of Apple’s flagship device ‘will stumble amid weak consumer spending and an ageing iPhone 16 cycle’, Counterpoint analyst says.
3 Jul 2025 - 8:16PM
Alibaba
Alibaba leads US$14 million funding round in Chinese AI agent start-up
AI agents, designed to perform specific tasks, are increasingly seen as the future of business automation.
3 Jul 2025 - 6:00PM
China stock market
Chinese stocks to stagnate in second half on lack of catalysts, top brokerages say
For now, yuan-denominated stocks ‘are fairly valued’, analyst says, amid deflationary trend and sluggish earnings growth.
3 Jul 2025 - 3:30PM
China Future Tech briefing
AI
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Artificial intelligence oversight divides China, US policymakers
China is set to follow Europe in passing an artificial intelligence law, while the Trump administration opposes federal legislation in the US.
4 Jul 2025 - 3:42PM
Technology
OpenAI to rent massive amount of computing power from Oracle
Totalling about 4.5 gigawatts, the unprecedented sum of energy could power millions of homes.
3 Jul 2025 - 11:45AM
Microsoft
Microsoft cuts 9,000 roles in its largest lay-off in years
The cuts will have an impact across teams, geographies and tenure, a company representative says.
3 Jul 2025 - 9:46AM
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Brics
Questions loom at Brics Rio summit about group’s effectiveness
Emerging economy leaders gather amid geopolitical tensions, frayed Washington alliances under Trump trade policy.
3 Jul 2025 - 5:13AM
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Baidu
China AI champion Baidu rolls out sweeping changes to online search platform
As an initial effort, Baidu’s search bar was enlarged and turned into a ‘smart box’ that handles more tasks than simple text queries.
2 Jul 2025 - 10:03PM
Honor
Honor’s AI agent-equipped foldable smartphone is world’s thinnest and lightest
The Shenzhen-based firm’s newly launched Magic V5 has an AI agent that can make presentations and coordinate ride-hailing across multiple apps.
2 Jul 2025 - 8:56PM
United States
Opinion
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Why Silicon Valley signing up to nationalism puts Asia on edge
A mix of opportunism and patriotism drives US Big Tech’s embrace of Washington, raising legitimate worry about the ethical use of lethal AI weapons.
2 Jul 2025 - 8:30PM
ByteDance
ByteDance’s Douyin launches Yelp-like AI chatbot to suggest eateries, reviews
The chatbot called Tanfan can also be used to compare selected restaurants and watch food video blogs.
2 Jul 2025 - 5:00PM
Alibaba
Alibaba Cloud expands AI footprint with data centres in Malaysia, Philippines
Southeast Asia is a key market for China’s Big Tech firms and a battleground for US-China AI rivalry.
2 Jul 2025 - 2:16PM
Meta Platforms
Scale AI CEO stresses start-up’s independence after Meta deal
Scale’s 28-year-old former CEO and co-founder Alexandr Wang left the start-up to lead a new superintelligence unit at Meta.
2 Jul 2025 - 12:05PM
Banking & finance
Hong Kong banks can leverage AI and trade changes to fuel growth: KPMG
Hong Kong banks’ total assets rose 4.5 per cent year on year to US$3.1 trillion in 2024, while operating profit was up 7.8 per cent.
2 Jul 2025 - 11:20AM
Hong Kong society
Opinion
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Hong Kong must ensure a quality AI education is available to all
The government should introduce inclusive tech education policies to prevent AI from becoming another driver of social exclusion.
2 Jul 2025 - 9:30AM
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Huawei
Huawei to open-source self-developed programming language Cangjie
The language supports general programming for apps on HarmonyOS Next, Huawei’s self-developed platform.
2 Jul 2025 - 5:07PM
ByteDance
ByteDance pushes recruitment of fresh robotics talent as AI remains a priority
The new recruits are expected to work under ByteDance’s Seed department, which handles AI-related research and development initiatives.
1 Jul 2025 - 6:45PM
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