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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.
LATEST China Science NEWS

In China, some researchers are attending academic conferences that do not exist

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Increasing numbers of universities and researchers are complaining about bogus conferences that are catching out the unwary in China’s academic circles. Photo: Shutterstock

Cancer-on-a-chip pioneer Chen Weiqiang returns to China from New York University

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Chen Weiqiang. Photo: Handout

China-led team develops AI system to track radar-disrupting space hurricanes

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Detection of space hurricanes has so far been a manual process. Illustration: Qing-he Zhang, Shandong University

China puts world’s first smart squid fishing robot to the test

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The squid fishing machine is undergoing sea trials on the Song Hang scientific research vessel. Photo: Shanghai Ocean University

Horses originated in America and reached Europe via China, fossil DNA reveals

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Once dismissed as a local oddity in northeastern China, the Dalian horse carried a distinctive American ancestry and passed it on to ancient horse populations in Siberia, according to researchers. Photo: sciencenet.cn
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Elon Musk

Video | Could the world’s second trillionaire come from China?

China is seeing growth in its tech uber-rich as AI and other hard technologies drive wealth creation.

Anthropic

China to match Anthropic’s top AI model in 2026, Zhipu founder tells Musk

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Singapore

Singaporean man traumatised over ex-schoolmate’s AI photos of them as family

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Mainland China

From ‘rice’ to riches: China’s MLCC makers head to Hong Kong to list

Small, found in almost every electronic device and critical to AI servers, now the ‘rice of electronics’ is driving two Hong Kong IPOs.

Chinese manufacturers linked to the booming multilayer ceramic capacitor industry are turning to Hong Kong’s capital markets to fund expansion. Photo: Sun Yeung
Zhipu AI

Zhipu AI market cap tops HK$1 trillion after GLM-5.2 release

New model ranks second globally on Code Arena list for front-end web development tasks, trailing only Anthropic flagship Claude Fable 5.

US-China trade war

China adds 10 US firms to export control list, restricts 46 others

Export operators are prohibited from shipping dual-use items to the 10 firms, with China citing the need to safeguard its national security.

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China’s private sector

Apple supplier Lingyi seeks US$1.1 billion Hong Kong IPO to fund AI and robotics

The Shenzhen-listed components maker is using a Hong Kong float to fund its push into AI servers, smart glasses and robotics.

Lingyi’s ‘Lingyue’ humanoid robots perform at an Honor flagship store launch in Shenzhen. Photo: Getty Images
China manufacturing

Will China’s AI-powered agribots repeat its EV success story?

Chinese tech and mass production capabilities could transform the nation’s farming industry with AI-enabled workforce.

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Hong Kong economy

Opinion | For Hong Kong to succeed in AI, energy cannot be an afterthought

Hong Kong must leverage the rest of the Greater Bay Area and manage competing energy demands between AI and public needs.

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Science

China-led team develops AI system to track radar-disrupting space hurricanes

Recently discovered space weather event ‘appears as a massive, spinning aurora near Earth’s magnetic poles’, say researchers.

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Detection of space hurricanes has so far been a manual process. Illustration: Qing-he Zhang, Shandong University
Japan

Japan confronts the dark side of its teenagers’ AI addiction

An assault case involving five Japanese girls has cast a spotlight on the consequences of AI misuse.

A Japanese high school student checks her smartphone. A Cabinet Office study released on May 1 reveals that more than half of teenage girls in Japan had used AI asked for advice on personal problems. Photo: Shutterstock
SpaceX

Letters | SpaceX’s historic IPO ignites investor appetite for space AI

Readers discuss how investor confidence in commercial space could benefit China, the US-Iran interim peace agreement, Japan’s 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in the Fifa World Cup, and the musical legacy of Anders Nelsson.

Semiconductors

Forget memory chips: MLCCs are Shenzhen’s newest gold rush

Huaqiangbei traders are racing to secure MLCC supplies as soaring AI demand pushes prices sharply higher across the market.

Technology

Norway enacts near AI ban for junior school pupils, curbs use for older children

The move follows a 2024 ban on smartphones after Norway recorded a broad decline in education test ‌scores.

An illustration of artificial intelligence. Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere announced a near ban on the ⁠use of generative ⁠AI tools by elementary ⁠school pupils on Friday. Photo: Shutterstock
South Korea

Video | South Korean elderly find comfort and care in AI dolls

South Korea recorded a record number of ‘lonely deaths’ in 2024 involving people who died alone and remained undiscovered for extended periods.

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China's population

Opinion | As populations fall, nations that can tap human potential will succeed

Countries that use today’s demographic window to accumulate human and technological capital will gain a long-term advantage.

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Alibaba

‘We’re all in’: Alibaba’s Joe Tsai makes biggest AI push yet at VivaTech

Tsai lays out Alibaba’s AI playbook: invest across the stack, figure out the winners later.

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Banking & finance

Opinion | AI has been known to hallucinate. So have financial markets

Stock markets are booming on the assumption that US tech giants will deliver, but as liquidity becomes scarce, a reality check will ensue.

A sign displays outside Nasdaq on the day of SpaceX’s initial public offering in New York on June 12. Photo: Reuters
China consumption

China plans to embed AI in consumer goods and services

Ministry of Commerce says goal is to promote AI’s entry into ‘millions of households and millions of shops’.

Technology

Outside In | AI’s looming impact on jobs warrants some brakes on development

Just as drugs can’t go to market without thorough testing, the uncertainty surrounding the effect of AI means it must face globally agreed regulations.

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US-China tech war

Zhipu, DeepSeek push China’s trillion-parameter AI frontier amid US clampdown

China’s AI developers deepen push into massive foundation models, backed by lower costs and investor momentum despite US restrictions.

Even as model sizes balloon, Chinese AI firms continue to compete aggressively on price rather than relying solely on performance premiums. Photo: Shutterstock
Extreme weather

Chinese AI improves forecasts as Hong Kong braces for super typhoons

A new model deployed at Hong Kong Observatory and National Meteorological Centre uses machine learning algorithms to boost forecast accuracy.

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A man sits on a bench on the Tseung Kwan O Promenade as Super Typhoon Ragasa approaches Hong Kong in September last year. Photo: Elson Li
US-China trade war

US trade official takes aim at Beijing, faults Washington on industry

William Kimmitt criticises trade distortions linked to China while faulting US leaders for allowing industrial decline.

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United States

SpaceX bankers prepare for potential US$20 billion bond offering, sources say

The offering ⁠would mark the first time the rockets-to-AI company has issued investment-grade dollar ‌bonds.

US-China tech war

US AI lead vulnerable to China amid ‘structural challenges’: scholar

China’s advantages in energy and industrial applications could erode America’s AI ‘moat’, according to University of Hong Kong academic.

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By driving down adoption costs, China has accelerated AI integration across its economy to a greater degree than the US, according to a prominent scholar. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Semiconductors

As ByteDance goes all in on AI, are Chinese chip start-ups poised to win big?

TikTok owner’s expanding spending could benefit a few second-tier domestic chipmakers, with Iluvatar CoreX in pole position, analysts say.

Iluvator CoreX and a few of its peers are vying for spots in top AI infrastructure builders’ supply chains. Photo: Shutterstock Images
United States

How DeepSeek’s landmark funding cements founder’s grip amid heated AI rivalry

Liang remains committed to pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI) – a vision he reinforced to investors repeatedly last month.

China jobs

China unveils ‘employment-first’ plan that aims to develop new AI-related jobs

State Council plan also prioritises stabilisation of employment in labour-intensive industries.

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