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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

Study shows 4,000-year battle of Eastern and Western genes in China’s heartland

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Wen Shaoqing, corresponding author of a paper published in Nature Communications, observes the collected remains. Photo: Handout

China closing in but US leads in biotech quality and commercial reach: survey

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A scientist works with a microscope and test tubes in a research laboratory. Photo: Shutterstock

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
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A student interacts with ChatGPT, when it was officially available in Hong Kong, at Yu Chun Keung Memorial College in Ho Man Tin on May 30, 2023. Photo: Edmond So
Hong Kong

Letters | Ethics must be a core priority for any AI literacy programme

Readers discuss technology’s impact on academic integrity, potential setbacks of the city’s imported labour limits, and the upsides of hiring more native English speakers.

Accounting and auditing

Auditors face harsher penalties as China intensifies anti-fraud campaign

Technology

Opinion | How the I Ching inspired modern computing and AI

Hong Kong society

Editorial | Time for Hong Kong teachers to be trained in digital education

With many students already using AI to do homework, there is no time to lose in investing in educators’ digital literacy.

Isabella Poon Wai-yin, chairwoman of the Curriculum Development Council, attends the press briefing on the Blueprint for Digital Education Development in Primary and Secondary Schools on June 17. Photo: Elson Li
Alibaba

Hard work and endurance: what Alibaba’s team-building says about its AI drive

Jack Ma and executives plant rice seedlings in a symbolic retreat signalling resilience as Alibaba doubles down on AI.

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.

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Anthropic

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

Global No 2 ranking for Zhipu’s breakthrough AI model triggers Musk exchange over whether China can close gap with US sooner than expected.

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Elon Musk has responded to a post discussing when China could potentially produce a rival to Fable 5, saying the timeline would probably be the first quarter of next year. Photo: DPA
Singapore

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

The man, who says he hardly knew the schoolmate, has filed a police report and set all his social media accounts to private.

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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.

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.

A view of Exchange Square in Central, which houses the headquarters of bourse operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. Photo: Jelly Tse
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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Raytheon offices in Woburn, Massachusetts. Photo: Reuters/File photo
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.

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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Lit-up buildings on Hong Kong Island. In a dense urban environment like Hong Kong, data centres compete with hospitals, schools and housing for electricity. Photo: Sam Tsang
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.

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.

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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.

Multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) have become one of the hottest components in the electronics supply chain as demand from AI servers and electric vehicles drives prices higher. Photo: Shutterstock
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.

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.

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.

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai speaks at the VivaTech conference in Paris on June 18. Tsai said the company is investing across the AI value chain rather than betting on a single segment of the market. Photo: Getty Images
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.

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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A staff member collects data on a robot’s movements as it works in a simulated supermarket at the embodied intelligence robot data and training base of the Beijing Innovation Centre of Humanoid Robotics in Beijing on June 12. Photo: Xinhua
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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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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