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last updated:
9 September, 2024
Zeekr is eyeing a 44 per cent jump in deliveries to 320,000 units this year. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

Zeekr joins China’s autonomous-driving race, to unveil tech at Shanghai car show

New York-listed Zeekr, which finalised a merger with Lynk on Friday, will reveal its L3 self-driving system in April.

US-China relations

US intelligence needs overhaul to stop Beijing forcibly taking Taiwan: report

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Semiconductors

Trump said to be reviewing terms underpinning US Chips Act awards

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Alibaba

Jack Ma tours Alibaba’s Freshippo supermarket in central China

The Alibaba founder was spotted visiting one of the company’s grocery stores just days after visiting its Hangzhou campus.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma (sixth from left) visits a Freshippo supermarket in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, on Thursday. Photo: RedNote
TikTok

Apple, Google restore TikTok app in US after assurances from Trump

The Chinese video app briefly went dark last month to comply with a federal ban.

China manufacturing

How China is betting big on state-led research to drive a tech revolution

Though start-ups like DeepSeek are winning headlines, a key pillar of China’s tech revolution is its massive state-directed research programme.

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Brics

Brics summit to tackle AI governance, global health and financial reform: Brazil

Note from bloc’s chair this year reflects plan to promote equitable global governance rather than control by ‘just big corporations’.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead the next annual Brics summit in July. Photo: Reuters
United States

Editorial | Global cooperation needed to ensure safe development of AI

As US fails to sign landmark pact, it remains essential for all nations to take an inclusive, open and ethical approach to artificial intelligence.

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Smartphones

Apple partners with Alibaba in AI as Chinese rivals embrace DeepSeek

DeepSeek has become the top AI choice for Chinese Android smartphone makers from Huawei to Vivo, as Alibaba scores Apple as local partner.

DeepSeek

Ready, set, DeepSeek: how China’s economic growth suddenly became tied to AI

Tech innovation has rapidly become key to boosting labour productivity that will be necessary to sustain China’s economic momentum.

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All eyes are on whether Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s AI model will become a turning point for the sector and the economy at large. Photo: Reuters
China technology

Opinion | Rethinking AI development: maximum intelligence vs useful applications

It is no longer about who has the most advanced AI model. Capital will follow revenue-generating commercialised applications.

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
China technology

Letters | DeepSeek’s open-source approach embodies ancient Chinese wisdom

Readers discuss the Chinese AI company’s decision to keep its models open source, and the global reaction to its breakthrough.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek frenzy drives AI adoption by local Chinese governments

District governments in China are using DeepSeek’s models for a variety of tasks, from proofreading documents to locating lost people.

Electric & new energy vehicles

CATL eyes global dominance in EV battery market with US$5 billion cash reload

Overseas business made up 31 per cent of CATL’s total sales in the first nine months of 2024, versus 32.7 per cent in 2023, according to exchange filings.

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CATL’s Hong Kong IPO could be the largest in the city since Kuaishou Technology raised US$6.2 billion in January 2021. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

OpenAI to simplify product offerings, merging o3 with GPT-5

US companies face greater investor scrutiny over their massive spending after Chinese start-up DeepSeek unveiled a low-cost AI model.

OpenAI will not release o3 as a stand-alone model, CEO Sam Atlman says. Photo: AP Photo
US-China trade war

China’s ‘iPhone City’ eerily quiet as Foxconn moves production amid trade war

The giant iPhone assembly plant in Zhengzhou has cut back on hiring as Apple loses market share in China and Foxconn shifts production overseas.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Why Trump is not TikTok’s saviour

The president’s insistence on US ownership and tariff threats betray how much he covets the app, in particular its hi-tech algorithm.

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DeepSeek

DeepSeek fuels China’s push to cut reliance on Nvidia ecosystem

Chinese chipmakers’ rush to support DeepSeek’s popular AI models is giving a boost to the country’s efforts to cut reliance on US tech.

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DeepSeek is fuelling China’s push to cut reliance on the ecosystem of US chip giant Nvidia. Photo: Reuters
China technology

Opinion | Can DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng stay true to his AI ideals?

While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s altruistic vision has turned pragmatic, Liang, whose open-source tech is free to share, has loftier aims for now.

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Softbank

SoftBank swings to a loss ahead of big AI infrastructure bet on Stargate Project

The company posted a US$2.4 billion loss in the December quarter, as founder Masayoshi Son campaigns to raise US$500 billion for Stargate.

Hong Kong culture

Manuscripts, letters of writer Eileen Chang given to university in Hong Kong

Thousands of documents donated to Hong Kong Metropolitan University include items of Chang’s friends, Stephen Soong and his wife Mae Fong Soong.

Hong Kong Metropolitan University students take a look at some of Eileen Chang’s manuscripts. Photo: Jelly Tse
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek founder skips Paris summit as China champions its AI

China’s academics tout the country’s contribution to global AI development, while its hottest start-up avoids the limelight.

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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Banking & finance

Hong Kong fund invests in medical firm to nurture city’s innovations

Government fund invests in New Frontier Group, co-founded by former financial secretary Antony Leung.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI deal with Apple lifts Hong Kong shares by most in 2 years

The deal, which leverages Alibaba’s Qwen AI model, could boost iPhone sales in China and solidify Alibaba’s position as a leading AI player.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Cooperation for AI safety must transcend geopolitical interference

Amid a tech explosion, when we need to mobilise all our wisdom and energy for cooperation, some countries are trying to shut down collaborative platforms.

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A participant takes a photo during a plenary session of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, on February 11. Photo: EPA-EFE
European Union

Transatlantic trade war nears as Trump, EU clash on metals tariffs, digital laws

In Paris, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and US Vice-President J.D. Vance discuss the ‘challenge of non-market overcapacity’.

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US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in Washington on Monday imposing 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports. Photo: EPA-EFE
Artificial intelligence

US declines to sign international declaration on artificial intelligence

Statement by more than 60 nations including China aims to erect guardrails to ensure AI is ‘inclusive, transparent, secure and trustworthy’.

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Hong Kong economy

AI-powered platform helps Hong Kong’s CLP detect electricity supply threats

CLP Power has deployed a new Grid-V system, which integrates about 3,000 sensor points and cameras, to monitor infrastructure round the clock.

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