Opinion | China’s crackdown on AI companions won’t fill the emotional void
In the past week, one regulation has forced many people in China to say goodbye to long-standing “relationships”.…
Alibaba to team up with Honor in race to build AI agentic devices
Alibaba Group Holding and Honor are set to deepen their tie-up over an operating system for AI-powered devices,…
AI homework tools cut exam scores by 20%, study of 26,000 Chinese students finds
Artificial intelligence boosts homework scores but cuts exam results by 20 per cent, and this “brain drain” effect…
ByteDance and Alibaba to disable humanlike AI custom agents as new rules loom
Two of China’s major consumer-facing artificial intelligence apps, ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba Group Holding’s Qwen, are moving to…
China AI Companion Law Arrives July 15: Doubao and Qwen Agent Data Will Be Deleted
Eleven days from now, the clock runs out for millions of Chinese users who built custom AI agents…
‘Ni hao, Ah Bao’: China’s Alipay gets AI-agent overhaul to challenge big tech rivals
Ant Group has unveiled the biggest overhaul of Alipay in two decades, transforming its ubiquitous mobile-payment app into…
DeepSeek recruits former Jane Street engineer to catch up on AI agents, revenue race
Chinese artificial intelligence heavyweight DeepSeek has recruited a former Jane Street star engineer to its new AI “harness”…