The African firms adopting Chinese AI as US-China rivalry intensifies
The United States may want the world to choose sides in the AI race with China, but in…
DeepSeek debuts multimodal language model competitive with Opus 4.8
DeepSeek today debuted a new addition to its flagship V4 series of large language models. On launch, V4…
The Unlikely Place at the Center of China’s AI Boom
Travel just two hours west of Beijing by train, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by the rolling grasslands…
How a ‘rough’ and ‘crude’ Chinese cartoon ox went from box office zero to hero
A raw, handcrafted Chinese animation has become an unlikely box-office sensation despite being widely panned by critics and…
Luxury home sales rebound in mainland China but overall market recovery unlikely: analysts
Sales of luxury homes in mainland China’s top cities are picking up as high-net-worth individuals, benefiting from the…
Home province of DeepSeek, Moonshot founders seeks to retain, attract future AI talent
China’s southern manufacturing powerhouse of Guangdong province welcomed nearly 40 computer science students from Tsinghua University this week,…
Open-weight Chinese AI models gain foothold in Europe despite Brussels’ trepidation
European businesses are increasingly weighing whether cheap but capable Chinese artificial intelligence systems represent a new threat to…
China’s top AI is still trained on Nvidia chips. What is delaying a switch to local tech?
China’s most advanced artificial intelligence models are still being trained on Nvidia chips, sources at major Chinese large…
Two new affordable smartwatches launch with aluminum alloy cases
ⓘ Rollme Rollme AI Watch 2 (right) and AI Watch 3 (left) both feature aluminum alloy cases. Rollme…
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng says his workers don’t do overtime or even have KPIs
In just three years, DeepSeek has gone from an unknown startup to a $60 billion AI powerhouse. The…
China’s ‘K-shaped’ economy is divided not just by sector, but geography
China’s so-called K-shaped economy has attracted attention in recent months, as official data shows a disparity between the…
DeepSeek’s Normally Boring CEO Is Reportedly Spiraling After Supposed Leak
A planned funding round at Hangzhou, China-based hedge fund and unexpected AI juggernaut DeepSeek has probably been cancelled.…