Chinese artificial intelligence and robotics companies are increasingly placing younger researchers at the forefront of strategic innovation, appointing millennial and even Gen Z scientists to chief scientist positions as competition in advanced technologies intensifies. Major firms including Tencent have recently elevated rising academic
Chinese artificial intelligence start up Moonshot AI is moving toward a potential US$12 billion valuation after securing at least US$700 million in fresh funding, underscoring accelerating investor confidence in China’s next generation AI developers. The new round comes little more than a month
ByteDance has pledged to strengthen safeguards on its newly released AI video generator Seedance 2.0 after facing threats of legal action from major US entertainment companies, including Disney, over alleged intellectual property misuse. The Chinese technology company said it would take steps to
President Xi Jinping has placed artificial intelligence driven innovation and stronger domestic consumption at the centre of China’s economic strategy for 2026, highlighting what officials describe as an AI plus development path alongside renewed efforts to stimulate internal demand. Policy priorities outlined at
China’s accelerating investment in data centers has become one of the defining features of its AI and cloud expansion strategy. As artificial intelligence workloads grow and enterprise digitization deepens, computing infrastructure has moved to the center of industrial policy. Massive server clusters now
Chinese artificial intelligence firm MiniMax has introduced a new large language model positioned as a cost efficient solution for real world productivity, adding fresh momentum to an increasingly competitive domestic AI landscape. The launch comes during a week marked by multiple model upgrades
OpenAI has told U.S. lawmakers that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek may have used a technique known as model distillation to train its systems by leveraging outputs from leading American AI models, according to a memorandum reviewed by Reuters. The disclosure adds a
China’s rapid adoption of artificial intelligence has shifted attention from consumer applications toward the deeper infrastructure that allows automated systems to function reliably at scale. As AI moves into manufacturing, logistics, energy management, and financial coordination, the question is no longer whether algorithms
China is accelerating financial support for artificial intelligence driven drug developers as part of a broader national strategy to strengthen technological self reliance in critical sectors. State backed investment funds are channeling capital into biotech firms that combine advanced computing with pharmaceutical research,
Concerns over digital sovereignty are rising in Southeast Asia as artificial intelligence becomes a core layer of economic and strategic infrastructure. In Indonesia, one of the region’s largest telecom executives has warned that countries risk falling into a new form of digital colonisation
