World AI Conference: Xi Jinping to Attend in Shanghai

Xi Jinping will attend the World AI Conference in Shanghai for the first time, boosting China’s tech push and spotlighting rules, chips, and AI safety.

China sets AI safety benchmark for frontier models

China is building an AI safety benchmark to test frontier models for harmful content, data leakage and jailbreaks, supporting MIIT rules and China AI regulation.

OpenAI GPT-5.6 wins praise in China despite costs

Chinese developers praise OpenAI GPT-5.6 for faster output and reliable quality, even as higher costs spur comparisons with domestic AI models.

AI in Hong Kong taxis could steer drivers to riders

AI in Hong Kong taxis forecasts street-hail demand using big data, helping drivers cut idle cruising, find hotspots faster, and lift earnings across districts.

China loosens access to Nvidia H200 chips for AI labs

China is granting limited purchase access to Nvidia H200 chips for select AI labs, tightening procurement rules while easing near term compute shortages.

Huawei Shows Cluster, AI Agent Phone at China AI Summit

At the China AI summit, Huawei will unveil a new computing cluster and its first AI agent phone at WAIC, highlighting China’s push in chips and agents.

DeepSeek API surcharge adds peak-hour fees after price war

DeepSeek API surcharge adds peak-hour fees after its API price war, signaling a shift in pricing strategy and prompting developers to reassess costs.

China AI security: game data leaks tied to military AI

China AI security is in focus after officials warned phone games may leak location and mapping data that could help train foreign military AI systems.

Chinese economic espionage flagged in US AI hearing

A US hearing warns Chinese economic espionage is shifting to AI, with theft of data and model weights raising security risks for US firms and agencies.

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek ramps hiring for AGI drive

Chinese AI firm DeepSeek is ramping up hiring to support AGI goals, adding algorithm and platform roles to strengthen its AI core system and research pace.