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Explore cutting-edge AI developments in China that are transforming various industries and reshaping the future.
A Quark advertisement at the airport in Nanning, China. Photo: Simon Song
Alibaba

Alibaba’s Quark surpasses ByteDance’s Doubao as China’s top AI app

Quark’s rapid ascent comes as Alibaba has transformed the app from a cloud storage and search service into an ‘AI super assistant’.

Artificial intelligence

SenseTime to expand computing power amid surging AI model demand

Artificial intelligence

China’s SenseTime bets on new AI training method to stand out

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba executive sees ‘explosive growth’ in AI applications in 2025

A four-day AI fair hosted by Alibaba Cloud in Beijing offers visitors a glimpse of the future.

Alibaba has been investing heavily into artificial intelligence. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

US must boost AI funding to counter China’s advances, House hears

Beijing’s ability to develop cutting-edge systems at fraction of cost of American competitors could shift balance of tech and economic power.

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Alibaba

How Alibaba is transforming into a catalyst for China’s AI boom

By empowering innovations through its own technology and supporting former employees, the tech giant is reshaping China’s AI landscape.

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Artificial intelligence

Quora-like platform Zhihu bets on AI to become China’s X and LinkedIn

‘In the era of AI, the influence of high-quality content will only grow,’ finance chief Wang Han says in an interview with the Post.

Zhihu is hoping to become China’s primary platform for public discussions and professional knowledge sharing with the help of AI. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Hong Kong crypto firm HashKey jumps on AI bandwagon, joining Web3 players

HashKey’s first AI product is designed for content moderation, but it envisions a future of AI agents trading on blockchain on behalf of users.

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China trade

How Malaysia became the engine powering China’s AI ambitions

China’s tech giants are rushing to build data centres in Malaysia, which offers cheap energy and access to cutting-edge chips.

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Alibaba

Alibaba’s Qwen3 AI model coming this month, sources say

The latest upgrade to the Qwen family of models will include a mixture-of-experts version and one with just 600 million parameters for mobile devices.

The next generation of Alibaba’s Qwen models is coming within weeks, sources told the Post. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba woos back DingTalk founder to lead office app’s AI push

Chen Hang, who created the app in 2015, will return as DingTalk CEO as Alibaba plans to take a stake in the entrepreneur’s start-up.

DingTalk is increasingly leaning into artificial intelligence to align with Alibaba’s new priorities. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

FBI raids on Chinese-American scientist revives China Initiative fears

Two Indiana homes of cybersecurity researcher and professor raided by FBI and Homeland Security but no reason cited, local media report.

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Science

How AI revolution at a Chinese coal mine is making profits soar

China’s Dahaize Mine is rewriting the playbook on how a coalfield operates as automation takes centre stage.

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Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI crackdown: Taobao says e-commerce images must be ‘realistic’

Taobao’s initiative aligns with China’s broader regulatory efforts to address the misuse of generative AI.

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Taobao and Tmall Group is targeting the use of AI-generated product images that deceive buyers across all its platforms. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Alibaba launches AI model that can process images and video on the go

The multimodal Qwen2.5-Omni-7B model is designed to run locally on mobile devices and tops rivals in some benchmarks.

Alibaba’s open-source Qwen models have been popular options for AI developers to build upon. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba chairman Joe Tsai questions AI’s limits, casts doubt on humanoid robots

Speaking at Alibaba’s Jumpstarter event, the entrepreneur said much of what humans value is not captured in training data.

Tencent

Tencent adds AI chatbot friend to WeChat to keep users glued to app

WeChat users can now add Yuanbao as a ‘friend’ and interact with the chatbot without downloading a separate app.

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Artificial intelligence

Ant Group’s use of local GPUs, not Nvidia, cuts AI model training costs by 20%

The fintech affiliate of Alibaba said its Ling-Plus-Base model can be ‘effectively trained on lower-performance devices’.

Ant Group’s latest research into AI development places it among domestic firms such as DeepSeek and ByteDance in the search for more efficient ways to train and run models. Photo: Shutterstock
Banking & finance

Alibaba’s Tsai says some AI bets like excess data centres are speculative

‘People are talking literally about US$500 billion, several US$100 billion [projects]. I don’t think that is entirely necessary,’ Tsai says.

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China technology

My Take | DeepSeek has changed China’s AI model landscape – what’s next?

The start-up has emerged as the unlikely winner of a dizzying domestic competition. Can it reshape the global market as well?

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Robotics

Unitree’s robots won’t be helping with the cleaning up just yet

Despite growing competition, Unitree’s founder says the company will not release household robots until safety issues are sorted out.

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Two humanoid robots seen at the offices of Unitree in Hangzhou, China. Photo: Xinhua
Apple

Apple’s Cook praises DeepSeek ahead of Shanghai developer conference

At the China Development Forum in Beijing, Cook called DeepSeek’s models ‘excellent’, as consumers await the launch of Apple Intelligence.

The DeepSeek app displayed on an iPhone on January 27. Apple CEO Tim Cook praised the Chinese start-up for its innovative AI models. Photo: Getty Images via AFP
Artificial intelligence

SaaS AI: Chinese software maker Kingdee embraces DeepSeek in cloud offerings

The software-as-a-service giant told the Post that DeepSeek has been a boon for its clients as it builds a platform for customised AI agents.

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AI reasoning rivals: Tencent touts new model’s performance over DeepSeek-R1

The tech giant’s latest offering leverages large-scale reinforcement learning, rivalling DeepSeek in top benchmark tests.

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Artificial intelligence

Exclusive | Why Lee Kai-fu is betting his AI start-up’s future on DeepSeek

In an interview with the Post, Lee discusses China’s ‘ChatGPT moment’ and 01.AI’s transition from a model developer to a solutions provider.

Lee Kai-fu, founder of start-up 01.AI. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI models led by DeepSeek catch up with US rivals at lower prices

DeepSeek’s model ranks third in performance while offering much cheaper pricing than OpenAI’s top models, according to a benchmarking firm.

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The DeepSeek app seen on a mobile phone. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

China Unicom boosts computing power investment in 2025 amid AI rush

Amid a surge in AI adoption in China, the company is budgeting a 28 per cent increase in capital expenses for computing power this year.

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Artificial intelligence

AMD CEO visits China, touts chip compatibility with DeepSeek models

The US semiconductor firm and main rival of Nvidia has been promoting its infrastructural support for DeepSeek’s AI models.

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