A backend engineer's field notes from 2026 reveal a 350× price spread between the cheapest and most expensive AI APIs, with Qwen3-8B at $0.01/M output tokens and DeepSeek V4 Pro at $3.50/M. The engine…
China is advancing its global soft power by releasing open-weight AI models that are widely adopted in Africa and other regions, while the U.S. relies on closed-source proprietary models. Andrew Ng wa…
Pentagon-blacklisted Chinese companies Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent have accessed advanced AI services from Google and OpenAI through their Singapore-based subsidiaries, according to a Financial Times …
China's open-source AI models are gaining global influence, particularly in Africa, as nations seek alternatives to U.S. closed-source models, according to AI expert Andrew Ng. Ng warned that this shi…
OpenAI and Google have been providing advanced AI model access to Singapore-registered subsidiaries of Chinese firms Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, which are on the Pentagon's list of companies with tie…
OpenAI and Google are selling advanced AI services to Singapore-registered subsidiaries of Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, all of which are on a US military blacklist. The sales explo…
OpenAI and Google have been providing AI model access to subsidiaries of Chinese tech firms Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, which are on the Pentagon's 1260H blacklist, through a loophole in US export co…
OpenAI and Google supplied advanced AI model access to Singapore subsidiaries of Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, whose Chinese parent companies are on the U.S. Section 1260H military-company list, accord…
OpenAI and Google are selling AI models to Singapore subsidiaries of blacklisted Chinese firms Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, exploiting a loophole in US export controls that restrict sales to mainland …
OpenAI and Google have been selling AI models to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent, which are blacklisted by the US government. The sales potentially viol…
UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall backed British driverless car companies, warning that failure to support them would leave the UK reliant on US firms. Her stance contrasts with Andy Bur…
Oil prices surged over 2% after the U.S. launched strikes on Iran, while Asian shares were mixed. Brent crude rose to $76.09 a barrel and U.S. benchmark crude to $72.25. Markets remain volatile amid A…
Tencent is leveraging decentralized compute networks from Titan Network to cut AI infrastructure costs by up to 75%, as part of a broader strategy to regain its status as an AI innovator. The Chinese …
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is developing its own data center chips for inference to reduce reliance on Huawei and Nvidia amid US export controls, according to Reuters. The company has been working on…
DeepSeek is developing its own AI inference chip to reduce dependence on Nvidia and Huawei, according to a Reuters report citing three sources. The Chinese lab has been in talks with chip-design and f…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is developing its own inference chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Huawei, according to three sources. The move marks a strategic shift for the company, which rose to gl…
Chinese web novel platforms that initially embraced AI writing tools are now cracking down on AI-generated content as readers complain about quality and creativity. Authors like Gordon Sheng use tools…
Baidu's Unlimited OCR can process dozens of document pages in a single pass, surpassing previous systems limited to about ten pages. The model uses a modified attention mechanism that keeps memory usa…
GitHub trending repos this week show a shift from building new things to optimizing existing processes, with AI-driven efficiency and visual processing capabilities leading the charge. Ponytail, an ec…
Singapore-based startup Acti launched an agentic keyboard for iOS and Android that embeds AI agents directly into the keyboard, enabling actions like sharing live stock prices or local recommendations…