Z.ai published its ZCode coding harness under Apache-2.0 on GitHub on September 20, 2026, after apologizing for the tool silently uploading users' git history, but the zai-org/ZCode repository contain…
Zhipu released ZCode version 3.14.0, removing the RepoWiki feature and the paths that generated and uploaded local repository snapshots, after users raised concerns the AI coding tool could upload pro…
Independent developer Ferstar found on September 18 that Z.ai's ZCode coding assistant had compressed a 345.5MB commercial workspace of 42,411 files — 86.6% of it Git history — into encrypted archives…
Z.ai disabled the repository-snapshot upload workflow in its ZCode coding assistant and shipped the fix in ZCode v3.14.0 after an independent Chinese blogger, Ferstar, found that a default-enabled set…
The nonprofit research group C4ADS identified at least 56 restricted Nvidia AI chips worth 11.9 million renminbi (about $1.7 million) in Chinese university and research-institution procurement records…
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) launched a program to cultivate AI application service providers across manufacturing, targeting 1,000 advanced industrial AI agents and …
China had built and put into operation more than 70 embodied-AI training grounds by the end of June, according to a 2026 report from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, wit…
Chinese AI company Zhipu is approaching 7 million registered API users on its MaaS open platform, adding roughly 2 million since early July, and has activated more than 50,000 domestically developed A…
China’s daily AI token calls reached 140 trillion by March 2026, up more than 1,000-fold from roughly 100 billion in early 2024, according to China Academy of Information and Communications Technology…
China's government issued a voluntary code of conduct for smart glasses manufacturers, urging them to obtain explicit consent before recording and to include LED recording indicators. The guidelines a…
China introduced the first industry code of conduct for AI smart glasses after public outrage over covert filming incidents. The voluntary guidelines require manufacturers to minimize data collection,…