A newly released academic "humaniser" tool that removes stylistic clues of AI-generated writing threatens to undermine trust in scientific scholarship, warns Chang Ruay-Shiung, honorary chair professo…
China's Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has approved Apple Intelligence for iPhones after a two-year delay, with Alibaba Group Holding and Baidu serving as technical partners. Alibaba's Qwen …
A study of 1,222 people, still under peer review, found that using AI tools to solve arithmetic or reading comprehension exercises improved short-term performance but diminished long-term results and …
Chinese AI stocks have corrected more than 10% in the Star Market 50 Index over the past two weeks due to ChangXin Memory Technologies' mega IPO and Federal Reserve tightening fears, but fund managers…
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is in talks to raise a new financing round at a pre-investment valuation of around US$70 billion, shortly after closing its landmark Series A round. Th…
Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology (SUAT) in China will phase out standard English courses by 2026, replacing them with intercultural communication classes, provost Zhao Wei announced on July …
A letter to the editor argues that brands should let humans write first drafts instead of relying on AI, warning that AI-generated text pulls prose toward the mean and erases brand-defining style. The…
Taiwan's opposition Taiwan People's Party (TPP) has sent its first formal delegation to mainland China since the party's founding in 2019, a nine-member group led by Lee Wei-hwa that left for Shanghai…
Hong Kong's media industry risks missing financial and cultural opportunities by failing to invest in AI and data monetization, as international publishers like News Corp sign deals worth US$250 milli…
Boko Haram used US and Chinese AI chatbots, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and DeepSeek's chatbot, to assist in bomb construction, attack planning, and propaganda, according to a Camb…
US Commerce Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that Nvidia has shipped only a "very small quantity" of H200 AI chips to mainland China and Hong Kong, c…
Tencent-backed Chinese startup StepFun on Monday unveiled the StepX Neo, which it claims is the world's first AI-native smartphone, at a launch event in Shanghai. The device runs on Step AOS, an opera…
Alibaba Group Holding and Honor will deepen their tie-up over an operating system for AI-powered devices, with a joint announcement expected at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai…
A new analysis contrasts the leadership styles of Chinese and US tech executives, arguing that China's quiet, disciplined approach—exemplified by figures like Wang Chuanfu, Ren Zhengfei, Robin Li, and…
China's integrated circuit exports surged more than 96% year-on-year to US$177.28 billion in the first half of 2024, according to data from the General Administration of Customs, driven by global AI d…
Two Chinese AI labs, Yoolee and InfiX.ai, said they aim to challenge US start-up Thinking Machines Lab by focusing on industry-specific AI solutions, reduced costs and enhanced privacy. Yoolee AI, fou…
A study of more than 26,000 middle and high school students in central China found that using AI homework tools boosted homework scores by 18% but cut exam scores by 20%, with the negative effect on h…
China's regulators are promoting AI-powered entertainment as a foundation for a new cultural economy, with the China Film Administration and State Administration for Market Regulation issuing guidelin…
Chinese semiconductor start-up Dongfang Suanxin (Shanghai Oriental Computing Technology) has unveiled an aggressive AI chip road map to challenge Nvidia, announcing its flagship DF1000 14-nanometre AI…
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has started building a safety benchmark to evaluate artificial intelligence models, recruiting companies and experts to co-build the plat…