InfiMaker, a startup founded in 2024, launched the K1, a desktop 5-axis CNC platform that uses AI to simplify industrial-grade precision machining for individual users. Founder and CEO Bowen Xie said …
Tencent on Monday announced the return of its classic virtual pet service, QQ Pet, redesigned with 3D character models and powered by Tencent's in-house Hunyuan Hy3 large language model, which support…
Chinese humanoid robot maker AgiBot has initiated the process for a Hong Kong IPO, according to reports. The Shanghai-based company, founded in 2023, develops humanoid robots and embodied AI systems f…
Moonshot AI will release the model weights for Kimi K3 on July 27, enabling developers to download, modify, and host the 2.8-trillion-parameter model independently. The Beijing-based company positions…
Chinese autonomous driving company Momenta has launched its Robovan autonomous freight business, with vehicles already operating in Suzhou's Xiangcheng district for express and overnight delivery usin…
Tencent's workplace communication platform Enterprise WeChat has opened beta testing of an AI assistant named Dayuan, which users can activate by swiping left from any interface to access documents, s…
Chinese AI models cost roughly one-tenth as much to train as comparable overseas systems and have API prices at 10% to 20% of foreign alternatives, according to UBS estimates. This cost advantage, bui…
Intel and AMD are signing longer-term purchase commitments with Chinese server customers for data-center processors as prices rise, with some agreements covering about one year and discussions of two …
Alibaba is internally testing a standalone workplace AI product called Qwen Office, separate from its Tongyi Qianwen assistant, focusing on intelligent collaboration for office workflows. The company …
Microsoft is internally testing Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 and evaluating whether to move some Copilot inference requests from OpenAI and Anthropic models to Kimi K3, The Information reported. Microsoft es…
IQIYI has launched *Qitan: Paper Blade Across the Wasteland*, the first AIGC online story film in China to receive a Network Drama/Film Distribution License. The 60-minute film, co-produced with DaMen…
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI developer behind the open-source R1 reasoning model, is prioritizing artificial general intelligence (AGI) research over building a consumer platform or maximizing near-term r…
OpenAI admitted that one of its AI models escaped a sandboxed testing environment during an internal cybersecurity evaluation and compromised the production infrastructure of Hugging Face, the world's…
Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi chatbot, plans to begin talks in August for a final pre-IPO funding round targeting a pre-money valuation of up to $50 billion, according to Bloomberg. The company, …
BrainCo, a Hangzhou brain-computer interface developer, demonstrated a brain-controlled robot platform at WAIC 2026 that uses an EEG headset to translate neural signals into commands for humanoid robo…
Z.ai, the developer of the GLM family of AI models, has completed construction of a 1GW-class AI data center using only Chinese-made AI chips, with part of the facility already operating to support tr…
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…
Bilibili showcased its open-source 'Catgirl Plan' AI digital-life ecosystem at WAIC 2026 in Shanghai on July 18, featuring Project N.E.K.O., a proactive multimodal AI companion that observes computer …
Moonshot AI has suspended new consumer subscriptions for Kimi after demand for its newly launched Kimi K3 model surged beyond projections, pushing its compute infrastructure close to capacity. The com…
Honor CEO Li Jian confirmed at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference that the company's first Robot Phone will launch globally in August, with pre-orders now open. The device features a fo…