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…
Xiaomi on Wednesday unveiled Xiaomi-Robotics-U0, a 38-billion-parameter multimodal autoregressive foundation model for embodied AI that unifies four core capabilities within a single framework, includ…
Apple is partnering with Baidu to power AI search for its Apple Intelligence suite in China, with Baidu developing an AI-powered search experience that enhances Siri and enables image and text underst…
Alibaba's Qwen AI model will be integrated into Apple Intelligence, bringing AI-powered text and image understanding and content generation to users in China across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. T…
TSMC will raise foundry prices for mature process nodes starting January 2027, according to multiple Taiwanese media reports citing price hike notices received by chip design companies. The adjustment…
DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's net worth has surged to $36 billion, more than double his previous estimate of $16.7 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The increase makes Liang t…
DeepSeek, the Hangzhou-based AI model developer, is preparing for a mainland IPO and may file its listing application as soon as this year, targeting a 2027 debut, according to Bloomberg. The company …
China’s AI-native apps reached 499 million monthly active users by May 2026, up 85.4% year-over-year, according to QuestMobile’s 2026 first-half report released July 14. Doubao led with 382 million us…
China's electric vehicle exports surged 68.7% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, according to customs data released July 14. Exports of AI-integrated intelligent bionic robots exceeded 10,000 uni…
Shanghai-based Marvel-Tech, a developer of gas turbines and industrial waste-heat recovery systems, has raised more than RMB500 million across two financing rounds, with the C round led by HongShan an…
ByteDance has denied reports that it plans to enter the autonomous driving sector, stating it has no plans to develop a smart driving business. The company said it is conducting early-stage research i…
Chinese gaming firm miHoYo launched Early Access for its AI companion app BSide: Olivia Lin on Steam on Monday, positioning the free-to-play utility as a move beyond gaming into AI-powered digital com…
The China Internet Association released a self-regulatory pact on personal information protection for AI agents at a forum in Beijing, with Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, Volcengine, and 27 other internet c…