Alibaba Launches Qwen3.7-Max: A 35-Hour Autonomous Agent That Rivals Claude and DeepSeek
Alibaba Cloud has officially launched Qwen3.7-Max, a flagship large language model specifically engineered for the era of autonomous AI agents.
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The May 22, 2026 brief
China’s “Six Little Dragons” of Robotics Sprint Toward IPOs Amid Funding Surge
The race to commercialize humanoid robots in China is entering a new, high-stakes phase.
Tencent Launches Open-Source Hy-MT2 Translation Models, Beating Commercial APIs on a Smartphone
Tencent has officially open-sourced its Hy-MT2 multilingual translation model family, delivering a significant breakthrough in specialized, on-device artificial intelligence.
AMD Bets on China as Lisa Su Pledges $10 Billion in Taiwan and Courts Chinese AI Developers
Advanced Micro Devices is executing a dual-track strategy that is as ambitious as it is geopolitically delicate. Within the span of a single week, AMD CEO Lisa Su visited Shanghai to personally court Chinese AI developers, then announced a sweeping $10 billion investment in Taiwan’s semiconductor ecosystem.
China Breaks Free from CUDA: Domestic AI Software Stack Gains Ground at Alibaba Cloud Summit
For years, Nvidia’s CUDA software platform has functioned as the invisible infrastructure of the global AI industry, a proprietary ecosystem so deeply embedded in the workflows of researchers and engineers that switching away from it seemed practically impossible.
China’s Robot Job Training Centers Teach Machines to Work
In a sprawling facility in Beijing’s Shougang Park, a former art teacher named Fudi Luo spends her days engaged in a novel form of vocational training. CNBC reports that her students are not young people seeking to enter the workforce.
Chinese Economists Call for AI Employment Compensation Fund to Protect Young Workers
As artificial intelligence accelerates its penetration of China’s white-collar economy, a pair of leading economists are sounding the alarm over the disproportionate impact on young professionals and proposing a structural solution: a dedicated AI Employment Compensation Fund.
Taiwan Investigates Smuggling of Nvidia AI Chips to China
Authorities in Taiwan have launched a criminal investigation into an alleged smuggling operation targeting advanced AI hardware, with the Keelung District Prosecutors Office announcing it is investigating three individuals accused of using forged documents to illegally export servers equipped with restricted Nvidia chips to mainland China.
Manus Founders Seek $1 Billion to Buy Back AI Startup from Meta
The co-founders of the Chinese AI startup Manus are reportedly exploring a bold and complex financial maneuver: raising approximately $1 billion from external investors to buy their company back from Meta Platforms.
Trump Postpones AI Executive Order, Citing Need to Stay Ahead of China
President Donald Trump abruptly postponed the signing of a highly anticipated executive order on artificial intelligence on Thursday, stating that he does not want to implement any measures that might slow down American technological dominance over China.