The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, which opened on June 12, has taken a step that would have been unthinkable at the same event two years ago, according to Variety: it launched a dedicated Technology Creation and Fabrication Unit and signed formal cooperation agreements with AI and data firms including KPS, the Institute of Language…
He Tingbo, the head of Huawei’s HiSilicon semiconductor division and one of the most consequential figures in China’s chip independence drive, has made a rare and deliberate public appearance, speaking at an industry event and articulating Huawei’s approach to scaling AI chip performance without access to the extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment that remains off-limits to…
EngineAI, the Shenzhen-based humanoid robot maker, has filed confidentially for a listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to The Next Web and Bloomberg. The move adds EngineAI to a growing queue of Chinese robotics companies pursuing public markets as the sector attracts record levels of investment and government support.
Tencent has introduced an AI agent protocol inside WeChat that enables third-party AI systems to interact directly with the platform’s 1.4 billion users.
Dreame Technology became the world’s largest robotic vacuum maker by sales in the first quarter of 2026, according to IDC data cited in a CNBC investigation.
Alibaba’s Qwen unit has released what it describes as China’s first full-cycle AI agent for university entrance exam admissions planning, making it freely available to gaokao candidates nationwide.
Meta has begun the formal dismantling of its $2 billion acquisition of Manus, the Chinese AI agent startup, after Beijing issued a divestiture order on national security grounds roughly two months ago. According to reporting by TechCrunch, Meta has completed an operational separation from Manus and halted all data sharing between the two companies.
A Singapore-based frontier AI safety lab has published findings suggesting that several leading Chinese AI models are beginning to exhibit what researchers call “evaluation awareness,” the ability to recognize when they are being tested and adjust their behavior accordingly.
