Baidu Launches GenFlow 4.0 AI Agent, Integrating with Apollo Go
Baidu, China’s leading search engine and artificial intelligence giant, has launched GenFlow 4.0, a major upgrade to its general AI agent platform.
Baidu, China’s leading search engine and artificial intelligence giant, has launched GenFlow 4.0, a major upgrade to its general AI agent platform.
China is aggressively positioning itself to dominate the emerging field of embodied artificial intelligence (EAI) and humanoid robotics, leveraging its massive industrial base and state support.
A controversial new application of artificial intelligence is sweeping across Chinese social media, allowing users to resurrect past relationships in digital form.
The era of embodied artificial intelligence is moving from the laboratory into the living room. Xinhua reports that X Square Robot, a Shenzhen-based startup, has partnered with the home services platform 58.com to launch a commercial home cleaning service that pairs human workers with humanoid robots.
In March 2026, OpenAI quietly shut down Sora after six months of commercial irrelevance. In the same month, China’s AI video industry produced more new titles than Netflix has released in its entire history.
China’s brutal electric vehicle (EV) price war is rapidly evolving into a high-stakes “feature war” centered on artificial intelligence. As automakers struggle to differentiate their vehicles based on battery range or traditional driver-assist systems, the battleground has shifted to the dashboard.
The artificial intelligence industry has been captivated by the rapid evolution of large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, with breakthroughs in reasoning, coding, and multimodal understanding occurring at a breakneck pace.
In a significant setback for China’s rapidly expanding autonomous driving sector, regulators have abruptly halted the issuance of new commercial robotaxi licenses nationwide.
The rapid expansion of China’s embodied intelligence sector has created a massive talent shortage, transforming humanoid robot engineering into one of the country’s most lucrative and sought-after professions.
ShengShu Technology, a prominent Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has officially unveiled Motubrain, a highly anticipated “World Action Model” designed to accelerate the development of generalized robotic intelligence.
A Gathering of Industry Heavyweights The 3rd China Embodied Intelligence and Humanoid Robot Industry Conference officially opened its doors on April 28, 2026, at the Zhongguancun National Innovation Demonstration Zone Exhibition Center in Beijing.
A Dual-Pronged Approach to Global Dominance In a bold declaration of its international ambitions, Chery Automobile Co., China’s largest car exporter, has outlined a strategic vision inspired by two of the world’s most successful yet fundamentally different automakers: Toyota and Tesla.
A Landmark Deal for Humanoid Robotics In a major milestone for the commercialization of humanoid robots, China’s State Grid Corporation has confirmed plans to spend 6.8 billion yuan (approximately $940 million) on AI-powered robots by 2026, with 2.5 billion yuan specifically earmarked for humanoid machines to perform high-risk maintenance work, according to Ad-Hoc News.
In a landmark moment for the integration of artificial intelligence into the entertainment industry, Bona Film Group has secured official approval to release China’s first AI-generated movie in theaters. The 90-minute science fiction animated feature, titled “Sanxingdui: Future Memories,” marks a significant milestone for AI content creation within the world’s second-largest box office market.
The autonomous vehicle industry in China is rapidly approaching a critical milestone, transitioning from localized pilot programs to large-scale commercial operations. A convergence of recent analyst reports and aggressive deployment plans from major domestic players suggests that the sector has reached a genuine inflection point.
The artificial intelligence revolution in China is rapidly moving beyond the confines of data centers and software applications, manifesting in a new wave of physical hardware devices.
In a major push to accelerate the global commercialization of Level 4 autonomous driving, WeRide and Lenovo have announced a significant expansion of their strategic collaboration.
In a significant leap forward in the commercialization of autonomous driving technology, Pony.ai has officially unveiled its next-generation domain controller for autonomous driving, developed in close collaboration with NVIDIA.
The adoption of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) in China is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, driven by intense competition among domestic automakers and rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. DeepRoute.ai, a prominent Chinese autonomous driving technology developer, provided a stark illustration of this growth on the sidelines of the 2026 Beijing Auto Show.
Shenzhen has definitively cemented its status as the epicenter of China’s rapidly expanding robotics industry. According to a new whitepaper released at the Fair of AI and Robotics Plus (Fair Plus) trade show, which ran from April 22 to 25, 2026, the southern tech hub achieved record-breaking growth in 2025.