Artificial intelligence is usually framed as a question of models, chips, and automation. A new exhibition in Belgrade offers a different entry point: what happens when AI is placed alongside an art form rooted in brushwork, paper, and centuries of cultural practice?
The most consequential number in China’s humanoid-robot competition may not be a sprint time or a benchmark score. It may be the price at which a machine can perform useful work.
Banks are beginning to treat artificial intelligence less as a customer-facing novelty and more as an engineering capability. CITIC BaiXin Bank has released a white paper, prepared with Baidu as a technology partner, on building an AI-native approach to software development.
A Beijing AI company is making the case that the next phase of artificial intelligence will be decided less by polished conversation and more by whether systems can support high-stakes industrial decisions.
China’s competition regulator has offered a consequential test of what can count as proprietary technology in an AI business.
Taiwanese prosecutors have turned a chip-control concern into a detailed criminal case. Nine people were indicted over the alleged illegal export of artificial-intelligence servers to China, according to a Reuters report carried by the Taipei Times.
China is moving from showcasing humanoid robots to defining the rules by which they will be measured, integrated, and governed. A consultation document issued by China’s industry ministry sets a 2028 goal of no fewer than one hundred major standards for the humanoid-robot sector.
XPeng has drawn a sharp financial line between its car business and its aspirations in humanoid robotics. The Chinese automaker said its robotics unit, Dogotix, raised more than US$900 million in its first funding round, at a valuation above US$6.3 billion.
Xiaomi has moved its chip program from a promised next step to a three-part product roadmap. On Aug. 24, the company unveiled the Xuanjie O3 smartphone processor, the O100 AI accelerator, and the D100 processor for autonomous-driving workloads.
The latest argument over AI supply chains is not coming from a new treaty or a formal Chinese government announcement. It is coming from a Chinese academic who says Washington’s strategy of building alliances around technology, chips, and critical minerals will fail if its purpose is to target China.
Beijing’s World Robot Conference ended on August 23 with a final tally that underlines the scale of China’s robotics push. Beijing News reported that the event released 44 new technologies and solutions, displayed more than 3,000 products from 373 domestic and international companies, and included 311 product debuts.
The next competition in Chinese AI may be less visible than a model launch or a new data center. It may take place in the systems that decide what data a model sees, how its answers are evaluated, and how failures are turned into the next round of training.
Hong Kong is using a competition format to test how AI may change cyber defense. The concluding stage of Hong Kong’s first AI x Cybersecurity Challenge took place on August 23, narrowing 290 submissions from China and abroad to 40 teams.
A growing group of Chinese workers is using generative AI not just to complete tasks but to build simple tools of their own. An August 23 report in the South China Morning Post described non-programmers who have created agents and mini-programs after concluding that AI literacy were becoming a workplace expectation.
China’s AI boom is producing a new kind of summer itinerary. Teenagers are visiting technology companies, university laboratories, science centers, and robotics sites as part of study tours built around artificial intelligence.
Hong Kong is moving from general AI promotion to a more specific workforce experiment. The city will launch AI courses for employed people in November through a partnership with major technology firms, according to South China Morning Post.
The spread of Chinese AI models beyond China is often discussed in aggregate terms: downloads, open weights, or global benchmark rankings. Curacel offers a more concrete example.
China’s AI competition is no longer limited to the specialist labs whose names dominate model rankings. Consumer platforms are beginning to build foundation models designed around the data, workflows, and users they already serve. South China Morning Post reported on August 23 that RedNote’s lifestyle-focused research unit, Dots Studio, had made Dots3-Note Preview public.
Alibaba has decided that its AI buildout needs more outside capital, not just the cash generated by its core businesses. On August 23, Nikkei Asia reported Alibaba’s plan to sell HK$80 billion, or US$10.2 billion, of equity beyond the U.S. market. Alibaba said it would invest all proceeds in its full-stack AI capabilities.
China’s AI-glasses market is approaching a basic consumer test: can a device look and feel enough like ordinary eyewear that people will keep wearing it after the first demonstration? RayNeo’s answer is the iO series, unveiled at its August 21 product event.
