Stu Clott works in operations management in San Diego and codes on the side. A one-hour coding session on Claude was running him around ten dollars. Switching to DeepSeek brought that cost down to less than fifty cents. “I laugh every time I go see the costs,” he told Rest of World.
Samsung Electronics is receiving a growing volume of advanced chip production requests from BYD, Google, AMD, and Tesla, according to sources cited by Nikkei Asia.
China’s securities regulator has announced a significant expansion of listing eligibility on the country’s premier technology exchange, opening the door to unprofitable companies in artificial intelligence, quantum technology, biomanufacturing, nuclear fusion, and embodied intelligence.
The United States government has quietly approved adding DeepSeek and more than 100 Chinese technology companies to its trade blacklist, but has chosen not to publish those designations, according to a Reuters exclusive citing multiple people familiar with the matter.
In a nondescript industrial park in Tianjin’s Hexi district, a factory runs around the clock collecting data that will teach the world’s robots how to touch.
China’s Supreme People’s Court delivered a landmark ruling on Friday, June 12, that has sent shockwaves through the global compound semiconductor industry: an injunction against German chipmaker Infineon Technologies, ordering it to immediately cease all sales and imports of infringing gallium nitride products in mainland China and pay 10 million yuan ($1.47 million) in damages.…
A price war is tearing through China’s artificial intelligence sector, one that began with token prices dropping to $0.10 per million and has since accelerated further, and the South China Morning Post’s latest analysis makes clear that it is deepening rather than stabilizing.
Shanghai-based ACE Robotics announced on June 15 that its Kairos world model has achieved first-place rankings on four of the most widely recognized global benchmarks for embodied intelligence, according to the company’s press release.
As the global AI chip race intensifies, the material that may ultimately determine its outcome is not silicon, not gallium nitride, and not the exotic compound semiconductors that have dominated recent headlines, it is diamond.
China is deploying artificial intelligence faster and more broadly than any other country in the world, but it is doing so against a backdrop of public trust that lags behind many of the nations it is outpacing.
When the US Department of Commerce sent a letter to Anthropic on June 12 requiring the company to obtain an export license before allowing any foreign person to access its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models, the immediate effect was dramatic: Anthropic disabled both models for all customers worldwide for approximately 90 minutes while it…
China’s AI chip industry reached a symbolic milestone on June 16 when Shanghai Enflame Technology received clearance from the Shanghai Stock Exchange review committee for a 6 billion yuan ($888 million ) initial public offering on the STAR Market.
Alibaba has launched the Qwen-Robot Suite, a family of three AI models purpose-built for robotics, marking one of the most significant expansions of the Qwen model family since its debut and signaling that China’s largest cloud company is staking a major claim in the emerging field of physical AI.
DeepSeek has officially closed the largest fundraising round in Chinese AI history, raising more than 50 billion yuan, equivalent to over $7.4 billion, at a valuation exceeding $50 billion.
As Chinese manufacturing companies increasingly look beyond their domestic borders for growth, the logistical and operational challenges of managing a global footprint are becoming more complex. In response, home appliance giant Midea has launched a new artificial intelligence and automation software platform specifically designed to help Chinese firms manage international factory networks.
The United States and China together control roughly 90% of global AI computing power, attract between 70% and 80% of global AI investment, and host the largest concentrations of AI research talent in the world.
China has crossed a significant threshold in its push for self-reliance in quantum computing.
China’s economy is currently characterized by a stark and growing divergence. On one hand, the artificial intelligence sector is experiencing explosive growth, fueled by massive state and private investment, rapid technological advancements, and a surge in demand for AI-related hardware.
As the artificial intelligence boom drives an unprecedented surge in data center construction, the environmental impact of these massive facilities is becoming a critical concern. In response, China has launched an innovative pilot project that could redefine sustainable computing infrastructure: a commercial underwater data center powered entirely by renewable energy.
The geopolitical maneuvering surrounding artificial intelligence is creating unexpected ripples in global financial markets. CNBC reports that following the United States Commerce Department’s unprecedented directive ordering Anthropic to block foreign access to its most advanced models, Wall Street is executing a notable rotation into Chinese AI equities.
