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Ben Jiang
Reporter, Technology
Ben is a Beijing-based technology reporter for the Post focusing on emerging start-ups. He has previously covered Chinese tech for publications including KrAsia and TechNode.
Ben is a Beijing-based technology reporter for the Post focusing on emerging start-ups. He has previously covered Chinese tech for publications including KrAsia and TechNode.
Areas of Expertise:
Start-ups, tech trendsLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
More than 10 million free orders put Alibaba’s AI app in the spotlight amid a high-stakes battle for Spring Festival attention.
In a move designed to steady investor nerves, Baidu signalled a shift towards more predictable payouts as AI spending continues to rise.
StepFun says its lightweight model Step 3.5 Flash aims to redefine efficiency and reasoning in China’s growing AI race.
OpenClaw adds Moonshot AI’s Kimi and MiniMax as Chinese open-source AI models gain global appeal for cost and performance.
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More firms expected to follow Alibaba and Moonshot with model releases, as the festival becomes a key period to establish visibility.
The penalty reflects a broader regulatory crackdown on content and operations deemed undesirable or harmful on Chinese online platforms.
That result shows Hygon’s efforts in redesigning the chip architecture licensed from AMD with self-developed innovations.
The Chinese AI start-up says its latest OCR model delivers stronger performance after adopting an Alibaba-developed open-source model.
Merger of Wenku and Wangpan into a new AI unit comes as tech firms race to turn their services and apps into the next ‘super app’.
From scripts and storylines to customer service and user-generated worlds, developers are deploying LLM tools across the gaming pipeline.
Similar devices under new and different brands spark questions about potential efforts to circumvent trade curbs and maintain US market access for popular gadgets.
Apple offers discounts on iPhones, MacBook and other products – its second promotion in a month ahead of the holiday.
MiroMind asks some staff in Shanghai to relocate and continue their AI research work in Singapore, sources say.
Last year, US venture capital investment in AI reached US$175 billion, nearly 30 times China’s US$6 billion in the same period.
AI models face a critical limitation known as the long-context bottleneck, which restricts their ability to process lengthy documents.
DeepSeek’s meteoric rise propelled the growth of the open-source AI ecosystem by spurring its competitors to join the movement.
The deal follows a similar one with US semiconductor maker Texas Instruments, underscoring the Chinese firm’s accelerated overseas push.
These restrictions signify a new phase in the US-China tech war where ‘offensive and defensive roles have shifted’, says an analyst.
Qwen’s upgrade transforms the chatbot into a virtual ‘life assistant’, making lives easier for hundreds of millions of consumers.
Chinese e-commerce giant deepens integration of its fast-growing app to enable voice-powered shopping, travel and digital tasks.
Kling AI is widely adopted in the fields of marketing and e-commerce, as well as in films, television and animation, owner Kuaishou says.
Hangzhou-based start-up’s technical papers bode well for potential advances in its next major AI models.
Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen family is the world’s most widely used open-source AI system as of January, Hugging Face data shows.
AI agent start-up may face half a year of regulatory checks on data security, dual-use technologies and overseas investment rules: analysts.
Probe comes amid concerns the US$2.5 billion acquisition could breach tech export controls and encourage more start-ups to relocate offshore.
‘China’s tech innovation is poised for policy-driven growth in 2026, with AI placed at the centre of the country’s economic agenda,’ NYU’s Winston Ma says.
TurboDiffusion is expected to enable commercial-scale video creation at less cost and a faster pace.
The firm’s campaign to engage with the global tech community comes after it unveiled the latest iteration of its flagship GLM model series.
The 17 Ultra’s US$998 starting price is nearly 8 per cent higher than the previous generation owing to the soaring cost of memory chips.
