https://www.scmp.com/rss/522137/feed The latest news and top stories on Zhou Hongyi, a prominent Chinese entrepreneur. Known for co-founding Qihoo 360, a leading internet security firm, he previously established 3721, a search engine sold to Yahoo!. As chairman and CEO of Qihoo 360, he drives strategic direction, including a significant focus on domestic AI chip procurement. He advocates for local chip adoption to bolster China’s self-reliance in artificial intelligence, believing increased usage will foster improvement. His... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ann Cao,Ben Jiang Ann Cao,Ben Jiang China’s OpenClaw craze has taken an ironic turn, with social media platforms now flooded with paid services offering to uninstall the artificial intelligence (AI) agent after users initially paid to have it installed. On Xianyu, the second-hand marketplace under Alibaba, the keyword “uninstall OpenClaw” was trending on Thursday, based on a search by the South China Morning Post. Records showed that a Shanghai-based seller named “mojito lime water” charged 299 yuan ($43.55) to uninstall the agent... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3346397/chinas-openclaw-users-paid-install-viral-ai-agent-now-they-spend-remove-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3346397/chinas-openclaw-users-paid-install-viral-ai-agent-now-they-spend-remove-it?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:14 +0000 Wency Chen,Ann Cao Wency Chen,Ann Cao China’s tech leaders, including Xiaomi’s Lei Jun, 360 Security Technology’s Zhou Hongyi and Xpeng’s He Xiaopeng, have put forward policy proposals ahead of the “two sessions”, as Beijing seeks to accelerate development in strategic sectors such as artificial intelligence and robotics. The executives aim to promote the industrial use of humanoid robots, speed up the deployment of AI agents and expand computing infrastructure – areas increasingly viewed as key battlegrounds in the global... https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3345372/chinas-tech-leaders-urge-faster-ai-humanoid-robot-adoption-two-sessions-proposals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3345372/chinas-tech-leaders-urge-faster-ai-humanoid-robot-adoption-two-sessions-proposals?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Mar 2026 06:37:05 +0000 Eunice Xu Eunice Xu Meta Platforms’ multibillion-dollar acquisition of Manus, a Chinese-founded artificial intelligence agent start-up, has set off a mix of excitement and unease in China’s tech circles, opening what some see as a new “cash-out” route for AI entrepreneurs beyond the traditional IPO playbook. Industry observers said the acquisition was made possible by two key developments: Manus’ progress in building a globally competitive general AI agent and the founders’ decision to relocate the business... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3338316/metas-multibillion-manus-buyout-draws-plaudits-raises-spectre-china-ai-exodus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3338316/metas-multibillion-manus-buyout-draws-plaudits-raises-spectre-china-ai-exodus?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:00:09 +0000 Ben Jiang,Vincent Chow Ben Jiang,Vincent Chow US start-up OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT on November 30, three years ago, sent China’s technology industry scrambling to get up to speed on the latest artificial intelligence developments. Chinese government authorities sent urgent requests to various experts, including professors from Tsinghua University, to provide briefings on the implications of generative AI technology, according to people with knowledge of the matter. China’s Big Tech firms and ambitious start-ups rushed to roll out their... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3336236/sea-change-china-narrows-ai-gap-us-three-years-after-initial-shock-chatgpt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3336236/sea-change-china-narrows-ai-gap-us-three-years-after-initial-shock-chatgpt?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Dec 2025 15:00:09 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng China’s tech industry has hailed Beijing’s latest strategy to widely apply artificial intelligence to economic and social enterprises amid hopes the move could boost market prospects for local suppliers of chips, servers and AI solutions. Beijing’s decision to implement AI in research, industry and consumption has further boosted confidence in the sector, particularly in computing power and domestic AI chips, amplifying the momentum triggered by DeepSeek’s V3.1 AI model. China’s AI ecosystem,... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3323367/chinas-tech-industry-hails-beijings-ai-blueprint-local-chip-server-makers-set-gain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3323367/chinas-tech-industry-hails-beijings-ai-blueprint-local-chip-server-makers-set-gain?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:00:19 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang US tech billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI has open-sourced Grok 2.5, an earlier version of its model series, intensifying the global race to challenge China’s lead in making AI products freely available for anyone to use, modify and share. Musk said on social media platform X.com over the weekend that Grok 2.5, touted as the company’s “best model last year”, was uploaded to Hugging Face, the world’s largest open-source AI platform. He added that Grok 3 would become... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3323049/elon-musks-xai-joins-open-source-ai-race-against-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3323049/elon-musks-xai-joins-open-source-ai-race-against-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:00:16 +0000 Wency Chen,Ann Cao Wency Chen,Ann Cao On his visit to Beijing in July, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang received a rock-star welcome as he announced to Chinese state media that Washington had assured the company that export licences for its H20 chips would soon be granted. Warmly greeted by Chinese entrepreneurs and government officials, Huang – who wore a Tang suit and addressed the audience with his rusty Mandarin at the state-backed China International Supply Chain Expo – earned national fame overnight. Just two weeks after Huang... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3322047/nvidias-efforts-please-both-us-and-china-get-harder-h20-becomes-bargaining-chip?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3322047/nvidias-efforts-please-both-us-and-china-get-harder-h20-becomes-bargaining-chip?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:00:20 +0000 Sylvie Zhuang Sylvie Zhuang Taiwan’s collection of cyberhackers may not be sophisticated, but they are “diligent” when it comes to executing attacks on various mainland Chinese targets, according to one of the country’s top cybersecurity experts. Zhou Hongyi, chairman of cybersecurity company Qihoo 360 and a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, China’s top political advisory body, said in an interview with Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV that aired on Wednesday that Taiwanese hackers operated at a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3321084/taiwan-cyberattacks-below-average-widespread-beijing-political-advisor-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3321084/taiwan-cyberattacks-below-average-widespread-beijing-political-advisor-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Aug 2025 09:43:03 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Semiconductor giant Nvidia reasserted the security of its AI processors in a blog post on Tuesday, pointing out that inserting weaknesses into chips would “undermine global digital infrastructure and fracture trust in US technology”. “There are no back doors in Nvidia chips. No kill switches. No spyware,” the post said. “That’s not how trustworthy systems are built – and never will be.” According to the post written by Nvidia chief security officer David Reber Jnr, graphics processing units... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3320945/no-kill-switches-and-back-doors-nvidia-reasserts-security-its-ai-chips-blog-post?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3320945/no-kill-switches-and-back-doors-nvidia-reasserts-security-its-ai-chips-blog-post?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:00:08 +0000 Ann Cao Ann Cao Chinese cybersecurity firm Qihoo 360 is supporting Huawei Technologies for the chips it needs for artificial intelligence (AI) development, signalling a growing trend among Chinese tech companies to back mainland-developed chips in spite of the return of Nvidia’s H20 to the domestic market. Zhou Hongyi, the 54-year-old co-founder and chairman of Qihoo 360, said the company had recently been purchasing Huawei chips as part of its broader strategy to support the local industry, according to an... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3319452/chinese-cybersecurity-firm-360-backs-huawei-chips-despite-return-nvidias-h20?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3319452/chinese-cybersecurity-firm-360-backs-huawei-chips-despite-return-nvidias-h20?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:00:13 +0000