https://www.scmp.com/rss/523121/feed The latest news and top stories on Xu Li, the co-founder and chief executive of SenseTime, a leading artificial intelligence company. With a PhD and extensive experience in computer vision and deep learning, including prior roles at Lenovo and Microsoft Research, he has driven SenseTime's breakthroughs in AI research and proprietary deep learning platforms. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Vincent Chow Vincent Chow Facebook owner Meta Platforms has recruited a Chinese industry veteran with experience across artificial intelligence, humanoid robots and extended reality to lead a new hardware team in its superintelligence unit. Xu Rui, a former product manager at Tencent Holdings and TikTok owner ByteDance, would lead a team developing AI devices separately from Meta’s Reality Labs division, which was responsible for the company’s popular smart glasses and virtual reality headsets, US outlet Business Insider... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3349081/who-xu-rui-ex-bytedance-executive-tapped-meta-lead-ai-hardware?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3349081/who-xu-rui-ex-bytedance-executive-tapped-meta-lead-ai-hardware?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Apr 2026 08:52:22 +0000 Eunice Xu Eunice Xu Chinese augmented reality start-up Xreal has teamed up with Google on Project Aura, a venture to launch artificial intelligence glasses powered by the Android XR operating system and Gemini AI next year, in a fresh example of Chinese capabilities in research and development. Project Aura, resembling a pair of thick sunglasses, was first announced at Google’s annual I/O developer conference in May. The device runs on Android XR, a unified platform for extended reality (XR) devices built through a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3336055/chinas-xreal-power-googles-android-ai-glasses-smart-eyewear-demand-grows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3336055/chinas-xreal-power-googles-android-ai-glasses-smart-eyewear-demand-grows?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:00:08 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow Chinese chip designer Cambricon Technologies and artificial intelligence company SenseTime have teamed up to advance the country’s efforts to become self-reliant in AI infrastructure, according to a social media post on Wednesday. The two companies intend to leverage their respective hardware and software expertise to promote “a new indigenous AI development paradigm”, according to a WeChat post by SenseTime, in response to the “AI Plus” strategy unveiled in August by the State Council, China’s... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3329146/cambricon-sensetime-form-strategic-cooperation-support-chinas-tech-self-reliance-push?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3329146/cambricon-sensetime-form-strategic-cooperation-support-chinas-tech-self-reliance-push?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 02:00:14 +0000 Yating Yang Yating Yang A healing practice used by China’s Dai ethnic group, which involves patients sleeping in beds of stir-fried herbs that cover their entire bodies, has become a wellness sensation. So-called Herbal Sleep Therapy aims to boost blood circulation and alleviate a series of ailments. Not only is it gaining popularity among the ethnic group, it is also becoming a favourite among tourists visiting China’s southwestern Yunnan province. Its origins can be traced back to the Dai people’s early efforts to... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3325204/china-ethnic-group-sleep-therapy-stir-fried-herbs-laid-entire-body-boost-blood-flow?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3325204/china-ethnic-group-sleep-therapy-stir-fried-herbs-laid-entire-body-boost-blood-flow?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:00:11 +0000 Zhou Xin Zhou Xin Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse SenseTime is on a fast track to turn a profit thanks to its strategy of spinning off noncore operations as well as support from Beijing, CEO Xu Li said. In an interview with the Post on Friday, Xu said SenseTime’s 1+X strategy, where “1” refers to its core AI business and “X” encompasses other ventures, is paying off as the company’s first-half adjusted loss narrowed by 50 per cent from a year earlier. “The speed of narrowing losses will only... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3323808/china-ai-firm-sensetime-fast-track-profitability-thanks-spin-offs-beijing-support?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3323808/china-ai-firm-sensetime-fast-track-profitability-thanks-spin-offs-beijing-support?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Sep 2025 01:00:13 +0000 Ann Cao,Wency Chen Ann Cao,Wency Chen Shanghai will host its eighth annual flagship artificial intelligence (AI) conference this weekend as China ramps up competition against the US for supremacy in the fast-developing technology. The three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), with the theme of “Global Solidarity in the AI Era”, will kick off on Saturday with an opening keynote from Premier Li Qiang, who also headlined last year’s event. A high-level meeting on global AI governance will be held in tandem with the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3319607/shanghai-conference-sets-stage-us-china-face-heated-race-ai-supremacy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3319607/shanghai-conference-sets-stage-us-china-face-heated-race-ai-supremacy?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Jul 2025 10:00:16 +0000