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Explore cutting-edge AI developments in China that are transforming various industries and reshaping the future.
Huawei posted revenue of more than 880 billion yuan in 2025, its second highest on record. Photo: Shutterstock
Huawei

Huawei capitalises on OpenClaw frenzy to boost computing demand for its chips

The company plans to launch AgentArts, an agent development platform for enterprises, on April 30 for public beta testing.

Tencent

China’s Tencent pledges new wave of AI investment as it bets on WeChat agents

Artificial intelligence

Tencent and Alibaba quarterly earnings preview: key things to watch

OpenClaw

Opinion | Frenzy over AI agent OpenClaw shows the lobster has escaped the pot

AI agents are the next frontier in the tech race, which is rapidly accelerating as the distance between curiosity and adoption is compressed.

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People queue to have their laptops installed with OpenClaw, an open-source AI assistant, at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing on March 11. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

Can Nvidia’s inference push at GTC help or hinder China’s catch-up efforts?

Nvidia’s Groq 3 LPU chip widens the AI gap with China, but offers Chinese firms niche inference market opportunities, analysts say.

Artificial intelligence

Tencent sponsors OpenClaw after creator’s complaints of copying

Chinese tech companies are aggressively promoting the deployment of the AI agent amid a nationwide frenzy.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba reshuffles AI units into a new ‘Token Hub’ group, led by CEO Eddie Wu

Intended to increase AI coordination, the group will sit alongside Alibaba Cloud and the company’s e-commerce divisions.

The Alibaba Token Hub Business Group brings all the company’s core AI teams and products together under one umbrella. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Opinion | 3 realities shaping China-US tech competition

Beijing’s policy priorities point to a more intense, multidimensional contest, with a smaller but still meaningful space for cooperation.

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Artificial intelligence

China AI start-up Moonshot snags funds at US$18 billion valuation

Firm aims to raise US$1 billion, which would more than quadruple its valuation compared with three months ago.

Artificial intelligence

ByteDance said to hold Seedance AI video tool launch after copyright row

Reported moves follows copyright complaints by Disney and other Hollywood studios.

ByteDance had been aiming to make ​the new video model available to customers worldwide in mid-March. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Companies ramp up AI spend, but most pilots fail to deploy: Lenovo executive

A Lenovo survey shows companies expect strong returns from AI investments, though most corporate pilots never reach successful deployment.

Ken Wong Kin-hang, president of Lenovo Solutions & Services Group. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong society

‘AI may know me better’: why Hongkongers turn to chatbots for mental health help

Survey reveals growing trend of residents seeking help from AI to deal with emotional stress.

OpenClaw

Inside the OpenClaw AI mania in China, as security fears and enthusiasm surge

Appeal of autonomous AI agent spurs rapid adoption across country, from tech pros to retirees seeking a ‘digital staff’, but data wipes mar its rise and trigger warnings.

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Artificial intelligence

Apple’s Mac Mini selling out across China as OpenClaw fever rages

The few retailers who still have units jack up prices as demand surges for the computer, seen as ideal for safely running the AI tool.

Apple’s Mac Mini has emerged as a popular machine for running the AI agent software OpenClaw. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
Semiconductors

Cambricon to pay maiden dividend after turning profitable in 2025

The Shanghai-listed chip designer will distribute a cash dividend of 15 yuan for every 10 shares, its first since listing in 2020.

Cambricon’s MLU220 AI acceleration card. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

OpenClaw is all the rage in China right now. Here’s why

OpenClaw captivates Chinese users, aiding in stock trading, daily tasks and even dating, despite concerns over costs and data reliability.

China stock market

Chinese investors pile into OpenClaw ‘lobster’ trade amid US-Iran war

Shares of companies seen compatible with the AI tool soar, while the broader CSI 300 Index languishes.

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Gun violence in the US

Perplexity, Meta AIs named ‘least safe’ after helping researchers plot attacks

ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Gemini and others suggested ‘locations to target’ and ‘weapons’ to use to researchers posing as 13-year-old boys.

A woman visits a makeshift memorial to shooting victims in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, in February. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

China issues new safety rules for OpenClaw. Here are the dos and don’ts

Authorities outline six dos and six don’ts for OpenClaw users, warning of risks amid an adoption frenzy.

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Artificial intelligence

China warns US against letting AI ‘determine life and death’ on battlefield

China believes that human primacy must be upheld in military applications of AI, defence ministry spokesman says.

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Semiconductors

Memory price hikes ‘the new normal’ as AI fuels storage demand, Seagate says

Explosive growth in AI workloads is forcing the storage industry to pack more data onto disks to meet demand from cloud giants.

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The logo of data-storage giant Seagate, which says the artificial intelligence boom is driving surging demand for storage capacity. Photo: Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

China issues second warning on OpenClaw risks amid adoption frenzy

Cybersecurity agency cautions that improper installation and use of the AI agent carry severe security and data risks.

OpenClaw is said to be vulnerable to threats including “prompt injection”, in which attackers embed hidden malicious instructions in web pages. Photo: Shutterstock
Artificial intelligence

Chinese tech giants offer cheap, easy access to OpenClaw amid ‘lobster fever’

Shares of Hong Kong-listed MiniMax and Zhipu AI surge after launching OpenClaw tools.

Semiconductors

China’s chip bosses endorse semiconductor push in next 5-year plan

Industry leaders say the draft blueprint underscores Beijing’s determination to reduce reliance on foreign technology.

United States

Anthropic sues Trump administration as row over AI use by military deepens

The Pentagon blacklisted the start-up after it refused to let its technology be used for fully autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance.

The Pentagon on Thursday slapped a formal supply-chain risk designation on Anthropic, limiting use of a technology that a source said was being used for military operations in Iran. Photo illustration: TNS
Science

China can’t buy Elon Musk’s theory on space-based AI centres: experts

Beijing urged to focus on installing computing system in orbit to analyse data from satellites making information gathering more effective.

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to have a constellation of up to a million satellites operating as orbital data centres. Pictured is the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9. File photo: SpaceX/TNS
Artificial intelligence

Chinese local governments offer OpenClaw subsidies as security questions linger

Shenzhen and Wuxi pledge subsidies to fuel OpenClaw adoption even as analysts warn of a ‘tricky trade-off between ease of use and privacy’.

Artificial intelligence

China’s chip industry seeks more state support for AI dominance

Scholars and entrepreneurs in semiconductor sector urge Beijing to regulate prices of AI computing power, leverage strategic raw materials and fund tech solutions for self-reliance.

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