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Anthropic

Anthropic: A leading entity in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) sector, San Francisco-based Anthropic specializes in developing advanced AI models, notably the Claude family of large language models and chatbots. They primarily serve AI researchers, developers, and increasingly, the enterprise sector, offering solutions for coding and AI agents. Known for their strong emphasis on AI safety, ethics, and interpretability, Anthropic has achieved significant market position with substantial backing from tech giants like Google and Amazon. Their overall business focus is on responsibly advancing generative AI and building reliable, steerable AI systems.

United States

Anthropic vows to sue US after Trump tells government to stop using firm’s AI

The start-up has refused to let its models be used for the mass surveillance of US citizens or deployed in fully autonomous weapons systems.

28 Feb 2026 - 2:16PM

Huawei

China’s Huawei joins US giants OpenAI, Google in AI standards alliance

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Anthropic

Anthropic vows to sue US after Trump tells government to stop using firm’s AI

The start-up has refused to let its models be used for the mass surveillance of US citizens or deployed in fully autonomous weapons systems.

China’s Huawei joins US giants OpenAI, Google in AI standards alliance

Nvidia reports record earnings quarter as China’s H200 sales freeze persists

China’s MiniMax, Moonshot top AI token use ranking, ending year of US dominance

AI hosting platform OpenRouter’s latest ranking shows high demand for Chinese open-source models following a series of new releases.

Chinese investors shrug off AI fears after Citrini report sparks US sell-off

Analysts dismiss Citrini’s AI doomsday scenario, citing US market irrationality and China’s low digital penetration.

Anthropic’s allegations against Chinese firms expose AI training grey area

The US AI lab says DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and MiniMax AI used its systems to improve their models’ capabilities.

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Unrestrained military AI could doom us all. The window for a global middle-power alliance to rein in the superpowers is closing fast.

OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs refuse to hold hands during India AI summit photo op

The incident in New Delhi highlights the frosty relationship between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei.

Pentagon ‘close to cutting ties’ with AI firm Anthropic over restrictions

Anthropic wants to safeguard its Claude AI tool from being used for mass surveillance or advanced weapons development, Axios news reported.

Global AI race heats up as Chinese tech giant releases new model

With multimodal capabilities and open weights, Qwen-3.5 signals Alibaba’s ambition to anchor the next phase of global AI deployment.

Opinion | How recent graduates entering the job market can outperform AI

As automation erodes cognitive and interpersonal skills, those who embrace the struggle of enhancing offline reasoning will thrive.

The AI future is now, and markets are reacting differently in the US and China

Investor jitters grow in the US as AI reshapes expectations, but China’s markets have so far reacted with caution rather than panic.

China’s MiniMax releases AI model ‘designed for real-world productivity’

Company says it is ‘first frontier model … delivering on the promise of intelligence too cheap to meter’.

Editorial | China could benefit from AI disruption to software-as-a-service sector

It seems likely the AI industry will simply swallow up the SaaS sector in China without too much financial or employment damage.

China’s AI arms race sees sector brace for major flagship model launch week

A ‘stealth’ model has emerged, while advancements by Alibaba’s Qwen-3.5 and Zhipu’s GLM-5 aim to spur domestic competition following releases by US heavyweights.

US software rout spills over to China’s SaaS sector

The software sector in China has long been constrained by slower cloud adoption and a weaker appetite for recurring subscription fees.

Dow breaks 50,000 for first time, as US stocks rally

The market roared back, with tech stocks recovering from AI-linked jitters and bitcoin halting its plunge.

Tech sell-off rattles investors with cross-asset volatility set to linger

Markets swing sharply across asset classes as AI forces a rethink of pricing power and long-term growth bets.

When context is everything, AI models still struggle in the real world: Tencent

Despite rapid advances, today’s top AI models are still “brittle” in messy, real-world environments, according to new Tencent research.

Moonshot’s newest release narrows US-China AI model development gap: analysts

Kimi K2.5 raises questions about the potency of US controls on advanced chips to constrain China’s AI efforts, Brookings’ Kyle Chan says.

China’s Alibaba, Moonshot claim latest AI models challenge OpenAI, Google

Alibaba says Qwen3-Max-Thinking is its ‘best model so far’, while Moonshot calls Kimi K2.5 the world’s most powerful open-source model.

Next level: why China’s game makers are quietly bankrolling generative AI

From scripts and storylines to customer service and user-generated worlds, developers are deploying LLM tools across the gaming pipeline.

From labs to listings: capital markets are the next battleground in the AI race

Stock exchanges have become another barometer in the US-China tech rivalry as markets assess a wave of start-ups in real time.

Computing constraints force China’s Zhipu to restrict AI coding service sign-ups

The issue reflects the challenge faced by Chinese AI firms to expand their businesses amid computing infrastructure constraints.

Baidu launches Ernie 5.0 as firm’s AI assistant users reach 200 million a month

The Beijing-based company’s most advanced AI model can process text, images, audio and video.

Trump’s decision to sell AI chips to China under pressure as House bill advances

A key Republican challenges White House AI czar and Nvidia despite Maga backlash; it must still pass both chambers and get Trump’s signature.

AI shaping world’s biggest infrastructure buildout: Nvidia CEO

Each country should build their own AI system, incorporating its own language and culture into the AI models, Huang says at the WEF in Davos.

Chinese quant fund joins DeepSeek in AI race with LLM rivalling GPT-5.1, Claude

Beijing-based Ubiquant launches code-focused systems claiming benchmark wins over US peers despite using far fewer parameters.

Opinion | Who will save the world from a US-China AI arms race?