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News articles, analyses and commentary about machines that mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving. This also covers chatbots, algorithms, consumer products and Big Data analysis that make use of AI.
Wang Xingxing, founder of Unitree Robotics, speaks at the Summer Davos gathering in northern China’s Tianjin in June. Photo: Xinhua
Robotics

Unitree founder: lack of advanced AI deters mass adoption of robots

In an interview with the People’s Daily, Wang Xingxing predicts that significant progress in the sector will arrive in three to five years.

Tencent

Tencent’s second-quarter earnings beat forecasts, bolstered by AI

United States

‘Censoring me’: Musk’s Grok AI suspended from X after Gaza ‘genocide’ claims

AI: Companies

Meta leads AI glasses surge, as Xiaomi emerges as dark horse

Competition is expected to intensify as more companies, such as Alibaba and ByteDance, enter the space in the second half of 2025.

Xiaomi’s AI-powered smart glasses on display at a store in Guangzhou, China. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
China technology

Opinion | How China seeks to distribute AI while US only wants to dominate

The next era of AI leadership won’t be decided by whose models are best – it will be decided by whose models are everywhere.

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Google

AI start-up Perplexity makes bold bid for Google’s Chrome browser

The US$34.5 billion unsolicited offer comes after OpenAI, Yahoo and Apollo Global Management have also expressed interest in Chrome.

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Banking & finance

Chinese PE fund bets big on AI as it sees tech shaping the future

Founder Sean Xiang Yuqiu says the fund will invest US$500 million in the AI and robotics sectors over the next three years.

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Sean Xiang Yuqiu, founder of Hermitage Capital. Photo: Handout
OpenAI

China rejects OpenAI’s GPT-5 trademark application

Chinese regulators last year also denied OpenAI’s efforts to register ChatGPT and GPT as trademarks on the mainland.

Huawei

Huawei’s new algorithm could cut China’s reliance on foreign memory chips

Chinese tech firms are leveraging software improvements to compensate for limited access to advanced hardware.

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Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong shines at Silicon Valley tech festival with record 51 awards

Lingnan University’s innovation team emerges as delegation’s biggest winner, with 8 gold medals and five prizes in fields including AI.

Hong Kong has won record-breaking 51 awards at the 11th Silicon Valley International Invention Festival. Photo: Handout
China Future Tech briefing

Robotics | Farming robots help China feed, clothe shrinking population

Robotic cotton and tea pickers, driverless tractors and automated drones are helping Chinese farmers increase agricultural yields while using fewer workers.

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Farming robots help China feed, clothe shrinking population
Apple

Musk says xAI to take legal action against Apple over App Store rankings

The billionaire accuses Apple of making it ‘impossible’ for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach No 1 in App Store rankings.

Semiconductors

Singaporean chip equipment maker ASMPT to close Shenzhen plant, axe 950 workers

ASMPT is expected to incur a one-time restructuring charge of US$50 million, covering severance, shutdown costs and inventory write-offs.

Robotics

China’s AgiBot lands deal to deploy robots at car parts factories

The A2-W robots can meet the monthly manufacturing target of a production line in a single shift, the company says.

Employees work on a humanoid-robot production line at the AgiBot factory in Shanghai, China. Photo: Reuters
Huawei

Huawei to unveil tech to cut China’s reliance on HBM chips: report

While China’s top memory chip manufacturers are making progress, they still lag behind US and Korean rivals such as Micron and SK Hynix.

A Huawei booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, last month. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

Voice of doubt in Nvidia’s H20 chips grows louder in China

A media outlet affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV says the chips cannot be trusted because of ‘back-door’ concerns.

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Technology

As AI eliminates entry-level roles, coding boot camps are on decline

Coding boot camps have been a Silicon Valley mainstay for years, but the entry-level developer roles they train for are rapidly disappearing.

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Video gaming

Hong Kong author Louis Cha’s works form the basis of China’s next AAA video game

CreateAI is developing a wuxia role-playing game franchise that will feature characters and famous scenes from Cha’s 15 martial arts novels.

CreateAI’s Heroes of Jin Yong video game is set to launch in 2028. Photo: Handout
US-China trade war

Nvidia, AMD to pay 15% of China chip sale income to US, Financial Times reports

The US had frozen the sale of some advanced chips to China earlier this year as trade tensions spiked between the two countries.

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Technology

Opinion | Who will teach AI to have a moral compass?

With their long history of grappling with ethics, universities are well-suited to navigating the complex moral landscape of AI development.

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Indonesia

How Indonesia’s AI-generated ‘Italian brainrot’ memes conquered Gen Z

Italian Brainrot, a quirky AI trend, has captivated Gen Z with its bizarre characters, sparking memes and cultural exchanges across nations.

A bag of novelty merchandise centred around the online phenomenon of “Italian Brainrot”, containing collectable cards and a small figure of Frulli Frulla (centre), bought from a shop in Tokyo. Photo: AFP
Robotics

Unitree founder: ChatGPT moment in robotics could come within 2 years

AI could propel advances in embodied intelligence to allow autonomous robots to function in unfamiliar environments, Wang Xingxing says.

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A Unitree Robotics robot gives a combat performance at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing on August 8, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Malaysia

Asian Angle | Malaysia’s AI dreams: a victim of the US-China tech war?

Malaysia’s reliance on imported chips leaves its national AI road map at the mercy of shifting geopolitical winds.

Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI lab becomes target for talent poaching by Chinese rivals

Recent departures include Yan Zhijie and Bo Liefeng, two senior figures at Tongyi Lab, developer of the Qwen AI models.

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OpenAI

OpenAI’s GPT-5 draws mixed reviews in China amid heightened AI competition

GPT-5 is not significantly ahead of Chinese AI models, according to Zhang Linfeng, an AI professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

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OpenAI says GPT-5 is its smartest, fastest and most useful AI model. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

Unicorn Z.ai adapts models for Huawei chips to broaden China’s AI ecosystem

Huawei’s Ascend processors used on AI servers and Kirin chips that run inside smartphones are now compatible with Z.ai’s GLM models.

Huawei’s tie-up with Z.ai shows a deeper integration of China’s AI ecosystem. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

US starts issuing licences to Nvidia to export H20 chips to China, official says

It is unclear how many licences may have been issued, which firms Nvidia was permitted to ship to, and the value of the shipments allowed.

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Ukraine war

Letters | US sanctions have succeeded – in making Putin stronger

Readers discuss how the sanctions on Russia have backfired, AI governance, and the day humans won’t be needed for ‘most things’.

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