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Google DeepMind: A leading British-American entity in the Artificial Intelligence sector, headquartered in London with global research centres. As a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., it specialises in pioneering AI research and development. Notable achievements include AlphaFold for protein structure prediction, AlphaGo, and the development of Gemini large language models. Primarily serving scientific research, healthcare, and enhancing Google’s products, their overall business focus is on advancing safe and beneficial AI to solve complex real-world problems and ultimately achieve artificial general intelligence.

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China’s AI world model edge: abundant data and faster deployment, executive says

China’s strong industrial base, abundance of factory data give its world models a decisive push, says executive from leading start-up GigaAI.

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

Alibaba task force, led by CEO Eddie Wu, will focus on AI model development

Alibaba recruits Google DeepMind contributor to join Qwen AI team: sources

Zhou Hao to join as head of post-training research, sources say, as technical lead Lin Junyang departs in reshuffle.

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 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.

.css-1pcrwvc{color:#2aa191;}Opinion | Who will save the world from a US-China AI arms race?

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

Chinese AI and robotics firms appoint millennial, Gen Z stars as chief scientists

Young talent drive AI innovation at Chinese tech firms, focusing on fundamental research and strategic planning for future technologies.

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.

Chinese AI goes next level in geometry at a top US maths Olympiad

Researchers say the system not only outperforms American competitors in solving problems, it can tackle an even tougher challenge.

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.

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.

Google study finds DeepSeek, Alibaba models mimic human collective intelligence

The Google researchers found that the reasoning models generate internal multi-agent debates, which they termed ‘societies of thought’.

Video-generation boom sees China’s Kling AI post US$240 million revenue run rate

Kling AI is widely adopted in the fields of marketing and e-commerce, as well as in films, television and animation, owner Kuaishou says.

China’s AI unlikely to surpass US soon despite progress, researchers say

China’s top AI scientists warn of chip deficits and resource limits, though some predict breakthroughs within five years.

China’s DeepSeek adds advanced ‘thinking’ feature amid buzz over next model

Hangzhou-based AI start-up installs ‘interleaved thinking’ as monthly users surge 90 per cent to nearly 131.5 million.

MindRank in Phase 3 trial with first AI-assisted new drug

The company was aiming for approval in the second half of 2028, paving the way for a market launch in 2029.

China’s Zhipu and MiniMax release latest AI models ahead of Hong Kong listing

The near-simultaneous release on Monday underscores the two firms’ efforts to drum up interest for their respective Hong Kong IPOs.

China’s open-source AI models rival US giants, making engagement urgent: report

The report calls on US actors to engage with Chinese firms as the AI landscape continues to evolve.

China’s Qwen and DeepSeek edge out US AI models in Christian values benchmark

US start-up Gloo’s Flourishing AI Christian benchmark tested how the output of AI models ‘help people flourish’, CEO Pat Gelsinger said.

.css-19im5qg{color:#c79a00;}AI | China chases superintelligent AI without sci-fi movie risks

AI systems with human-level intelligence, or higher, offer the promise of solutions to humanity’s biggest challenges but the risk of humans losing control.

Microsoft makes US$17.5 billion pledge for AI cloud in India

The country of 1.45 billion people is increasingly drawing the attention of AI power brokers as a market and a source of talent and data.

Editorial | China’s low-cost AI is showing up America’s high-cost tech model

The real China threat is in exposing America’s AI myths by showing what can be achieved at much lower costs and with greater efficiency.

Alibaba’s Qwen app becomes the world’s fastest growing AI app as MAUs surge 149%

Just two weeks into its public beta, Qwen has shown explosive growth, underscoring Alibaba’s challenge to global rivals OpenAI and Google.

OpenAI CEO declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as rivals move in

The call comes after Google released its Gemini 3 AI model last month that gained praise for its capacity to reason and code.

China’s DeepSeek challenges Google DeepMind with new AI model

DeepSeek’s V3.2-Speciale equals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro in reasoning capabilities, the Chinese start-up says.

Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China’s new frontier AI labs

DeepSeek might be grabbing the headlines, but Chinese start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax are emerging as serious rivals to US frontier labs.

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

AI | China chases superintelligent AI without sci-fi movie risks