The dominance of China’s open-source AI is creating a “self-reinforcing competitive advantage”, allowing it to challenge US rivals despite restricted access to advanced AI chips, reports Reuters citing a US congressional advisory body. Driven by their cheaper cost, Chinese large language models from firms including Alibaba, Moonshot and MiniMax now dominate worldwide usage rankings on platforms like […]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) agents will reshape the global white-collar economy, potentially bringing in nearly $50 trillion in commercial value a year, as they evolve from personal assistants into autonomous virtual employees, reports Caixin, citing Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai. Speaking at the Siemens Real Meets Digital conference on Monday, Tsai said that large language models are transitioning […]
Tencent is rolling out a “ClawBot” plug-in for WeChat, reports the South China Morning Post. The move will allow WeChat’s more than 1 billion monthly active users to command their OpenClaw AI agents directly through the app, which is deeply embedded in daily life in China. In recent weeks, almost every Chinese tech giant has announced new […]
China’s Hua Hong Group has developed advanced chip manufacturing technologies that can be used to produce artificial intelligence chips, reports Reuters, citing four people familiar with the matter. Such a move would mark a major milestone in Beijing’s efforts to boost tech self-sufficiency. The group’s contract chipmaking business, Huali Microelectronics, is readying a 7-nanometre (nm) chipmaking process […]
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Stacking the chips
China’s second biggest chip manufacturer, Hua Hong, has developed the capacity to produce AI chips, according to Reuters, which has cited unnamed sources. If this is the case, then Hua Hong will be only the second Chinese company to be able to do so, with the other being SMIC. Reuters says that Hua Hong is […]