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DeepSeek hints latest model will be compatible with China’s ‘next generation’ homegrown AI chips

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has hinted that China will soon have homegrown "next generation" chips to ...

In another AI push, China holds the world's first sports event for humanoid robots

About 500 robot athletes from 16 countries competed in Beijing as the United States and China race each other to shape the ...

DeepSeek launches v3.1 model, raising the stakes in the US-China AI race

DeepSeek announced the v3.1 model through a message on WeChat, China's widely used social platform, and on the Hugging Face community website. The new model boasts ...

Tech war: DeepSeek’s ‘UE8M0 FP8’ innovation seen as boost for China’s AI self-sufficiency

Use of the UE8M0 FP8 technique further reduces the graphics storage and computing power needed to run AI systems.
The Economist18d

Six months after DeepSeek’s breakthrough, China speeds on with AI

Now Liangzhu, with its myriad AI startups, represents the future. Investors from all over China flock there to meet growing ...

China's Baidu revenue drops as AI returns fail to offset ad decline

Chinese search engine company Baidu , on Wednesday reported a drop in second quarter revenue as its core advertising business ...

How China Is Girding for an AI Battle With the U.S.

As Washington tries to limit its progress, Beijing is spending more to build an artificial-intelligence ecosystem that ...
The Economist25d

China has top-flight AI models. But it is struggling to run them

Despite the restrictions, Chinese firms kept training world-beating AI models—Kimi K 2, unveiled in July by Moonshot AI, a ...

China's push for global AI dominance

Companies in Hangzhou, China, are striving for global AI dominance as the technology race between China and the U.S. heats up ...