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Chinese exhibitors are back at CES 2025 despite US tech tensions

While Chinese companies comprise over a quarter of registered exhibitors, many tech giants are notably absent.

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TikTok parent ByteDance denies its algorithms create filter bubbles

Douyin is motivated to break information cocoons because that helps retain users in the long run, executive says.

A ByteDance executive argues that the company’s algorithms do not lead to filter bubbles. Photo: Reuters
A ByteDance executive argues that the company’s algorithms do not lead to filter bubbles. Photo: Reuters
Jack Ma

AI to reshape the world, Alibaba founder Jack Ma tells Chinese rural teachers

Ma addressed a group of educators to mark the 10th anniversary of his eponymous foundation’s Rural Teachers Initiative.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba powers AI drive of Transsion, top Chinese smartphone vendor in Africa

Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen model will enable the GenAI features of the Phantom V Fold2, Transsion’s latest 5G smartphone under its Tecno brand.

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Tencent

US blacklisting of China’s Tencent stokes fear of tech war escalation

Tencent’s addition to the Pentagon blacklist raises risks for further sanctions and trade restrictions on Chinese businesses, analysts say.

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The Tencent office in Beijing. Photo: AP Photo
The Tencent office in Beijing. Photo: AP Photo
Artificial intelligence

Chinese start-up 01.AI founder Lee Kai-fu denies asset sale to Alibaba Cloud

01.AI denounced as ‘vicious slander’ talks that it was looking to sell its pre-training team and other assets owing to business difficulty.

Artificial intelligence

Google to bring Gemini AI to TV sets running its software

The update marks the first time Google is bringing Gemini to third-party TV sets running its OS, such as those from Sony, Hisense and TCL.

Metaverse

Alibaba deepens push into AI smart glasses

A new partnership will see Alibaba Cloud develop customised AI models for RayNeo products, the companies say.

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AR glasses developer RayNeo has struck a partnership with Alibaba Cloud. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

China’s tech giants vow to fix algorithm issues amid crackdown

ByteDance’s Douyin, PDD’s Pinduoduo, and Xiaohongshu have promised to address issues related to the misuse of algorithms.

ByteDance’s Douyin app is shown on a smartphone. Photo: Xinhua
ByteDance’s Douyin app is shown on a smartphone. Photo: Xinhua
Artificial intelligence

Chinese state-owned AI firm hires ex-IBM executive as technology chief

Last year, IBM scaled down its R&D operations in China, joining a long list of global tech firms that have trimmed their mainland businesses.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba ties up with Lee Kai-fu’s unicorn as AI sector consolidates

Alibaba Cloud signs a deal with start-up 01.AI to develop AI model solutions for business clients.

Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI firm SenseTime reduces office space in Singapore

The retreat underscores the competition faced by SenseTime in a new AI era, and the changing fortunes of Singapore’s prime office market.

Singapore’s skyline. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Baidu’s Robin Li predicts ‘exponential’ boom in AI apps in 2025

Baidu’s investments in AI are expected to generate returns this year, the CEO writes in a message to staff.

Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li Yanhong. Photo: EPA-EFE
Baidu founder and CEO Robin Li Yanhong. Photo: EPA-EFE
Artificial intelligence

Meet DeepSeek: the Chinese start-up that is changing how AI models are trained

Hangzhou-based DeepSeek is 2025’s ‘biggest dark horse’ in open-source large language models, Nvidia research scientist Jim Fan says.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba Cloud cuts AI visual model price by 85% on last day of the year

The adjustment will position Qwen-vl-max as a direct competitor to a similar visual model ByteDance launched in the middle of December.

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Artificial intelligence

Alipay adds AI image search to enhance ‘super app’ role in rivalry with WeChat

Alipay’s move shows how mobile payment platforms are striving to grow their customer base and engender user loyalty in the AI era.

The Alipay logo is seen a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken June 28, 2023. Photo: Reuters
The Alipay logo is seen a mobile phone in this illustration picture taken June 28, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Nvidia closes US$700 million Run:ai acquisition after regulatory hurdles

The European Commission concluded earlier in December that Run:ai’s acquisition would not raise competition concerns.

Semiconductors

Cambricon, China’s AI chip star, soars 383% amid push for self-sufficiency

Shanghai-listed AI chip designer topped the CSI 300 Index, with its market value rising to US$37 billion.

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Artificial intelligence

UK study warns of perils in AI-driven ‘intention economy’

Familiarity with chatbots, digital tutors and AI agents is helping enable this new array of ‘persuasive technologies’, researchers warn.

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