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Catherine Thorbecke

Installation art 'Dynamics of a Dog on a Leash'. Watching a machine strain against a chain and seeing people empathise with its yearning to be free is a preview of one of the most quietly consequential shifts in AI.

Why do we feel empathy for robots?

After a quiet removal from Chinese app stores, "Are You Dead" has been launched internationally as "Demumu".

Forget DeepSeek, dying alone is China’s latest tech obsession

Building foundation models and massive AI systems trained on enormous amounts of data requires billions of dollars, scarce chips and vast engineering talent.

Is Asia’s sovereign AI push an exercise in futility?

The World AI Conference has convened thousands of people – as well as scores of robots – and brought to life all the passions and pitfalls of the current state of AI in China.

China’s AI strategy relies on frenzy and frenemies

The AI "agent” is often used to describe an AI system that can act autonomously and work with outside applications to complete increasingly complicated tasks.

AI ‘agents’ aren’t matching up to the buzzwords

The outsize role that Chinese talent play in developing AI systems for the US, its geopolitical rival, likely is not lost on Beijing.

Can China compete in the AI talent war?

Son has built his career on taking long-shot gambles. It hasn’t always worked out. But such a mentality has propelled his rise from Japanese slum to the single-largest foreign investor in the US.
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The magical thinking of Masa Son

Although President Donald Trump’s trade war has brought turmoil to global markets, the hits won’t knock China’s AI development off-course. Not only does the industry’s domestic focus shield it from tariff blows, the sector is also buoyed by government support.

Chinese AI’s secret to withstanding the trade war

The likes of Huawei and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp are working around the clock to produce domestic alternatives to Nvidia’s AI processors.
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Nvidia chips don’t belong on the bargaining table

An engineer working on humanoid robots at a factory in Shanghai. China's tech sector has witnessed a remarkable revitalisation this year, propelled by fresh exuberance over AI development.
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Silicon Valley’s loss will be China’s gain

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