Catherine Thorbecke
Is Asia’s sovereign AI push an exercise in futility?
Countries trying to develop their own foundation models may end up wasting a lot of money
China’s AI strategy relies on frenzy and frenemies
Beijing is calling for solidarity while Washington favours ‘America First’
AI ‘agents’ aren’t matching up to the buzzwords
We should cool off comparing the technology to gods or even humans
Can China compete in the AI talent war?
Half of DeepSeek’s team never left China for education or work, and those who did ultimately return to pursue AI development, say Stanford...
The magical thinking of Masa Son
The SoftBank founder has a long-shot ambition to create an AI robot hub in the US desert
Chinese AI’s secret to withstanding the trade war
The government set up a 60b yuan investment fund to buoy the sector amid market volatility as it throws its entire might...
Nvidia chips don’t belong on the bargaining table
News that Nvidia Corp will not be able to sell its customised artificial intelligence (AI) chips in China caught both the company...
Silicon Valley’s loss will be China’s gain
This is where the trade war meets the tech war
DeepSeek’s breakthroughs are too big for the US to ban
The Chinese tech tools will likely get the TikTok treatment. But its open-source approach has already democratised AI.
Why Chinese tech keeps surprising the West
DeepSeek is the latest product from China to shock the US tech broligarchy. It won’t be the last.
