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Catherine Thorbecke

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

FILE PHOTO: A message reading "AI artificial intelligence", a keyboard, and robot hands are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

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

The outsize role that Chinese talent play in developing AI systems for its geopolitical rival isn’t likely 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.
THE BOTTOM LINE

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

FILE PHOTO: NVIDIA logo is seen in this illustration taken February 16, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
THE BOTTOM LINE

Nvidia chips don’t belong on the bargaining table

An engineer works on humanoid robots at an Agibot factory in Shanghai, China, March 12, 2025.
THE BOTTOM LINE

Silicon Valley’s loss will be China’s gain

DeepSeek has garnered international attention with its latest models, shocking Silicon Valley and investors with their capabilities and efficiency.
THE BOTTOM LINE

DeepSeek’s breakthroughs are too big for the US to ban

DeepSeek has proved that not only can AI breakthroughs happen at a fraction of the cost, but also despite the web of export controls aimed at holding China back.
PERSPECTIVE

Why Chinese tech keeps surprising the West

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