China AI
A Beijing-based AI lab is reportedly closing in on a $20 billion valuation as Western investors increasingly pivot toward Chinese frontier model developers amid surging competition with US labs.
DeepSeek
Chinese tech giants are scrambling for Huawei's Ascend AI chips following DeepSeek's V4 launch, signaling a strategic pivot away from Nvidia hardware and reshaping the global AI compute landscape.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek's anticipated V4 models could shift the balance of the global AI race, challenging US incumbents with cost-efficient architectures and open-weight releases that pressure pricing and accelerate enterprise adoption worldwide.
AI video
iQiyi, often dubbed China's Netflix, is undertaking a major strategic overhaul to embed AI-generated content across its platform, signaling a significant shift in how streaming giants approach synthetic media production.
AI Avatars
Chinese tech employees are being asked to train AI clones of themselves for livestreaming, customer service, and content creation—and some are starting to push back against the synthetic doubles replacing them.