13 February 2025

China’s state-owned industrial giants have set up nearly 100 new research hubs as part of a government initiative launched in 2022 to drive technological breakthroughs in a slew of strategic fields. The huge state-directed effort is part of a broader push by Beijing to counter Washington’s attempts to contain China’s technological progress and revitalise the […]

The iPhone maker struck a deal to use Alibaba’s Qwen models for Apple Intelligence in mainland China, the South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Apple Intelligence is supported by OpenAI’s ChatGPT in most international markets, but in China, only AI models approved by the government can be used. The agreement concluded Apple’s

Chinese internet search giant Baidu will make its Ernie Bot service free to use from April 1, providing wider access to the company’s own artificial intelligence (AI) models, as competition in this nascent field heats up with the rise of innovative newcomers like DeepSeek. Beijing-based Baidu said users of Ernie Bot’s desktop and mobile versions

Alibaba Group Holding co-founder and chairman Joe Tsai confirmed on Thursday that the e-commerce giant struck a deal with Apple to put its Qwen artificial intelligence (AI) models on iPhones, while also praising recent innovations from start-up DeepSeek that he said will inspire more developers to focus on open-source solutions. Alibaba “feels extremely honoured to