12 May 2025

Tencent Holdings-backed artificial intelligence (AI) start-up StepFun is doubling down on multimodal models, a strategic move that highlights how Chinese tech companies seek to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive sector. StepFun was one of the pioneering AI labs in China specialising in multimodal models, company founder and CEO Jiang Daxin said in an interview […]

Huawei Technologies has partnered with UBTech Robotics to advance the development of humanoids for factories and households, according to a joint announcement on Monday, as China ramps up broader adoption of these machines. The agreement – signed in tech hub Shenzhen, in southern Guangdong province, where both companies are headquartered – aims to “accelerate the

Alipay, one of the most pervasive digital wallets in China, has launched a voice call function that helps users double confirm their real identity before making fund transfers. The feature – embedded in the input field of a chat window along with other features like sending a photo or sharing location – is tagged “new”.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding has announced a breakthrough in reducing the cost of training artificial intelligence (AI) models for search by nearly 90 per cent, as companies strive to enhance AI capabilities while reducing development expenses. Researchers at Alibaba introduced a new approach called ZeroSearch, which improves AI models’ search capabilities through simulations