Author name: Sajid Patel

Carmakers and supply-chain players have overhauled their rhetoric around autonomous driving – make that “driver assistance” – at China’s largest auto show, emphasising safety following Beijing’s promise of closer scrutiny after a fatal crash involving a Xiaomi electric vehicle (EV). Although companies continue to showcase their latest vehicles and systems at the 10-day Shanghai auto […]

The job search notice posted on Tuesday said candidates are expected to help build a “next-generation intelligent product experience” based on large language model (LLM) technology, according to its official WeChat account. LLM is the technology underpinning generative AI services like ChatGPT and DeepSeek’s eponymous chatbot app. This marks the first time that DeepSeek, which

The strategic partnerships were announced on Wednesday at the opening of the 10-day Shanghai Auto Show, where the US semiconductor giant made its debut to unveil the second-generation, AI-enhanced software-defined vehicle (SDV) system-on-a-chip (SoC), which it said would provide automakers with “scalable performance, advanced AI capabilities and optimised cost efficiency”. “Together with our partners, we’re

Tesla has expanded its testing of a ride-share app to employees in Austin, Texas, as the company pushes toward a June launch of an autonomous version of the service. The electric vehicle (EV) maker posted a glimpse of the work on social media site X, with a video showing a person using their phone to

Chinese semiconductor company Montage Technology reported a sharp surge in revenue and profit in the March quarter, following a significant rise a year earlier, in a sign of the country’s expanding presence in the memory chip segment. The Shanghai-based integrated circuit design firm, which supplies connectors to dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips, said in a

Artificial intelligence (AI) was struggling on Wednesday to forecast the outcome of the notoriously secretive and unpredictable process by which Catholic cardinals elect a new pope. The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for his successor, with everyone from Vatican insiders

Chinese autonomous-driving firm Pony.ai said it plans to expand its robotaxi services globally, taking advantage of the lower cost of production enabled by the nation’s leadership in the automotive industry. James Peng, chairman and CEO of Pony.ai, said the company’s robotaxis were 20 to 30 per cent cheaper than those from US rival Alphabet’s self-driving

Tesla’s production of Optimus, a robot that promises to take over household chores, has been disrupted by China’s curbs on rare earth exports, introduced by Beijing earlier this month in an escalating trade war with Washington. Speaking on the company’s earnings call on Tuesday, CEO Elon Musk said production was impacted by the “magnet issue”.

Chinese voice-recognition firm iFlytek said that training its large language models (LLM) entirely with Huawei Technologies’ computing solutions has increased its growth potential amid the intensifying US-China tech war, after the Trump administration moved to restrict the export of Nvidia’s H20 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China. iFlytek on Monday boasted that its Xinghuo X1

Huawei Technologies will roll out its new Ascend 920 artificial intelligence (AI) chip later this year, as the company steps into the role as China’s alternative supplier to US giant Nvidia, which is subject to even tighter US export restrictions, according to media reports and industry insiders. The Ascend 920, which was at the advanced