Tag: China AI
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DeepSeek Unveils V4 AI
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has thrust a new wedge into the global AI race with its V4 model, a 1.6-trillion-parameter behemoth that runs natively on Huawei’s sanctioned Ascend chips and undercuts U.S. rivals’ pricing by up to 50 times. Released in preview on April 24, 2026, the open-source V4-Pro and lighter V4-Flash variants boast performance…
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US Seeks AI Dominance
AI’s High-Stakes Global Race: U.S. Policy Ignites Push for Dominance In a pointed opening to a joint House subcommittee roundtable, Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) declared that “every gap in American AI leadership is a vulnerability that our adversaries are eager to exploit,” spotlighting China’s explicit 2017 plan to dominate global AI by 2030. This April…
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Alibaba Unveils Qwen3.6-Plus AI
Alibaba Unleashes Qwen3.6-Plus, Signaling Aggressive Push into Agentic AI Amid Geopolitical Headwinds Alibaba Cloud’s Qwen team has dropped its third proprietary large language model in a single week: Qwen3.6-Plus, a flagship designed to excel in agentic AI—systems that autonomously tackle complex coding, reasoning, and multimodal tasks. With a default 1 million token context window, this…
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Alibaba Enters AI Race
# Alibaba Accelerates AI Ambitions Amid Earnings Spotlight and Blockchain Push Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has unveiled a mobile app called JVS Claw, thrusting itself into China’s burgeoning agentic AI frenzy by enabling non-technical users to deploy AI agents for real-world tasks like shopping and bookings. This move, free for the first 14 days on…
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Merz Meets Robots
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s tour of humanoid robots at Unitree Robotics in Hangzhou, complete with demonstrations of machines dancing and sparring, underscored a pivotal moment in global tech diplomacy. On Thursday, Merz lunched with Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu Yongming and Unitree founder Wang Xingxing, capping his first official China visit by engaging 10 firms specializing…