China's Cyberspace Administration (CAC) issued a strict directive on September 17, 2025, ordering ByteDance and Alibaba to immediately terminate testing and cancel all existing orders for Nvidia's RTX Pro 6000D chips. Prior to the regulatory decision, several companies had indicated plans to order tens of thousands
Chinese commerce giant Alibaba is developing a new artificial intelligence chip specifically designed for inferencing rather than training tasks. The new semiconductor, created by the company's cloud computing division, represents a significant advancement from its previous Hanguang 800 chip released in 2019. This reflects Chinese technology firms'
China unveiled a comprehensive plan on July 26, 2025 to expand its role in artificial intelligence governance, including the creation of a global cooperation organisation, as Beijing and Washington compete for technological leadership. Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai that AI innovation
China launched the first Humanoid Robot World Games in Beijing on 14 August 2025, where 280 teams from 16 countries and more than 500 robots competed in 487 events across 26 categories. Over three days, the robots took part not only in sporting contests such as running, football and table
Chinese higher education institutions have undergone a significant shift in their approach to AI technologies in education. As demonstrated by a recent Mycos Institute survey showing that AI use has become virtually universal across Chinese universities, with only 1% of faculty and students reporting never using AI tools, while nearly
China published its Global AI Governance Action Plan on 26 July, just days after the United States released its AI blueprint on 23 July. Premier Li Qiang announced the establishment of a new global AI cooperation organisation at Shanghai's World Artificial Intelligence Conference, where over 800 companies showcased
Chinese AI company Moonshot AI unveiled its new Kimi K2 model on July 16, 2023, which outperforms OpenAI's GPT-4 in several key performance metrics while being completely free to use. The company, which has previously developed acclaimed AI models, has achieved a significant breakthrough for Chinese AI technology&
Jensen Huang, Nvidia's CEO, is scheduled to visit Beijing on July 16, 2025, to hold a press briefing on the company's AI technologies, highlighting Nvidia's continued strategic significance for China despite ongoing US export restrictions. The visit is particularly notable as Nvidia's
In China, the AI-based digital recreation of deceased family members and loved ones has grown into a rapidly developing industry, where numerous businesses offer services that allow people to interact again with their departed loved ones. According to a May 2024 report by Technology Review, these services use deepfake technology
Chinese startup DeepSeek announced DeepSeek-R1-0528 on 28 May 2025, delivering significant performance improvements in complex reasoning tasks and achieving near-parity capabilities with paid models OpenAI o3 and Google Gemini 2.5 Pro. The update increased accuracy on the AIME 2025 test from 70% to 87.5%, whilst improving coding performance
The European Commission has detailed a €20 billion (£17 billion) plan to create new AI gigafactories in Europe for developing next-generation artificial intelligence models. These facilities will be powered by up to 100,000 advanced AI processors and target significant innovations in healthcare, biotech, industry, robotics, and scientific discovery. The
Data centers form the backbone of the digital ecosystem, and their geographical distribution provides a significant strategic advantage to the United States. The United States hosts 45.6% of the world's 11,800 data centers, far exceeding countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom (4.4% each)
