Fresh off the global success of DeepSeek’s latest artificial intelligence reasoning model, China’s top economic officials have vowed to set up a state-backed fund to support technological innovation.

A new report says cybercriminals linked to China, Russia and Iran are using generative AI tools like deepfakes to spread disinformation and target elections around the world.

Q3 DeepSeek has been a buzzword and surprised the world starting this year. AI technology has been deeply integrated with various industries around the world. What opportunities do you foresee for your business from AI technology? What's your view on China's ability to sustain innovation in breakthrough technologies in the coming years?

Could this be the start of accelerated AI development in China? Below, I unpack how the country has carefully built up the core components of its AI ecosystem to set itself up for success. Investing in academic and applied research The foundation of AI is research.

The presence of Alibaba founder Jack Ma at a meeting of entrepreneurs with Xi Jinping is seen as a sign that the Chinese leader means business

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Hangzhou-based DeepSeek has dominated the spotlight in China's AI arena at the expense of local peers such as Moonshot and MiniMax.

Tsinghua University, one of China's top schools, recently announced it will increase its undergraduate admissions by about 150 students this year and establish a new undergraduate college for general AI education. The students will enroll in the new program, which aims to integrate AI across multiple disciplines.

Russia's GigaChat MAX is months behind the US and Chinese models, impacting Vladimir Putin's national AI strategy.

This time, the "theme song" is straightforward: "China must not dominate AI technology!" Take a look at the Western mainstream media, where officials and experts tirelessly paint a picture of China's "ambitions" in a world that will be overrun by "an invading army of AI robots made in China.

What was once seen as a rivalry between two tech superpowers has increasingly become a contest between Chinese talent working in the U.S. and those in China. When Elon Musk’s xAI announced its Grok-3 model,

In this week’s Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists debate whether it will destabilize the AI market.