Tag: China

Xi pitches China as leader of new global AI order

Posted on   |  by Laurie Chen and Casey Hall
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cast Beijing as the champion of a new global AI order, using China’s premier tech conference to promote open-source technology and challenge US...

Trump orders ‘national effort’ on quantum computing

Posted on   |  by Jacob Bogage and Alexandra Alper
US President Donald Trump ordered a push on Monday to build a powerful quantum computer for scientific research and speed efforts to protect government systems from related cyber threats,...

China orders Meta to unwind US$2bn buy of AI startup Manus

Posted on   |  by Eduardo Baptista
China ordered US tech giant Meta to unwind its $2 billion-plus (A$2.8 billion) acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, as Beijing tightens scrutiny of US investment in domestic startups...

China regulates digital humans, bans addictive services for kids

Posted on   |  by Ethan Wang and Ryan Woo
China’s cyberspace regulator issued draft regulations on Friday to oversee the development online of digital humans, requiring clear labelling and banning services that could mislead children or fuel addiction....

A new favourite Canuck and a 5-year plan in Beijing

Posted on   |  by James Riley
China’s National People’s Congress is now underway, a session that will outline its 15th five-year plan, for 2026-30. Without surprise, the focus is on artificial intelligence, robotics (or embodied...

China’s top chip chiefs urge policies to create ‘China ASML’

Posted on   |  by Che Pan and Laurie Chen
 Top Chinese semiconductor executives have called for a coordinated national effort to develop operational lithography systems during the 2026-2030 period, underlining Beijing’s push for greater technological self-reliance. Zhao Jinrong,...

China claims world leadership for AI research

Posted on   |  by Laurie Chen and Eduardo Baptista
China declared on Thursday that it was now the world leader in R&D for artificial intelligence as well as other key fields such as quantum technology, and has vowed...

Billionaires Musk and Bezos race with China to the moon

Posted on   |  by Joey Roulette
The space race between US billionaires is heating up, with Elon Musk’s SpaceX planning to build a lunar base and Jeff Bezos pushing Blue Origin’s ambitions as both companies...