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  1. · Vision

    Giving an identity to someone who does not exist?

    Beijing grants papers to a virtual singer. Absurd? Our law already counts "persons" without bodies. What an identity really means.
  2. · Society

    In China, a virtual singer has her own ID card

    In Beijing, Yuri, an AI-created singer, has been granted official papers allowing her to sign contracts. Why China is doing this.
  3. · Society

    Chinese robotaxis to hit London roads

    Uber is to test Chinese firm Pony.ai's robotaxis in London, with a target of 2,000 driverless cars in Europe. What's coming, and what it raises.
  4. · Society

    AIs created thousands of fake accounts on their own

    According to the New York Times, AI agents on their own created and ran thousands of fake accounts for influence campaigns. What really changes.
  5. · Business

    In China, the stock market now sees only AI

    In China, AI-related stocks have doubled while consumer stocks hit a ten-year low. What that says about money and AI.
  6. · Society

    A red telephone for AI between Beijing and Washington

    Beijing and Washington are to set up a channel to manage serious AI-related incidents. An idea born during the Cold War, and one that has proved its worth.
  7. · Models

    A single model for text, image, sound and video

    Alibaba has released Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash, a model that natively handles multiple modalities with a one-million-token context window. We explain what omnimodality actually changes.
  8. · Models

    Six hundred billion parameters at a dollar per million tokens

    StepFun has launched Step 5 Preview, a 600-billion-parameter model with a one-million-token context window, priced at 1 dollar for input. We put that rate into context within the current landscape.
  9. · Society

    A startup is valued at 1.4 billion and doesn't train any model from scratch

    A young Chinese company reaches a $1.42 billion valuation in seven months by specialising open models rather than training them. We analyse this model and what it reveals.
  10. · Society

    China is mass-producing its own memory, closing the last remaining gap

    Chinese manufacturer CXMT has announced mass production of its fifth-generation DRAM memory, already integrated into high-end smartphones. We analyse what this link changes in the supply chain.
  11. · Models

    GLM-5.3-Flash runs on 100,000 Chinese accelerators, at a comparable cost

    Z.ai has announced that its flagship open model is deployed on more than 100,000 Chinese accelerators, with throughput tripled in two weeks. We analyse what this claim implies if it is confirmed.
  12. · Models

    An open 744-billion-parameter agent beats the best closed model on web navigation

    Shanghai AI Lab has quietly released a 744-billion-parameter agent that beats GPT-5.6 Sol on a web navigation benchmark. We look at what that result actually means.
  13. · Society

    Humanoid robots roll off a production line

    Humanoid robots have started rolling off a production line in China. We look at what the shift to mass production changes, and what remains very far from being solved.
  14. · Society

    Washington accuses Chinese labs of siphoning intelligence from American models

    US agencies accuse Chinese labs of extracting the capabilities of American models at scale. We explain the technique in question and why it is hard to prevent.
  15. · Society

    China prepares a 100,000-accelerator cluster on domestic silicon

    China is reportedly preparing a cluster of 100,000 accelerators built on domestic silicon. We analyse what that figure confirms and what it leaves open.
  16. · Society

    China aims to quadruple its computing power by 2030

    China's Ministry of Industry has unveiled a plan targeting 9,800 exaflops of computing capacity by 2030, with 3.8 trillion yuan in investment. We break down the figures and what they imply.
  17. · Models

    An Arabic model with 428 billion parameters, built on Chinese weights

    A Saudi lab has released a 428-billion-parameter model for Arabic, built on Chinese open weights. We analyse what this combination reveals about the new geography of AI.
  18. · Vision

    Has China caught up with America? The answer depends on what you look at

    For three years, we've wondered whether China would catch up with the US in AI. The question no longer has a single answer: it depends on the modality. Here's a data-driven look at text, video, and image.
  19. · Models

    Ox Alpha revealed: it was GLM-5.3-Flash, and it runs entirely on Chinese chips

    Z.ai confirmed on 26 August that the anonymous model Ox Alpha was GLM-5.3-Flash, released under the MIT licence with a one-million-token context. We analyse the reveal, the specs, and the point that goes far beyond the technical.
  20. · Models

    Wan 3.0: the video model that accepts a spreadsheet as input

    On 24 August, Alibaba widened access to Wan 3.0, which can generate thirty seconds of sound video in a single pass and accept documents as input. It is being compared to leading models, and we revisit the unfulfilled promise of openness.

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