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Tencent Cloud Launches 2026 AI Game Development Hackathon at University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Tencent Cloud has officially launched its 2026 AI Game Development Hackathon, an initiative aimed at fostering innovation in artificial intelligence within the interactive entertainment sec...
Apr 17, 2026
Baidu Launches ERNIE Image: A New Generative AI Model for High-Fidelity Visuals
BEIJING: Baidu has officially launched ERNIE Image, a new generative artificial intelligence model designed to produce high-fidelity visual content from text prompts. The release marks a significant e...
Apr 17, 2026
ByteDance Poaches High-Profile DeepSeek Researcher in Record-Breaking AI Talent War
BEIJING: A high-profile researcher from the artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has reportedly joined ByteDance, securing a compensation package that sets a new benchmark for talent acquisition w...
Apr 17, 2026
China Proposes New Global AI Governance Initiative to Set International Standards
BEIJING: China has formally introduced a new global AI governance initiative aimed at establishing international standards for artificial intelligence development and regulation. The proposal, detaile...
Apr 16, 2026
Alibaba Group Pivots AI Strategy Toward Commercial Integration and Cloud Ecosystem
HANGZHOU: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is fundamentally restructuring its approach to artificial intelligence, pivoting from a broad research focus toward a strategy centered on commercial integration a...
Apr 15, 2026
US-China AI Race Reaches Critical Equilibrium, Stanford HAI Report Finds
PALO ALTO, Calif.: The global race for artificial intelligence supremacy has reached a critical equilibrium as China rapidly closes the technological gap with the United States, according to the 2026 ...
Apr 14, 2026
Chinese AI Startup MiniMax Launches New Multimodal Large Language Model
BEIJING: Chinese artificial intelligence startup MiniMax has announced the launch of its latest large language model, marking a significant step in the company's effort to compete with global industry...
Apr 13, 2026
China Launches "AI Plus Education" National Initiative to Transform Academic Systems
BEIJING: China’s Ministry of Education has officially launched the "AI Plus Education" national initiative, a sweeping strategic program designed to integrate artificial intelligence across all leve...
Apr 11, 2026
AI startup Zhipu makes bold claims for its new AI model while pushing up prices
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu has launched its latest model, GLM-5.1, while simultaneously implementing a second price increase this year as the company seeks to accelerate monetizatio...
Apr 8, 2026
DeepSeek 4 due for immanent release, will run on Huawei chips
SHANGHAI: In a move that may redefine Chinese artificial intelligence infrastructure, DeepSeek, a prominent domestic AI research lab, has developed its next-generation large language model to run enti...
Apr 6, 2026