
China’s robotics race pivots from hardware to AI brains as Alibaba and ByteDance place their bets
Coffee-serving robot developed by AI Square Robotics By Da Cheung The race to commercialize embodied AI…

Tencent says WeChat is working with smartphone makers on AI assistant features
By Fan Jialai WeChat, Tencent’s super app that integrates messaging, payments, shopping and millions of mini-programs, has confirmed…

EV maker Seres teams up with ByteDance to diversify beyond Huawei
By Feng Ye Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Seres (601127.SH) (9927.HK) is preparing to launch a new automotive brand…

Top AI researchers command celebrity-level pay as China’s talent war intensifies
By Chen Jiahui and Zhao Lei China’s race to dominate artificial intelligence is driving researcher pay…

Kuaishou mulls spin-off of Kling AI video generation unit, seeking $20 billion valuation
Kuaishou Technology (01024.HK) is planning to spin off its Kling AI video-generation model business and raise $2 billion, giving…

ByteDance’s bold bet: can its Doubao AI champion make subscriptions work in China
By Lian Ran ByteDance’s AI assistant Doubao is preparing to charge users — a move that…

DeepSeek staff retention defies exodus fears as founder turns to funding to lock in loyalty
By Feng Yuchen Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has retained 97% of its core research and engineering…

Alibaba’s HappyHorse bets on native audio-visual AI to redefine video generation
By Zhi Han Alibaba has officially launched the beta testing phase of its proprietary video-generation model HappyHorse 1.0,…






