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Recode China AI

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Recode China AIAsia🗞️Nvidia Without Jensen, Alibaba’s Chip IPO, and Qwen4’s First Look China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, compute, policy, products, and research, drawn from the China AI Index newsfeed .

11.15

Recode China AIAsia👨🏻‍🏭Ulanqab, a Remote Chinese City, Becomes an AI Boomtown and a Magnet for Young Workers Ulanqab is a city few people outside China have heard of. But thanks to the AI boom, this once-unknown city in Inner Mongolia has made headlines in major international media outlets.

11.10

Recode China AIAsia🗞️Apple AI Taps Qwen, Tencent’s Hy4, and China’s AI Chip Squeeze China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, compute, policy, products, and research, drawn from the China AI Index newsfeed .

11.08

Recode China AIAsia👧🏻How Chinese AI Found Its Persona Globally, DeepSeek is known as a mysterious, high-efficiency AI lab from China that keeps shocking the world by churning out competitive models at a fraction of the cost.

11.03

Recode China AIAsia🗞️CXMT’s Push Into HBM3E, Unitree’s Quarterly Revenue Up 70%, and China’s Stock Slide China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, compute, policy, products, and research, drawn from the China AI Index newsfeed .

11.01

Recode China AIAsia🗞️DeepSeek’s $15B Round, Moonshot launches K3.1 Pro, and China’s AI Jobs Policy China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, compute, policy, products, and research, drawn from the China AI Index newsfeed .

10.25

Recode China AIAsia✅China’s Draft AI Export Controls Don’t Block Open-Weight Models On October 16, China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) released a draft addition to the country’s catalogue of technologies restricted or prohibited from…

10.21

Recode China AIAsia🗞️China Proposes AI Export Controls, DeepSeek Bets on Robotics, and Infinigence Raises $334M China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, policy, products, and research, sourced from the aggregated newsfeed of China AI Index.

10.18

Recode China AIAsia𝌞We’re Hearing More Chinese AI Voices. Are We Understanding Them Better? Liu Shengyu is a machine learning system and kernel design engineer at DeepSeek. He probably never imagined that his name would hit the headlines of the world’s mainstream media, such as the South…

10.13

Recode China AIAsia🗞️DeepSeek Raises $12B+, Manus Lands $500M After Its Meta Split, and Kling Eyes $1B IPO China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, policy, products, and research, sourced from the aggregated newsfeed of China AI Index .

10.11

Recode China AIAsia🗞️DeepSeek and Huawei Target Nvidia's CUDA Moat, and Manus Relaunches as the Agent Wars Heat Up China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, policy, products, and research, sourced from the aggregated newsfeed of China AI Index .

10.04

Recode China AIAsia🤠Why Meta’s Muse Has Chinese Tech Companies on High Alert A soft, cream-colored, cuddly pudgy character called Jolly is quickly seaming into my world everywhere—from my X feed and YouTube ads to news coverages and the advertising billboards along Highway…

09.28

Recode China AIAsia🗞️US and China Open an AI Dialogue, Alibaba Targets 20GW Global Data Center Capacity, and DeepSeek Nears a $7.5B Raise China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, policy, products, and research, sourced from the aggregated newsfeed of China AI Index .

09.27

Recode China AIAsia🗞️Huawei Races Nvidia to 2027, Beijing Calls Amodei's AI Slowdown ‘Fear Mongering,’ and Manus Doubles Its Valuation China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, policy, products, and research, sourced from the aggregated newsfeed of China AI Index .

09.20

Recode China AIAsia🚫Frontier US AI Labs Want to Hit a Pause. Will Chinese AI Labs Follow? The conversation around AI safety hit headlines last week following a high-profile essay by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on September 12.

09.14

Recode China AIAsia🗞️DeepSeek Ships V4.1-Flash, Enflame Goes Public, and Anthropic's New Accusation China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, policy, products, and research, sourced from the aggregated newsfeed of China AI Index .

09.13

Recode China AIAsia🗞️ByteDance's $30B Loan, Moonshot's IPO Filing, and China's Hottest AI Chip Debut Yet China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, policy, products, and research, sourced from the aggregated newsfeed of China AI Index .

09.06

Recode China AIAsia🤖Building Smart Robots Requires Massive Data. Where Do We Get It? Robots are white-hot right now in China. The country’s robot upstart Unitree has gone public, and AGIBOT isn’t far behind.

09.03

Recode China AIAsia🗞️Z.ai Claims the Mystery Model, DeepSeek’s $74B Valuation, and Beijing’s Robot Olympics China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, policy, products, and research, sourced from the aggregated newsfeed of China AI Index .

08.30

Recode China AIAsia🗞️Unitree's Blockbuster Debut, Nvidia Chips Get a Green Light in Beijing, and Big Tech’s AI Bet China AI Weekly Digest summarizes the week’s big news, model updates, policy, products, and research, sourced from the aggregated newsfeed of China AI Index .

08.23