With around six million dollars and a stockpile of chips acquired before Washington banned their export to China, startup DeepSeek has produced what Chinese tech titans couldn't—a world-class AI chatbot.

At least three other companies including those backed by Alibaba and Tencent released updates to their applications in recent weeks.

DeepSeek has delighted the Chinese internet ahead of Lunar New Year, the country's biggest holiday. It's good news for a beleaguered economy and a tech industry that is bracing for further tariffs and the possible sale of TikTok's US business.

World is among China's first batch of video games approved in 2025, raising expectations that the title, which is still under development, will turn out to be the latest hit from the world's largest gaming company.

Chinese e-commerce platform operator JD.com on Friday introduced a gifting feature on its mobile app, joining rival Alibaba Group Holding in countering the competitive pressure from social media giant Tencent Holdings, which launched a similar feature last month.

Those who have had professional dealings with DeepSeek say he is obsessed with human-like artificial general intelligence ( AGI) and the impact it could have on the world. In his pursuit of it, DeepSeek’s founder is upending ideas about technological progress both in the West and China.

The Chinese company DeepSeek seemed to have come out of nowhere this week when it upturned markets. Here’s what to know about Liang Wenfeng, the engineer who started it.

This rapid advancement marks a turning point in the AI race between the U.S. and China. Until recently, many Western experts believed the U.S. maintained a multi-year lead over China in AI development.

BEIJING: Alibaba, a renowned Chinese tech company, on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence model that it claimed surpassed the

The Chinese New Year is reportedly off to a strong start based on early rail traffic reports, air travel data, and lodging occupancy rates. The celebration to welcome the Year of the Snake will run through February 4.

According to a white paper released last year by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the number of AI large language models worldwide has reached 1,328, with 36 per cent or

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