17 h. ago The Global AI Rules Race: China’s Strategic Response to US Tech Dominance

The Global AI Rules Race: China’s Strategic Response to US Tech Dominance  Geopolitical Monitor

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17 h. ago China’s cities feed the AI monster with dedicated services for economic roar

China’s city governments are racing to stake out a role in artificial intelligence, with Wenzhou this week becoming the nation’s first to set up a dedicated bureau for AI-related matters – underscoring how local officials are ramping up efforts amid Beijing’s push to gain an edge in the AI race with the United States. Authorities in Wenzhou, located in the provincial economic powerhouse of Zhejiang, announced the bureau’s formation at a high-profile AI Innovation and Development Conference on...

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38 h. ago Sean Duffy on US, China space race: Beating China is ‘critically important’

Sean Duffy on US, China space race: Beating China is ‘critically important’  Fox Business

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42 h. ago US in real danger of losing the moon race to China, experts tell Senate

US in real danger of losing the moon race to China, experts tell Senate  Space

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67 h. ago China should not fuel an arms race, says a close watcher of its nuclear policy

China should not fuel an arms race, says a close watcher of its nuclear policy  The Economist

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4 d. ago Dirty laundry: Chinese team joins race to develop washing machine for astronauts

Astronauts have to get used to many things in space, including that they cannot wash their dirty clothes. But researchers in Beijing have proposed a solution: a compact, detergent-free washing machine that cleans clothes with mist and ozone using almost no water – a limited resource in space. The cube-shaped device is a bit larger than a carry-on suitcase and weighs 12kg (26lbs), according to the team that developed it from the China Astronaut Research and Training Centre. They said it used only...

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5 d. ago Geoffrey Hinton on preventing an AI takeover and the ‘worrying’ China

Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist often called the “godfather of AI” because of his revolutionary neural network models inspired by the structure of the human brain. His research brought about a paradigm shift that enabled today’s machine learning technology. He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics with John J. Hopfield of Princeton University. Hinton holds the title of university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. A company he co-founded with two graduate...

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5 d. ago The ‘godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton on when superintelligence will arrive

Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist often called the “godfather of AI” because of his revolutionary neural network models inspired by the structure of the human brain. His research brought about a paradigm shift that enabled today’s machine learning technology. He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics with John J. Hopfield of Princeton University. Hinton holds the title of university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. A company he co-founded with two graduate...

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5 d. ago The ‘godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton on preventing takeover by the technology

Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist often called the “godfather of AI” because of his revolutionary neural network models inspired by the structure of the human brain. His research brought about a paradigm shift that enabled today’s machine learning technology. He won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics with John J. Hopfield of Princeton University. Hinton holds the title of university professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. A company he co-founded with two graduate...

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7 d. ago China Warns Against ‘Disorderly Competition’ in Booming AI Race

China Warns Against ‘Disorderly Competition’ in Booming AI Race  Bloomberg.com

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8 d. ago ‘Race against time’: why China’s ‘comfort women’ still await justice 80 years on

Survivors of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery and their families have renewed their calls for Chinese courts to accept their landmark lawsuits and launch investigations as the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches. In April last year, 18 families of former “comfort women” filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in China at a high court in Shanxi province to seek justice for atrocities committed during World War II. Four months later, eight elderly survivors from Hunan province – now...

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8 d. ago Luo Weiwei: the former Nasa scientist who became China’s semiconductor trump card

At a time when the United States is decoupling from China on cutting-edge chip technology, Nvidia has unveiled its list of suppliers for the advanced 800 VDC power architecture powering next-generation AI data centres. Among American and European giants was an unexpected name: Innoscience, a Chinese company specialising in gallium nitride (GaN) technology. Innoscience marks China’s growing clout in the high-stakes semiconductor race, and behind the company’s rapid rise is Luo Weiwei, a former...

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8 d. ago Luo Weiwei: former Nasa scientist who became China’s semiconductor trump card

At a time when the United States is decoupling from China on cutting-edge chip technology, Nvidia has unveiled its list of suppliers for the advanced 800 VDC power architecture powering next-generation AI data centres. Among American and European giants was an unexpected name: Innoscience, a Chinese company specialising in gallium nitride (GaN) technology. Innoscience marks China’s growing clout in the high-stakes semiconductor race, and behind the company’s rapid rise is Luo Weiwei, a former...

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8 d. ago US–China AI race: What Nvidia's growth plans mean for the market

US–China AI race: What Nvidia's growth plans mean for the market  Yahoo Finance

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1 week ago Beijing bets on AI, China’s ‘doll economy’ boom: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Red Arsenal: a new databank on China’s latest military hardware The Post’s comprehensive databank visualises each weapon with graphics to help readers understand Beijing’s wide-ranging arsenal. 2. ‘Ignorance and neglect’ mark flawed US policy in China race: Da Wei The Tsinghua University expert looks at the prospects for a Xi-Trump summit and explains why...

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1 week ago ‘Ignorance and neglect’ mark flawed US policy in China race: Da Wei

Da Wei is director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy in Beijing. His research focuses on China-US relations and US security and foreign policy. In this interview, he discusses the prospects for a trade deal between Beijing and Washington and examines China’s role on the global stage in light of America’s current foreign policy. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series, click here. China and the United...

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1 week ago Exclusive | ‘Ignorance and neglect’ mark flawed US policy in China race: Da Wei

Exclusive | ‘Ignorance and neglect’ mark flawed US policy in China race: Da Wei  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago Open Questions | ‘Ignorance and neglect’ mark flawed US policy in China race: Da Wei

Open Questions | ‘Ignorance and neglect’ mark flawed US policy in China race: Da Wei  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago China, Russia, and U.S. Race to Develop Lunar Nuclear Reactors

China, Russia, and U.S. Race to Develop Lunar Nuclear Reactors  IEEE Spectrum

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2 w. ago As US retreats from clean energy race, Chinese firms push into emerging markets

As America retreats from clean energy investment around the world, with US President Donald Trump labelling wind and solar power “the scam of the century” on Wednesday, Chinese “cleantech” firms have been striding into emerging markets in Southeast and Central Asia and Latin America. Mabill Technologies, a Malaysian cleantech start-up developing a predictive AI algorithm that will connect energy efficiency analytics and sustainable cooling solutions, said Chinese investors had been showing...

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