55 h. ago Trump administration wins appeal to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a freed pro

A federal appeal panel on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that released Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian activist. A three-judge panel of the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeal in Philadelphia instructed the lower court to dismiss Khalil’s habeas petition, a court filing that secured his release. The panel ruled that the federal district court in New Jersey did not have jurisdiction over...

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69 h. ago Hong Kong, Shenzhen ‘to deepen’ ties in finance and AI to build world

Hong Kong and Shenzhen can work closely to empower finance with artificial intelligence, delegates said on Thursday at the China Conference: Greater Bay Area, an event hosted by the South China Morning Post. Joseph Chan Ho-lim, undersecretary for Financial Services and the Treasury in the Hong Kong government, said Hong Kong and Shenzhen were seeking deeper cooperation between finance and technology. Chan said at the event in Qianhai, a bonded zone in Shenzhen, that Hong Kong, as a...

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3 d. ago OpenAI expects another ‘seismic shock’ from China amid speculation of new DeepSeek release

The race between the US and China to dominate the world’s artificial intelligence industry has become “complex and challenging to forecast”, according to ChatGPT creator OpenAI. In a blog post this week, published ahead of the first anniversary of DeepSeek’s release of breakthrough reasoning model R1 on January 20, OpenAI said another “seismic shock” from China could be on the cards, as anticipation heightened about a potential new major release from the Hangzhou-based start-up around the Lunar...

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3 d. ago Does Trump’s Nvidia chip flip reveal anxieties on both sides of China

When US President Donald Trump gave his blessing to sales of Nvidia’s powerful H200 artificial intelligence chips to China, he sparked a national security backlash in both countries. Rather than seeing it as an olive branch, many Chinese commenters interpreted the move as a sophisticated Trojan horse-style trap that aimed to make Beijing dependent on American technologies in advanced semiconductors and other chokepoint sectors. Trump’s green light for the H200 – a template that he said would be...

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3 d. ago China’s "Artificial Sun" Just Smashed a Key Fusion Barrier and Physics May Never Be the Same

China’s "Artificial Sun" Just Smashed a Key Fusion Barrier and Physics May Never Be the Same  ZME Science

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3 d. ago Why China may buy Nvidia’s H200 chips as Trump eases curbs – and replace them later

China is likely to accept Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips following US clearance, driven by immediate demand in the country’s vast tech sector, according to analysts – though they said Beijing would push to replace them over time. The American chip giant’s second-most-advanced AI processor can be exported to China from Thursday, as long as shipments total no more than half the amount sold in the US, according to the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and...

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4 d. ago China’s "Artificial Sun" Exceeds The Greenwald Limit For The First Time, Breaking Nuclear Fusion Density Record

China’s "Artificial Sun" Exceeds The Greenwald Limit For The First Time, Breaking Nuclear Fusion Density Record  IFLScience

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5 d. ago America's artificial intelligence advantage faces growing challenge from China's accelerated tech push

America's artificial intelligence advantage faces growing challenge from China's accelerated tech push  Fox Business

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5 d. ago China’s Fusion Reactor Reached an ‘Unbreakable’ Limit—and Broke Right Through It

China’s Fusion Reactor Reached an ‘Unbreakable’ Limit—and Broke Right Through It  Popular Mechanics

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5 d. ago China AI has ‘less than 20%’ chance to exceed US over next 3 to 5 years: Alibaba scientist

China’s artificial intelligence efforts are unlikely to catch up with the United States in the near term despite making significant headway in recent years, according to the country’s leading AI researchers. The comments at a major industry conference in Beijing on Saturday underscored the gap between the two countries in semiconductor chips and chipmaking equipment, key resources for building out the infrastructure needed for developing cutting-edge AI models. Lin Junyang, technical lead of...

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8 d. ago China's 'artificial sun' reactor shatters major fusion limit — a step closer to near

China's 'artificial sun' reactor shatters major fusion limit — a step closer to near-limitless clean energy.  Live Science

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9 d. ago China to probe Meta's acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus

China to probe Meta's acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus  The Washington Post

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9 d. ago China seeks ‘safe and reliable’ AI supply as global tech race heats up

China has vowed to achieve “safe and reliable supply” in key artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by 2027 as the global race for frontier technologies and applications heats up. A plan published on Wednesday by eight government agencies, led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, listed the main areas of work to reach the goal, including promoting the deep application of three to five general-purpose large AI models in the manufacturing sector. “By 2027, China’s key core...

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1 week ago China Moves Closer to Fusion Breakeven as Scientists Beat a Key Limit

China Moves Closer to Fusion Breakeven as Scientists Beat a Key Limit  Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com

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1 week ago Li Qiang and Lee Jae Myung back free trade and multilateralism during Beijing talks

Premier Li Qiang called for multilateralism and free trade in his meeting with visiting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday and said China would promote cooperation in emerging fields such as high-end manufacturing, new energy and artificial intelligence (AI). Li said China aimed to expand “the breadth and depth of cooperation” to achieve more practical outcomes and was willing to expand market access and integration, according to Beijing’s account of the meeting. “We stand ready to...

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1 week ago China’s telecoms giants bet on AR smart glasses with major investment in RayNeo

Chinese smart glasses maker RayNeo on Monday said it secured funding from the country’s major state telecommunications operators, as eyewear emerges as the next gadget with the ability to access artificial intelligence services along with smartphones. The investment from subsidiaries of China Unicom and China Mobile comes as RayNeo debuts the world’s first consumer augmented reality (AR) glasses integrated with eSIM and 4G connectivity at CES, the annual consumer electronics trade show in Las...

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1 week ago China’s “artificial sun” just broke a fusion limit scientists thought was unbreakable

China’s “artificial sun” just broke a fusion limit scientists thought was unbreakable  ScienceDaily

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2 w. ago China's 'artificial sun' experiment finds way to break fusion plasma density limit

China's 'artificial sun' experiment finds way to break fusion plasma density limit  ecns.cn

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2 w. ago As Trump brings back coal to power AI, China moves on to clothe the world with it

US President Donald Trump is pushing to resurrect America’s coal sector by expanding mining and subsidising coal-fired power plants to meet the energy demands in a race against China on artificial intelligence. “Our nation’s beautiful clean coal resources will be critical to meeting the rise in electricity demand due to the resurgence of domestic manufacturing and the construction of artificial intelligence data processing centres,” Trump said in an executive order signed on April 8. But China...

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2 w. ago Artificial intelligence: China plans rules to protect children and tackle suicide risks

Artificial intelligence: China plans rules to protect children and tackle suicide risks  BBC

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