23 h. ago China’s AI race heats up as SenseTime, ByteDance unveil model updates

China’s artificial intelligence (AI) market sees heightened competition, as various model providers – from SenseTime to ByteDance – step up efforts to enhance their services. Hong Kong-listed SenseTime has upgraded its Cantonese-speaking chatbot, Sensechat, with a comprehensive set of new features that include real-time audio and video-interaction capabilities, according to the company’s announcement on Thursday. Other enhancements include visual reasoning capabilities, which allow Sensechat to...

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47 h. ago Stock market comeback pauses despite tame inflation data, China

Stock market comeback pauses despite tame inflation data, China-U.S. trade framework: Live updates  CNBC

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49 h. ago 'Tiny' but 'at least relations may not worsen': The market reactions to latest US

'Tiny' but 'at least relations may not worsen': The market reactions to latest US-China framework  Yahoo Finance

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53 h. ago Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slip as US, China reach trade plan, with CPI inflation on deck

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures slip as US, China reach trade plan, with CPI inflation on deck  Yahoo Finance

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56 h. ago GoPro rival Insta360 eyes global expansion after strong Shanghai IPO

Insta360, the Chinese action camera maker challenging GoPro, surged 285 per cent in its trading debut on Shanghai’s Star Market after raising 1.9 billion yuan (US$264.5 million) in the city’s largest initial public offering (IPO) in 17 months. Max Richter, who co-founded the company with 34-year-old Chinese entrepreneur Liu Jingkang in 2015, said Insta360 is “committed to expanding [its] global presence and elevating brand influence to boost [its] market share worldwide”. He identified China,...

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58 h. ago CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: AI hits an already weak jobs market

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: AI hits an already weak jobs market  CNBC

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66 h. ago Stock Market News Today: Dow, Nasdaq Climb; Investors Eye U.S.

Stock Market News Today: Dow, Nasdaq Climb; Investors Eye U.S.-China Trade Talks — Live Updates  WSJ

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3 d. ago China’s film distributors pledge more imports to diversify market

China’s film distributors have called for diversifying the country’s cinematic offerings with more and better titles from overseas, at a time when domestic productions have seized the lion’s share of the market from their imported competitors. At a work conference held by the state-owned China Film Group Corporation, as well as Huaxia Film Distribution, companies vowed to bring in “good titles from multiple countries” to improve the number, quality and market share of foreign films, state media...

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3 d. ago China’s solar panel makers seek antidote to market ills as glut, price war, tariffs bite

China’s solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturers are looking for solutions to years of price wars and losses at home amid excess capacity and waning demand as executives gathered in Shanghai to discuss the problems crippling the industry. They will get a chance to gauge the crisis as the financial hub plays host to the SNEC PV+ Photovoltaic Power Conference and Exhibition from Tuesday to Friday. The conference is the largest of its kind, attracting some 3,000 enterprises from more than 100...

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3 d. ago Automakers' share of China NEV market in May: BYD No. 1 with 28.5%, Tesla No. 8 with 3.8%

Automakers' share of China NEV market in May: BYD No. 1 with 28.5%, Tesla No. 8 with 3.8%  CnEVPost

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3 d. ago China Taps $1.5 Trillion Fund to Boost Housing Market Support

China Taps $1.5 Trillion Fund to Boost Housing Market Support  Bloomberg

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3 d. ago China Taps $1.5 Trillion Fund to Ramp Up Housing Market Support

China Taps $1.5 Trillion Fund to Ramp Up Housing Market Support  Bloomberg.com

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3 d. ago Shipping activity to the U.S. from China just flashed a hopeful sign for the stock market

Shipping activity to the U.S. from China just flashed a hopeful sign for the stock market  MarketWatch

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4 d. ago Stock market today: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq mixed as US and China reboot trade talks

Stock market today: S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq mixed as US and China reboot trade talks  Yahoo Finance

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4 d. ago Stock investors rejoice over China trade talks — and weak labor market data

Stock investors rejoice over China trade talks — and weak labor market data  Fortune

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4 d. ago China’s top drone maker DJI comes down to earth with launch of robotic cleaner

Chinese drone giant DJI is expected to launch a vacuum cleaning robot in a move set to intensify competition in the country’s crowded robotic cleaner market, according to a report by the state-backed financial newspaper China Securities Journal, citing internal sources. Shenzhen-based DJI will introduce a combination vacuum cleaner and mopping robot this month, a project that has been under development over the past four years, according to the report. The product is called DJI ROMO, according...

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4 d. ago Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Futures Weaken; U.S.

Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq Futures Weaken; U.S.-China talks; Inflation Report; Movers  Barron's

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5 d. ago China signals readiness on rare earth talks, approves more exports

China has approved some qualified rare earth export applications and is ready to deepen dialogue with nations over export controls, the Ministry of Commerce said as the strategic resource continued to take centre stage in Beijing’s trade negotiations with the United States. “We’ve observed growing global demand for medium and heavy rare earths in civilian sectors such as robotics and new energy vehicles, as these industries continue to expand,” the ministry said in a statement posted on its...

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7 d. ago Alibaba unveils new AI embedding models, a field it leads globally

Alibaba Group Holding has made its Qwen3 Embedding series available for developers, in the Chinese tech giant’s latest bid to solidify its global leadership in open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models. Released late on Thursday, the series marks another addition to the company’s line-up of large language models (LLMs), which are among the world’s most popular open-source AI systems, according to New York-based computer app company Hugging Face. Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning...

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7 d. ago AI might solve China’s labour woes, but could also fuel deflation, report says

While the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is set to mitigate an expected shortage of labour in China in the long run, market observers differ on its impact on deflationary pressures in the near term. The wider adoption of AI in China could exacerbate “China’s prevailing deflationary pressures” by disrupting an already-weak employment market, as the labour displacement effects of the technology might dominate in the short term, Morgan Stanley analysts said in a research report published last...

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