The recent news about China developing the world’s fastest supercomputer will trigger the predictable debate about whether Beijing has finally overtaken the US in advanced computing. The answer, at least for now, is no. The new LineShine system that topped the latest TOP500 ranking is not the world’s most powerful machine for artificial intelligence (AI)…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is at a very Chinese time in its life. Recent moves from Chinese AI labs are throwing the dominance of American “frontier labs” such as Google and OpenAI into question. Last week ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, released an AI video-generating tool called Seedance 2.0 which produces high-quality film-like clips from text…
Apple’s plans to launch Apple Intelligence in China may be coming to fruition as a new report suggests that the company is now targeting its arrival before the end of 2025. Apple Intelligence Launching in China Before 2025 Ends According to the latest Power On newsletter by Mark Gurman (via Bloomberg), Apple is now targeting…
The maker of Claude AI is trying to limit China’s ability to use its technology to bolster the country’s military capabilities and technology In a major policy shift, American-based AI company, Anthropic, has announced that it will stop selling its products to Chinese-owned companies and groups, as the trade war between the US and China…
China is diving headfirst into the world of brain-computer fusion, and it’s not just about smarter phones or robot assistants. The country is chasing a literal merger between humans and machines, and it hopes it will leapfrog its position in the global race for AI supremacy. While the finer details are yet to be known,…