Add ThinkChina as a preferred source A humanoid robot by Robotera during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on 18 July 2026. (Hector Retamal/AFP) When representatives of 29 governments signed the agreement establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO) in Shanghai on 16 July, the event marked a new stage in China’s…
Add ThinkChina as a preferred source Technicians assemble humanoid robots at the Lingyi iTech Guangdong Co. Embodied Intelligence Super Factory facility in Beijing, China, on 29 May 2026. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) The eminent scientist and sinologist Joseph Needham famously formulated two questions on Chinese science and technology (S&T) in his 1969 book The Great Titration: Science and…
Add ThinkChina as a preferred source Translated by Grace Chong, James Loo A Chery Automobile Co.’s AiMOGA humanoid robot at the company’s experience centre in Wuhu, Anhui province, China, on 20 May 2026. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) In this artificial intelligence (AI) age, as AI turns human-like and human nature could gradually be eroded, can religion preserve…
Add ThinkChina as a preferred source The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China on 26 July 2025. (Go Nakamura/Reuters) China’s decision to block Meta’s acquisition of Manus should not be treated as a routine intervention in a corporate deal. Beijing is signalling that relocating an AI company overseas does not necessarily remove it from…
Meanwhile, Chinese companies are also accelerating their push in the sector, with major players including automotive brands such as BYD, Xiaomi and Chery. The 2025 Morgan Stanley Humanoid 100 list includes 35 Chinese companies, and among the 22 companies capable of full-system robot manufacturing, nine are from China, demonstrating strong competitive potential. Source link
As the global AI race heats up, US chipmakers are ramping up spending while China’s tech giants race to overcome sanctions with a self-sufficiency playbook — two divergent strategies chasing the same prize. Which path will define the future of artificial intelligence? Source link
For the upcoming Ascend 950 series, Huawei’s Atlas 950 SuperPoD supernode supports up to 8,192 Ascend chips. Compared to Nvidia’s NVL144, due for release in the second half of 2026, the Atlas 950 SuperPoD is 56.8 times larger in scale, has 6.7 times the total computing power, and 15 times the memory capacity, reaching 1,152…