Why new model of China’s Moonshot AI stirs ‘DeepSeek moment’ debate

Why new model of China’s Moonshot AI stirs ‘DeepSeek moment’ debate

Beijing-based Moonshot AI, a start-up valued at US$3.3 billion and backed by Chinese tech giants like Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings, has presented another David-vs-Goliath story after creating an open-source model that “set new records across benchmarks that assess reasoning, coding and agent capabilities”. The new reasoning model, Kimi K2 Thinking, was the most…

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Why China’s Tech Giants Are Actively Embracing The Elderly

Why China’s Tech Giants Are Actively Embracing The Elderly

Seniors in Sha Xian country using Yuanbao’s translation function to make ​foreigner​ friends while preserving old memories. A weibo user In community centers across rural Sha Xian County in Fujian province, the familiar clack of mahjong tiles now mingles with something far less traditional: seniors huddled around smartphones, learning the intricacies of artificial intelligence. Videos…

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Tech war: DeepSeek hints China close to unveiling home-grown ‘next generation’ AI chips

Tech war: DeepSeek hints China close to unveiling home-grown ‘next generation’ AI chips

Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek said that China will soon have home-grown “next generation” chips for AI stacking, fanning speculation over breakthroughs China may have achieved. In a one-line note on its official WeChat account explaining the “UE8M0 FP8 scale” of its newly released model V3.1, the Hangzhou-based firm said that the model was particularly…

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