China’s AI Breakthroughs Put US Tech Dominance at Risk: Book Excerpt

    China’s AI Breakthroughs Put US Tech Dominance at Risk: Book Excerpt

    For years, many in Washington and Silicon Valley believed the United States led in artificial intelligence, while China focused mainly on putting the technology to use rather than shaping its cutting edge. In her new book, The New Tech Titans of China, technology journalist Rebecca A. Fannin argues that this assumption no longer holds. The book tracks the rise of…

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    Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan: I was shocked to find China's Huawei has hired 100s of engineers who can...

      Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan: I was shocked to find China’s Huawei has hired 100s of engineers who can…

      Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan expressed shock at Huawei’s 100+ top CPU architects, developing alternatives to advanced tools and lithography. He warned China is rapidly closing the semiconductor gap through engineering and infrastructure optimization, even excelling in older tech. Tan also highlighted China’s regulatory speed and the US trailing in open-source AI development, urging immediate action…

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      South Korean investors pour millions into MiniMax, other Chinese AI and chip stocks

        South Korean investors pour millions into MiniMax, other Chinese AI and chip stocks

        South Korean retail investors, known for their aggressive trading style, are ramping up exposure to Chinese artificial intelligence-related stocks, even as their home market ranks among the world’s top performers. Data from SEIBro, a portal operated by the Korea Securities Depository, showed that South Korean retail investors bought US$507 million worth of Hong Kong-listed shares…

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        Google-developed Gemini says the Year of the Horse may “manifest as social restlessness, emotional outbursts or literal heat-related issues”. Photo: Getty Images

          Can chatbots tell fortunes or do they make them up out of thin AI-r?

          Artificial intelligence (AI) is unlikely to replace feng shui masters despite a growing trend of people turning to chatbots for fortune-telling, Hong Kong soothsayers have said, warning against blindly trusting such software as it may produce “dangerous” predictions. Feng shui masters told the South China Morning Post that such chatbots, trained on existing datasets, could…

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          China's DeepSeek that wiped billions from US stock market in January 2025, sends New Year's message to American companies

            China’s DeepSeek that wiped billions from US stock market in January 2025, sends New Year’s message to American companies

            Chinese AI firm DeepSeek unveiled a groundbreaking training method, “Manifold-Constrained Hyper-Connections,” potentially slashing AI development costs. This innovation challenges the notion that advanced AI necessitates massive computing power, following their previous success with the R1 model. The breakthrough intensifies industry debates on scaling AI, with expectations high for DeepSeek’s next model release. Chinese AI startup…

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