Regardless of how trade talks go, the US-China tech rivalry isn’t going away. From each side’s perspective, maintaining a lead in futuristic technologies matters significantly for economic growth and national power. Now, we’re entering round two. The first round was mostly defined by US export controls aimed at slowing China’s development of advanced technologies. These…
When Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek unveiled an updated foundational model late in August, investors in Nvidia were stunned. Shares of the US chip giant slid, as market watchers grappled with news that the two-year-old start-up, which has developed models rivalling the world’s best, was shifting towards supporting domestically produced chips. Adding to their concerns,…
Beijing’s decision this week to ban Chinese companies from using microchips made by US firm Nvidia indicates the country is increasingly confident about replacing them with domestically produced chips, experts say. Experts believe that after years of research, China can now produce chips that could replace the H20, the most powerful model chip Nvidia is…
DeepSeek has revealed details about the risks posed by its artificial intelligence models for the first time, noting that open-sourced models are particularly susceptible to being “jailbroken” by malicious actors. The Hangzhou-based start-up said it evaluated its models using industry benchmarks as well as its own tests in a peer-reviewed article published in the academic…
Ultra-Low Training Cost: Chinese AI startup DeepSeek claims it trained its flagship R1 large language model for just $294,000, far below the tens of millions (or more) typically spent by U.S. tech giants reuters.com reuters.com. The figure was revealed in a peer-reviewed Nature paper on September 17, 2025 reuters.com. Hardware and Training Setup: DeepSeek’s R1…
Chinese AI DeepSeek model Chinese AI developer DeepSeek has revealed the cost of training its R1 model, a figure that is significantly lower than those reported by its US rivals. After launch, the DeepSeek R1 model stood out for its cost-efficient development and its open-source nature, offering unlimited free usage to a wide audience. Its…
Nvidia just can’t seem to catch a break. After beating a ban on China sales imposed by the Trump administration, the tech giant is now facing a ban on its products by Chinese regulators. Chinese internet regulator Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) ordered top Chinese tech companies like Bytedance and Alibaba to end their testing…
The China-US AI gap has narrowed to around three months from more than a year, thanks in part to the influx of AI talent, fast technology iteration and a boom in AI applications on the mainland, said Tony Zhang, head of China technology research at CLSA, in a media briefing on Tuesday. While Chinese companies…
Hong Kong could struggle with enforcing regulations on labelling artificial intelligence-generated content on social media platforms, experts have said, after mainland China rolled out a new law this week to combat misinformation, deepfakes and copyright issues. Experts told the Post that Hong Kong’s market was too small to adopt an independent set of laws to…
Hong Kong could struggle with enforcing regulations on labelling artificial intelligence-generated content on social media platforms, experts have said, after mainland China rolled out a new law this week to combat misinformation, deepfakes and copyright issues. Experts told the Post that Hong Kong’s market was too small to adopt an independent set of laws to…