Beijing has launched a new initiative to train young students in artificial intelligence (AI) as part of its long-term strategy to strengthen China’s technological leadership. Starting this academic year, primary and secondary schools in the city will conduct at least eight hours of AI classes annually. Students as young as six will learn to use…
The frenzy over China’s home-grown chatbot from DeepSeek has spread to the medical sector, inspiring more Chinese to turn to using the artificial intelligence (AI) model for diagnoses. But the shift has also triggered mixed feelings – especially over the possibility of AI’s involvement in medical decisions. “I am crushed!” ran the caption of the…
When Xi Jinping, China’s leader, made his entrance at a symposium with a group of top entrepreneurs this week, he seemed to be in good spirits. China has had a few good weeks. The artificial intelligence models by the start-up DeepSeek sent U.S. stocks tumbling and Western commentators screaming, “Sputnik moment.” Then an animated film…
Ren, the face of China’s resilience against US hostilities in technology, told Xi that concerns had eased over China’s lack of home-grown chips and operating systems – the “heart and soul” of modern technology – according to a report from the People’s Daily on Friday. “I firmly believe that a stronger China is rising at…
These include Zhengzhou, capital of the central province of Henan, where the city’s Communist Party chief An Wei urged senior city officials to “deeply study and master the use of AI models such as DeepSeek, and make full use of AI to support decision-making, analysis and problem-solving”, according to the city’s official newspaper. The local…
DeepSeek continues to face a ban. The latest country to announce restrictions on China’s AI chatbot Deep Seek is South Korea. The South Korean government has temporarily suspended new downloads of DeepSeek over concerns about its data collection practices. The suspension will remain in place until regulators confirm the app complies with South Korean personal…
City governments across China have launched online services featuring DeepSeek while local officials studied the AI start-up, which has emerged as a challenger to US rivals such as OpenAI. Nanfang Daily, a Communist Party-affiliated newspaper in the southern province of Guangdong, reported on Sunday that senior officials in the city of Zhuhai had “watched reports…
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng is reportedly set to meet with China’s top politicians, including Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during a summit that Alibaba founder Jack Ma is also expected to attend. The summit, which could happen as soon as next week, may be intended as a signal by China’s Communist Party that…
OpenAI is keen to collaborate with China, according to chief executive Sam Altman, in a 180-degree turn for the company nearly eight months after tightening measures that barred the mainland and other “unsupported countries and territories” from accessing ChatGPT and its other artificial intelligence (AI) services. “We’d like to work with China,” Altman told Sky…
China’s venture capital (VC) firms have been sidelined in the frenzy surrounding DeepSeek, with none of them known to have invested in the open-source large AI model developer. Baidu Venture, an independent AI-focused investment arm initiated by its namesake Chinese internet giant, did not invest in DeepSeek even though the venture company sits just one…