Shenzhen-based Tencent, which runs the world’s largest video-gaming business by revenue and China’s biggest social-media network, made the new model widely available on Thursday through online developer platforms like GitHub and HuggingFace. Users can also add lip-synched voice to their videos as well as background sound effects, according to Tencent. In a demonstration video released…
According to a report on Thursday by state-owned investment bank China International Capital Corp (CICC), about 5 per cent of the country’s AI server demand will be generated from industries that produce sensitive information including government, finance, public services and healthcare. These sectors are expected to adopt the DeepSeek-powered AI machines, lifting total 2025 sales…
Hong Kong is betting on the RISC-V open-source chip architecture to drive innovation and secure a position in China’s semiconductor landscape amid escalating US chip restrictions. The city, which is planning to host the International Young Scientist Forum on Artificial Intelligence, is promoting research in AI and open-source technology, particularly RISC-V, Finance Secretary Paul Chan…
There is immense power in being in control of your own data. As ownership and governance of apps and online services consolidate, it’s understandable if you want to consider your options when it comes to where you store your private data and records of your everyday activities. Fortunately, not every service out there is trying…
WMDoll, one of China’s biggest sex doll makers, expects to record a 30 per cent jump in sales this year, as the company’s adoption of open-source generative artificial intelligence (AI) models helped improve the user experience of its products. Feedback received by WMDoll has been generally good after integrating large language models (LLMs) – the…
With little-known Chinese start-up DeepSeek sending shock waves through the global AI industry, it is time for Beijing to overhaul regulations in the tech sector to boost innovation and retain more talent as its rivalry with the United States grows, according to experts. Policymakers should place more emphasis on the institutional conditions that incentivise tech…
China must strive to be an “open source” country in trade and technology to champion globalisation – even as the United States resorts to protectionism – a prominent adviser to Beijing has said. Zheng Yongnian, dean of the school of public policy at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Shenzhen campus (CUHK-Shenzhen), also called on…
Liang Wenfeng, 40, took part in the meeting where a select group of industry experts – in the fields of technology, education, science, culture, health and sports – offered Li their opinions and suggestions for a draft government work report, according to official news agency Xinhua. Hangzhou-based start-up DeepSeek last December made waves in the…
Shi Yuxiang is eager to find out what the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology has to offer in video-making. But with OpenAI’s long-awaited Sora video generation tool launching only earlier this month, the 34-year-old entertainment industry professional from Beijing has been experimenting with a wide range of Chinese alternatives. “Whenever there’s a new product release,…
(Editor’s Note: This is the next installment of our series, “Tech Policy under Trump 2.0.” Read the first article in the series here). During a Dec. 18 press conference in Mar-a-Lago, President-elect Donald Trump took an unexpected tack, suggesting the United States and China could “work together to solve all of the world’s problems.” With…