Tencent’s Chief AI Scientist Yao Shunyu (R) discusses the tech outlook with Tencent CNBC | Evelyn Cheng BEIJING — A former OpenAI researcher is now chief AI scientist for Tencent in China, and wants to build artificial general intelligence. It’s a sign of a shift in the U.S.-China tech race. AI with human-level or above…
China is focusing on large language models in the artificial intelligence space. Blackdovfx | Istock | Getty Images Production of Chinese chips could ramp up this year, as executives at the country’s biggest tech companies look to deploy more homegrown technology — as it’s reported U.S. chip giant Nvidia could return. On Wednesday, internet titan…
A man looks at a screen showing Chinese stock market movements as he uses his mobile phone in Beijing on April 7, 2025. Wang Zhao | Afp | Getty Images Chinese equities could get a fresh boost after this week’s high-stakes meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with investors saying…
China’s artificial intelligence race has no finish line. DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba and even consumer electronics firm Xiaomi have all dropped new models in recent weeks, jostling for position on leaderboards. From native AI startups to platform giants, companies across the sector face growing pressure to innovate, expand their user base and find paths to…
A journalist films Xiaomi SU7 Ultra cars during a Xiaomi track day driving experience in Tianjin, in northern China on April 23, 2026, ahead of the Beijing Auto Show which opens on April 24. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images) Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Foreign automakers are…
Photographer: Raul Ariano/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — Moonshot AI is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion in an expanded funding round that would value the startup at about $18 billion, more than quadrupling its valuation in just three months and underscoring growing interest in Chinese AI developers racing to rival Silicon Valley leaders. The company…
A man wears a lobster hat that represent the OpenClaw logo, an open-source AI assistant at the Baidu headquarter in Beijing on March 11, 2026. Adek Berry | Afp | Getty Images China is rapidly embracing the popular artificial intelligence tool OpenClaw, with major tech companies and even local governments rushing to expand access to…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story There’s nothing quite like the holiday rush in China for the Lunar New Year. The Beijing city streets start emptying out several days in advance…
Look at what Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has said this year, and what Chinese tech giants and Beijing have done, and you’ll see potential hints as to how this lifting of the ban will play out. Why China might push back against the H200 The H200 is one of Nvidia’s most advanced chips for training…
A general view of the Baidu logo is seen at the Shanghai New Expo Center during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2025 in Shanghai, China, on July 28, 2025. Ying Tang | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tech giant Baidu is emerging as one of China’s key artificial intelligence chip players, positioning itself as a challenger…