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News articles, analyses and commentary about machines that mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving. This also covers chatbots, algorithms, consumer products and Big Data analysis that make use of AI.
LATEST China Science NEWS

China’s Yellow River will be choked by ice jams due to global warming: study

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An ice jam is seen on the Yellow River in Jinan, in the eastern province of Shandong, in 2023. Photo: Xinhua

China unlocks lifespan potential of next-gen light bulb: brighter, longer

A glass tube with quantum dots of glowing perovskite nanocrystals. Chinese researchers say they have found a way to enhance the stability of PeLEDs, a breakthrough that could significantly extend their lifespan. Photo: Shutterstock

China’s extreme heat shield breaks thermal limit on hypersonic flight

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Chinese scientists have created a carbide ceramic that exceeds 3600 degrees Celsius in a world-first breakthrough. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Study shows China’s temples act as rare sanctuaries for ancient trees

Guanyin Chan Temple in the city of Xian in northwest China is home to a ginkgo tree with a history spanning over 1,400 years. Photo: Xinhua

What next for He Jiankui, the human gene editor locked in limbo?

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MORE China Science NEWS
A humanoid robot walks down the runway at a fashion show in Tianjin, northern China. Photo: Xinhua
Robotics

China’s robotics market set to double in four years: Morgan Stanley

Robotics is a key part of the Made in China 2025 initiative, launched a decade ago to position the country at the forefront of hi-tech industries.

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Baidu

Baidu ramps up AI hiring as China faces talent crunch, joining other tech giants

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Fashion

How a Chinese AI start-up helps Nike, Gap, Urban Revivo predict fashion trends

China food security

Food security takes root: how China’s Xinjiang is at forefront of national push

As global food supply uncertainties mount, Chinese scientists transform salty soil into arable land suitable for growing crops.

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Farmers harvest rice in Alar, a city in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on October 13, 2023. Photo: Xinhua
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Shenzhen’s rise is both a challenge and opportunity for Hong Kong

Our city has many advantages, but we cannot simply sit still as our neighbour powers ahead in an age where technology is reshaping the economic landscape.

Trending in China

China AI-generated pet dramas storm the internet, with one amassing 100 million views

Short-video platform animal clips with a human edge play on people’s emotions, generate massive revenues.

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AI: Companies

Meet Goku, the Chinese quant fund with AI ambitions beyond finance

The Shanghai-based firm and subsidiary AllMind are pursuing AI-assisted scientific discovery, drawing comparisons with DeepSeek.

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Wang Xiao, founder and CEO of Chinese quantitative trading fund Goku and its AI-focused subsidiary, AllMind. Photo: Handout
Law

My Take | Misuse of AI risks harming public confidence in the justice system

Judges around the world are being presented with arguments based on non-existent court judgments. More must be done to prevent such abuses.

Science

Chinese scientists find first evidence that AI could think like a human

Compelling evidence object representations in LLMs ‘share fundamental similarities that reflect key aspects of human conceptual knowledge’.

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AI: Policy

Hong Kong plans new AI supercomputing centre to boost tech hub status

The facilities will provide computing power for the Greater Bay Area and beyond, says innovation chief Sun Dong during a tech show in Paris.

Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, speaks at the VivaTech fair in Paris on Friday. Photo: Xinmei Shen
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong must end its ‘tale of two cities’ to thrive

Diversifying its economy and reforming its education system can help Hong Kong ensure its poorest aren’t left behind by AI and automation.

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A worker climbs down a ladder on a cruise at Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui, on April 20. Photo: Sun Yeung
US-China tech war

Huawei’s AI chip output limited to 200,000 in 2025, US commerce official says

That number falls short of Nvidia’s over 1 million China-specific H20 chips produced in the last nine months of 2024, analysts estimate.

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Mainland China

In Hong Kong and globally, AI is not a job and wage killer, PwC says

Across all industries, roles that ‘collate AI with human expertise’ are in demand and command a premium, report says.

Apple

Apple targets spring 2026 for release of delayed Siri AI upgrade

The company originally introduced the next-generation Siri features at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June of last year.

Apple has been noticeably quiet about progress on its AI-powered version of Siri. Photo: dpa
Semiconductors

AMD says new chips can top Nvidia’s in booming AI chip field

The new instalments in AMD’s MI350 chip series are faster than Nvidia counterparts and represent major gains over earlier versions, Su said.

AMD CEO Lisa Su holds an MI300X chip at an event in San Francisco, California, on June 13, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong courts

Meta sues Hong Kong firm over AI app making non-consensual explicit images

US tech giant accuses Joy Timeline HK of promoting ‘nudify’ app, with lawsuit part of Meta’s clampdown on such software.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Trump’s fundamental mistake is in seeing China as America’s problem

The US president fails to grasp that a rising China is a new question to answer, not an old mistake to correct.

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Nvidia

Nvidia to exclude China from forecasts amid US chip export controls

‘I’ve told all of our investors … our forecasts will not include the China market,’ Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNN.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles in Paris, France on Thursday. Photo: AFP
AI: Companies

China’s AI race heats up as SenseTime, ByteDance unveil model updates

The two companies are the latest to join DeepSeek, Baidu and Alibaba in enhancing their AI services amid intense market competition.

US-China tech war

Nvidia CEO says Huawei has everyone ‘covered’ if US chip ban on China stays

Still, Jensen Huang says his company’s technology remains a generation ahead of those developed by Chinese rivals.

Huawei

Chinese tech champions boost Europe ties amid US tensions

At VivaTech, the Chinese ambassador to France says Beijing is ready to collaborate with Paris to enhance scientific and technological exchanges.

A Huawei sign seen at the VivaTech fair in Paris. Photo: AFP
ByteDance

ByteDance helps jewellery firm Lao Feng Xiang push AI glasses to China’s elderly

The jewellery firm’s foray into the wearables market reflects a surge of fresh interest in smart eyewear with AI-powered capabilities.

Powered by ByteDance’s artificial intelligence technology, Lao Feng Xiang’s smart glasses feature real-time voice navigation and translation functions. Photo: Handout
Semiconductors

Nvidia bets on European AI push amid shrinking China revenue

The chip designer pledged to build 20 AI factories on the continent, including a German facility in the works to be equipped with 10,000 GPUs.

Alibaba

Jack Ma replies to Alibaba employee’s letter lamenting ‘company disease’

The Alibaba founder highlights ‘changes’ in the company’s development as it embarks on an ambitious AI strategy.

Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | To achieve its AI ambition, Hong Kong must start investing in schools

To address the lack of teaching resources, start by setting up a few AI ‘leading schools’, then scale up AI education across the system.

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Primary school students interact with AI robot dog Spot at the Learning & Teaching Expo at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on December 11 last year. Photo: Nora Tam
US-China tech war

China’s orchard of AI, chip grads now ripe for the pickin’ as tech trade sours

Many who entered university during Trump’s first trade war with China are ready to become key cogs in China’s hi-tech engine.

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Alibaba

Joe Tsai says open-source AI will boost Alibaba’s cloud business

The Chinese tech giant has made substantial investments in AI and cloud computing following a sweeping restructuring initiative.

Semiconductors

Huawei founder sheds light on China’s strategy to overcome US curbs

Ren Zhengfei’s comments underscore Huawei’s commitment to achieving chip self-sufficiency, with compound semiconductors playing a key role.

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