China gloom: The 'Are you dead?' app is dead, and a 'crying horse' plushie is selling out

China shut down the "Are you dead" app, but the "crying horse" is selling out as the country grapples with a slowing economy and uncertainty.

Move Fast, but Obey the Rules: China’s Vision for Dominating A.I.

Beijing wants to lead the world in developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, but it also wants companies to adhere to ...
Crikey

Fake ‘Australian’ social media army is pushing Chinese propaganda using stolen X accounts and AI, report claims

An anarcho-communist from Ballarat suddenly developed a keen interest in Philippine flood recovery corruption. In fact, it's part of an AI-powered troll farm.
The Diplomat

China’s New Viral App Asks: Are You Dead?

A Chinese personal safety app called Are You Dead? – recently rebranded as Demumu – has gone viral in recent weeks, ...

Alibaba to spend $431 million for Lunar New Year AI push as chatbot war heats up

BEIJING, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Alibaba said on Monday it will spend 3 billion yuan ($431 million) to attract users to its Qwen AI app during the Lunar New Year holiday, heating up a race between China's ...

Takeaways from AP’s report on Latin American markets flooded by cheap Chinese goods

Chinese electric vehicles and e-commerce goods are rapidly gaining ground in Latin America, raising concerns among local ...
Tech Xplore

Chinese tech giants trade cash for AI buzz

Chinese tech giants are luring users with cash offers before their reported upcoming releases of competing AI models this ...

The Top Open AI Models Are Chinese. Arcee AI Thinks That’s A Problem.

The American startup is pitching investors on a $1 billion+ valuation to train a model over a trillion parameters, aiming to reclaim the open-weight lead from Chinese labs like Moonshot and DeepSeek.