China

China Open Source

Chinese Startup DeepSeek Unveils Impressive New Open Source AI Models

Chris McKay• December 2, 2023 • 3 min read

DeepSeek LLM's 67B Base version has demonstrated superior performance compared to the Llama2 70B Base, particularly in areas like reasoning, coding, math, and Chinese comprehension.

Alibaba China

Alibaba Pilots Commerce-Focused AI Suite for its International Market

Chris McKay• November 6, 2023 • 2 min read

The pilot includes testing over 15 Aidge APIs with software partners. These span key commerce areas like consumer insights, content localization, marketing, design, and customer service.

China Venture Capital Startups

Chinese AI Startup 01.AI Reaches Unicorn Status with Open-Source Model Yi-34B

Chris McKay• November 5, 2023 • 2 min read

The brainchild of renowned computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee, 01.AI aims to develop AI systems tailored for the Chinese market.

Alibaba China

Alibaba Cloud Unveils Tongyi Qianwen 2.0 and Industry-Specific AI Models

Chris McKay• November 5, 2023 • 2 min read

The new model demonstrates remarkable capabilities in understanding complex instructions, copywriting, reasoning, memorizing, and preventing hallucinations.

China AI Tech

Baichuan Intelligent Unveils Baichuan2-192K Claiming New Breakthrough with Longest Context Model

Chris McKay• October 31, 2023 • 4 min read

The model can process around 350,000 Chinese characters at once. This vastly exceeds the previous benchmark of 75,000 English words set by Anthropic's Claude2 model earlier this year.

Venture Capital Startups China

Chinese Tech Giants Bet Big on AI Startup Zhipu in Heated Race With the US

Chris McKay• October 20, 2023 • 2 min read

The substantial funding from Chinese tech stalwarts reflects their eagerness to cultivate domestic alternatives at a time when advanced US AI firms are increasingly out of reach.

Geopolitics AI Tech China

U.S. Announces New Restrictions on China's Access to Advanced A.I. Chips

Chris McKay• October 17, 2023 • 2 min read

The rules expand on export controls first imposed in October 2022 and represent the latest move in an escalating tech standoff between the two superpowers.

China Venture Capital Startups

Chinese AI Startup Baichuan Joins Unicorn Club with $300 Million Funding from Alibaba, Tencent and Xiaomi

Chris McKay• October 17, 2023 • 2 min read

The fresh influx of capital sets a new record for the fastest rise to unicorn status among Chinese startups.

China AI Safety AI Policy

China Seeks Stricter Oversight of Generative AI with Proposed Data and Model Regulations

Chris McKay• October 14, 2023 • 3 min read

By emphasizing corpus safety, model security, and rigorous assessment, the regulation intends to ensure that the rise of AI in China is both innovative and secure—all while upholding its socialist principles.

Alibaba Open Source China

Alibaba Releases New Generative AI Capable of Complex Image Understanding and Dialog

Chris McKay• August 25, 2023 • 2 min read

The new models represent a significant step forward for multimodal AI that can process both visual and textual data in English and Chinese.

China Baidu

Baidu Unveils ERNIE Bot Updates and Major AI Advancements at Wave Summit 2023

Chris McKay• August 17, 2023 • 3 min read

The ERNIE Bot plugins, combined with the release of an array of innovative AI solutions underscore Baidu's pole position in pioneering AI advancement in China.

NVIDIA China

China's Tech Giants Rush to Buy $5B NVIDIA Chips for AI Ambitions

Chris McKay• August 9, 2023 • 2 min read

Baidu, ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba are aggressively stockpiling GPUs in light of tighter U.S. export controls.

AI Policy China

China Issues Rules for Generative AI, Mandating Adherence to 'Socialist Values'

Chris McKay• July 14, 2023 • 2 min read

With the new rules, China seeks to strike a balance between advancing their AI capabilities while maintaining rigid ideological control.