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Alipay Launches Autonomous AI Agents to Drive Agentic Commerce
BEIJING — Alipay has announced the launch of a new service designed to integrate autonomous AI agents into its digital payment ecosystem, according to a company release. The initiative enables "OpenCl...
Apr 22, 2026
iQIYI Faces Backlash Over Debut of AI-Generated Actor Database
BEIJING: Chinese streaming giant iQIYI has sparked significant public backlash following the debut of a new database featuring AI-generated actors, signaling a major shift toward artificial intelligen...
Apr 21, 2026
Tencent Challenges Alibaba's Dominance in China's AI Race
SHENZHEN: Tencent Holdings Ltd. is rapidly gaining ground in the competitive landscape of China’s artificial intelligence sector, challenging long-standing dominance held by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd....
Apr 20, 2026
China Launches Nationwide AI Initiative to Transform National Literacy and Reading Programs
BEIJING: China has launched a large-scale initiative to integrate artificial intelligence into its national literacy and reading programs, aiming to leverage machine learning to standardize and enhanc...
Apr 20, 2026
Jensen Huang Warns of DeepSeek and Huawei Synergy Threatening U.S. AI Leadership
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has issued a stark warning regarding the potential synergy between Chinese AI model developer DeepSeek and Huawei’s domestic semiconductor hardware, sugge...
Apr 18, 2026
Tencent Cloud Launches 2026 AI Game Development Hackathon at University of Hong Kong
HONG KONG: Tencent Cloud has officially launched its 2026 AI Game Development Hackathon, an initiative aimed at fostering innovation in artificial intelligence within the interactive entertainment sec...
Apr 17, 2026
Baidu Launches ERNIE Image: A New Generative AI Model for High-Fidelity Visuals
BEIJING: Baidu has officially launched ERNIE Image, a new generative artificial intelligence model designed to produce high-fidelity visual content from text prompts. The release marks a significant e...
Apr 17, 2026
ByteDance Poaches High-Profile DeepSeek Researcher in Record-Breaking AI Talent War
BEIJING: A high-profile researcher from the artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has reportedly joined ByteDance, securing a compensation package that sets a new benchmark for talent acquisition w...
Apr 17, 2026
China Proposes New Global AI Governance Initiative to Set International Standards
BEIJING: China has formally introduced a new global AI governance initiative aimed at establishing international standards for artificial intelligence development and regulation. The proposal, detaile...
Apr 16, 2026
Alibaba Group Pivots AI Strategy Toward Commercial Integration and Cloud Ecosystem
HANGZHOU: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is fundamentally restructuring its approach to artificial intelligence, pivoting from a broad research focus toward a strategy centered on commercial integration a...
Apr 15, 2026