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🎙 The CTR Podcast — 10 October 2026
Your audio digest of China technology news. Today's podcast covers 6 stories.
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- China is tightening AI regulations, treating AI as a "new productive force" and mandating rigorous safety testing for generative models to balance innovation with national security goals.
Read the original story at China Strengthens AI Governance: New Rules for Safety and Compliance - ShengShu launched Vidu Q4, offering 4K video generation at an aggressive price of RMB 0.09 per second, aiming to make high-fidelity, multimodal AI media accessible commercially.
Read the original story at ShengShu Unveils Vidu Q4: 4K Video Generation at Aggressive Pricing - Robotera's VPP2 model demonstrated significant progress in generalizable robotics by achieving a 58.5% zero-shot success rate on real-world manipulation tasks in the RoboDojo challenge.
Read the original story at Robotera's VPP2 Model Achieves Major Leap in Generalizable Robotic Manipulation - The Xiaomi 18 Fold topped AnTuTu charts using the XRING O3 chipset, showcasing how advanced mobile silicon is driving performance supremacy in premium foldable smartphones.
Read the original story at Xiaomi 18 Fold Tops AnTuTu Charts with XRING O3 Chipset - Chinese tech giants are competing by embedding increasingly capable AI features into their operating systems and devices, moving beyond simple functions to cross-app task execution.
Read the original story at The AI Phone Wars: How Chinese Giants Are Redefining Mobile Computing - Dutch agritech companies in China are shifting focus from selling greenhouse hardware to providing sophisticated, proprietary, AI-driven software for data-managed farming operations.
Read the original story at Dutch Firms Pivot from Greenhouse Hardware to AI-Driven Farming Software in China