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Vincent Chow
Reporter, Tech
Vincent Chow is a technology reporter covering AI, with a focus on how society navigates the emergence of increasingly powerful AI systems. He previously covered Chinese society and was awarded a SOPA award for his culture reporting. He is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism.
Vincent Chow is a technology reporter covering AI, with a focus on how society navigates the emergence of increasingly powerful AI systems. He previously covered Chinese society and was awarded a SOPA award for his culture reporting. He is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism.
Areas of Expertise:
AI, AI safety, Chinese societyLanguages Spoken:
Cantonese, English, Mandarin
Free models helped Chinese firms find rapid success – but thin margins are forcing a shift towards hybrid business strategies.
Chinese developers are bypassing new ID checks as demand for Claude remains strong despite official restrictions.
As AI development gathers speed, governments and industry leaders say guardrails are needed to protect the public from the fast-moving tech.
With Beijing prioritising financial stability, analysts say state lenders take a measured approach to generative models amid growing global cybersecurity risks.
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The Hangzhou start-up’s latest chatbot update sparks speculation over whether the expert mode is linked to the long-delayed V4 model.
Chinese companies are competing to offer the cheapest alternatives to premium US services from the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic.
The veteran Chinese executive will lead a team that develops AI devices at the Facebook parent’s superintelligence unit.
Speech by CEO of Chinese AI start-up at Nvidia event in US highlights symbiotic nature of tech relationship despite geopolitical tensions.
Since 2022, big tech firms including Alibaba and Baidu have established internal science and technology ethics review committees.
This week, Alibaba released three proprietary models that were all accessible only via its official cloud platform or chatbot website.
The two Chinese start-ups show promising commercialisation of AI models, which are reflected in rising demand and revenue.
Total losses soar 59.5 per cent to 4.72 billion yuan driven by mounting research and development spending.
The move makes iQiyi the latest US-listed Chinese company to look to float in Hong Kong amid US regulatory scrutiny.
AI-related positions account for more than 80 per cent of Alibaba’s open roles, up from around 60 per cent last year.
TikTok parent ByteDance says guardrails will protect Seedance 2.0 as it expands globally despite intense scrutiny from Hollywood.
Organisers said they had gone beyond legal requirements after linking to a broader US sanctions list.
Rather than reducing demand for memory chips, the advance could increase it by fuelling more AI applications.
Move to comply with US sanctions sparks backlash, with China’s top computing body threatening to blacklist the AI conference.
Limited training data and unresolved hardware challenges continue to hold back humanoid robots from mass adoption, say experts.
With over 1 billion users, WeChat becomes Tencent’s biggest OpenClaw campaign, bringing into focus opportunity and regulatory caution.
First announced in 2024, the AI Plus initiative includes a target of integrating AI into 90 per cent of China’s economy by 2030.
Wu affirmed in his letter that Alibaba would ‘uphold our open-source model strategy’ and scale up investment in AI.
Zhou Hao to join as head of post-training research, sources say, as technical lead Lin Junyang departs in reshuffle.
Shanghai-based company predicts revenue will double this year, based on strong user growth for its M2.5 model.
Artificial intelligence is among new technologies being used in China in patient-specific healthcare, known as personalised or precision medicine.
WeRide says its world model has slashed costs to support global expansion, but investors question if it can deliver a lasting advantage.
In a rare instance of collaboration, the Chinese tech titan will partner with US and European firms to improve standards in the field.
Pending sale by US private equity firm General Atlantic shows ByteDance’s valuation has surged from US$400 billion as recently as mid-2025.
Analysts dismiss Citrini’s AI doomsday scenario, citing US market irrationality and China’s low digital penetration.
