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Video footage by CTI obtained via AFPTV on November 9 shows Alice Huang (right), a Chinese executive linked to the data centre company called Megaspeed, with Nvidia’s CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang (left) at a dinner he hosted in Taipei on May 22, 2025. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

What’s next for Nvidia and Jensen Huang after affair admission?

CEO’s job, US export controls, trade with China and chipmaker’s very autonomy all called into question, according to lawyers and analysts.

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Artificial intelligence

Beyond LLMs? China forges new path for AI with focus on industrial systems

DeepSeek

DeepSeek’s AI agent push gains speed as Harness tops 1.5 million daily users

Elon Musk

As political bet fails, what happens now to Musk’s Tesla, SpaceX and China ties?

Billionaire may face congressional scrutiny over SpaceX’s government contracts and Tesla’s China links, analysts say.

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Elon Musk stands on the side as Donald Trump speaks to the media at the White House in September. Photo: AFP
Elon Musk stands on the side as Donald Trump speaks to the media at the White House in September. Photo: AFP
Huawei

No Intel, no Qualcomm: Huawei unveils its first ‘100% domestic’ desktop

Tech giant expands HarmonyOS beyond laptops and tablets as it accelerates efforts to replace US technology.

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US-China tech war

How Democratic sweep could slow AI growth in US – and help China’s ambitions

Democrats’ congressional victory fuels expectations of tighter scrutiny of AI and the data centres that power it.

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Semiconductors

China’s Wingtech rejects proposal on Nexperia, cites ‘discrimination’

Stand-off deepens year-long dispute between Wingtech and Dutch authorities, as Nexperia files new suit against Wingtech and its founder.

The conflict dates back to September last year, when the Dutch government seized control of the chipmaker over national security concerns. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
The conflict dates back to September last year, when the Dutch government seized control of the chipmaker over national security concerns. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images
Tencent

Tencent launches Hy4 in bid to break into AI’s top tier of open-weight models

Tech giant says the new model introduces visual reasoning and powers a comprehensive update to its workplace AI tool WorkBuddy.

Artificial intelligence

Open-source AI is the ‘only’ sustainable way forward, says Alibaba’s Joe Tsai

Alibaba co-founder says open-source systems are the ‘only’ way to build a sustainable, inclusive AI industry.

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Semiconductors

China’s top EDA firm buys start-up to boost tools, back Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law

Empyrean’s purchase of Easy-Logic highlights efforts by Chinese firms to reduce reliance on Western chip-design software providers.

Microchip development relies on EDA software, a market long dominated by Western players. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

China’s CXMT defends push into new DRAM architecture as US chip curbs bite

The company plans to send customers samples of its first server-grade DRAM product built on the 4F² architecture by the end of this year.

The CXMT logo and computer motherboard are seen in this illustration taken April 14, 2026. Photo: Reuters
The CXMT logo and computer motherboard are seen in this illustration taken April 14, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

US or China? Why Kazakhstan refuses to pick sides as it eyes AI revolution

Like other middle powers, the Central Asian nation is striving to build a new AI economy while bridging a widening US-China tech divide.

Semiconductors

AI, fuelled by advanced chips, set to power their manufacture: industry veteran

Not only is AI driving up demand for semiconductors, it is also becoming integrated into their manufacture, corporate leaders say.

Artificial intelligence

Beijing rejects spy claims involving Nvidia CEO amid rising US-China tech tensions

Megaspeed has previously come under US scrutiny over suspicions that the company was helping China circumvent US export controls on chips.

Jensen Huang speaks during his keynote at Nvidia’s GTC conference in Berlin, Germany, on October 21. Photo: Reuters
Semiconductors

China’s Iluvatar CoreX says new GPU matches Nvidia’s H200 as chip gap closes

Tiangai 300 outperformed the H200 in complex multimodal tasks, including text-to-image and text-to-video generation using frontier AI models.

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Iluvatar CoreX has laid out ambitious targets to counter US dominance. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Iluvatar CoreX has laid out ambitious targets to counter US dominance. Photo: Shutterstock Images
6G

Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law roll-out reaches base stations in blow to US chip curbs

Huawei is already integrating elements of Tau Scaling Law, designed to overcome US chip curbs, into next-gen wireless network.

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Artificial intelligence

Why does Anthropic’s IPO prospectus have so many China ‘risk factor’ warnings?

The AI giant’s IPO filing is riddled with references to China-related risks, from open-weight models to Taiwan.

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Artificial intelligence

Moonshot apologises after botched Kimi K3.1 Pro launch, restores user quotas

It is not the first time the Chinese AI start-up has faced challenges serving its models because of computing constraints.

All active subscribers will receive a one-time usage reset restoring 25 per cent of their monthly quota, equivalent to about a week’s usage, according to Moonshot. Photo: AFP
All active subscribers will receive a one-time usage reset restoring 25 per cent of their monthly quota, equivalent to about a week’s usage, according to Moonshot. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

As Chinese chipmakers close the tech gap, South Korea races to protect its lead

Report urges Samsung, SK Hynix to sharpen cost competitiveness in commodity memory while doubling down on cutting-edge sectors.

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Artificial intelligence

Open Questions | Alibaba Cloud founder on how AI can unlock human potential

Wang Jian says artificial intelligence allows people to write software without coding skills and contribute to scientific discoveries without research training.

Artificial intelligence

Open Questions | Why cloud computing pioneer Wang Jian thinks space is the next AI frontier

Alibaba Cloud founder says open-source, closed-source AI philosophies not at odds, calls for more Chinese cloud competition to strengthen industry.

Illustration: Henry Wong
Artificial intelligence

China’s tech giants are paying 1 million yuan for a new kind of AI engineer

Firms are offering lucrative annual salaries to fill the engineering roles in a race to commercialise AI applications.

The Tencent logo at the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Photo: Reuters
The Tencent logo at the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

China’s AI compute power set to double, but heavily reliant on US chips: report

China’s remote access alone is expected to swell to 2.8 million H100-equivalents by the end of 2027, up from roughly 1 million this year.

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Semiconductors

Cambricon’s third quarter profit surges 148% amid push to replace Nvidia

Revenue reached 3.5 billion yuan, up 104.5 per cent from a year ago, beating the 75.8 per cent revenue increase seen in the second quarter.

DeepSeek

‘Jensen’s nightmare’: Huawei, DeepSeek narrow AI chip ecosystem gap with Nvidia

DeepSeek is likely to rely ‘primarily’ on Huawei’s ‘already mature and well developed’ technology stack by 2027 or 2028, SemiAnalysis says.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote speech during the Nvidia GTC Berlin Artificial Intelligence conference on October 21. Photo: AFP
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