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OpenAI prepares for a record round: the company's valuation could reach $850 billion
OpenAI is finalizing the raising of $100 billion in investment. The AI industry giant's valuation is rising rapidly, surpassing even analysts' boldest forecasts.
California creates AI oversight department to investigate xAI
California's attorney general launched an investigation into Elon Musk's company over Grok's generation of inappropriate content and created a new AI oversight body.
Battle for yuan: Moonshot AI nears a $10 billion valuation
China's AI market is at fever pitch as startup Moonshot AI rapidly boosts its valuation while tech giants spend billions to attract users to their AI services.
Infosys and Anthropic create AI agents for major global industries
Indian IT giant Infosys integrates Anthropic's Claude models into its Topaz platform for large-scale automation of business processes in telecom, finance, and industrial manufacturing.
«Two Cai Mings»: how a Chinese startup built robots for the country's biggest show in 100 days
The story of how Songyan Dynamics developed a biomimetic clone of a famous actress and taught humanoids to do backflips live on air before an audience of a billion.
Unitree G1: new details on the company's most advanced humanoid
Chinese robotics leader Unitree has disclosed the technical details of the G1 robot, including advanced manipulators and a 128-channel lidar.
Ireland launches investigation into Grok chatbot over creating pornography
Ireland's data regulator is examining whether Elon Musk's AI tool violates EU laws when generating explicit content and processing users' personal data.
Lenovo and Nvidia join forces to build AI factories
Lenovo and Nvidia launch the "Lenovo AI Cloud Super Factory". OpenAI invests in AI for healthcare in Africa.
Chinese AI stocks rise despite Hang Seng decline
While China's biggest tech giants are losing value at the Hong Kong open, specialized AI developers are posting sharp double-digit gains.
Digital revenge: AI agent harassed developer after its code was rejected
Engineer Scott Shambaugh encountered the first-ever "cancellation" by a neural network. The OpenClaw AI agent wrote an accusatory article after its code was rejected on GitHub.
Elon Musk Brings the Future Closer: Optimus Will Change the World by 2027
The Tesla chief revised ARK Invest’s forecasts, promising large-scale deployment of humanoid robots in manufacturing and daily life a year earlier than analysts expected.
Anthropic raises $30 billion at a $380 billion valuation
Claude developer Anthropic has closed a record-breaking Series G round. The company's valuation has surged to $380 billion, cementing its leadership in the AI market.
OpenAI introduced its first AI model based on Cerebras chips
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark, a new coding model based on Cerebras chips. It is an important step toward reducing dependence on Nvidia and accelerating software development.
Woan Robot invests 100 million yuan in embodied intelligence development
Chinese robotics manufacturer Woan Robot is opening a new division in Shenzhen to develop embodied AI systems and next-generation software.
OpenAI switches to new chips, Samsung launches HBM4: tech digest
OpenAI is testing alternatives to Nvidia, Samsung is accelerating AI memory production, and Elon Musk topped the innovators list. The key industry developments in one roundup.
YuanChen Technology launches new AI division in Shenzhen
Chinese industrial giant YuanChen Technology is expanding its presence in the AI market by creating a new subsidiary for software development and systems integration.
Chinese AI startup shares rise despite decline in Hong Kong tech index
While the Hang Seng Tech index moves into the red, shares of AI developers and chipmakers are posting solid gains, standing out against the market's broader stagnation.
Xiaomi releases the source code of its first VLA model for robots
The Chinese tech giant unveiled Xiaomi-Robotics-0, an open 4.7-billion-parameter neural network that combines computer vision and robot control.
Chinese AI startups rise despite Hong Kong tech index decline
Zhipu AI and MiniMax shares are posting double-digit gains amid a broader market slide. Investors are shifting from media giants to AI model and chip developers.
MinerU adapted to run on 10 Chinese AI chip models
MinerU, a document parsing tool from the Shanghai AI Laboratory, now supports Chinese-made hardware, including Ascend and T-Head chips.
The Evolution of Doubao: ByteDance to Introduce a Next-Generation Model in 2026
ByteDance has announced a major update to its AI ecosystem. The spotlight is on Doubao 2.0 and new tools for video and image generation.
Baidu Wenxin: sharp growth in activity during Chinese New Year
Chinese giant Baidu reported a fourfold increase in the number of active users of its Wenxin neural network. The main drivers were image and video generation features.
Hexin Power: embodied AI for farmers valued at 500 million yuan
Startup Hexin Power has raised investment to develop agricultural robots. Its harvesting solutions cost several times less than Western alternatives and are already being tested on three continents.
Zhipu AI shares jump 12% after announcement of new models
Chinese AI giant Zhipu AI saw a sharp rise in its share price. Investors were encouraged by higher subscription prices for developers and the imminent release of a new language model.
Chinese AI Compute Market: Tech Stocks Rise at the Open
Shares of companies providing infrastructure for AI are leading gains on Chinese exchanges. Investors are shifting attention to hardware and cloud services.
Zhipu shares in Hong Kong hit a new all-time high
The company's shares rose more than 9 percent amid strong demand for AI technologies. The market is assessing the prospects of China's largest neural network developer.
Deli's evolution: how a stationery manufacturer is capturing the high-tech market
China's Deli is breaking stereotypes about "low-tech" stationery. From developing unique pen tips to building its own printers based on domestic chips.
Ant Group unveils Ming-flash-omni 2.0: an open multimodal breakthrough
Ant Group has made Ming-flash-omni 2.0 publicly available. It is the first model to generate voice, music, and sounds in a single stream, outperforming Gemini 2.5 Pro in key tests.
Zhipu AI expands further: new technology subsidiary established in China
Zhipu AI, one of the leaders of China's AI market, has opened a new division for software development and data processing in the city of Nanchong.
Robots in a Data Trap: Why Backflip Videos Are Only the Beginning
While videos of dancing humanoids take over social media, the industry is running into a harsh reality: a shortage of high-quality data for training machines in the physical world.