However, all of China’s leading AI firms were upended by the dramatic debut of DeepSeek, which took the industry by storm with R1, paving the way for an era of much more affordable AI models.

China’s fast-growing AI scene had a big moment this week as Beijing-based startup Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu, rolled out ...

China's free-for-all AI models, developed by firms like DeepSeek and Alibaba, present a viable alternative to US ...

Chinese search giant Baidu has said it will make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source on June 30, a threat to OpenAI, Anthropic and its own Chinese rival DeepSeek.

This week, US President Donald Trump unveiled his so-called AI Action Plan - a sort of call to arms to ensure the country ...

Chinese search giant Baidu has said it will make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source on June 30, a threat to OpenAI, Anthropic and its own Chinese rival DeepSeek.

Chinese search giant Baidu has said it will make its Ernie generative AI large language model open source on June 30, a threat to OpenAI, Anthropic and its own Chinese rival DeepSeek.