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OpenAI's GPT-5 consumes over eight times the power of GPT-4, researchers estimate

Monday 18 August 2025

... DeepSeek R1 in the ranking of most power-hungry AI systems. Shaolei Ren, a professor at the University of California...

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DeepSeek's R2 stalls as Huawei Ascend chips fall short of Nvidia H100's capabilities

Friday 15 August 2025

In the 2025 AI arms race, China's DeepSeek has become both a showcase of ambition and a cautionary tale on domestic chip limitations. Founded in Hangzhou in 2023 and backed by hedge fund High-Flyer, the startup's R1 large...

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DeepSeek AI training Nvidia Huawei Ascend

Inspur's Metabrain SD200 takes on trillion-parameter AI with four top Chinese models

Thursday 14 August 2025

Following Huawei's recent AI inference milestone, China's server leader Inspur has introduced the Metabrain SD200, a next-generation AI supernode server designed for trillion-parameter workloads.

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Huawei AI inference Inspur accelerator

Huawei unveils AI software to boost inference and curb China’s reliance on foreign memory chips

Wednesday 13 August 2025

Huawei has launched its Unified Cache Manager (UCM), a software framework designed to speed up inference in large AI models. The company says the tool could lower costs and...

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Huawei AI software HBM chips

China's Qihoo 360 retools cybersecurity with AI agent swarms to meet 'machine vs. machine' threat

Monday 11 August 2025

The 13th Internet Security Conference (ISC.AI 2025) kicked off on August 6 at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. Co-hosted by the Internet Society of China (ISC),...

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Internet cybersecurity 2025 Beijing security

OpenAI's GPT-5 fails to impress market despite advanced claims

Monday 11 August 2025

OpenAI's recent release of its GPT-5 model alongside the open-weight gpt-oss series has generated mixed reactions, with the much-anticipated GPT-5 falling short of expectations in terms of performance improvements. While...

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OpenAI AI LLM performance market

OpenAI's new AWS deal and open models sharpen US edge in global AI race

Friday 8 August 2025

OpenAI has released open-weight models and partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a new cloud channel. This strategic move underscores US companies' determination to maintain a competitive edge in the open-source AI...

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OpenAI AWS Microsoft competition DeepSeek

Non-AI workloads dominate data centers despite ChatGPT popularity

Friday 8 August 2025

Research from SemiAnalysis reveals that non-AI workloads still dominate data center operations in the Asia-Pacific region, while AI-related workloads are expected to grow significantly only in the coming years. Among ChatGPT...

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ChatGPT data region market data center

OpenAI launches more powerful GPT-5 model for coding and writing

Friday 8 August 2025

OpenAI is rolling out a more powerful and long-awaited new artificial intelligence model called GPT-5, vying to stay ahead of increased competition from rivals in the US and China.

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OpenAI ChatGPT competition software

Shipments of high-end AI accelerators, 2025

Thursday 7 August 2025

... side led by SJ Semi, and the rise of small language models (SLMs) and DeepSeek. Since 2023, high-end cloud GPUs...

China draws red lines on US chip tracking with Nvidia meeting

Thursday 7 August 2025

As the US and China look for any sort of leverage in a prolonged trade fight, Beijing sees an opportunity to win over the world by taking a stand against the Trump administration's plans to track high-end chips.

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Nvidia chips Beijing technology

OpenAI releases open-weight models for the first time in six years, runnable on notebooks and single GPUs

Wednesday 6 August 2025

OpenAI has released two new models, gpt-oss, its first open-weight versions since GPT-2. These models are intended for on-device use, with features for tool invocation and reasoning.

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OpenAI ChatGPT open source commercial training

Lisuan, Intellifusion unveil SMIC-based GPUs and NPUs to anchor China's AI stack

Wednesday 30 July 2025

At the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Chinese AI chipmakers announced major advances in high-end chip design, manufacturing, and deployment. Lisuan Tech introduced its first self-developed GPU, the...

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2025 GPU chipmakers NPU high-end

Trump embraces China's AI playbook to beat Beijing at its own game

Wednesday 30 July 2025

The US has introduced an AI Action Plan emphasizing the expansion of open-source artificial intelligence models as a core strategy to compete globally with China. The plan also aims to export comprehensive AI technology...

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technology government training data DeepSeek

China holds 40% of global AI models but faces rising competitive pressure

Wednesday 30 July 2025

China has developed more than 1,500 AI models, comprising approximately 40% of the 3,755 AI models worldwide, according to data from the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) and reported by state media Xinhua...

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development DeepSeek Alibaba hardware worldwide

Zhipu unveils GLM-4.5 model as China's AI model race intensifies

Tuesday 29 July 2025

On July 28, Chinese AI startup Zhipu released its latest open-source model, GLM-4.5, marking its most powerful release to date and reinforcing its ambitions in the growing field of intelligent agent applications. The new...

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ZhipuAI China AI LLM competition

US and China unveil rival AI strategies, forming two global tech camps

Tuesday 29 July 2025

The US and China have each unveiled comprehensive AI action plans that position the technology as a pivotal element in national defense and foreign policy, effectively creating two major global AI camps. These strategies...

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AI competition USA China national defense policy

Nvidia's flagship chips pour into China via gray channels: US$1B smuggled in 3 months

Friday 25 July 2025

..., arguing that such measures only accelerate China's drive for homegrown semiconductor development. Startups like DeepSeek...

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Nvidia high-end AI chip China

Alibaba upgrades Qwen3 series, surpassing OpenAI and DeepSeek in math and coding capabilities

Friday 25 July 2025

China's open-source artificial intelligence sector has made significant new strides. Alibaba has updated its Qwen3 series of large language models, outperforming OpenAI GPT-4o, DeepSeek V3, and Moonshot AI's Kimi K2 models...

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DeepSeek Alibaba OpenAI 2025 development

China's AI startups step up private invitations to grow global presence

Thursday 24 July 2025

AI companies from China are ramping up promotional efforts, frequently sending private messages on social media platforms to offer early access to new services. Chinese startup Monica, known for the rise of its general-purpose...

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China AI startup DeepSeek

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