China’s ByteDance discovers new scaling law that could sustain AI boom

Researchers at TikTok parent ByteDance have discovered a new scaling law governing how fast artificial intelligence agents can improve by performing real-world tasks, a finding that could help prolong the AI boom just as traditional development methods hit a wall. In a research p…

Alibaba bans staff from using Claude Code over Anthropic spyware concerns

Alibaba Group Holding has banned its employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code for work, citing security risks related to the US artificial intelligence firm’s previous use of hidden code to track Chinese users – a move that has sparked widespread backlash in recent days. “As…

Alibaba’s Elements Claw AI agent unearths 4 new superconductors

Alibaba Group Holding’s Damo Academy has unveiled what it calls the industry’s first artificial intelligence agent for discovering superconducting materials, saying that the tool has already found four previously unknown compounds that were later verified in laboratory experiment…

Unitree IPO to test valuations as venture capital floods China robotics

Unitree Robotics has secured approval from China’s securities regulator for a Shanghai initial public offering that is poised to set a valuation benchmark for China’s sizzling embodied AI sector. The nod from the China Securities Regulatory Commission came about a month after the…

AI computing stock panic over Meta cloud rumour ‘erroneous’, analysts say

A panic over excess computing capacity for artificial intelligence was “erroneous”, according to a report by research firm SemiAnalysis, after a global sell-off erased billions of dollars in value from semiconductor stocks on Thursday. Spooked investors interpreted a potential pi…

Kuaishou files US$3 billion Kling AI funding round to Hong Kong stock exchange

Chinese short video giant Kuaishou said on Thursday evening that its artificial intelligence video arm, Kling AI, was seeking to raise around US$3 billion in its first external fundraising round, according to a filing to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. The funding round, first…

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