China’s State Media Calls AI Slowdown a “Cold War” Tactic. Z.AI Is Raising $5 Billion to Do the Opposite

An opinion piece in China’s state-backed Global Times on September 14 called Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s proposal to pace ...

China's MiniMax releases H3 video model

Chinese AI firm MiniMax released a new video-generation model on Friday that can process text, images, video and audio, ​stepping up competition in a fast-growing market led by rivals ‌ByteDance and ...
The Hill

Chinese model Kimi K3 adds pressure on Trump administration’s AI policy

The release of the Chinese AI model Kimi 3 is forcing Washington and Silicon Valley to reckon with another sign of intense competition with Beijing, renewing questions over how to curb the ...
MarketWatch

Alibaba Releases New AI Model as Competition Intensifies

China's Alibaba Group released a new artificial-intelligence model as technology giants continue to race to build ever more capable systems. The Hangzhou-based company said the model, called ...
The Chosun Ilbo on MSN

US, Chinese AI firms face 'model fatigue' as weekly releases intensify

The competition to release new products in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry is accelerating beyond the 'monthly' ...
CNBC

Alibaba unveils Qwen3.5 as China’s chatbot race shifts to AI agents

Qwen3.5 comes in an open-weight and hosted API version, with the company advertising improvements in performance and costs from previous versions. Qwen3.5 supports new agentic capabilities and is ...