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Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent execs among Big Tech members on new China AI standards committee

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Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent execs among Big Tech members on new China AI standards committee

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on Friday announced the establishment of an “artificial intelligence (AI) standardisation technology committee” that includes executives from tech giants Baidu, Alibaba Group Holding, Tencent Holdings and Huawei Technologies. The committee will be responsible for “making and revising” standards for different AI vertical markets, including assessment and testing, … Read more

Tim Cook meets China regulator in Beijing but no final word on Apple Intelligence

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Tim Cook meets China regulator in Beijing but no final word on Apple Intelligence

Apple chief executive Tim Cook spoke with China’s top industry regulator on Wednesday on a range of topics, according to an official Chinese statement, but the announcement fell short of providing any information on the roll-out of Apple’s AI service in the country. Cook met with Jin Zhuanglong, the Industry and Information Technology Minister, to … Read more

China’s chip-making sees steady progress with new tools, but nothing to rival ASML

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China’s chip-making sees steady progress with new tools, but nothing to rival ASML

China’s semiconductor industry is continuing to make incremental steps in advancing its domestic lithography tools, according to specifications publicised by the central government, but analysts say the country has yet to make the big leaps it would take to catch up to Dutch firm ASML. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), which oversees … Read more

China celebrates 30th anniversary of country’s first internet connection in sign of support for the sector

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China celebrates 30th anniversary of country’s first internet connection in sign of support for the sector

China celebrates 30th anniversary of country’s first internet connection in sign of support for the sector A government-backed forum commemorating the 30-year anniversary of China’s access to the global internet brought together the country’s regulators and Big Tech executives, including Tencent Holdings founder Pony Ma Huateng, on Saturday as Beijing moves to boost the private … Read more

China convenes Huawei, Tencent, Baidu to draft metaverse standards in bid to become global technology leader

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China convenes Huawei, Tencent, Baidu to draft metaverse standards in bid to become global technology leader

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has assembled 60 experts, including some from the country’s largest technology firms, to form a new working group to establish standards for the metaverse sector. Representatives from telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies, video gaming titans Tencent Holdings and NetEase, web search and artificial intelligence champion Baidu, financial … Read more

China aims to bring mega computing network online by next year in data power push

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China aims to bring mega computing network online by next year in data power push

“The computing power gap between the east and west has narrowed in recent years, but there are still problems to be addressed,” state news agency Xinhua on Wednesday quoted an unnamed NDA official as saying. The problems centre on imbalances in the distribution of general computing, intelligent computing and supercomputing power across national computing hubs. … Read more