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China moves to regulate AI companions amid fears they are replacing human relationships
A 19-year-old cried when her AI boyfriend was switched off. China's government is worried millions more feel the same way.
Sprinting robots break Bolt's record, then break themselves: inside China's humanoid robot games
Beijing hosted the second World Humanoid Robot Games, where machines ran faster than any human ever has, did kung fu, played table tennis, and occasionally caught fire.
Nvidia Manager and Supermicro Staff Indicted in Taiwan Over AI Server Smuggling to China
Nine people face charges of document forgery and breach of trust after allegedly helping hide billions of dollars' worth of restricted AI hardware shipped to China.
China's AI Boom Has a Surprising Home: A Grassland City in Inner Mongolia
Nearly 100 data centres have opened or begun construction in Ulanqab since 2016. DeepSeek, ByteDance and Alibaba are all building there. A water crisis is already brewing.
Apple and Alibaba Built a Custom AI Model for China, Report Says
A cross-border partnership between two of the world's biggest tech companies could make Apple the first US firm to offer its own approved AI model in China.
Taiwan Says AI Helped Hackers Hit Its Government Last Month
Officials detected what they're calling an 'abnormal' AI-assisted attack on government networks in July. Here's what we know and what it signals for everyone else.
She Has Only Ever Said 'I Love You' to an AI: Inside China's AI Companion Boom
A new documentary follows three Chinese women who have built deep emotional bonds with AI 'boyfriends'. Their stories raise quiet, serious questions about loneliness, connection, and what we want from relationships.
Xi Jinping's minority crackdown has nothing to do with AI, and everything to do with what AI companies ignore at their peril
China's new 'ethnic unity' law forces 125 million minority citizens to abandon their languages and cultures. For AI firms doing business there, the political climate just got harder to ignore.
The US just banned foreign robots. That could backfire on American robotics research.
The FTC's sweeping import ban on Chinese humanoid and quadruped robots is meant to protect a US industry that barely exists yet. The problem: American researchers depend on those cheap Chinese machines to build the next generation of AI.
Chinese chip firm CXMT soars 466% on debut, rattling Western AI investors
A single stock market listing in Shanghai sent shockwaves through the global chip industry last week. Here is what happened and why it matters.
China's Humanoid Robots Face Image Issues, Says Morgan Stanley
Despite technological advances, China's humanoid robots face public perception challenges, impacting their market growth.
AI Is Already Replacing Workers in China. Here Is What That Looks Like on the Ground
From driverless taxis breaking down in Wuhan to factory floors going quiet, Chinese workers are living through something the rest of the world is still debating.
29 Countries Just Signed a China-Led Global AI Treaty. Here's What It Does
A new intergovernmental organisation called WAICO launched in Shanghai on 16 July 2026, with nearly three dozen countries signing on. The big question: will it actually change how AI is governed, or is it a talking shop?
US threatens sanctions on Chinese AI models over alleged intellectual property theft
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Washington will scrutinise Chinese open-source AI for stolen technology, and could punish companies found to have copied American models.
The chip machine company caught between Washington and Beijing
ASML makes the only tools on Earth that can print the world's most advanced chips. Right now, it is trying not to upset either side of the US-China trade war.