DeepSeek a year on: how a little-known Chinese start-up sparked a global AI arms race

DeepSeek’s meteoric rise propelled the growth of the open-source AI ecosystem by spurring its competitors to join the movement.
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Baidu's ERNIE 5 AI Model Rises Up the Rankings—A Math Wiz That Beats OpenAI's GPT 5.1

Baidu's ERNIE-5.0-0110 ranks #8 globally on LMArena, becoming the only Chinese model in the top 10 while outperforming ...
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China's Z.ai claims it trained a model using only Huawei hardware

Hasn’t revealed how much kit did the job, so Nvidia can probably rest easy Chinese outfit Zhipu AI claims it trained a new ...

Founder Of Chinese AI Model Developer MiniMax Becomes A Billionaire As Shares Surge On Listing

Yan Junjie, the 36-year-old chairman and CEO of MiniMax, now boasts a net worth of $3.2 billion after the AI model ...

Chinese AI firm trains state-of-the-art model entirely on Huawei chips

Chinese company Zhipu AI has trained image generation model entirely on Huawei processors, demonstrating that Chinese firms ...
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China's Z.AI Releases First Major AI Image Generation Model Trained Without American Chips

Image, trained entirely on Huawei chips, as Beijing moves to block Nvidia H200 imports in a push for AI self-reliance.

This Ultra-Popular Chinese Model 3 Rival Just Became An Even Bigger Problem For Tesla

Xiaomi just updated its Tesla Model 3 rivaling sedan with faster charging, more power and an updated interior.
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Chinese open models beating US in global domination

Software King of the World, Microsoft, is warning that US AI outfits are losing ground to Chinese rivals in the fight for users outside the West, helped along by low-cost “open ...

The Row Over South Korea’s Push for a Native AI Model: Chinese Code

Korea’s efforts show how hard it is to develop homegrown AI models and break a reliance on U.S. or Chinese tech giants.