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Monday 27 July 2026
Chinese AI startup Moonshot dispute puts US-China AI cooperation at risk
Tensions between the US and China are escalating following allegations that Moonshot AI improperly extracted capabilities from advanced US-developed AI models and accessed export-controlled...
Monday 27 July 2026
Jensen Huang backs open-weight AI as report says OpenAI, Anthropic lobby for tighter controls
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has backed open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models in his first post on X, adding weight to a widening industry dispute over whether advanced AI should...
Monday 27 July 2026
DeepSeek reportedly pauses second funding round amid market and geopolitical scrutiny
Chinese artificial intelligence pioneer DeepSeek has verbally informed prospective investors that it is suspending its second fundraising round, according to people familiar with the...
Friday 24 July 2026
US moves to curb Chinese humanoid robots, opening a new front in the AI rivalry

Washington is opening a new front in its technology contest with China, moving beyond chips and artificial intelligence models to target...

Friday 24 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 3: China's AI industry questions success story
Chinese officials have embraced Kimi K3 as evidence of indigenous innovation and a maturing open-model ecosystem. Some Chinese developers and technology commentators are far less c...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 2: Why Beijing sees a US containment campaign
China is framing Washington's allegations against Moonshot AI as more than an intellectual property dispute. Chinese officials, state-backed media and policy commentators see the scrutiny...
Thursday 23 July 2026
Kimi K3 under fire, part 1: Inside Washington's case against Moonshot AI

The US government is investigating Chinese artificial intelligence developer Moonshot AI over allegations that its Kimi K3 model improperly...

Thursday 23 July 2026
OpenAI faces backlash over Kimi K3 open source criticism
OpenAI's new strategy chief Dean Ball has drawn sharp criticism from Trump administration officials and advisers after posting a lengthy commentary on Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model....
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Commentary: Gulf state's Sovereign Wealth Fund pours into ASEAN, eyeing stake in AI infrastructure supply chains

ASEAN's AI boom is taking on a dual role as both a "no-man's land" and an international hub from Singapore's perspective, while investors...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
US-China AI rivalry, part 2: Beijing weighs controls on model weights, training data, chip designs

The forthcoming AI dialogue between Washington and Beijing is less a sign of easing tensions than of a changing rivalry. Both governments...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
US-China AI rivalry, part 1: September talks to confront frontier models, IP theft, open-source risks

The US and China are preparing to hold their first official artificial intelligence (AI) dialogue under President Donald Trump, a notable...

Wednesday 22 July 2026
Microsoft's multibillion-dollar Mistral deal gives regulated industries European alternative to US-controlled AI
Microsoft's decision to pour billions of dollars into Mistral's European compute base is less about adding another model to Azure than about answering a question that has grown loud...
Wednesday 22 July 2026
China weighs stricter AI and chip export curbs after Kimi K3 benchmark win

China is considering tighter export controls on artificial intelligence and semiconductor technologies amid intensifying competition...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
China's magnet exports hit records — but the tap stays political

China's exports of rare-earth permanent magnets reached record levels in the first half of 2026, yet the same customs data reveal a...

Tuesday 21 July 2026
Taiwan indicts ex-TSMC employees in first China-linked national core tech espionage case

Taiwan prosecutors have indicted four former TSMC employees for allegedly stealing confidential semiconductor technology with the intent...