AI in spotlight at China’s “two sessions”
* DeepSeek and AI have become buzzwords at this year’s “two sessions,” a key political event that decides on China’s development agenda. * The government work report, which charts China’s…
DeepSeek and Chinese model: efficiency revolution and demise of high fences
The DeepSeek phenomenon is a wake-up call: the AI race doesn’t have to be a zero-sum game. On Jan. 27, 2025, the U.S. stock market experienced an unprecedented “AI earthquake.”…
“World’s supermarket” embraces era of AI
“One, two, three, four, five,” Fu Jiangyan, who owns a sock shop in east China’s Yiwu, repeats the numbers to her phone camera. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI)…
How an open mind matters to DeepSeek’s rise from obscurity, world’s AI future
A month ago, DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup, barely two years old, sent shockwaves through the tech world and beyond with the release of its AI assistant DeepSeek-R1.…
China launches its first AI model for rare disease diagnosis
When symptoms such as “noticing significant developmental delays in mobility, language, and social interaction since age two” are entered into a dialogue box, an AI large model can generate alerts…
Pakistani PM Shehbaz vows to boost IT exports, freelance growth
Govt’s plans to enhance connectivity come amid controversy over restrictive internet policies implemented last year. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Wednesday that his government is working to improve telecommunication…