Chinese generative artificial intelligence model maker Stepfun has reportedly closed on a bumper funding round worth “several hundred million dollars” from a host of investors including state-owned ...

China’s open source AI models have been making the news lately for their strong performance on various AI tasks such as coding and “reasoning.” However, they have also attracted criticism — including ...

Chinese tech firms are releasing AI models at a faster pace as competition with U.S. rivals tightens. Open-source and low-cost strategies are driving the adoption of Chinese AI in emerging markets.

In the year since DeepSeek, a little-known artificial-intelligence lab from China, shocked the world with a whizzy new model, the country’s clout in AI has only grown. It is now the undisputed global ...

Two US-based AI coding tools are suspected of using Chinese open-source models. The issue has sparked debates on ethics, transparency, and attribution in AI development. Chinese foundational models ...

DeepSeek, Alibaba, ByteDance set to release new AI models Releases around China's Spring Festival holiday echo DeepSeek's playbook Open-source model keeps Chinese firms' costs down, speeds up ...