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Chinese Robots Lack a 'Brain' and Data: Embodied AI's Biggest Challenge at WAIC 2026
At WAIC 2026 in Shanghai, Chinese roboticists conceded that embodied AI is held back by a shortage of data and the lack of a strong 'brain' for interacting with the physical world.

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3: A 2.8-Trillion-Parameter Open-Weight Model Rattles Silicon Valley
Beijing startup Moonshot AI has released Kimi K3, an open-weight model with 2.8 trillion parameters and native vision. By some estimates, it has narrowed the US lead in AI to a few weeks.

SenseTime Bets on a "Task Economy": AI Token Prices Are Bound to Fall
SenseTime chief Xu Li predicts AI token prices will inevitably fall, as mobile data prices once did, and that industry revenue will shift from tokens to completed tasks.

Beijing Scales AI Computing Up to 130,000 Petaflops in Tech Race With the US
Beijing plans to add 50,000 petaflops of intelligent computing in the second half of 2026 and exceed 130,000 petaflops by year-end, as its AI race with the US intensifies.

RedNote's dots-note-3.0 Is the First AI Model to Score Perfectly at the IMO
Chinese platform RedNote built dots-note-3.0, the first AI model to score a perfect 42 points at the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Shanghai.

Robbyant launches LingBot-Depth 2.0 to help robots perceive glass
Chinese company Ant Group, through its Robbyant division, has launched new models LingBot-Depth 2.0 and LingBot-Vision to help robots perceive transparent objects, glass and mirrors.

The world runs on RISC-V: Alibaba on unity despite the US-China trade war
Alibaba Vice President Qi Xiaoning stated at the SCMP conference that despite trade tensions between the US and China, companies from different countries continue to jointly develop the open RISC-V chip architecture.

FCC bars Digitalsystem Technology from providing telecom services over China ties
The US Federal Communications Commission denied California-based Digitalsystem Technology authorization to provide international telecommunications services, adding it to the national security threat list over ties to Ch

Hong Kong: Strategic Hub for Chinese Tech Companies' Global Market Entry
Chinese tech companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange use the city as a gateway not only for attracting capital but also for globalization: improving products, finding international partners, and expanding into W

Huawei's AI Agent Phone at WAIC: A World First
At the WAIC conference in Shanghai (July 17-20, 2026), Huawei will unveil its Atlas 950 SuperPoD supercluster for the first time and present the world's first AI agent phone.