China Tech
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AI Ethics & Policy
The AI Rivalry Enters Its Hardest Governance Test
China is pushing back against calls to slow artificial intelligence development, turning a debate about safety into a direct test…
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Generative AI
Alibaba’s Qwen3.8-LiveTranslate Targets Faster Real-Time Speech Translation
Alibaba’s Qwen team released Qwen3.8-LiveTranslate on September 19, 2026, introducing a next-generation model for real-time simultaneous interpretation. It listens to…
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AI Agents & Automation
Qwen’s New Omni-Modal Agent Turns Audio and Video Into Action
Alibaba’s Qwen team has released Qwen3.8-Omni-Flash, a model that brings audio-video understanding, reasoning, and tool use into one system. The…
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Space Technology
Starship’s Next Orbital Test Raises the Rocket Stakes
SpaceX is preparing to push Starship into another major test, while rocket teams across the world are racing to prove…
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AI Ethics & Policy
AI’s Next Leap Brings Breakthroughs, Threats, and Fierce Debate
AI is moving into every corner of science, industry, and public life, and the speed is forcing difficult questions into…
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AI Ethics & Policy
The AI Race Moves Forward as Calls for Restraint Grow
The United States and China are pushing AI development forward, even as several industry leaders warn that the technology needs…
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Space Technology
US Space Weapons Enter Orbit as Military Reveals New Capabilities
The United States has publicly confirmed that it deployed weapons in Earth’s orbit, marking the first time the country has…
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Large Language Models
DeepSeek’s New Flash Model Shrinks the Cost of Long Context
DeepSeek released V4.1-Flash on September 14, 2026, introducing a model built around one central goal: making long-context artificial intelligence cheaper…
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AI News & Trends
DeepSeek’s Smallest V4.1 Flash Targets Bigger AI Scaling
DeepSeek has launched a smaller model with a bigger agenda. DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash arrived on September 10, 2026, as a new architecture…
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AI Ethics & Policy
China’s AI Companion Crackdown Turns Chatbots Into Lost Relationships
China has put emotional AI under regulatory control. New rules from China’s Cyberspace Administration and other government agencies target “anthropomorphic…
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