Industry Updates
  • Alibaba bans internal use of Anthropic's Claude
    Alibaba bans internal use of Anthropic's Claude
    Alibaba has ordered employees to stop using Anthropic's Claude family of AI models and related coding tools, marking a sharp reversal from its previous policy of encouraging staff members to use leading overseas AI products, sources confirmed to China Daily.
  • Shenzhen's Robot Valley emerges as global hub of robotics innovation
    Shenzhen's Robot Valley emerges as global hub of robotics innovation
    Nestled within a 10-kilometer stretch flanked by the Tanglang and Yangtai mountains in Shenzhen's Nanshan District, China's "Robot Valley" has rapidly evolved into a global epicenter for robotics innovation, driven by an unparalleled supply chain and deep industry-academia integration.
  • AI-powered e-bikes manufactured in China's Guangdong
    AI-powered e-bikes manufactured in China's Guangdong
    People take test rides of ADO e-bike along a lakeside greenway in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, July 1, 2026.
  • Thailand uses AI to crack down on soccer gambling
    Thailand uses AI to crack down on soccer gambling
    Thailand's government has blocked 13,888 illegal online gambling pages and websites linked to the 2026 World Cup in an 18-day AI-backed crackdown, while warning businesses against showing live match broadcasts for commercial purposes without permission.
  • Beijing's first token factory hits 1.4 trillion daily output
    Beijing's first token factory hits 1.4 trillion daily output
    Beijing's first factory for producing units of text for large language models (LLMs) has reached a daily production capacity of more than 1.4 trillion tokens, according to the Administrative Committee of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, also known as Beijing E-Town.
  • AI agents seen reshaping cybersecurity
    AI agents seen reshaping cybersecurity
    As artificial intelligence agents evolve from assistive tools into autonomous decisionmakers and executors, the traditional logic of cybersecurity defense is being fundamentally rewritten, experts and officials said.
  • Beijing unveils space computing innovation center to build full-stack computing ecosystem
    Beijing unveils space computing innovation center to build full-stack computing ecosystem
    The Beijing Space Computing Innovation Center was unveiled at the 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference on Monday in the capital city, marking a major step in China's efforts to advance coordinated development in the space-based computing sector.
  • Malaysia launches digital action plan to drive AI growth
    Malaysia launches digital action plan to drive AI growth
    Malaysia has launched the Malaysia Digital 2030 (MD2030), an action plan setting ambitious targets to boost the digital economy's contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) to 30 percent and create 500,000 high-value jobs by 2030.
  • Singapore launches AI, computing research institute
    Singapore launches AI, computing research institute
    Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) on Wednesday launched a new research institute focused on artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing, as the city-state steps up efforts to accelerate the development and deployment of digital technologies.
  • China unveils software platform to boost use of homegrown supercomputing chips
    China unveils software platform to boost use of homegrown supercomputing chips
    China unveiled a comprehensive software platform in Beijing on Monday aimed at overcoming a long-standing bottleneck in its drive for self-reliant high-performance computing, promising to make it much easier for scientists to run complex research programs on domestically developed chips.

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