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ChatGPT and other generative AIs

ChatGPT and other generative AIs
Latest news and updates on ChatGPT, a large language model conversational bot operated by Microsoft-backed OpenAI that is able to understand sophisticated questions and give surprisingly humanlike text responses, and other generative AI, including Baidu's Ernie Bot, and image generation software such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and Dall-e 2. The articles focus on the implications of such technology, the challenges it could pose China’s censors, possible bans by educational institutions, AI regulation, and the development of other similar software.
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi listens to a question at the National Diet in Tokyo on Friday. Photo: AFP
Japan

Japanese IT head says he made AI videos to smear Takaichi’s rivals during poll

The Sanae Token developer says he used generative AI to create 1,000 to 1,500 short videos criticising contenders Koizumi and Hayashi.

Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek’s bargain AI triggers price war across China’s tech sector

Artificial intelligence

Letters | With AI, humans must provide the purpose and moral compass

Artificial intelligence

Huawei chips refine DeepSeek model in leap for China’s AI self-reliance

While Chinese chipmakers have found success in supporting AI inference, they are struggling with the far more complex process of training.

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The Huawei booth at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, April 25, 2026. Photo: EPA
Artificial intelligence

ByteDance thinks its Doubao AI is worth paying for. Are China’s users buying it?

The tech giant’s paywall gamble may have backfired after teasing its paid-subscription options for flagship chatbot Doubao saw users bolt.

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Science

China team drafts sanctions list on 63 key sectors to preserve technology

Scientists have listed sensitive or globally competitive tech that may benefit from export restrictions to keep them out of foreign hands.

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Social media

Letters | Today’s students are in danger of graduating without learning

Readers discuss how AI intensifies a culture of performance encouraged by social media, and change in Hong Kong’s Central district.

Students walk around the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles. Photo: Xinhua
Alibaba

Alibaba AI voice model beats OpenAI, xAI to bridge Chinese dialect gap

The new model supports more than 30 languages, seven major Chinese dialects and over 20 regional accents.

Artificial intelligence

China’s MiniMax records 1-million client base, fivefold growth in half a year

Its global user base reaches 300 million while ARR more than doubles in two months, though company reports large total losses.

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba AI beats Google and OpenAI in global coding rankings

The Chinese tech giant is the only non-US firm to crack the top five in Code Arena’s latest leaderboard.

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The logo of Chinese technology firm Alibaba is seen at its office in Beijing. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Kuaishou beats estimates as Kling AI video tool’s revenue jumps 300%

AI unit has annual recurring revenue run rate of roughly US$500 million, Kuaishou says.

Kuaishou expects Kling AI revenue to more than double in 2026, its co-founder and CEO Cheng Yixiao said in March. Photo: Shutterstock Images
ByteDance

ByteDance AI films shake up Cannes as TikTok owner challenges Hollywood norms

A new cinematic tool, Seedance 2.0, can generate feature-length movies for a fraction of traditional costs.

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Alibaba

‘Sharif speed’ meets Qwen AI: how Alibaba sealed a sweeping deal with Pakistan

Chairman Joe Tsai uses firm’s mobile AI tool to draft a sweeping tech pact in moments, as ‘frontier technologies’ increasingly enter the global limelight.

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Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek V4 Pro tops global bang-for-buck ranking after 75% price cut

Model ranks among world’s best for intelligence per dollar thanks to now permanent price cut, according to Artificial Analysis.

On Saturday, DeepSeek made a 75 per cent price cut for the V4 Pro model permanent. Photo: AFP
Education in Hong Kong

Graduates of top vocational school spared brunt of AI impact, new chairman says

Jeffrey Lam explains how he will steer Vocational Training Council as job market changes rapidly and reveals plans for Northern Metropolis campus.

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The VTC offers programmes across multiple academic levels, ranging from secondary school qualifications and associate degrees to full bachelor’s degrees provided by member institutions. Photo: Felix Wong
Artificial intelligence

China behind in LLM race but it can still win in AI, ex-Tencent AI lead says

In the AI era, the problem with being a technological follower is the constant risk of having the rug pulled from under you, Liu says.

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Artificial intelligence

Pair charged in US under new law for creating AI celebrity porn

Arrests mark some of the earliest prosecutions under the Take It Down Act as the US cracks down on explicit ‘deepfakes’.

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US-China trade war

House foreign affairs chair warns AI sales to China could make America a ‘loser’

Brian Mast stressed that American firms must not let the best US technology reach the ‘wrong places’ when it comes to AI industry.

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US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast has warned against letting American AI companies chase business in China. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba teases new Qwen previews, highest-ranking Chinese AI models on Arena

The tech giant released previews of new flagship artificial intelligence models, which scored well on a crowdsourced platform.

Artificial intelligence

China’s Moonshot AI moves to unwind offshore structure in IPO pursuit: sources

Beijing-based unicorn tells shareholders it will dismantle VIE model as regulators tighten oversight, as shift may signal new era for foreign tech investment.

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Science

Will Chinese beat English as the top language for commanding AI?

Study suggests sophisticated AI models can respond better to Chinese than English before learning how to fine-tune geometric modifications.

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A Tsinghua University study has introduced a new angle to the global tech race. Photo: Shutterstock
Millionaires and billionaires

US jury rules against Musk in OpenAI feud, finding lawsuit came too late

Jurors deliberate for less than two hours before tossing Elon Musk’s breach-of-contract claims against OpenAI and its founders.

A jury rejected Elon Musk’s claims that OpenAI under Sam Altman’s leadership betrayed its mission to benefit the public. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Forget cellular data: China’s telecoms giants are selling AI token plans

China Telecom and China Unicom’s Shanghai branch are among the latest telecommunications carriers to offer token-based packages to consumers.

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South Korea

Reality deficit: how South Korea lost the plot on AI

A viral ‘baseball goddess’, a wolf that never was and a deepfake epidemic. Generative AI is rewriting South Korea’s reality.

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Singapore

Human intelligence remains critical in AI era: Singapore minister

Foreign minister Vivian Balakrishnan cautions against overdependence on large-language models to solve every problem.

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Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan speaks at a joint press conference in Jakarta on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Alibaba

Alibaba CEO signals capex boost as China tech giant forges full-stack AI path

Alibaba’s quarterly revenue arrived largely in line with estimates as the tech giant disclosed its first AI sales data, and in early US trading, the shares jumped 6%.

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A man walks past an Alibaba display featuring the Olympic rings outside an Alibaba office building in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images
Gun violence in the US

Lawsuit blames OpenAI for ChatGPT helping plan Florida mass shooting

Lawsuit alleges ChatGPT provided specific timing and weapon advice to gunman who killed two at Florida State University.

Artificial intelligence

China’s AI drive seen widening wealth gap, testing ‘common prosperity’ push

With Beijing’s ‘AI-plus’ plan looking to grow the nation’s digital economy, experts warn that hubs could further outpace rural regions, fuelling inequality.

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