How saying no to Apple forged a Chinese AI giant
What Changed and Why It Matters Apple launched Apple Intelligence at WWDC—but didn’t say a word about China. That silence was the story. It signaled a structural split in AI:…
China’s record open‑weight model is closing the frontier AI gap
What Changed and Why It Matters Chinese labs keep shipping very large open‑weight models that are cheap to run and easy to customize. The lag to frontier performance has shrunk…
How DeepSeek’s homegrown AI chip aims to cut Nvidia dependence
What Changed and Why It Matters DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia and Huawei. Multiple reports say the move follows U.S. export controls and…