Why building big AIs costs billions – and how Chinese startup DeepSeek dramatically changed the calculus
A machine learning expert breaks down where the money goes in building big AIs, and how DeepSeek found ways to do it far more ...
The questions the Chinese government doesn’t want DeepSeek AI to answer
DeepSeek has quickly upended markets with the release of an R1 model that is competitive with OpenAI's best-in-class reasoning models. But some have expressed worry that the model's Chinese origins ...
China heralds DeepSeek as a symbol of AI advancements amid U.S. restrictions
U.S. companies were spooked when the Chinese startup released models said to match or outperform leading American ones at a ...
DeepSeek: why the hot new Chinese AI chatbot has big privacy and security problems
The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek has rattled the tech industry with the release of free, cheaply ...
Sixth Tone9d
AI Study Rooms Are Filling China’s Tutoring Gap — For a Price
Promoted as a low-cost alternative to private coaching, study spaces are using AI-driven learning models and skirt strict ...
Nikkei Asia13d
China posts 5% growth for 2024 as challenges pile up
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...
Wall Street Journal15d
China Has a $1 Trillion Head Start in Any Tariff Fight
As he prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever. China just posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of almost $1 trillion for 2024 ...
University of Bristol15d
Engineering Biology
Society faces major global challenges including a need for sustainable food, materials and chemicals, solutions to combat climate change, and innovative technologies for improved healthcare.
The New York Times18d
China’s Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion
China’s vast exports in 2024 exceeded its imports on a scale seldom seen anywhere except during or immediately after the two world wars. By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, who began covering ...
Reuters18d
China flags more policy measures to bolster yuan
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG, Jan 13 (Reuters) - China announced more tools to support its weak currency on Monday, unveiling plans to park more dollars in Hong Kong to bolster the yuan and to improve ...
gold.ac.uk19d
HSK, YCT and BCT courses and examinations
The HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) Chinese proficiency test, administered by Hanban, is China’s only standardised test of standard Chinese language proficiency or Mandarin language proficiency for ...
Newcastle University21d
HSK and YCT Tests (Chinese Proficiency Tests)
The HSK and YCT tests are Chinese proficiency examinations. They are the only Chinese language certificates accepted in mainland China. They consist of a writing test and a speaking test. The tests ...