A Chinese court recently ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just on the grounds that AI can do their jobs more cheaply. The case involved a 35-year-old tech worker from Hangzhou (Zhejiang province) named Zhou whose company tried to demote ...
Baidu makes a massive step towards gaining organic visibility in Google. Yes, you read that right, “China’s Google” uses SEO to dominate the SERPs of the actual Google. And they’re achieving it through AI translations of Baidu Baike (also called ...
Baidu is overhauling its core search experience with the help of ERNIE, its generative AI model family. The company is shifting from traditional, link-based search results to AI-generated, multimodal responses that aim to be more intuitive, visual and conversational. By ...
Starting in September 2025, primary and middle schools in Beijing will begin teaching artificial intelligence (AI) as part of their regular curriculum. The move is part of a trial program led by the Beijing Education Commission to prepare students for ...
China’s top internet regulator says its recent efforts to control AI misuse are already showing strong results. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced last week that more than 3,500 illegal AI-related apps have been removed from online platforms. Authorities ...
MiniMax, a Shanghai-based AI startup, has introduced its latest large language model, M1. The company says the model was trained at a fraction of the cost of top-tier models like OpenAI’s GPT-4. According to MiniMax, M1 was trained for just ...
China’s convenience stores are seeing major growth in 2024. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, retail sales at these stores grew 9.1% year-over-year in the first four months. That’s nearly twice the overall market growth of 4.7%. In contrast, ...
Chinese consumer habits are going through major changes. New trends show people are now more interested in premium, personalized, and sustainable products. A recent report from Deloitte highlights how this shift is shaping China’s economy and global business. Premium Products ...
Weixin Pay has expanded its partnership with Stripe, enabling in-person payments for global merchants in 20 countries through Stripe Terminal. This move is part of a long-term collaboration that began in 2017. The integration now allows businesses using Stripe’s latest ...
Alibaba’s AI assistant app, Quark, has officially taken the lead as the most popular AI app in China as of March 2025. According to data from Aicpb.com, Quark now has nearly 150 million monthly active users (MAUs) globally. This puts ...