ByteDance's plan to dominate AI — ByteDance is executing an aggressive, capital-intensive pivot from social media to a comprehensive AI platform, with its chatbot Doubao now leading China's consumer AI market at 324 million monthly users. The company is (Financial Times News, 2026-07-30)
Transcript: Is China catching up with the US in AI? With Kyle Chan — The gap between Chinese and US artificial intelligence capabilities is narrowing faster than anticipated, with Chinese developers now estimated to be as little as four months behind American frontier models, down from si (Financial Times News, 2026-07-24)
As AI Takes Over Dating Apps, 'Chatfishing' Becomes a Problem — The rise of artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT and Claude is increasingly influencing online dating, leading to a new phenomenon dubbed 'chatfishing' where users rely on AI to craft messages and profiles. The (Bloomberg Business, 2026-07-21)
China's latest star AI model is putting 2 tech giants back in the spotlight — China's Kimi K3 AI model from Moonshot AI has drawn significant global investor interest, prompting the developer to pause new subscriptions shortly after launch and lifting shares of its backers Alibaba and Tencent. Ali (Business Insider, 2026-07-20)
Meet Yang Zhilin, the CEO and founder behind China's buzzy new Kimi K3 AI model — Moonshot AI, founded in early 2023 by 34-year-old Yang Zhilin, has released the open-weight Kimi K3 AI model, which industry observers say rivals leading proprietary models from OpenAI and Anthropic at a substantially lo (Business Insider, 2026-07-18)