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Amap, the mapping and local services business under Alibaba Group Holding, has introduced a ride-hailing feature on the platform’s English version, allowing foreign visitors in mainland China to get transport in more than 360 domestic cities. The new feature, which […]

China’s southern technology hub of Shenzhen is ramping up support for hardware powered by artificial intelligence (AI), unveiling two new investment funds totalling 7 billion yuan (US$1 billion) to back start-ups in robotics and other smart devices. The funds –

Chinese robotics developers showcased their products at an exhibition in Guangzhou this week, as the market began to look like the country’s electric vehicle industry a few years ago when hundreds of players battled for survival. Many of the firms

Shenzhen Dobot said on Tuesday it would price its latest Optimus-style humanoid model at 199,000 yuan (US$27,500), which sparked hopes for imminent mass production and drove the company’s shares up nearly 28 per cent. Dobot, known for manufacturing robotic arms

A Chinese text-to-video generation start-up said it has signed a deal with a US animation studio to produce an artificial intelligence (AI) generated anime series, in the latest example of Hollywood moving to embrace this fast-developing technology. Vidu, a Sora-like

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Xpeng plans to expand to 60 international markets this year, doubling its current footprint in around 30 countries and regions, company chairman and chief executive He Xiaopeng said on Saturday. He made the remarks at

TikTok Shop, the in-app retailing feature on the popular short video platform, had started approaching Chinese sellers to open stores for the new markets, the people said. Merchants targeting Italy could set up their stores by the end of this

Wu Yonghui, a prestigious “Google Fellow” who worked at the US tech giant for 17 years, recently joined TikTok owner ByteDance to lead foundational research on artificial intelligence (AI), as the firm seeks to “explore the upper limit of intelligence”.

WMDoll, one of China’s biggest sex doll makers, expects to record a 30 per cent jump in sales this year, as the company’s adoption of open-source generative artificial intelligence (AI) models helped improve the user experience of its products. Feedback

Major Chinese internet platforms have vowed to improve their algorithms, after the mainland’s internet watchdog launched a campaign to address the misuse of the technology underpinning the recommendation functions of apps and websites. ByteDance’s TikTok alternative for its home market,