China is planning to increase support for its technology companies as the sector makes rapid advances in artificial intelligence.

China's Baidu will launch the next generation of its artificial intelligence model Ernie in mid-March, which will see improved capabilities in areas such as reasoning, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and shoring up the economy are among the issues expected to top the agenda when China’s legislature meets Wednesday in Beijing. Almost 2,900 delegates have arrived in Beijing for the annual session of the largely rubber-stamp parliament,

Considered critical for US national security, the AI Diffusion rule divides the world into three tiers. At the top are countries that can access US-made AI chips without restrictions, including key chip ally Taiwan and 17 other countries.

China's joyful embrace of DeepSeek has gone one step deeper - extending to TVs, fridges and robot vacuum cleaners with a slew of home appliance brands announcing that their products will feature the startup's artificial intelligence models.

He will continue work in intelligent control, optimisation and the dynamics of complex systems as professor at Shenzhen university.

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng declined an invitation to attend an AI summit in Paris in February, according to the report. Another founder of a major Chinese A

Chinas Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) is set to release an upgraded version of its artificial intelligence model, Ernie 4.5, in mid-March, featuring enhanced reasoning and multimodal capabilities. According to a source familiar

The meetings will focus on economic growth and fiscal spending, with hopes for policies to support consumption and a weak property market.

Hong Kong said on Wednesday that it is setting aside $127.67 million to create an artificial intelligence research institute that will conduct research and development.

Chinese tech giant Alibaba (BABA) has been receiving several positive analyst reviews after reporting solid results for the December quarter,