The rise of the Chinese robots, and what it means for humanity
7 years, 1 month ago

The rise of the Chinese robots, and what it means for humanity

ABC  

Here's the future: our cars drive themselves, computers run our homes, robots have taken our jobs and they perform surgery and fight our wars. In their paper The Leap Into Quantum Technology: A Primer for National Security Professionals, Richard Fontaine and Michael J Biercuk capture the essence of this weirdness where: "The predictable view of the world breaks down, and in its place are new rules that seem counterintuitive at best and completely at odds with reality at worst." It says that China is stealing a march on rival the United States that will "erode US competitive advantages, and contribute to China's defence industrial capabilities". China's 2015 Defence White Paper outlined what it called a "world revolution in military affairs", focusing on long-range, smart, unmanned weapons. In the future we may — as Yuval Noah Harari says — be gods: we may invent our own "'religions" in virtual worlds.

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US robotics companies push for national strategy to compete with China
3 hours, 4 minutes ago

US robotics companies push for national strategy to compete with China

The Hindu  

American robotics companies are pushing for a national robotics strategy, including establishing a federal office focused on promoting the industry at a time when China is making intelligent robots a national priority. But we need a national strategy if we’re going to continue to build and stay ahead.” The Association for Advanced Automation said a national strategy would help U.S. …

Futuristic buzzwords illustrate China's vision for people's well-being
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Futuristic buzzwords illustrate China's vision for people's well-being

China Daily  

Visitors check out a medical recovery large model during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. BEIJING -- China's government work report this year features new entries like "embodied AI" and "6G," as well as recent buzzwords such as "AI Plus," sparking discussions on how these cutting-edge technologies will shape the country's future development. EMBODIED AI "Embodied AI" is among …

China says it will increase support for AI, science and tech innovation
3 weeks, 1 day ago

China says it will increase support for AI, science and tech innovation

The Hindu  

China said on Wednesday it would boost support for the application of artificial intelligence models and the development of venture capital investment, in a bid to foster more technology breakthroughs and become more self-reliant. The country wants to foster "industries of the future" including biomanufacturing, quantum technology, embodied AI and 6G technology, the report said. To do so, China plans …

AI Beyond Chatbots: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Society
1 month, 1 week ago

AI Beyond Chatbots: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Society

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 13, 2025 14:58 IST - 1 MIN READ On the last weekend of January, a little-known Chinese company upended the tech world’s established order. DeepSeek, a Hangzhou-based artificial intelligence startup, rattled Silicon Valley giants and sent shockwaves through global markets after releasing its AI assistant. By the end of the weekend, the AI assistant had topped the …

The West should act quickly and decisively to tackle the AI crisis it faces
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The West should act quickly and decisively to tackle the AI crisis it faces

Live Mint  

The release of the Chinese DeepSeek-R1 large language model, with its impressive capabilities and low development cost, shocked financial markets and led to claims of a ‘Sputnik moment’ in artificial intelligence. Chinese access to US AI technologies through services and licensing agreements has remained nearly unregulated, even when the underlying technologies, such as Nvidia processors, are themselves subject to export …

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment

China Daily  

By Fan Feifei | China Daily | Updated: 2025-02-07 07:37 Artificial intelligence-aided robots sort products at a logistics center of a garment company in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. NI LIFANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese companies are accelerating the adoption of generative artificial intelligence, as the cutting-edge disruptive technology presents a significant opportunity for enterprises to boost operational efficiency, remain competitive …

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment

China Daily  

Artificial intelligence-aided robots sort products at a logistics center of a garment company in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. The report said that 87 percent of the surveyed Chinese companies plan to ramp up AI investment in 2025 — a year of rapid change — while 58 percent of the interviewed business executives in China feel that their enterprises' AI …

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment

China Daily  

By Fan Feifei | China Daily | Updated: 2025-02-07 07:37 Artificial intelligence-aided robots sort products at a logistics center of a garment company in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. NI LIFANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese companies are accelerating the adoption of generative artificial intelligence, as the cutting-edge disruptive technology presents a significant opportunity for enterprises to boost operational efficiency, remain competitive …

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment

China Daily  

Artificial intelligence-aided robots sort products at a logistics center of a garment company in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. NI LIFANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese companies are accelerating the adoption of generative artificial intelligence, as the cutting-edge disruptive technology presents a significant opportunity for enterprises to boost operational efficiency, remain competitive and navigate the complex business landscape, according to a new …

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chinese companies willing to ramp up AI investment

China Daily  

Artificial intelligence-aided robots sort products at a logistics center of a garment company in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, on Wednesday. NI LIFANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese companies are accelerating the adoption of generative artificial intelligence, as the cutting-edge disruptive technology presents a significant opportunity for enterprises to boost operational efficiency, remain competitive and navigate the complex business landscape, according to a new …

It’s time for AI to come home
1 month, 3 weeks ago

It’s time for AI to come home

Live Mint  

Put aside the claims that can’t be confirmed. Outside China’s government-run industrial policy, a young hedge-fund guy using his own money reproduced a highly competitive AI chatbot with genuine innovations to reduce costs and improve performance. Liang Wenfeng’s project, which he partly revealed in an open-source release, rattled global markets this week but also confirmed the direction Western tech leaders …

Will robots take over your job? Economic Survey 2025 sheds light on AI anxieties
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Will robots take over your job? Economic Survey 2025 sheds light on AI anxieties

India Today  

The advent of generative artificial intelligence and the meteoric advancement in large language models have been the defining technological breakthroughs of our times. The Economic Survey 2025 revealed that the number of AI patents granted globally increased 62.7 per cent between 2021 and 2022. POTENTIAL JOB LOSS “Anxieties about the effects of AI remain high in India as well, considering …

Trump: DeepSeek's AI should be a 'wakeup call' to U.S. industry
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump: DeepSeek's AI should be a 'wakeup call' to U.S. industry

The Hindu  

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Chinese startup DeepSeek's technology should act as spur for American companies and said it was good that companies in China have come up with a cheaper, faster method of artificial intelligence. "The release of DeepSeek, AI from a Chinese company should be a wakeup call for our industries that we need to …

Donald Trump issues a warning against DeepSeek AI, says it is a wake-up call for the US industry
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump issues a warning against DeepSeek AI, says it is a wake-up call for the US industry

India Today  

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the Chinese startup DeepSeek's technology should act as a spur for American companies and that it was good that companies in China had come up with a cheaper, faster method of artificial intelligence. "The release of DeepSeek, AI from a Chinese company should be a wakeup call for our industries that we …

Chinese AI is catching up, posing a dilemma for Donald Trump
2 months ago

Chinese AI is catching up, posing a dilemma for Donald Trump

Live Mint  

If there is a single technology America needs to bring about the “thrilling new era of national success" that President Donald Trump promised in his inauguration speech, it is generative artificial intelligence. Suddenly, America’s lead over China in AI looks smaller than at any time since ChatGPT became famous. So America has curtailed exports to China of the best chips …

Why ‘Beating China’ in AI Brings Its Own Risks
55 years, 2 months ago

Why ‘Beating China’ in AI Brings Its Own Risks

Wired  

The Biden administration this week introduced new export restrictions designed to control AI’s progress globally and ultimately prevent the most advanced AI from falling into China’s hands. With prominent AI figures including OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei warning of the need to “beat China” in AI, the Trump administration may well escalate things further. The rule also puts …

Is China Waking up to the Dangers of AI?
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Is China Waking up to the Dangers of AI?

The Diplomat  

In early November, reports emerged that the People’s Liberation Army had begun deploying a version of Meta’s Llama model for military purposes. Its use for supporting an authoritarian regime – and Meta’s impotent response that such usage violated terms and conditions the U.S. firm could never enforce on the PLA – seemed like yet another parable about how democratic openness …

Robots no more science fiction in real life
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Robots no more science fiction in real life

China Daily  

Staff members test a humanoid robot in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province on June 26, 2024. In thousands of factories in China, on the other hand, more than 2 million industrial robots are working day and night, making all kinds of products for consumers across the world. Statistics show China has become the world's biggest user of industrial robots, employing …

Robots no more science fiction in real life
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Robots no more science fiction in real life

China Daily  

Staff members test a humanoid robot in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province on June 26, 2024. In thousands of factories in China, on the other hand, more than 2 million industrial robots are working day and night, making all kinds of products for consumers across the world. Statistics show China has become the world's biggest user of industrial robots, employing …

Robots no more science fiction in real life
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Robots no more science fiction in real life

China Daily  

Staff members test a humanoid robot in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province on June 26, 2024. In thousands of factories in China, on the other hand, more than 2 million industrial robots are working day and night, making all kinds of products for consumers across the world. Statistics show China has become the world's biggest user of industrial robots, employing …

The AI robots on their way will mostly be made in Asia
3 months ago

The AI robots on their way will mostly be made in Asia

Live Mint  

Over the past year, I’ve noticed an overwhelming theme emerge when Asian tech leaders look at what comes next for artificial intelligence. The experience I’ve had tuning in to many executive chats and tech conferences could best be summed by Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang’s proclamation in Taipei in June. While the US is the leader in AI advances—and …

Epic AI Battle: China has the might to do what we can only dream of, says Eric Schmidt
3 months, 1 week ago

Epic AI Battle: China has the might to do what we can only dream of, says Eric Schmidt

Live Mint  

Eric Schmidt, who is storied for leading Google during its period of explosive growth, opened up about the 'epic fight' between the US and China regarding artificial intelligence in an interview with The Washington Post. That fight is the epic fight," said Former Google CEO Schmidt, who's also the co-author of a new book, “Genesis,” that explores the opportunities and …

China needs more factory robots. Can it build its own?
6 months, 3 weeks ago

China needs more factory robots. Can it build its own?

Live Mint  

The abundance of cheap labor was once a reason why seemingly everything is made in China. Being the world’s factory, it is natural that China is by far the largest market for industrial robots. On a per-employee basis, China’s industrial robot penetration still lags behind advanced manufacturing economies such as South Korea, Germany and Japan. And outside of China, the …

Innovations make country major player in robot sector
7 months ago

Innovations make country major player in robot sector

China Daily  

A picture taken on Feb 28, 2023 shows the animal-shaped robot powered by ModelArts of Huawei Cloud at the Mobile World Congress. As the 10th session of WRC kicks off on Wednesday, the domestic production of robots for industrial use had risen to 430,000 in 2023, while 7.8 million others were service robots, making China a major player in the …

Opinion: What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: What’s behind the AI boom? Exploited humans

LA Times  

Today we are in the middle of a hype cycle in which companies are racing to integrate artificial intelligence tools into products, transforming fields including logistics, manufacturing and healthcare. Sophisticated software functions only through thousands of hours of low-paid, menial labor — workers forced to work like robots in the hopes that AI will become more like a human. In …

AI conference points to China's large role
8 months, 2 weeks ago

AI conference points to China's large role

China Daily  

By WANG YING in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2024-07-11 09:39 A robot hand picks up a ball during the 2024 World AI Conference in Shanghai, July 4, 2024. The annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference, which wrapped up over the weekend, showcased China's growing significance in promoting global governance of the game-changing technology, industry experts said. "In order to …

China is the runaway leader in generative AI patent applications followed by the US, the UN says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

China is the runaway leader in generative AI patent applications followed by the US, the UN says

Associated Press  

GENEVA — China has requested far more patents than any other country when it comes to generative AI, the U.N. intellectual property agency said Wednesday, with the United States a distant second. The U.S. and China are often seen as rivals in the development of artificial intelligence, but by some measures U.S. tech companies are taking the lead in making …

AI seen as key to firms, job seekers
8 months, 3 weeks ago

AI seen as key to firms, job seekers

China Daily  

With huge potential and market growth in artificial intelligence application and development in China, both job seekers and employers alike should be ready to ride the tide, said a senior executive of US payroll and human capital management company ADP. Jessica Zhang Jessica Zhang, senior vice-president of ADP Asia-Pacific, said during the just-concluded 2024 Summer Davos in Dalian, Liaoning province: …

AI seen as key to firms, job seekers
8 months, 3 weeks ago

AI seen as key to firms, job seekers

China Daily  

With huge potential and market growth in artificial intelligence application and development in China, both job seekers and employers alike should be ready to ride the tide, said a senior executive of US payroll and human capital management company ADP. Jessica Zhang Jessica Zhang, senior vice-president of ADP Asia-Pacific, said during the just-concluded 2024 Summer Davos in Dalian, Liaoning province: …

AI seen as key to firms, job seekers
8 months, 3 weeks ago

AI seen as key to firms, job seekers

China Daily  

By ZHENG YIRAN | China Daily | Updated: 2024-07-02 10:00 With huge potential and market growth in artificial intelligence application and development in China, both job seekers and employers alike should be ready to ride the tide, said a senior executive of US payroll and human capital management company ADP. Jessica Zhang Jessica Zhang, senior vice-president of ADP Asia-Pacific, said …

Scale of China's AI industry over 578b yuan in 2023: report
9 months, 1 week ago

Scale of China's AI industry over 578b yuan in 2023: report

China Daily  

A lightweight articular module arm on display at the 2024 World Intelligence Expo at the National Convention and Exhibition Center in North China's Tianjin, June 20, 2024. The number of artificial intelligence enterprises in China has exceeded 4,000 in 2023, said a report released June 20, reported CCTV news on Thursday. According to the report, the scale of China's core …

Scale of China's AI industry over 578b yuan in 2023: report
9 months, 1 week ago

Scale of China's AI industry over 578b yuan in 2023: report

China Daily  

A lightweight articular module arm on display at the 2024 World Intelligence Expo at the National Convention and Exhibition Center in North China's Tianjin, June 20, 2024. The number of artificial intelligence enterprises in China has exceeded 4,000 in 2023, said a report released June 20, reported CCTV news on Thursday. According to the report, the scale of China's core …

The robot uprising could be imminent: Elon Musk warns AI will outsmart mankind by the end of next YEAR
11 months, 2 weeks ago

The robot uprising could be imminent: Elon Musk warns AI will outsmart mankind by the end of next YEAR

Daily Mail  

From Terminator to Ex Machina, machines overthrowing their human creators is a staple of science fiction. But the robot uprising could be closer than you think, as Elon Musk warns AI will surpass the abilities of humanity by the end of next year. However, humanity might have a chance as Musk also claims that a shortage in advanced chips and …

China and US should join their strengths in AI revolution
1 year, 1 month ago

China and US should join their strengths in AI revolution

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY The artificial intelligence leader OpenAI has unveiled a new AI model named Sora, which it asserts can generate "realistic" and "imaginative" 60-second videos based on brief text prompts. From media to finance, healthcare to transportation, GenAI, as a representative of universal AI technology, is making inroads primarily into the "soft" aspects of the service and manufacturing sectors. …

China and US should join their strengths in AI revolution
1 year, 1 month ago

China and US should join their strengths in AI revolution

China Daily  

SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY The artificial intelligence leader OpenAI has unveiled a new AI model named Sora, which it asserts can generate "realistic" and "imaginative" 60-second videos based on brief text prompts. From media to finance, healthcare to transportation, GenAI, as a representative of universal AI technology, is making inroads primarily into the "soft" aspects of the service and manufacturing sectors. …

China must embrace new era of AI revolution
1 year, 1 month ago

China must embrace new era of AI revolution

China Daily  

OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken, Feb 3, 2023. The artificial intelligence leader OpenAI has unveiled a new AI model named Sora, which it asserts can generate "realistic" and "imaginative" 60-second videos based on brief text prompts. While the risks associated with AI have heightened regulatory concerns, it's evident the world is on the doorstep of a new …

Rise of the robots a lift for Shanghai
1 year, 8 months ago

Rise of the robots a lift for Shanghai

China Daily  

A visitor inspects a robot at this month's World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. "The robots can usually deliver three layers of dishes at one time, but a human being can only bring one or two dishes," said Lan Jie, a team leader at the restaurant. "Businesses such as intelligent restaurants, unmanned cafes, and new retailers have the greatest applications …

Rise of the robots a lift for Shanghai
1 year, 8 months ago

Rise of the robots a lift for Shanghai

China Daily  

A visitor inspects a robot at this month's World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. "The robots can usually deliver three layers of dishes at one time, but a human being can only bring one or two dishes," said Lan Jie, a team leader at the restaurant. "Businesses such as intelligent restaurants, unmanned cafes, and new retailers have the greatest applications …

How China's AI ambitions attract billionaires in race to catch up with the US
1 year, 8 months ago

How China's AI ambitions attract billionaires in race to catch up with the US

Hindustan Times  

China’s tech sector has a new obsession: competing with US titans like Google and Microsoft Corp. in the breakneck global artificial intelligence race. “China is still three years behind the US, but we may not need three years to catch up.” The top-flight Chinese talent and financing flowing into AI mirrors a wave of activity convulsing Silicon Valley, which has …

Movie offers glimpse of robotics plans
2 years, 2 months ago

Movie offers glimpse of robotics plans

China Daily  

A man passes a poster of Wandering Earth II at a cinema in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Jan 23, 2023. As Wandering Earth II, the sequel to China's most successful sci-fi epic, is well received in cinemas, the seemingly omnipotent industrial robots, a recurring presence in the film, offer a glimpse into the country's plan to be a global innovation …

Digital 'companions' are now on order in Beijing
2 years, 6 months ago

Digital 'companions' are now on order in Beijing

China Daily  

The best futurists believe we are just a few years away from a digital metaverse where bots catering to every human whim and perverse desire would be a click away. One of the best movies in this genre is Blade Runner, the Harrison Ford original that introduced the idea of clones called "replicants" used as sex toys and slave labor …

Digital 'companions' are now on order in Beijing
2 years, 6 months ago

Digital 'companions' are now on order in Beijing

China Daily  

The best futurists believe we are just a few years away from a digital metaverse where bots catering to every human whim and perverse desire would be a click away. One of the best movies in this genre is Blade Runner, the Harrison Ford original that introduced the idea of clones called "replicants" used as sex toys and slave labor …

Trump visits India: US-India partnership will defeat China in its AI plans
5 years, 1 month ago

Trump visits India: US-India partnership will defeat China in its AI plans

Op India  

When I was a student in Zurich, Switzerland, I learnt something. Read: Mission Shakti: Here is why India’s capability to shoot down enemy satellites is a massive feat But, let us take a look at how China is using Artificial Intelligence to torment its citizens. Now, China is using Artificial Intelligence to reduce the cost of and increase state surveillance …

Robots could displace 20 million manufacturing jobs by 2030
5 years, 9 months ago

Robots could displace 20 million manufacturing jobs by 2030

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Robots are getting better at doing human jobs. Machines are expected to displace about 20 million manufacturing jobs across the world over the next decade, according to a report released Wednesday by Oxford Economics, a global forecasting and quantitative analysis firm. The use of robots is on the rise: At this point, every new robot …

The World According to AI
5 years, 9 months ago

The World According to AI

Al Jazeera  

How will Artificial Intelligence be used in the future? In episode one of The Big Picture: The World According to AI, we chart the evolution of artificial intelligence from its post-World War II origins and, dissect the mechanisms by which existing prejudices are built into the very systems that are supposed to be free of human bias. The Big Picture: …

Op-Ed: We can’t let China become the global leader in artificial intelligence
6 years ago

Op-Ed: We can’t let China become the global leader in artificial intelligence

LA Times  

A doctor examines an image during the CHAIN Cup, the world’s first competition in neuroimaging between AI and human experts, in Beijing on June 30, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted, ominously, that “whoever leads in AI will rule the world.” Americans invented AI, and a majority of the field’s top experts live in the United States. In just …

China's research in artificial intelligence 'far outranks' Huawei threat, expert says
6 years, 1 month ago

China's research in artificial intelligence 'far outranks' Huawei threat, expert says

ABC  

Experts are warning of the threat posed by China's use of artificial intelligence to develop a survellience state, and say the risk of such authoritarian behaviour spreading to other parts of the world is increasing. Key points: A professor of cyber security says China is researching AI to "enhance the control of its population" Professor Greg Austin says key world …

HALF OF CURRENT JOBS WILL BE LOST TO AI WITHIN 15 YEARS
6 years, 2 months ago

HALF OF CURRENT JOBS WILL BE LOST TO AI WITHIN 15 YEARS

Daily Mail  

Kai-Fu Lee, the author of AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order, told Dailymail.com the world of employments was facing a crisis 'akin to that faced by farmers during the industrial revolution.' Half of current jobs will be taken over by AI within 15 years, one of China's leading AI experts has warned. Kai-Fu Lee, the author …

Why China Can Do AI More Quickly and Effectively Than the US
6 years, 5 months ago

Why China Can Do AI More Quickly and Effectively Than the US

Wired  

When Enrico Fermi decided to leave Benito Mussolini’s Italy and emigrate to the United States, he changed the global balance of power. Emigrant AI researchers like Geoff Hinton, Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, Andrew Ng, and Fei-Fei Li are the Enrico Fermis of AI and should secure an American hegemony in AI. Today, those tinkerers are applying AI’s superhuman powers of …

Made in China 2025: Xi Jinping's plan to turn China into the AI world leader
6 years, 5 months ago

Made in China 2025: Xi Jinping's plan to turn China into the AI world leader

ABC  

Eleven trillion renminbi: it's a number that's hard to comprehend. "The hype around China's investment in AI is definitely the highest in the world," the University of Oxford's Jeffrey Ding says. The potential of AI is almost unimaginable; Vladimir Putin recently said whoever leads in AI would "rule the world", while Google's former China head, Lee Kai-fu, warns: "AI is …

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