The Download: How China’s universities approach AI, and the pitfalls of welfare algorithms
Just two years ago, students in China were told to avoid using AI for their assignments. At the time, to get around a national block...
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China’s energy dominance in three charts
So while we all try to get our heads around what’s next for climate tech in the US and beyond, let’s look at just how...
The Download: China’s winning at advanced manufacturing, and a potential TikTok sale
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The latest threat...
The Download: China’s AI agent boom, and GPS alternatives
Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI revolution. This year, the focus has shifted...
Meet Cathy Tie, Bride of “China’s Frankenstein”
In April, the feed started to change even more drastically. He’s posts became increasingly provocative, with better English and a unique sensibility of online culture....
The Download: a new form of AI surveillance, and the US and China’s tariff deal
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How a new...
The Download: China’s energy throwback, and choosing between love and immortality
—Gigi Kwik Gronvall, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, explains the consequences of the Trump administration’s decision to force a...
The Download: China’s manufacturers’ viral moment, and how AI is changing creativity
Since the video was posted earlier this month, millions of TikTok users have watched as a young Chinese man in a blue T-shirt sits beside...
The Download: How the US is meeting China’s technological rise, and Trump’s tariff war intensifies
And that had opened the door to the possibility of hacking into the body’s circuitry and thereby controlling a host of chronic diseases, including rheumatoid...
How the Pentagon is adapting to China’s technological rise
She’s currently taking a break before jumping into her (still unannounced) next act. “It’s been refreshing,” she says—but disconnecting isn’t easy. She continues to monitor...