Chinese tech firms are releasing AI models at a faster pace as competition with U.S. rivals tightens. Open-source and low-cost strategies are driving the adoption of Chinese AI in emerging markets.

It’s built with an “agent-native” design that integrates reasoning, perception, and action into its core architecture, the company said. Chinese AI firm Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu, has launched GLM ...

The truth is that AI isn’t a single race. There are multiple. Competition itself is creating new arenas of contestation, driving countries and companies to push the boundaries of innovation. And ...

On July 28, Chinese AI startup Zhipu released its latest open-source model, GLM-4.5, marking its most powerful release to date and reinforcing its ambitions in the growing field of intelligent agent ...

South Korea has tasked its tech companies with creating a national AI model. The project will feature South Korean technologies from semiconductors to software. South Korea is looking to create a near ...

Qwen3.5 comes in an open-weight and hosted API version, with the company advertising improvements in performance and costs from previous versions. Qwen3.5 supports new agentic capabilities and is ...

When China’s biggest artificial intelligence players gathered for a landmark meeting in Beijing in January, one question was in the spotlight: What are the chances of a Chinese AI firm overtaking US ...

Chinese AI models have caught up to US models in power and performance. China is leading in model openness. Much of the world may adopt the freely available Chinese technology. The US artificial ...