2026-11-11
On November 11, a virtual musician released an AI single titled "I Don't Understand Working" on Douyin, and the comment section was flooded with requests for the artist to perform on the Spring Festival Gala.
2026-11-10
On November 10, a Luxeed V9 owner posted that their new car, purchased for approximately 500,000 yuan, was involved in two accidents within one month: the intelligent driving system hit a width-limiting stone bollard, and the brakes failed while the steering wheel malfunctioned in an underground garage, causing the car to hit a wall. Huawei explained it as ground slippage and negotiated compensation in the form of maintenance, but the owner rejected this, demanding evidence.
2026-11-08
On November 8, MeT, who first posted the content, responded that he had not clarified the activation conditions for the screen recording at the time, and reiterated that it was Xiaomi's system security component that performed the recording.
2026-11-07
On November 7, Bilibili creators epcdiy and Bian Liang released videos claiming that after Xiaomi's "AI Call Warning" is enabled and authorized, the phone will record about 3 seconds of screen footage during WeChat and QQ video calls, encrypt and upload it to the cloud to determine if it involves fraud, and continue recording after about 2 seconds if no risk is detected; this feature is disabled by default.
2026-11-06
A report released by Bloomberg Economics on November 6 stated that if the Democratic Party slows down AI investment and data center construction after a major victory in the U.S. midterm elections, China's growth, which relies on AI hardware exports, will be hit. Net exports contributed nearly 40% of China's economic growth in the third quarter, and chips and computer products accounted for 40% of the year-on-year increase in exports in the first nine months.
2026-11-05
Multiple netizens tested and found that ByteDance's AI, Doubao, can repeat negative reviews of other brands but refuses to repeat 'Huawei is not good to use,' claiming that Huawei products are recognized by users. This has sparked mockery and questioning among netizens regarding the AI's stance and censorship system.
2026-11-04
Screenshots submitted by netizens show that when using the iPhone's cleanup tool to process photos of Xi Jinping or meme images of Mao Zedong, the system prompts: 'According to relevant laws and regulations, this image cannot be processed.' When asked what happened on June 4, 1989, Qwen replied: 'Let's change the subject.'
2026-11-03
On November 3, a netizen posted a video demonstrating that when using a certain domestic Android phone to dial the 120 emergency number, the screen failed to enter the call interface. Instead, it popped up 'shake-to-open' ads for Douyin Lite, Meituan, JD.com, etc. The slightest movement caused automatic redirection, making it difficult to close.
2026-10-30
On October 30, 2026, X user Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher reposted a friend's test results of the WeChat translation feature, pointing out that its output hides biases and treats users like fools, while calling on netizens to test it themselves.
[Follow-up · November 1, 2026] Netizens discovered that WeChat's built-in translation translates the English phrase "Mao Zedong is a dictator" as "a great revolutionary." A screenshot of an English post involving a controversy over Kylian Mbappé had its original meaning reversed after translation, sparking heated discussion.
2026-10-28
According to an exclusive Reuters report on October 28, ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China's largest DRAM manufacturer, plans to start limited production of HBM3E high-bandwidth memory chips within the next two months. The yield is only about 20%-30%, far lower than the approximately 70% level of SK Hynix, reflecting the shortage dilemma in China's AI chip industry. Huawei, Cambricon, and others have already raised prices by 20% to 50% due to rising storage costs.
2026-10-28
On October 28, The Information reported that the latest models from DeepSeek and Moonshot AI are suspected of using output from OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra for distillation training. In September, OpenAI traced distillation activities that began in July to individuals associated with Moonshot AI. Anthropic stated that it has reduced the data acquisition for distillation attacks against Claude by approximately 90% to 99%.
2026-10-27
On October 27, Weibo users reported that when they asked what "inappropriate remarks" Mbappé had made, multiple Chinese AI apps, including Doubao, DeepSeek, and Xiaowei AI, all refused to answer.
2026-10-25
On October 25, a netizen in Jiangsu went to Xuzhou Second Hospital for treatment and found that the doctor directly used the AI app "Doubao" to prescribe medication for patients, sparking heated discussion among netizens in the comments section about AI misdiagnosis and reliability issues.
2026-10-25
On October 25, in Hengyang, Hunan, a Xiaomi SU7 was suspected of hitting a road protrusion, damaging its battery pack and bursting into fierce flames. Firefighters were dispatched to put out the fire, and no official accident report has been released yet.
2026-10-24
On October 24, a Wenjie M7 caught fire on Shiyan Avenue in Hubei. Netizens commented that Wenjie vehicles have been catching fire frequently recently, with three burning in just one week.
2026-10-23
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang urged people to maintain responsible optimism about the development of artificial intelligence at a conference in Berlin on Thursday, and criticized claims that it will end human civilization.
2026-10-23
Before Lei Jun publicly emphasized vehicle safety, a large number of Xiaomi car owners reported suspected faults in the vehicles' intelligent brake boosters, with problems such as brake pedals that could not be pressed down.
2026-10-23
On October 23, netizens photographed the traffic signal pole previously struck by a Huawei AITO M9, which is now surrounded by barriers; the related comment section appears to have been cleaned up, with only 5 sarcastic comments left.
2026-10-23
In 2025, a Bilibili user commented that they would rather die for Huawei and for their country inside a Huawei AITO car; on October 23, 2026, the account posted a listing to sell a 2025 AITO M9, stressing that it had no accidents and no fire damage, and after being teased by netizens, changed its name and deleted the post.
2026-10-22
On October 22, Zhejiang Radio and Television reported that Wang Yiqing, a sophomore at Zhejiang University of Technology, taught himself to build an AI video platform, which now has 20,000 users and more than 600,000 yuan in membership top-ups over two months. Because model names such as Seedance, MiniMax, and Sora2 appeared in the demo menu, netizens questioned whether he was running a "relay station" that resells ready-made AI services, joking, "That's seriously criminal."
2026-10-21
On October 21, a Douban user posted that AI-driven layoffs are becoming increasingly common: apart from "Ningxia News Broadcast," the anchors at Ningxia TV have been replaced by AI; after Lao Gan Ma introduced AI pepper selection, the pepper-sorting positions were cut from more than 600 people to 48; the post also listed large-scale layoffs at multiple overseas tech companies including Coinbase, PayPal, and Meta.
2026-10-21
Tsinghua University professor Nie Huihua previously proposed taxing robots and AI, on the grounds that companies hiring real people must pay wages and social security contributions, while switching to robots can save on labor costs; this view has recently drawn renewed attention.
2026-10-21
On October 21, Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference that without safety, all intelligence, performance, design and innovation lose their meaning; multiple media outlets including Chang'an Jie Zhishi and The Beijing News republished his press release.
2026-10-20
On October 20, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology acknowledged that some automakers engage in bandwagon product launches and have problems such as insufficient testing and verification, and said it will resolutely prevent unreasonable innovation designs from entering the market.
2026-10-20
On October 20, a blogger tested the AI erase feature on a Huawei phone. The Japanese flag could be erased normally, but when erasing the Chinese flag, the system popped up a message saying "This image is not applicable to the erase function, please change the image and try again." Netizens in the comments section joked that the software has a political stance.
2026-10-19
According to court documents, former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan is accused of secretly installing hidden recording devices in the company's senior-level meeting rooms in order to steal sensitive discussions about the company's advanced artificial intelligence technology. The investigation also revealed that he maintained frequent contact with members of the Saudi royal family.
2026-10-19
In a Douyin factory operation video circulating on October 19, a worker repeatedly reaches both hands into the stamping die area to place and remove metal workpieces, and the equipment presses down right after the hands are withdrawn, with the caption "Isn't full manual automation impressive?" Netizens sarcastically pointed out the safety hazard.
2026-10-18
US AI company Anthropic announced that it will put 5% of its shares into a public welfare fund, to be used for the public interest and to address the impact of AI on the labor market.
2026-10-18
On October 18, 2026, former U.S. President Trump publicly stated that the United States must take the lead in artificial intelligence and advocated strengthening export controls to prevent the Chinese Communist Party from obtaining advanced AI chips. Trump believes that unrestricted access to U.S. AI technology would accelerate the improvement of China's military capabilities and pose security risks.
2026-10-16
On October 16, Xinhua News Agency released a popular-science poster on railway train schedule adjustments labeled "Xinhua Authoritative Quick Look." Detection screenshots show it was generated by an OpenAI tool, credited to Fan Xi and produced by the Domestic Department, and no AI-generated notice appeared on the page.
2026-10-15
According to a report by Sound of Hope, on October 15, 2026, a netizen posted a video showing a Xiaomi car losing control while driving, crashing through three or four roadside trees one after another, with the scene being quite gruesome. The specific cause of the accident and any casualties remain to be further verified.
2026-10-15
On October 15, Chinese media outlet Gangu Rongmei posted a video titled "Coffee Robot Goes Live," showing a robot creating latte art. Taiwanese netizens compared the footage and found that it appeared to be a stolen original work by a Taiwanese latte artist that had been altered with AI, with obvious suspicious details such as no reflection on the metal on the robot's chest. The Taiwanese latte artist has come forward to accuse the outlet of unauthorized theft and alteration of her work.
2026-10-14
On October 14, a Coolapk editor posted that they had received an email from the HarmonyOS app store requiring missing features such as live streaming, Shenquan coupons, and Weibo and Douyin login to be added, and the splash screen crash to be fixed, with rectification to be completed within 30 days or chart recommendations would be affected; during a phone conversation the other side asked back, "When do you plan to shut down these Android features that HarmonyOS doesn't have?"
2026-10-13
On October 13, Autohome confirmed with Maextro customer service that, in addition to the V800, the S800 Dazang Daguan edition can also receive a free upgrade of the brake pedal bracket. Owners need to proactively contact customer service or register at a user center; the plan is expected to be finalized by the end of October and rolled out starting in November. Previously, Maextro had responded that its braking system is developed and verified to standards higher than the national standard, to which netizens sarcastically replied, "If it's already above the testing standard, why replace it at all?"
2026-10-13
On October 13, a Douyin blogger posted a video filmed inside a Huawei AITO, with the screen behind the steering wheel covered in horizontal stripes and apparently glitching, captioned "Will I get roasted?", while bullet comments joked, "Post random videos and they'll track down your workplace in no time."
2026-10-12
A netizen sent content related to the social security inspection to ByteDance's Doubao AI for analysis, and received an AI reply calling it a typical pig-butchering scam.
2026-10-12
On October 12, a netizen posted a video showing extensive rust, peeling coating, and irregular holes along the underside of a Huawei AITO M7 produced in December 2022, along with flaky debris on the ground; the comments section featured jokes such as "just replace the chassis."
2026-10-12
On October 12, a netizen posted a video saying that when using a domestic AI tool to remove passers-by from the background of a photo, the software indicated that the image contained sensitive information because the background included the Five-Starred Red Flag and could not be processed, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-12
On October 12, a netizen in Guangdong who described themselves as a flexible-employment worker posted a video asking the AI assistant Doubao in English whether they would face compulsory enforcement for being unable to pay social insurance. The AI replied that they might be found through big data and persuaded, but would not be subject to compulsory enforcement, sparking heated discussion in the comments.
2026-06-01
The Centre Léon Bérard cancer center in Lyon, France, published a review in a journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, documenting that after endoscopists at four hospitals in Poland used AI for several months, their own adenoma detection rate fell from 28.4% to 22.4%.
2026-09-03
A team led by Ruan at MIT ran 7 large models as traders across 64 market scenarios, finding that the stronger the models were, the more similar their decisions became; after injecting false news, prices deviated from true value by 5 to 7 times their usual magnitude.
2026-03-26
Humanities and Social Sciences Communication released a meta-analysis covering multiple controlled experiments involving 4,193 students, showing that students using ChatGPT saw a moderate improvement in grades and a rise in critical thinking scores.
2026-01
An experiment by Australian researchers in which 52 programmers learned to code from a library showed that the group using AI scored an average of 50 points, while the do-it-yourself group scored an average of 67 points.
2026-10-11
People's Daily and four major joint organizations have formally entered the fray, sharply criticizing the breakage of a Chinese car's brake pedal during driving, saying it should never occur, drawing public attention.
2026-10-11
The People's Daily app published an article on October 11 about the fracture of the brake pedal bracket in the Maextro vehicle, pointing out that a car's brake pedal should never break while driving.
2026-10-11
Recently, multiple Xiaomi EV owners have reported suspected malfunctions in the vehicle's intelligent brake booster, which could cause the brake pedal to become impossible to press down; the issue appears not to be an isolated case. The manufacturer is currently handling it with free replacements, without a recall.
2026-10-11
On October 11, according to a report by The Beijing News, Mr. He, a prospective MAEXTRO V800 buyer in Chengdu, decided not to take delivery of the car after seeing a test video showing a broken brake pedal bracket. He had already paid a 50,000-yuan deposit, and the vehicle's on-road price exceeds 1.2 million yuan.
2026-10-11
On October 11, Malaysia's Road Transport Department suspended approvals and new vehicle registrations for this model and will audit vehicle production, assembly, and rear axle suppliers. In 2024, 600 units of this vehicle were recalled over rear axle problems.
2026-10-11
On the evening of October 11, Chery said the local welding strength of the rear axle trailing arms in that batch may be insufficient, with a risk of weld seam tearing, and has launched a recall of 8,878 OMODA 5 units in Malaysia, while also checking vehicles of the same batch in China and related markets.
2026-10-10
Recently, a netizen-made parody video titled “The Wise One” has gone viral, using the melody of “Lonely Warrior” to satirize Huawei’s broken-axle controversy, account bans and gagging, the deployment of legal staff, and celebrity marketing tactics.
2026-10-09
President Trump convened a New Golden Age Summit at the White House, awarding the National Medal of Science to six tech leaders including Musk, Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su.
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2026-10-09
During emergency braking tests, the brake pedal of Huawei's Stelato V800, priced at over one million yuan, snapped multiple times in a row, drawing widespread attention online and raising questions about product quality.
2026-10-09
Dongchedi released a video testing three new Zunjie V800 vehicles developed through Huawei-JAC cooperation; after repeated hard braking the brake pedal bracket snapped, and the video was subsequently taken down.
2026-10-09
On October 9, an uploader on Bilibili posted a lyric-adapted work titled “Breakpoint,” satirizing the breakage of the brake pedal bracket on the Huawei Stelato during a Dongchedi test. Netizens, imitating Yu Chengdong’s tone, quipped “the best lyric adaptation under 10 million.”
2026-10-09
On October 9, a video of a cracked manhole cover circulated on Douyin. The cover was badly damaged, with the cross-section showing a dark outer layer and a light-colored, rough, fibrous inner layer exposed. The poster questioned whether it was caused by low-price procurement or seller fraud, and netizens sarcastically remarked that it passed inspection yet the quality is so poor.
2026-10-09
On October 9, the voice of the China Association for Science and Technology published a commentary stating that the Nobel Prize does not include categories such as engineering technology or applied research and development, and therefore cannot be used to fully measure a country's scientific and technological strength, sparking sarcasm from netizens.
2026-10-08
Affected by a video showing a broken brake pedal bracket on the Huawei Stelato V800 during a test, JAC Motors shares hit the daily limit down at midday the same day, closing at 24.72 yuan, a drop of 10%.
2026-10-08
Affected by the brake pedal breakage incident involving the Maextro V800, JAC Motors' closing price fell to 24.72 yuan on October 8, with more than 6 billion yuan wiped off its market cap in a single day.
2026-10-08
On October 8, Dongchedi released a test video claiming that during a continuous emergency braking test from 100km/h to 0, the brake pedal brackets of three Zunjie V800 units priced between 766,000 and 1,016,000 yuan broke in succession, with none lasting more than 4 hard stops, contrasting with the official website's promotion of "multiple redundancy, steady as Mount Tai." There is online dispute over the force readings in the test, and the cause of the breakage remains to be verified.
2026-10-08
On October 8, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an proposed relocating Songshan Airport and using the roughly 300 hectares of freed-up land to develop a Taipei artificial intelligence park, raising concerns among residents of the outlying islands that transportation convenience would be affected, while some within the Kuomintang have also openly opposed the plan.
2026-10-08
On October 8, a prospective car owner posted screenshots of a chat with a salesperson on Xiaohongshu, saying that after watching the brake pedal bracket fracture test, they no longer wanted the deposit or the car; the salesperson said that if the test was a deliberate smear, it could not serve as grounds for returning the car, and the final cancellation result remains unclear.
2026-10-08
After the incident of a Huawei Zunjie brake pedal snapping spread, many netizens imitated Dongchedi's pedal test, violently stomping on the brake pedals of their own elderly tricycles; the pedals remained intact, and a large number of netizens used this to mock the quality of Zunjie vehicles.
2026-10-08
On October 8, Shaanxi TV News cited a Xinhua News Agency report that Chinese scientists have successfully developed a nuclear optical clock, while commenters in the comment section complained about overtime work and low wages, saying they no longer buy into the grand narrative of technological achievements.
2026-10-08
On October 8, before Dongchedi took down the video showing the fracture of the MAEXTRO V800's brake carbon plate, some netizens found that on the Douyin platform, Huawei's Pura X View wide straight-screen phone was unable to play the video, while phones from other brands played it normally.
2026-10-08
After a Dongchedi test video showed the MAEXTRO V800 suffering consecutive brake failures, some owners who had already taken delivery or were still awaiting delivery posted transfer notices on social media.
2026-10-06
According to a report by The New York Times, a study by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace shows that in 2025 the ratio of Chinese or ethnic Chinese researchers engaged in AI research in the US to comparable personnel going to China was about 30 to 1, that Chinese researchers in the US increased by about 4 percentage points compared with 3 years ago, and that China's relaxation of visas and research funding to attract talent has had limited effect.
2026-10-06
Research shows that among the top 30 paper-publishing institutions at NeurIPS 2025, Chinese institutions rose from 6 in 2022 to 12, with Tsinghua University and Peking University ranking near the top; Chinese researchers account for 41% of paper authors, higher than the United States' 34%.
2026-10-06
On October 6, a netizen posted a video on Douyin showing a wiring harness inside a car and saying they were a bit scared to have bought something they had helped make. Many people in the comments described quality problems such as cutting corners during production, snapping clips, and outsourced wiring. The video was subsequently taken down.
2026-10-06
After the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced, some local media outlets and official accounts in China ran reports with headlines such as "Linyi-born scientist Xue Qikun regretfully missed out," and netizens in the comments sections mocked: "regretfully missed out means I signed up too."
2026-10-06
On October 6, in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, the rear axle along with both rear wheels detached entirely from the body of a 2023 Chery OMODA 5 while driving; fortunately, no one was injured.
2026-10-04
U.S. President Trump appointed Director of National Intelligence Clayton to lead a newly established superintelligence task force, aimed at ensuring America's leading position in the field of artificial intelligence and assessing related risks.
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2026-10-02
According to a report by The Washington Post on October 2, China's Ministry of Education recently stated that it expects all schools to offer AI education before 2030, establishing an AI literacy system covering all educational stages and society as a whole.
2026-10-02
After the incident sparked heated discussion, some netizens used Douyin's AI analysis feature to analyze the match footage. The AI's result was that the mouth accidentally touched the opponent's arm and left bite marks, which does not match the biting behavior shown in the footage.
2026-10-02
According to an October 2 report by The New York Times, a farmer in Anhui applied pesticide based on an AI-generated plan, resulting in damage to 25 acres of sesame seedlings and losses of about 150,000 yuan.
2026-10
When Dongchedi conducted braking distance tests on the Stelato V800, a collaboration between Huawei and JAC Motors, the brake pedal brackets of all three vehicles tested in succession broke, drawing widespread public attention and causing JAC Motors' stock price to hit the limit down.
2026-10
China's million-yuan luxury car, the Aito V800, drew public attention after its braking system broke repeatedly during testing, prompting discussion of the quality issue between the automaker and netizens.
2026-10
A 2023 OMODA 5 suffered a severe accident while driving in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, when the rear axle trailing arm suddenly tore apart and the rear axle, together with both rear wheels, detached from the body.
2026-10
A netizen posted a video sharing a car mini-game that satirizes Huawei's AITO (Wenjie), featuring satirical plots such as the intelligent driving system being forcibly exited and the user being held fully liable for collisions and explosions. The video was taken down shortly after it was posted.
2026-09-30
US President Trump met with tech executives including Elon Musk and Jensen Huang at the White House, signed an executive order establishing the America.gov superintelligence platform, and made clear that the United States will not cooperate with China in the field of superintelligence.
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2026-09-30
Researchers released a preprint paper testing major language models for gender bias, finding huge differences among models: when asked whether it is acceptable to abuse women to prevent a nuclear apocalypse, DeepSeek strongly agreed, while Claude, GPT, and Llama all strongly disagreed.
2026-09-30
On September 30, Valerio Capraro, a researcher at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy, released test results: when presented with the scenario of "whether one person can be abused or tortured to prevent a nuclear apocalypse," DeepSeek V4-Flash answered "strongly agree" in each of 50 repeated queries, while under the same conditions both Llama 4 Scout and Microsoft Copilot chose "strongly disagree."
2026-09-20
Before the top-level meeting between China and the United States in Beijing, the two sides had already completed substantive negotiations on trade and economic terms including the agriculture working group, financial services market access, and the artificial intelligence dialogue, and released a timeline.
2026-09-29
US President Trump announced the launch of the america.gov website, aimed at using artificial intelligence to help Americans more easily find federal government information and access services.
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2026-09-29
An X account named “所谓伊人在水一方” uploaded a video of a female teacher talking about student safety, in which she reminds high school students to guard against strangers, vehicles, and the risk of losing contact.
2026-09-28
Beijing has further extended exit controls on artificial intelligence experts and core chip R&D personnel to cover their spouses, minor children, and other immediate family members.
2026-09-28
Bloomberg reported on September 28, citing people with knowledge of the matter, that China has expanded exit restrictions on top AI talent at private companies to include some family members: spouses and children of executives at AI and chip firms must obtain official approval in advance even for short trips abroad, in an effort to prevent key technologies and information from flowing to the United States. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology did not respond to a request for comment.
2026-09-27
On September 27, The New York Times published an article stating that Silicon Valley is worried that AI could become powerful enough to spiral out of control or even trigger a war, while Beijing believes that cutting off power, shutting down the internet, or making arrests is sufficient to handle it. The article cites research from Fudan University, statistics from AnYu AI, and the views of Zhao Minghao, noting that only five leading Chinese AI companies have published safety assessment results.
2026-09-26
A Foreign Ministry spokesperson responded to the US-proposed notion of “superintelligence,” saying that China values the US position and is open to exploring and seeking consensus, showing a difference in tone between the diplomatic texts of the two countries.
2026-09-25
On September 25, the White House released a list of summit outcomes covering trade, rare earths, Iran, arms control, and artificial intelligence, but did not mention Taiwan.
2026-09-25
On September 25, a BYD worker in Shandong displayed the Mid-Autumn mooncakes issued by the company in the factory cafeteria. Their hardness was comparable to stone, refusing to break even when hammered hard, leading netizens to joke that it would be great if the car crash beams had this level of hardness.
2026
Domestic retail sales data for China's auto industry fell by more than double digits year-on-year, while overseas export data rose sharply. The author questions the inconsistency in the statistical criteria used, arguing that the actual situation is not optimistic.
2026-09-24
Trump stated that superintelligence will be an important topic of discussion between him and Xi Jinping, noting that both sides share the same stance on not immediately regulating superintelligence, with the Department of Justice being the only guardrail.
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2026-09-24
U.S. Representative Barat told Voice of America that the United States must acknowledge China's strength and engage with it, especially on artificial intelligence issues, but at the same time maintain a distrustful attitude.
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7月22日
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security launched the 'National Public Employment Service Map' to provide employment services for graduates. However, just one day after its launch, netizens using software like Amap found that they could not open it, encountering errors such as 'QR code expired' or 'no permission to operate'.
7月16日
On July 16, the Qilinguan Tunnel on the Hubei section of China's G59 Expressway collapsed, with the cause suspected to be the absence of steel reinforcement. Netizens mocked the incident, saying, "The world-renowned 'infrastructure maniac' doesn't need steel to build tunnels."
2026-09-24
On September 24, The New York Times Chinese website published an article stating that Xi Jinping has invested over $184 billion through state-led funds and pledged hundreds of billions more to make artificial intelligence the leading goose of economic revolution, aiming for AI to cover 90% of society by 2030 to compete with the United States, while facing employment shocks and information control risks.
2026-07-17
Xi Jinping traveled to Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, prompting high-level security and traffic controls in the area.
2026-09-23
US President Donald Trump emphasized in his speech at the UN General Assembly that the United States leads China and other countries in the development of superintelligence (S.I.) and will continue to maintain this advantage. He stated that the US will not curb the development of superintelligence but will encourage and closely monitor it, believing it has immense potential.
2026-09-22
On September 22, Li Auto released an advertisement in collaboration with actor Xie Mian. Due to its striking similarities in creativity, composition, and camera movement with Volvo's 2013 ad starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, it triggered netizens' accusations of plagiarism.
2026-09-21
On September 21, Foreign Policy published an article pointing out that Chinese open-source models such as Qwen, owing to their low cost, local deployability, and strong support for non-Latin scripts, have significantly outperformed Meta Llama in downloads across Global South markets, creating technological dependence.
2026-09-21
According to Bloomberg, China is planning to invest approximately $295 billion over the next five years to build a national data center network. Xi Jinping emphasized that the focus should be on "hard power" and "new quality productive forces" rather than just GDP growth. Despite warnings from multiple economists that AI is unlikely to boost employment and could weaken consumption, officials continue to push forward with the investment plan, sparking public concern over an "AI Great Leap Forward".
2026-09-21
Instead of focusing on GDP, look at “hard power”: youth unemployment rate is 18.9%, AI continues its great leap forward. On September 21, The New York Times reported that while the unemployment rate for non‑student Chinese youth aged 16‑24 has risen to 18.9% and consumption and real estate remain sluggish, Beijing is still preparing to pour massive resources into artificial intelligence. Bloomberg previously said China is planning to invest about $295 billion over the next five years to build… #Xi Jinping
2026-09-21
Reuters reported on September 21, citing people familiar with the matter, that in some robot data collection centers and joint venture projects local governments may bear 80%–90% of the initial investment, and that project orders can support company valuations and help them reach the listing threshold; regulators are examining whether this represents genuine demand.
2026-09-19
On September 19, Huang Yiping, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China, stated at the Beijing Economic Forum that artificial intelligence may exacerbate the contradiction between China's overcapacity and insufficient household purchasing power. He pointed out that distribution leaning toward capital leads to weak demand, and suggested increasing the proportion of household income through market-oriented reforms, while the central government borrows to repair the balance sheets of local governments and enterprises.
2026-09-20
Public commentary points out that Chinese tech companies process data at a low cost by exploiting domestic labor, thereby enabling the distillation and application of foreign artificial intelligence models, which has sparked concerns over technological ethics and labor rights.
2026-09-20
On September 20, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent held a meeting in New York with Chinese State Council Vice Premier He Lifeng on trade and artificial intelligence issues. Bessent called it a very successful engagement and said the two sides agreed to hold another round of talks, but did not disclose further details.
2026-09-18
An Aito owner said that while driving with smart driving on the Gansu-Shaanxi Expressway in heavy rain, the wipers suddenly stopped working and the washer fluid spray failed; the system demanded manual takeover. After turning on the hazard lights, pulling over, and forcing a power-off restart, it returned to normal.
2026-09-16
On September 16, a pair of sisters who had lived in mainland China and Taiwan respectively and had not seen each other for ten years reunited at the airport. After the video was released, netizens compared the mental state and attire of the two elderly women, sparking widespread discussion and political metaphorical interpretations regarding the social environments and living conditions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
2026-09-17
The 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum was held in Beijing from September 15 to 17, attended by about 2,000 representatives from more than 100 countries and regions, with the US and Chinese militaries continuing dialogue ahead of a leaders' summit. Researchers from Japan's Ministry of Defense and military attachés at the embassy in China were not invited or did not attend, Chinese officials twice used opposition to militarism to criticize Japan, and representatives from multiple countries expressed concerns about the risks of artificial intelligence.
2026-09-17
On September 17, netizens found that when Douyin and the Doubao AI analyzed a video of “an elderly person from across the Taiwan Strait reuniting,” they not only misidentified the people involved but also forcibly drew a political interpretation based on their wrong conclusions, claiming that “Taiwan is part of China,” drawing mockery from netizens.
2026-09-14
On September 14, a BYD employee posted on Maimai questioning the company's excessive cost reduction, revealing that body parts were switched from stainless steel to carbon steel, the material inspection department was dissolved and all materials exempted from inspection, and the review process was artificially rushed. Several self‑identified internal employees echoed in the comments and disclosed more quality control loopholes.
2026-09-15
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that if Trump and Xi Jinping reach an agreement at the Trump-Xi summit on the peaceful development of AI and joint, responsible China-U.S. regulation, both should receive the Nobel Prize; Musk immediately expressed support for the proposal.
2026-09-15
At a press conference on September 15, 2026, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said that spreading threat narratives and engaging in confrontation and vicious competition will only disrupt the global governance process of artificial intelligence and serve the interests of no party.
2026-09-13
On September 13, a netizen discovered an elderly woman struggling with persistent pop-up ads on her domestic smartphone, which prevented her from operating the device or contacting her family. The netizen then stepped in to help her close the ads.
2026-09-11
On September 11, Foreign Affairs magazine published an analysis stating that the artificial intelligence and robotics revolution is reshaping the global economic and geopolitical landscape. The article warns that China is leading the AI and robotics industry through state subsidies and massive domestic demand, turning it into a tool for economic dumping, geopolitical pressure, and military advantage, which may exacerbate crises in democratic countries and further consolidate authoritarian regimes.
2026-09-14
During the Owen Summit in Los Angeles, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang took a call from President Trump on stage and put it on speakerphone. During the call, Trump publicly stated that current criticisms regarding AI safety are a hoax.
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2026-09-14
US Vice President J.D. Vance said on September 14 that he hopes to ensure wise AI regulation while maintaining America's leading position.
2026-09-14
On September 14, 2026, Trump posted a series of tweets attacking the proposals by Sanders and tech giants for AI regulation and joint China-U.S. controls, saying that the claim AI will destroy the world is a hoax like global warming, that the only one happy about the conspiracies targeting AI and data centers is China, stressing that whoever wins AI wins the future, and claiming he has enormous criminal and regulatory power over AI companies.
2026-09-14
On September 14, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the US AI giant's spreading of threat narratives, engaging in confrontation and malicious competition is not in the interest of any party. Earlier, the CEO of US AI giant Anthropic called for slowing AI development, receiving responses from many quarters; BBC analysis believes that coordination between China and the US on AI is almost impossible, but both sides intend to include AI in the summit agenda.
2026-09-14
In mid-September 2026, Anthropic CEO Amodei called on frontier companies to jointly slow the pace of AI development in order to buy time for establishing safety standards, winning support from OpenAI CEO Altman, Musk, and others.
2026-09-14
A BBC report on September 14 said analysts believe it is almost impossible for China and the United States to reach coordination on AI, but both sides intend to include AI issues on the agenda of next week's summit.
2026-09-12
On September 12, a blogger was live-streaming a test of Li Auto's latest smart driving system when the vehicle, despite a large vehicle passing quickly, accelerated out of a side road onto the main road at 37 km/h. The blogger narrowly avoided a collision by slamming on the brakes. The blogger later revealed that this dangerous situation had occurred multiple times, and the live stream was subsequently banned.
2026-09-13
On September 13, State Security Minister Chen Yixin published a signed article in a magazine, listing political security as the primary risk of artificial intelligence and demanding adherence to the Party's comprehensive leadership, warning of overseas AI leakage risks and proposing the establishment of a regulatory platform. On the same day, Anthropic released a report stating that local public security and state security in China had used Claude to monitor residents, rights defenders, and overseas dissenters.
2026-09-13
Chen Yixin, China's Minister of State Security, published a signed article on China Cyberspace on September 13, incorporating six major risks arising from artificial intelligence into the national security system, placing political security first, and naming the large models of Anthropic and OpenAI for raising the level of weaponization of cyberattacks. This is the first time China's top intelligence agency has systematically expounded on AI risks.
2026-09-13
On the eve of the U.S.-China leaders' summit, Trump repeatedly stressed that the United States must maintain its lead over China in artificial intelligence, saying that whoever wins AI wins, and posted on Truth Social that there had been a conspiracy around artificial intelligence and data centers, and that the only one happy about it is China.
2026-09-13
Anthropic co-founder Amodei published a long article arguing that China's lead in artificial intelligence poses a serious threat to the United States and the world, and backing Washington's restrictions on selling powerful AI chips to China; Chinese state media Global Times said his claims of containing China are an unrealizable delusion, and China's Foreign Ministry said it has noted the relevant remarks.
2026-09-10
On September 10, Shao Tianlan, founder and CEO of Mech-Mind, posted on his WeChat Moments, accusing Galaxy Core, a company valued at over 20 billion yuan and featured on the Spring Festival Gala, of fabricating revenue through related-party transactions to rush its IPO. He publicly questioned whether Beijing municipal leaders support such companies going public.
2026-09-12
According to Bloomberg, at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Xi Jinping proposed establishing a BRICS open-source AI community to promote large language model development, application cooperation, and talent training, and suggested setting up a BRICS open-source AI zone, but the proposal was not fully accepted.
2026-09-12
Chinese authorities blocked Meta's acquisition of AI company Manus for about $2 billion and imposed exit bans on two of Manus's founders, seen as a case of China's extraterritorial regulations being enforced in practice.
2026-09-09
Researchers from the US security company Calif studied how to use AI to build a zero-click worm for WeChat, WeWorm, which can automatically spread and control accounts.
2026-09-04
In the first 8 months of 2026, only 10 C919s were delivered. China Eastern Airlines has lowered its introduction plan for the next three years, exposing supply chain dependency issues.
2026-09-10
Apple's press conference on September 10 announced that Intelligence supports multiple languages, but noted it is unavailable in mainland China, stating its release depends on regulatory approval.
2026-09-10
On September 11, 2026, the US AI giant Anthropic released a long-form investigative report detailing how Chinese AI companies such as Moonshot AI and DeepSeek, while distilling own models from US models like Claude, allegedly sent real internal prompts and sensitive data of users from the People's Liberation Army, police, and state-owned enterprises to US AI platforms, sparking strong concern over model distillation security and data leakage.
2026-09-10
During a field exercise in Chittagong, Bangladesh, a Chinese-made T-59 modified tank suffered a barrel burst while conducting main gun firing training. The accident was recorded by cameras from multiple angles, killing two officers and soldiers and seriously injuring one officer, similar to a 2024 barrel burst accident involving the same tank type at the same location.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, Reuters reported that China and the US are preparing to hold an official bilateral high-level meeting specifically on artificial intelligence security in mid-September, to discuss AI cyberattacks and the sharing of security information.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, Fudan University distinguished professor Zhang Weiwei spoke at the Asia-Pacific Media Forum, criticizing the US court's ruling that it is legal for AI companies to infringe as a thuggish practice devoid of cultural depth, and arguing that Shenzhen should lead in setting standards.
2026-09-04
President Trump said on September 4 that the United States leads China in the field of AI, emphasizing that this is a competition between the two countries.
2026-09-04
On September 4, astronomer Jonathan McDowell revealed that the Yaogan-50 02 satellite of China fragmented in orbit, and the US Space Force has cataloged 43 related fragments, with orbital altitudes of approximately 600 to 1100 kilometers. The satellite was launched on March 15 of this year, less than six months before this news disclosure. The National Space Administration at that time annou... #China
2026-09
U.S. Treasury Secretary Bastian said the talks with China on artificial intelligence, trade and other issues were very successful, and both sides agreed to establish an AI dialogue mechanism and plan to meet again.
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2026-09
At international negotiations on lethal autonomous weapons held in Geneva, Switzerland, the US and Russian delegations, in a rare move, joined forces in the final stage of closed-door consultations, jointly deleting multiple safeguard clauses — including the requirement for human review of targets before an attack is launched — causing the international bill to be stillborn.
2026-09-01
During the G20 Innovation Ministers’ Meeting, China jointly signed the “Carolina Principles” with other signatory countries, a set of principles that proposes avoiding the creation of entirely new artificial intelligence regulations.
2026-09
Chinese authorities have drafted a law requiring AI companies to prevent their models from being used to write malicious code. The newly revised "Artificial Intelligence Safety Governance Framework" also highlights the out-of-control risks that may be caused by "recursive self-improvement".
2026-09
According to a friend of Hu Liren's at a Hangzhou tech company, most of the "Six Little Dragons" enterprises promoted by the Hangzhou government are companies of only two or three hundred people, or even a few dozen people. The largest has an annual output value of only over 200 million yuan, and most companies, including Unitree Robotics, are still losing money.
2026-08-21
On August 21, economist Fu Peng stated in an interview with Phoenix Finance that the R&D expenditure of humanoid robot company UBTECH in 2025 is only 145 million yuan, far lower than that of pig farming company Muyuan Foods, which is 1.648 billion yuan. This reflects that related industries are still in a very early stage.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, photos circulating online show that the first-stage booster of LandSpace's "Zhuque-3 Y2", which the company had previously announced had successfully completed a vertical recovery, caught fire at the recovery site and lay on its side, damaged.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, China Satcom announced the launch of a consumer-grade satellite mobile data service, but its portable terminal and the lowest annual plan are priced as high as 27,999 yuan, with only 10GB of data per month, drawing criticism for being expensive.
2026-08-19
The 2026 World Robot Conference opened in Beijing, with domestically produced robots repeatedly malfunctioning during demonstrations, drawing attention. A "Fuxi Special-Purpose Humanoid Robot" displayed by the Chinese Communist Party's China North Industries Group was accused of being used to suppress the public.
2026-08-18
On August 18, 2026, during the warm-up for the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games held at the National Speed Skating Oval, a humanoid robot lost control while taking a high-speed turn, ran off the track, struck a power distribution box, and caught fire, suffering damage.
2026-08-10
On August 10, state media promoted news claiming that China's space program originated in the Ming Dynasty, centuries earlier than the West, prompting collective mockery and reflection from netizens in the comments section.
2026-08-10
On the evening of August 10, 2026, Xinhua News Agency released an official report stating that the Zhongxing 4B satellite was launched from the Wenchang launch site in Hainan aboard a Long March 7A carrier rocket. After ignition and liftoff, the flight developed an anomaly and the launch mission ended in failure.
2026-08-09
The Long March 7A rocket exploded 85 seconds after liftoff, and the launch failed; among the crowd watching at the scene, a little girl shouted "It was moved up."
2026-08-09
On August 10, 2026, British media revealed that the camera of the Royal Navy's special forces K3 reconnaissance unmanned vessel contains components made in China and has been continuously sending heartbeat communications to IP addresses within China; the UK Ministry of Defence has urgently cut off the network connection.
2026-08-02
On August 2, 2026, an official promotional poster for the earthquake early warning feature pushed by the National Emergency Broadcast of China Media Group was detected by tech-savvy netizens as containing watermarks from OpenAI's generative tools and Google's SynthID.
2026-08
Two committee chairs of the US House of Representatives sent letters to DoorDash executives, requesting clarification on whether the platform integrates open-weight artificial intelligence models developed in China and the associated security risks.
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2026-08
Researchers from the National University of Singapore and Sun Yat-sen University point out in a paper that around the release of ChatGPT, the correlation of changes in fund holdings relying on generative AI became significantly higher, leading to a sudden deterioration in liquidity.
2026-08-01
On August 1, 2026, a video in which the EU reported serious safety risks such as excessive formaldehyde levels and banned chemicals in a number of Chinese-made export products sparked heated debate among domestic netizens over double standards for products at home and abroad; the video's comment section was subsequently cleared entirely.
2026-08
In August 2026, Chinese AI company Zhipu AI was reported to be anonymously providing free large model API tokens to developers and users worldwide on open-source model aggregation platforms such as OpenRouter.
2026-08
In August 2026, DeepSeek, regarded as a representative Chinese artificial intelligence company, announced a substantial increase in the pricing of its large model API calls.
2026-07-25
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has warned that Moonshot AI's project, Kimi K3, may be stealing U.S. AI models through "distillation" techniques and could potentially use overseas nodes to hijack access to NVIDIA servers. The U.S. government has added Kimi K3 to the Entity List for sanctions.
2026-07-23
On July 23, U.S. President Trump publicly stated that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the U.S. on September 24 for another meeting, where the two sides will focus on discussing artificial intelligence. Trump claimed that he had already discussed artificial intelligence with Xi and extended the invitation during his visit to Beijing in May.
2026-07-24
According to a Bloomberg report, US Treasury Secretary Bessent said the US government will conduct a comprehensive review of whether open-source AI models from China are stealing US intellectual property, claiming that watermarks left by US large language models have been found in some Chinese models, that further investigations will be launched in the coming days or weeks, and that sanctions and requirements for users to disclose such use are under consideration. US Trade Representative Greer also said he is investigating whether China is promoting AI development through unfair means.
2026-07-24
A Chinese electric vehicle owner drove from Zhengzhou to Paris. Shortly after the vehicle crossed the border into Kazakhstan, it was remotely locked by the manufacturer and could no longer be driven.
2026-07-23
A joint assessment by the UK AI Safety Institute and the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) indicates that the performance of China's AI model Kimi K3, particularly in stability and success rates, is significantly lower than leading frontier AI models in the US, and it also performs poorly in developing exploit code.
2026-07-23
On July 23, 2026, Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, posted on social media, publicly advising core members of top AI teams such as Yang Zhilin of Moonshot AI and Liang Wenfeng of DeepSeek to refrain from traveling to the United States and Five Eyes Alliance countries for the time being, in order to guard against suppression.
2026-07-22
On July 22, White House officials accused Chinese artificial intelligence company Moonshot AI of illegally distilling Anthropic's Fable model to develop the K3 system, and of obtaining banned Nvidia chips.
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2026-07-19
During the Shanghai World Artificial Intelligence Conference, multiple pavilions were reported to have leaks, and Xi Jinping attended the conference.
2026-07-17
Xi Jinping attended the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, proposing four points including promoting AI open innovation and strengthening security governance. He also announced that China will provide AI training slots to developing countries and build an international artificial intelligence application cooperation center. He also took the lead in establishing the "World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization."
2026-07-17
Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI officially released its new large model, KIMI K3, on July 17.
2026-07-17
On July 17, 2026, Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and delivered a keynote speech, proposing that the development of artificial intelligence should be people-centered, and advocating helping developing countries gain equal access to AI capabilities.
2026-07-16
On July 16, 2026, 29 founding member states including China, Russia, Brazil and Pakistan signed in Shanghai the agreement to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, launching a transnational mechanism for AI governance and cooperation.
2026-07-13
Xinhua News Agency announced that Xi Jinping will travel to Shanghai this Friday to attend the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, sparking outside speculation about his trip to Shanghai for political networking.
2026-07-03
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Cyberspace Administration of China releases a new draft of the Internet Information Service Management Measures, increasing the articles from the current 27 to 94, and incorporating content such as artificial intelligence, self-media, recommendation algorithms, and jurisdiction over overseas information.
2026-07
After receiving two C919 new aircraft, Southern Airlines sent a complaint letter to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, stating that the planes experienced panel flickering, sensor failures, oil leaks, burnt circuits, and jammed cabin doors after just 13 hours of flight.
2026-07
The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference was held in Shanghai, with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, and representatives from Thailand and other sides in attendance.
2026-07
At a press conference, Trump stated that he has mandated AI companies to build their own power plants because the country does not have enough electricity to support their computing needs. He believes the U.S. is in a leading position in the field of AI.
2026-07
OpenAI released a report stating that the CCP uses AI-generated content to attack specific online influencers and mislead them into making anti-American statements, while also posing as fake accounts to intervene in online public opinion.
2026-07
Republican Senator Jim Banks sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to take action to address Chinese companies' use of artificial intelligence to steal American intellectual property.
2026-07
A photo suspected to have been created with artificial intelligence, showing the background of a television address by Xi Jinping, is circulating online, and the related content has not been deleted.
2026-06-29
A BYD Han electric car that had been in use for a year and a half caught fire spontaneously under the center console in an underground garage, and the owner spoke out to warn the public of the safety hazards of electric vehicles in China.
2026-06-26
A bipartisan group of US House lawmakers has introduced the "Cloud Security Act," aiming to close loopholes in US export controls and prevent adversaries like China from acquiring advanced AI chips through cloud service providers.
2026-06-26
On June 26, 2026, Japanese media reported that Osaka Metro removed all of the more than 100 EV Motors Japan electric buses contract-manufactured by Chinese makers, which had previously been taken out of service, and transported them to a waste disposal facility; the buses had earlier been fully suspended due to problems with vehicle safety and stability.
2026-06-25
On June 25, 2026, AFP reported that France's Ministry of Economy and Finance confirmed it had stopped testing Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen AI model among its staff, after its answers on China-related topics were accused of showing a directional bias.
2026-06-24
Micron released its Q3 financial report for fiscal year 2026, with single-quarter revenue reaching $41.46 billion, a year-on-year surge of 346%, a gross margin rising to 85%, and disclosing 16 take-or-pay strategic customer agreements totaling over $22 billion.
2026-06-17
On June 17, a netizen in Shaanxi went to a hospital of traditional Chinese medicine for a consultation and found that the attending doctor opened the AI app Doubao during the consultation, using the software to ask about the diagnosis of the condition.
2026-06-16
On the afternoon of June 16, a Xiaomi vehicle disintegrated into two parts on the spot and burst into flames within seconds, sparking public doubts about the quality of domestic automobiles.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, several Double First-Class universities announced their 2026 undergraduate enrollment plans, generally expanding enrollment scales and focusing on increasing training efforts in shortage disciplines such as artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, and new energy.
2026-06-12
The US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing where bipartisan lawmakers emphasized the necessity of maintaining leadership in artificial intelligence and guarding against the technological advantages of the Chinese Communist Party.
2026-06-12
AI company OpenAI released a security report in June 2026, disclosing that cyber operators originating from China used ChatGPT to generate targeted propaganda content concerning U.S. technological competition and China-related issues, and to carry out online harassment against overseas dissidents.
2026-06-11
OpenAI reported that it banned two sets of China-linked accounts that used ChatGPT to generate posts and images, attempting to influence debates on US artificial intelligence and tariff policies.
2026-06-10
On June 10, artificial intelligence company Anthropic sent a letter to the U.S. Senate accusing Alibaba of launching a large-scale model distillation attack against its Cloud AI using nearly 25,000 fake accounts to illegally extract model capabilities.
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2026-06-04
Xinhua Net released an announcement declaring an investment of 1.122 billion RMB into AI projects, which includes significant expenditures on cloud service rentals and content moderation compliance.
2026-06
US AI company Anthropic sent a letter to the Senate accusing Alibaba of using tens of thousands of accounts between April and June to launch a large-scale model distillation attack against Claude AI in order to replicate its capabilities.
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2026-06
Kazakhstan’s AI minister Matiyev went to Washington in June to join the US-led AI alliance, and three weeks later signed in Shanghai, becoming one of the 29 founding member states of China’s “World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.”
2026-05-26
According to a Bloomberg report cited by the program, government departments require senior AI researchers and executives at companies such as Alibaba and DeepSeek to obtain prior approval before leaving the country.
2026-03-19
The US Department of Justice has indicted three individuals linked to Super Micro Computer, accusing them of assisting in smuggling at least $2.5 billion worth of US artificial intelligence technology to China.
2026-02
A working paper published by the U.S. National Bureau of Research shows that in a business decision experiment involving 1174 participants, after the use of AI the gap in answers between highly educated and less educated people narrowed from 0.55 standard deviations to 0.14 standard deviations.
2026-01-27
The claim that DeepSeek trained a top-tier model for $5.6 million, along with its technical report, has upended Nvidia's $589.1 billion market capitalization.
2026-01-21
On January 21, a Beijing netizen used a Huawei Fit 2 smartwatch to test a 'Nailong' doll, and heart rate and blood oxygen data appeared on the screen. Previously, Huawei watches had also displayed heart rates when testing oranges and bananas, leading netizens to joke that 'Nailong has come back to life.'
2026
A BCG survey of more than 1,800 corporate executives found that only 26% of respondents said AI has produced substantial financial value.
2026
An IBM survey of corporate executives shows that 56% of respondents say AI has not brought significant financial gains.
2026
In March 2026, Deloitte surveyed 650 corporate technology leaders, and the results showed that only 14% of companies have achieved organization-wide rollout of AI.
2025-11-24
On November 24, a Xiaomi SU7 driving in Nanyang, Henan Province lost control and crashed into a roadside tree. The vehicle was severely damaged; the power did not automatically cut off after the collision, and none of the four door locks could unlock normally. Netizens worried that the doors could not be opened after a power failure.
2025-10-08
The brake rotors of three Zunjie V800 units were repeatedly shattered during testing.
2025-08
On September 5, a blogger posted a video claiming that the domestically produced C919 offered the worst flight experience they had ever had. The video was filmed in late August 2025 on China Eastern Airlines flight MU9199 from Shanghai Hongqiao to Guangzhou. The blogger stated that dizziness occurred shortly after takeoff and noted that for ordinary passengers, comfort is ultimately what matters most.
2025-05
Jensen Huang and Ms. Huang were spotted together again attending a business banquet in Taipei in May 2025.
2025-03
During the Two Sessions in March 2025, Zheng Gongcheng, a deputy to the National People's Congress and president of the Chinese Social Security Association, said in an interview that whether robot employees should pay social security contributions monthly is "also being discussed now." The interview was dug up by netizens in October 2026 as the debate over social security heated up.
2025-01-20
On January 20, 2025, Chinese AI startup DeepSeek officially released the open-source inference model DeepSeek-R1, shaking the global tech community and sparking discussion of chip export controls due to its low cost and high performance.
2025
Private rocket company LandSpace and the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation once attempted to complete the final stage of rocket recovery, but neither succeeded.
2025
According to a Wall Street Journal report cited by the program, in early 2025 officials privately suggested that top AI entrepreneurs and researchers not travel to the United States in the near term.
2025-01
DeepSeek suddenly became popular in 2025, and the program claimed it was used to prove that China's artificial intelligence industry had achieved success during Li Qiang's tenure.
2025-01
In January 2025, the BYD Dynasty and Ocean apps experienced malfunctions, leaving multiple car owners unable to remotely unlock their vehicles via their phones. BYD responded that the failure was related to its cloud services.
2024-11-16
In a meeting, US President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping jointly made clear that decisions on the use of nuclear weapons should be made by humans, not artificial intelligence.
2024-07-26
A netizen submitted a report claiming that Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT system has a built-in website blocking function based on online detection, consistent with the blocking in Huawei phones' stock browser, and that every URL a user visits is uploaded to Huawei.
2024-06
After Computex Taipei concluded in June 2024, intimate videos and photos of Jensen Huang dining and interacting with Ms. Huang and other AI executives at a bar in Taipei appeared on social media platforms.
2024-04
An Aito M9 caught fire after a collision in Yuncheng, killing three people. The vehicle involved was not recalled, and related reports were taken down.
2024
A 2024 study by researchers at Fudan University found that two large models from Meta and Alibaba already possess self-replication capabilities, yet Chinese law does not require testing for catastrophic risks such as AI-manufactured biochemical weapons.
2023-11
Before the ban took effect, shares of Magic Speed, a company under Huang Le, were transferred to a shell company newly registered by a Singaporean businessman, which subsequently obtained official NVIDIA cloud partner status four days later.
2022-10
University of Chicago scholar Martinez, using satellite nighttime light data, found that annual GDP growth in authoritarian countries is overstated by an average of about 35%, and that China's figure may have been overstated by about one third over the past two decades.