Open Weights Are Becoming Less Open As AI Labs Add Conditions
Z.ai's GLM-5.3 release shows how open-weight AI is becoming more conditional, especially for hyperscalers and large companies.
Tag: China AI
Nvidia Wants To Power The World’s Robots As China Buys In
Nvidia is pushing physical AI into robots, cars and drones, with China emerging as a major customer for the next ...
China Moves AI Data Centres To Rural Provinces For Cheaper Power
China is shifting more AI data-centre capacity to rural provinces, but the local economic payoff remains uncertain.
Alibaba Raises $10.2B As China’s AI Race Gets More Expensive
Alibaba has priced a $10.2 billion Hong Kong share placement to fund chips, infrastructure and AI models as China's AI ...
Alibaba Profit Falls 75% As AI Spending Hits Nearly $10B
Alibaba's quarterly profit fell 75 percent as capital expenditure jumped to nearly $10 billion, even as AI cloud revenue accelerated.
DeepSeek API Price Hike Starts Today
DeepSeek has introduced new peak pricing for V4-Pro, making its low-cost Chinese AI story more complicated.
U.S. Wants Allies To Pick A Side In The AI Race With China
Washington is reportedly preparing to warn partner countries against joining China's rival AI governance framework.
DeepSeek’s Off-Peak Pricing Could Make AI Workloads Run Like Electricity
DeepSeek's peak and off-peak API pricing suggests AI workloads may increasingly be scheduled around compute demand.
Z.ai’s GLM-5.3 Shows China’s Open-Weight Coding Race Is Speeding Up
Z.ai has launched GLM-5.3, a stronger coding model with open weights expected after final safety checks.
DeepSeek V4-Pro Shows China’s AI Price War Is Not Slowing
DeepSeek V4-Pro is priced far below Kimi K3 on OpenRouter while offering the same million-token context window.