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Germany Pledges Big Boost in AI Compute, Betting on Data Centres to Power Industrial AI
Germany’s new data-centre expansion strategy aims to double general compute and quadruple AI-specific compute by 2030 versus 2025 levels. The plan is designed to secure industrial competitiveness and digital sovereignty, but its success depends on chip supply, energy capacity and coordinated public‑private investment.
China’s AI Push Moves from Pilots to Product: Alibaba’s ‘Wukong’ and Didi’s Ride Assistant Turn Practical Use Cases into Revenue Paths
Alibaba has launched Wukong, an enterprise-grade AI agent platform integrated with DingTalk, aiming to scale AI across businesses by leveraging DingTalk’s user base. Didi rolled out Xiaodi v1.0, an AI ride assistant that maps natural requests to executable service tags to improve matching precision, while other Chinese firms report early AI monetisation and specialized XR-AI partnerships.
Nvidia Goes to Orbit as Beijing Announces Pro-growth Fiscal and Data Push — What It Means for AI, Chips and Markets
Nvidia unveiled the Vera Rubin orbital module to run LLMs in space, promising dramatic on‑orbit inference gains, while China’s finance ministry pledged more proactive fiscal policy in 2026 and Beijing moved to commercialize public data for AI training. Together these developments accelerate demand for compute, datasets and resilient hardware, reshaping supply chains and competitive dynamics in the global AI industry.
Alibaba’s ‘Wukong’ Aims to Turn DingTalk into a Corporate AI Engine — Safe, Embedded and Built for B2B
Alibaba has launched Wukong, an enterprise‑native AI platform embedded into DingTalk, designed to automate workflows while enforcing strict data access and audit controls. The initiative, placed under a new Alibaba Token Hub led by CEO Wu Yongming, signals a strategic pivot toward B2B AI where safety, permissions and skills integration become the primary commercial levers.
Google Visits China to Vet Liquid‑Cooling Suppliers as AI Server Demand Surges
Google sent a procurement team to mainland China to evaluate liquid‑cooling systems for data‑centre servers, according to Chinese media. The move underscores the growing importance of liquid cooling for AI infrastructure and highlights the tension between operational needs and geopolitical pressures on supply chains.
China’s Yushu CEO Says the ‘ChatGPT Moment’ for Embodied Robots Is Near — But Not Here Yet
At the Yabuli forum Yushu Technology CEO Wang Xingxing defined a practical threshold for an embodied-AI “ChatGPT moment” and said it may take two to three years to achieve. He emphasized that improved motion capabilities are the essential prerequisite for robots to perform real-world tasks and that progress will come through parallel advances in hardware and software.
Alibaba’s Wukong: Turning AI Agents from Gadgets into Corporate Infrastructure
Alibaba has launched Wukong, an enterprise‑grade AI agent platform embedded in DingTalk and anchored by a new Alibaba Token Hub (ATH). Wukong converts product features into CLI‑callable capabilities, pairs them with enterprise security, an AI skills marketplace and dedicated compute hardware, and is pitched as a way to scale AI automation across firms while maintaining governance and cost control.
Chinese Robotics Founder Predicts Robots Will Soon Outrun Humans — and Urges Patience for Bigger Breakthroughs
Yushu Technology founder Wang Xingxing predicted that legged robots could run faster than elite human sprinters within a year, while cautioning that a full ‘‘ChatGPT’’ moment for embodied intelligence may take two to three years. The claim highlights rapid technical gains in locomotion but underscores the remaining challenges of robustness, autonomy and data for real‑world deployment.
Japan’s Lithography Crown Slips: Why a Once‑Untouchable Industry Is Losing Ground
Japanese lithography firms that once led the world are losing ground as the industry pivots to EUV technology, dominated by a Dutch incumbent. Technological lag, market consolidation and geopolitical export controls have combined to weaken Japan’s position, with implications for global chip supply chains and national industrial policy.
The Token Wars Begin: Nvidia’s Vera Rubin vs China’s Low‑Cost Inference Push
At GTC 2026 Nvidia declared the AI era has shifted from training models to continuously generating tokens and presented Vera Rubin, a full‑stack platform it says can cut token costs dramatically. At the same time, Chinese large‑model providers are already undercutting foreign counterparts on token prices and capturing high API volumes, creating a global contest over who will set token pricing and infrastructure standards.
SK Hynix Signals Long Memory Shortage and Eyes US ADR to Shore Up Supply and Funding
SK Group chairman Chey Tae‑won warned that the global memory chip shortage could last until 2030 and said SK Hynix will strive to stabilise prices. He also revealed the company is considering an ADR issuance in the United States to broaden funding options as it navigates a tight, capital‑intensive market.
China’s Tsinghua-Backed Humanoid Achieves Fully Autonomous Tennis Rally — and Elon Musk Took Notice
A Beijing and Tsinghua University team unveiled a humanoid tennis robot that learns via deep reinforcement learning rather than preprogrammed routines, reportedly sustaining 20-plus rallies and achieving a 90.9% forehand success rate. The video drew global attention after Elon Musk reshared it and Andrej Karpathy expressed surprise, underscoring the growing prominence of embodied AI demonstrations and their technical and regulatory implications.