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Chongqing Offers Millions to Drive Industrial AI: Grants for Data, Vertical Models and ‘Intelligent Agents’
Chongqing has launched a targeted subsidy programme to accelerate AI adoption in manufacturing, offering up to RMB5 million per project with specific rewards for industrial datasets, trusted data spaces and vertical AI models. The measures align municipal incentives with Beijing's national push for industrial AI, prioritising domain-specific data and applications while raising governance and coordination questions.
Apple’s AI Brain Drain Deepens as Researchers Jump to Meta and DeepMind
Apple has lost at least four AI researchers — Yinfei Yang, Haoxuan You, Bailin Wang and Zirui Wang — who have joined Meta and Google DeepMind, following a recent departure of a senior Siri executive. The departures highlight a fierce talent competition in AI and raise concerns about Apple’s ability to rapidly scale advanced large‑model capabilities while maintaining its product and privacy constraints.
Build the ‘Brain’ for Robots and You’ll Rule AI, Says Yushu’s Founder — A Bold Bet on Robot-Centric Large Models
Yushu Technology’s founder Wang Xingxing argued that the company or group that builds a large-scale AI model tailored to robots will become the leading global AI and robotics firm. The remark underscores a wider industry shift toward embodied, multimodal foundation models that fuse perception and action, but success requires massive embodied data, hardware–software integration and viable commercial deployments.
Kunshan Launches RMB5bn AI Industry Fund to Fast‑Track Industrial Upgrade
Kunshan has launched a RMB5 billion AI industry fund with an initial RMB2 billion tranche to finance AI hardware, compute infrastructure, large models and AI+manufacturing projects. Backed by Chuangkong Group and prominent venture players, the fund aims to accelerate local industrial upgrading and strengthen domestic AI capabilities amid global technology tensions.
Ma Huateng’s Billion-RMB Bet: Can Tencent Buy Time — and Relevance — in the AI Era?
Tencent’s recent billion‑yuan promotional blitz to kickstart an AI assistant exposes a strategic dilemma: the company admits its AI stack needs rebuilding even as it uses cash incentives to buy users. ByteDance’s speed and efficiency, and Alibaba’s open‑source enterprise strategy, frame a three‑way race whose outcomes will determine the next decade of Chinese tech leadership.
China’s Humanoid-Robot Boom Enters a Darwinian Phase as ‘Brains’ Hold Back Mass Adoption
China’s humanoid-robot sector is undergoing rapid consolidation as a few companies capture orders and funding while many others struggle to commercialise. Analysts identify the AI "brain" — specialised large models and embodied datasets — as the critical bottleneck that will determine whether robots reach mass-market utility or remain niche industrial tools.