Eleanor Olcott

An executive of a sanctioned AI company complained to me that they were "sanctioned from profiting from human rights abuses". But after the local government failed to pay their bills, there was no "profit to speak of".

GMT Research @GMTResearch

We estimate that over 40% of the FY21 revenues (the time of its IPO) of Chinese AI company, SenseTime (https://t.co/h0jLn6r5PQ), were subsequently impaired. But does anyone really care? Seemingly not its auditor @PwC (yes, them again), nor the regulator... https://t.co/x81bXYzAYw

Beijing's cherry blossom season reminded me that I'd passed the year of living in this city. The flowers were in full bloom when I moved here from Hong Kong last April, adding colour to the capital's monotone streets. Time has gone by quickly, accelerated by the dizzying pace of

RT @ZhangTaisu: My social media feed has recently been awash with complaints about research funding reductions in Chinese universities (see…

RT @colemcfaul: Some evidence of industry consolidation among top PRC AI labs b/c 'DeepSeek Moment' 👀👀 https://t.co/pTIrg6keQQ has bowed o…

As someone who got their driving license in Taiwan and also is totally incapable of actually driving, this is 🎯🎯🎯

Lev Nachman @lnachman32

I can’t stop cackling https://t.co/VwOqbQP4Sd

RT @ChorzempaMartin: A must read, and an indication that getting a lead at this critical juncture seems to have cemented DeepSeek’s positio…

RT @KaiserKuo: Beijing remains such an amazing place. Last night, at a pub trivia game, I was teamed up with a guy doing archaeogenetic res…

The first skyscraper was built in 1885. LED lights have been around for over half a century. The first escalator patent came in 1859. Hardly futuristic stuff, folk.

RT @kevinsxu: Great big read from the @FT Alibaba's AI future by @EleanorOlcott and @zijing_wu Glad to contribute my thoughts All AI serv…

RT @zijing_wu: We interviewed 20+ current & former Alibaba employees, biz partners, competitors and analysts, to tell the story behind its…

What a wild read. Incredible reporting and delicious prose from @kayewiggins Get inside the shadowy world of block trading, be transported from Hong Kong to Blackpool and be prepared for a LOT of profanity.

Kaye Wiggins @kayewiggins

This is a story about the rise and fall of a man from a working-class town. It’s about power in a grey area of global finance. It’s about football, swearing, a Blackpool bar called Shenanigans - and a tangerine boat. Enjoy. w/ @BondHack @OrtencaA57227 https://t.co/try6ww6vuk

Beijing's pollution has forced its (human) runners onto indoor treadmills in the past couple of weeks. At least the robots will have a good go of it. https://t.co/3vTLxJeAy3

This was so good. There has already been a lot of reporting on pig butchering (including by me) that I didn't think much was left to learn. But @suelinwong travelled around the world, connecting dots and finding stories that make real just how massive and dangerous this industry

Sue-Lin Wong 黄淑琳 @suelinwong

My year-long investigation into the multibillion dollar world of online scams is out today — on the cover of The Economist and in my new 8-part podcast series, Scam Inc Read the article: https://t.co/XTMvWk5Dvr Listen to the podcast: https://t.co/IbjekYQHhd