Jeffrey Ding

Washington, D.C., United States

Assistant Professor at George Washington University @GWtweets | technology and int'l politics | newsletter on China's AI landscape: https://t.co/ciqWZF1jiV

Articles

ChinAI #316: Around the Horn (20th episode)

1 week ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…My book Technology and the Rise of Great Powers is now available in traditional Chinese! Much thanks to Taiwanese publisher Acropolis [衛城出版] and translator Ruisong Xu [許瑞宋] for diffusing these ideas. …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here.
ChinAI #315: Abandoned? Checking in on Three Key AI Safety Benchmarks

2 weeks ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…Department Q is good TV…As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Have we done that thing where we lead off with a Chinese idiom? Not yet? Well, you have to do it.
ChinAI #314: Can AI save China's independent cloud providers?

3 weeks ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…scotcheroos are too good…As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors).
ChinAI #313: China's Big 5 Foundation Model Companies

1 month ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…the answer is simple — either you have money, or you have people [答案很简单——要么有钱，要么有人]…As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors).
ChinAI #312: New-type AI Storage Research Report (Part 2)

1 month ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…Andor is peak TV…As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors).
ChinAI #311: On Alex Wong, an American deputy NSC advisor

1 month ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…I’m grateful for 200! (a record high for ChinAI) paying subscribers who support making ChinAI content accessible to all…As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors).
ChinAI #310: New-type AI Storage Research Report

2 months ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…we all drag our favorite newsletters from the Gmail promotions tab into the primary inbox, right? …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Context: This newsletter used to be built on white papers and research reports.
ChinAI #308: Runaway Tech Capital AI vs. Socialist Open-Source AI?

2 months ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…laughter is carbonated holiness — Anne Lamott…As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors).
ChinAI #307: Around the Horn (19th edition)

2 months ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…DOGE has shut down the Wilson Center. One of the most rewarding parts of my career has been teaching sessions on China’s AI development at the Wilson Center AI labs, which provided nonpartisan educational programs on emerging technology to mid- to senior-level Congressional and Executive Branch staff. I was fortunate to start working with the Wilson Center AI labs in 2018 back when the program was just starting up.
ChinAI #306: Yes Labels for AI-generated Content? A Test of 23 Chinese Platforms

2 months ago | chinai.substack.com | Jeffrey Ding

Greetings from a world where…blooming things are blooming…As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Context: The rise of AI-generated misinformation on Chinese platforms has prompted calls for stronger regulations.