Kinling Lo

2 weeks ago | restofworld.org | Kinling Lo |Munira Mutaher

Chinese and American companies have long led the costly endeavor of developing autonomous ride-hailing services. Now, robotaxi firms are taking the competition global. The Alphabet-owned Waymo, which launched fully driverless service in Phoenix in 2020, remains the largest operator in the U.S. But Chinese rivals are quickly catching up in both scale and technological capability.

3 weeks ago | restofworld.org | Kinling Lo |Joanna Chiu

Chinese companies are gaining ground in the global race to develop the next generation of artificial intelligence — not just chatbots, but autonomous agents designed to handle complex tasks with minimal human input. In recent months, Chinese tech giants and startups have launched their own agents. Startups Butterfly Effect and Zhipu claim their tools outperform OpenAI’s Deep Research in some metrics.

1 month ago | restofworld.org | Kinling Lo |Joanna Chiu

As Jessy Wu prepared to launch her Beijing-based artificial intelligence startup overseas last year, she grappled with a question familiar to many Chinese tech founders: Should her company hide its Chinese identity?

1 month ago | restofworld.org | Kinling Lo |Munira Mutaher

As viral clips of robots doing flips, kung-fu, and running a marathon rack up views online, U.S. and Chinese firms are locked in a more high-stakes race: deploying humanoid robots as workers in factories, elderly care, and domestic settings. Several companies are hoping to begin mass production as early as this year. But escalating trade tensions could derail those efforts.

2 months ago | restofworld.org | Kinling Lo |Munira Mutaher

Washington’s latest export restrictions on Nvidia’s H20 chips are likely to accelerate China’s shift toward domestic alternatives, as homegrown firms strive to close the gap with global rivals. Years of controls on U.S. chips have pushed the Chinese government to invest billions in its domestic supply chain for semiconductors that are key to the development of artificial intelligence.