Xinmei Shen

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Naura Technology Group, China’s top chip equipment maker, said it expects a sharp rise in revenue and profit for the first quarter of 2025, after reporting strong performance in 2024, highlighting the country’s progress towards semiconductor self-sufficiency.

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Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has introduced a novel approach to improving the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs), as the public awaits the release of the company’s next-generation model. In collaboration with researchers from Tsinghua University, DeepSeek developed a technique that combines methods referred to as generative reward modelling (GRM) and self-principled critique tuning, according to a paper published on Friday.

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5 hours agoMeta releases Llama 4, a new crop of flagship AI modelsMeta has released a new collection of AI models, Llama 4, in its Llama family — on a Saturday, no less. There are four new models in total: Llama 4 Scout, Llama 4 Maverick, and Llama 4 Behemoth. All were trained on “large amounts of unlabeled text, image, and video data” to give them “broad visual …11 hours agoAmazon directly targets Nvidia with bold new strategyThe AI leader's market dominance may be coming to an end.

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The global expansion of Chinese biotech companies accelerated in the first quarter, with the number of overseas deals surging 18 per cent year on year, showing strong momentum in the field of drugs research, according to a new report. Chinese drug makers landed 33 deals with overseas healthcare firms in the first three months of this year, with transactions totalling US$36.2 billion, according to a report published on Wednesday by mainland pharmaceutical and biotech consultancy DrugTimes.

3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Xinmei Shen

A Hong Kong lawmaker urged global investors to maintain confidence in the city’s Web3 industry after cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sun denounced alleged “loopholes” in local financial regulations. Hong Kong had “a legal basis and a healthy environment” to protect international investors and the city’s Web3 sector, Legislative Council member Johnny Ng Kit-chong wrote on Thursday in a blog post on X. “I have great confidence in Hong Kong’s rule of law and our law-enforcement agencies,” Ng wrote.