TECHNOLOGY

ChatGPT Gold Rush: How AI Business (and Crime) Is Taking Shape in China

ChatGPT and Chinese alternatives like Baidu’s Ernie have entrepreneurs harnessing AI for profit, while lawmakers are reigning in nascent AI crime

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TECHNOLOGY

Talking Smart

AI voice assistants promise to revolutionize human-machine interaction, but their performance falls short of expectations

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TECHNOLOGY

Losing Face

Facial recognition technology surges in China, but privacy protections fail to catch up

NEWS

Viral Week Ep. 206

Shirts for civilization, CEO splashed, junk-sorting prodigies, and ‘Mulan’ trailer mistakes—it’s Viral Week

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TECHNOLOGY

Bye Bye, Baidu?

The scandal-ridden search engine’s reputation may be in terminal decline

TECHNOLOGY

Tech Thursday Episode 48

Bill Gates becomes Beijing’s “toilet techie,” Didi gets new video surveillance, aviation technology astounds, and a Baidu smart park, and robot news anchor

TECHNOLOGY

Tech Thursday Episode 35

Henan’s internet gets healthy, foreign investment in Chinese surveillance, China’s chip sector rises, and sexism in tech firms

TECHNOLOGY

The Best April Fool Fake News in China

Tech companies rush to out-spoof each other in alarming AI comedy bonanza

TECHNOLOGY

Hands off the Wheel

China’s autonomous vehicle companies are ready to start racing toward market dominance—if regulators don’t put the brakes on

TECHNOLOGY

Tech Thursday: Episode 2

Baidu CEO in trouble over AI and traffic, robot couriers, fusion power, and the elevated bus investigated