BEIJING — The scale of China’s core artificial intelligence (AI) industry is expected to exceed 1.2 trillion yuan (about $170 billion) in 2025, according to a research institute under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) noted at an industry forum held recently in Beijing that AI technology has reached a pivotal turning point, accelerating its shift from technical innovation to generating real-world productive forces. The institute highlighted significant upgrades in large AI models this year, with their language and multi-modal…
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As humanoid robots go from laboratories to factory floors, hospitals, shopping malls and homes, a key question emerges: what if they are damaged or damage others? In November, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Business Incubator purchased insurance for two 60-kilogram humanoid robots, at a premium of about 5,000 yuan ($707) per robot. If damage occurs within one year, the business incubator will receive a maximum compensation of 500,000 yuan. This was the first insurance policy for embodied intelligent robots in Hubei province. The robots will be open for use…
United States President Donald Trump’s decision to conditionally approve exports of Nvidia’s advanced H200 artificial-intelligence semiconductors to China has drawn wide attention. But while the move reflects the eased bilateral trade tensions, two realities remain unchanged: China is an indispensable market for global AI-chipmakers, and Washington’s high-tech export controls on China remain firmly in place. China is one of the world’s largest and most competitive AI markets. For Nvidia — whose revenues were unavoidably hit this year after sales of its H20 chips to China were restricted by the US…
The recent launch of a multirole satellite jointly developed by Chinese and Arab engineers has marked a “new milestone for the cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and China,” according to the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites. The Arab Satellite 813 was lifted into its preset orbital position on Wednesday by a Kinetica 1 carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s Gobi Desert. It carries a hyperspectral imager, a panchromatic imager, and an atmospheric polarimeter to obtain data for precise monitoring of vegetation, water bodies, and…