China held over 190,000 effective robot-related patents, about two-thirds of the world’s total. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

With tests of humanoid bots and new developments in military applications, the year ahead will intrigue even the skeptics.

The meteoric rise of DeepSeek—the Chinese AI startup now challenging global giants—has stunned observers and put the ...

There’s even a military level to this: any observers of the Russia-Ukraine war know that drones, autonomous and semi-autonomous robots, and AI are increasingly the lion’s share of the weaponry ...

(Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool/Getty Images) Generative AI is reshaping creativity ... a patriotic necessity to maintain military dominance against China. This narrative is emphasized ...

China's continued support for the private sector, reiterated by President Xi Jinping, is expected to fuel further growth of ...

In the vital manufacturing sector, the People's Republic is already the largest market for industrial robots ... production boost. China's progress on military AI is harder to judge.

Last week, 16 humanoid robots made by Hangzhou-based Unitree even featured in a dance performance during China's Spring Festival ... Meanwhile, Figure AI, backed by Nvidia, is set to begin ...

and Google has just quietly backtracked on its pledge not to allow the use of its AI technology for surveillance and weapons manufacturing. China offers some of the flashiest examples of law ...