Technology
Alibaba noted it had already filed confidentially on Sept. 11 to list T-Head on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Alibaba reduced its head count by a third in 2025, while Baidu’s workforce declined nearly 7%. “There’s constant churn,” a Chinese tech worker said.
A growing number of startups are editing powerful Chinese open-weight models for Western businesses that are concerned about censorship and security.
Technology
A US judge has blocked a Pentagon rule against contractors that share lobbyists with Alibaba, while its challenge to its China military listing goes on.
World News
An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking how much to trust free Chinese AI.
Building & Construction
Cohere’s Nick Frosst says Qwen models ‘may attempt to contact servers in China without prompting’, in a rare test result.
World News
AI model platforms ModelScope and MoArk are competing to serve Chinese-speaking developers behind the Great Firewall.