2023-03-16
The just over an hour-long presentation, which came two days after Alphabet Inc's Google unveiled a flurry of AI tools for its email, collaboration and cloud software, gave the world a glimpse of what could be China's strongest rival to U.S. research lab OpenAI's ChatGPT. 2/
Bloomberg
Baidu announces its Ernie Bot in a pre-recorded video, with founder Robin Li talking over a scripted video of interactions with the AI; BIDU drops 5%+
Baidu Inc. debuted China's answer to ChatGPT via a recorded video, disappointing investors hoping for a real-time demo …
JUST IN: Baidu unveiled its much-anticipated artificial intelligence-powered chatbot known as Ernie Bot. And: The company's shares tumbled 10% as he demonstrated the bot answering questions. https://www.reuters.com/...
Bloomberg
Baidu announces its Ernie Bot in a pre-recorded video, with founder Robin Li talking over a scripted video of interactions with the AI; BIDU drops 5%+
Baidu Inc. debuted China's answer to ChatGPT via a recorded video, disappointing investors hoping for a real-time demo …
2023-02-27
Full story: Tencent's product, to be called “HunyuanAide”, will incorporate the company's AI training model named “Hunyuan”, said the sources. Hunyuan AI model in Nov achieved a record-high score on the Chinese Language Understanding Evaluation test. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Sources: Tencent established a team to work on “HunyuanAide”, a ChatGPT-style chatbot using Tencent's Hunyuan training model, following Alibaba and Baidu
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2023-02-07
JUST IN: Baidu's ChatGPT-style bot is called the “Ernie bot”. Internal test will commence in March before a public launch. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
Baidu's stock jumps 15%+ after the company announced plans to add its ChatGPT-like service “Wenxin Yiyan”, or “Ernie Bot” in English, to search in March 2023
Baidu Inc. surged more than 15% after affirming it's on track to publicly roll out its ChatGPT-like service in March …
2023-02-06
In the episode, the character Marge Simpson is shown images of China's Great Wall during an exercise class as her instructor says: “Behold the wonders of China. Bitcoin mines, forced labour camps where children make smartphones.” 2/
Financial Times
Disney cuts an October 2022 episode of The Simpsons that referred to “forced labor camps” in China from Disney+ in Hong Kong, after a similar removal in 2021
Missing programme on streaming platform mentions ‘camps where children make smartphones’
In 2021, Disney removed an episode of “The Simpsons” that made a reference to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown when it first launched its Disney Plus service in Hong Kong. 3/
Financial Times
Disney cuts an October 2022 episode of The Simpsons that referred to “forced labor camps” in China from Disney+ in Hong Kong, after a similar removal in 2021
Missing programme on streaming platform mentions ‘camps where children make smartphones’
2023-01-13
Chinese authorities are set to allow Didi Global's ride-hailing and other apps back on domestic app stores as soon as next week, five sources told Reuters, in yet another signal that their two-year regulatory crackdown on the technology sector is ending. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Sources: Chinese authorities plan to let Didi's ride-hailing and other apps back into app stores as soon as next week, another sign of loosening their crackdown
Chinese authorities are set to allow Didi Global's ride-hailing and other apps back on domestic app stores as soon as next week …
2022-12-28
The story is online. The approval of imported games effectively marks the end of Beijing's crackdown which began last August when regulators suspended the game approval process. The approval of foreign games was seen as the last curb to be removed. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
China's online game regulator approves 45 foreign video games, including Nintendo's Pokémon Unite, effectively marking the end of Beijing's crackdown
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BREAKING: After 1.5 years, China has finally approved a new batch of imported video games including Nintendo's Pokémon Unite (co-created with Tencent) and CD Projekt RED's Gwent: The Witcher Card Game for releases in China. https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
China's online game regulator approves 45 foreign video games, including Nintendo's Pokémon Unite, effectively marking the end of Beijing's crackdown
Josh Ye / Reuters :
2022-12-13
Beijing plans to roll out what will be one of its biggest fiscal incentive packages over five years, mainly as subsidies and tax credits to bolster semiconductor production and research activities at home, said the sources.
Reuters
China files a trade dispute at the WTO against the US over its chip export controls, arguing the curbs threaten the stability of global industrial supply chains
China has launched a trade dispute at the World Trade Organization against the United States over its chip export control measures, China's commerce ministry said.
China is working on a more than 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) support package for its semiconductor industry, three sources said, in a major step towards self sufficiency in chips and to counter U.S. moves aimed at slowing its technological advances. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
China files a trade dispute at the WTO against the US over its chip export controls, arguing the curbs threaten the stability of global industrial supply chains
China has launched a trade dispute at the World Trade Organization against the United States over its chip export control measures, China's commerce ministry said.
China is working on a more than 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) support package for its semiconductor industry, three sources said, in a major step towards self sufficiency in chips and to counter U.S. moves aimed at slowing its technological advances. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Sources: China is working on a $143B+ five-year support package for its chip industry, mainly including subsidies and tax credits, starting as soon as Q1 2023
China is working on a more than 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) support package for its semiconductor industry, three sources said …
Beijing plans to roll out what will be one of its biggest fiscal incentive packages over five years, mainly as subsidies and tax credits to bolster semiconductor production and research activities at home, said the sources.
Reuters
Sources: China is working on a $143B+ five-year support package for its chip industry, mainly including subsidies and tax credits, starting as soon as Q1 2023
China is working on a more than 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) support package for its semiconductor industry, three sources said …
2022-11-17
New sales would be suspended in the coming days and Chinese players would soon receive further details, but it added that upcoming releases for ‘World of Warcraft: Dragonflight’, ‘Hearthstone: March of the Lich King’, and season 2 of ‘Overwatch 2’ will proceed later this year.2/
Bloomberg
NetEase and Blizzard plan to end their 14-year partnership after January 2023, leaving Chinese players' access to games like Warcraft and Overwatch in question
NetEase Inc. and Blizzard Entertainment Inc. plan to end their 14-year partnership after January, depriving the Chinese firm …
2022-11-01
The China Academy of Information and Communications published a report on Tuesday saying that China's motivation for the action plan should be seen in the context of the U.S. and South Korea governments having identified virtual reality as an important industry.
Reuters
China releases its first VR plan, aiming for its domestic industry to ship over 25M devices by 2026; IDC says China shipped just over 500K VR devices in H1 2022
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China released its first action plan dedicated to virtual reality on Tuesday, with an aim its industry ship more than 25 million devices with a value exceeding 350 billion yuan ($48.20 billion) by 2026. https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
China releases its first VR plan, aiming for its domestic industry to ship over 25M devices by 2026; IDC says China shipped just over 500K VR devices in H1 2022
Josh Ye / Reuters :
2022-10-27
TikTok is making a big push into gaming, adding a dedicated tab within the short-form video platform, its first venture into a different entertainment format. FT cites my story with @nghaphuonggg in May when we broke that it was making a push in gaming. https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Sources: TikTok plans to add a dedicated gaming tab to its app as soon as November 2, featuring ad-supported mobile games and in-game purchases
Dedicated tab on platform's homepage is company's first venture beyond videos — TikTok is making a big push into gaming …
2022-10-25
My latest in-depth look into the rivalry between Sony and Microsoft in China. Sony took Genshin Impact while Microsoft nabbed Naraka: Bladepoint. Microsoft passed up on a deal with Genshin before and is now offering Chinese studios with exclusive deals. 1/ https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Sources: Microsoft stocks up on Chinese games to emulate Sony's success with Genshin Impact; filings show Microsoft paid $4.8M for Snail Games' ARK and ARK 2
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is stocking up on Chinese video game content to emulate Sony Group Corp's (6758.T) success with “Genshin Impact” …
2022-10-02
My latest: Tencent has practically stopped buying gaming assets in China given regulatory scrutiny. Instead, it's been focusing on assets overseas. And unlike before, it's gunning for controlling stakes rather than just minority stakes. W/ @julie_zhuli https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters
Sources: Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy, seeking to own majority, or even controlling, stakes in overseas targets, mainly in European gaming companies
Tencent is resetting its M&A strategy to put more focus on buying majority stakes mainly in overseas gaming companies …
2022-09-12
Updating this story with a BIG layoff at Garena involving Free Fire: Two of the sources said as many as 15% of employees at the Shanghai office were let go this week, with the third source confirming the number was in the “low several hundreds.” 1/ https://www.reuters.com/...
Reuters