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Zhipu AI defied a broad Chinese AI stock rout on 13 July 2026, closing flat at HK$1,645 while rival MiniMax plunged 17%, after co-founder Tang Jie declared the company will spend two years on…
Renowned planetary scientist and former Astronomical Society of Japan president Shigeru Ida has joined Westlake University in…
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has challenged developers on X to share the most creative projects built with 5.6 Sol, offering…
China Life Insurance, backed by the State Council, is committing 5 billion yuan to a new semiconductor fund — the same week…
Chinese scientists have formally proposed beaming solar energy via laser from sunlit crater rims to rovers in the moon's…
Memory and SSD prices in Shenzhen's Huaqiangbei have tripled — and in some cases risen fivefold — in 12 months as AI…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X claiming multiple benchmarks rank his new 5.6 sol model as the world's best, and quipped that…
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman publicly questioned on 11 July 2026 whether 30 per cent of operational costs were tied to a…
OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman on 11 July 2026 publicly accused an unnamed party of selling public-market investors on…
