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As we pointed out with DeepSeek, user data collected by its online services will be storied in China, per its privacy policy. It's a similar story with Alibaba's Qwen Chat, which may store data in either its Singapore or Chinese datacenters.

TikTok restored US services after Donald Trump pledged to delay enforcement of a ban. Yet it’s not clear whether the app’s Chinese parent is able — or willing — to secure a US backer in time to avoid a permanent shutdown.

Those who have had professional dealings with DeepSeek say he is obsessed with human-like artificial general intelligence ( AGI) and the impact it could have on the world. In his pursuit of it, DeepSeek’s founder is up-ending ideas about technological progress both in the West and China.

Alibaba Group Holding released on Wednesday an upgraded version of its Qwen artificial intelligence (AI) model, which it said "comprehensively outperformed" in certain benchmark tests DeepSeek-V3, the large language model (LLM) launched in December by China's hottest start-up.

Max's release points to the pressure DeepSeek's meteoric rise in the past three weeks has placed on overseas rivals and domestic competition.

Tech stocks lead gains in Hang Seng and Nikkei 225, fueled by Beijing stimulus, Trump’s tariff shift, and Fed rate cut hopes

The 40-year-old founder of China's DeepSeek, an AI startup that has startled markets with its capacity to compete with industry leaders like OpenAI, kept a low profile as he built

Chinese citizens are continuing to migrate to Japan in increasing numbers, hoping to build better lives for family away from the censorship and repressive rule of Xi Jinping.

Chinese microblogging platform Weibo has adjusted its algorithms to better reflect "public values", as tech firms in the country race to meet a deadline to fix so-called algorithm issues amid an ongoing regulatory crackdown.