OpenAI says China's DeepSeek trained its AI by distilling US models, memo shows

By Deepa Seetharaman and Fabiola Arámburo Feb 12 (Reuters) - OpenAI has warned U.S. lawmakers that Chinese artificial ...

MiniMax's new open M2.5 and M2.5 Lightning near state-of-the-art while costing 1/20th of Claude Opus 4.6

Chinese AI startup MiniMax, headquartered in Shanghai, has sent shockwaves through the AI industry today with the release of ...

I Ching Stream Launches English-Language Platform and Publishes a Standardized Notation Framework for Classical Chinese Technical Texts

I Ching Stream has launched its comprehensive English-language platform, ichingstream.com, offering international readers a structured pathway into the I Ching as it is actually practiced in China ...
MIT Technology Review

What’s next for Chinese open-source AI

Just last week the Chinese firm Moonshot AI released its latest open-weight model, Kimi K2.5, which came close to top proprietary systems such as Anthropic’s Claude Opus on some early benchmarks. The ...
Bangkok Post on MSN

Chinese duo held on scam suspicions in Pattaya

Cybercrime police have arrested two Chinese nationals following a raid on a condominium in Pattaya, where 26 mobile phones with Chinese-language messages were found, raising suspicions of links to ...
SecurityWeek

‘DKnife’ Implant Used by Chinese Threat Actor for Adversary-in-the-Middle Attacks

The DKnife gateway-monitoring and AitM framework is targeting Chinese users’ desktop, mobile, and IoT devices with backdoors.
The Edge Singapore

ByteDance, Zhipu jolt AI model race ahead of Chinese New Year

Markets have this month shown elevated sensitivity to new AI debuts that threaten established businesses, hitting everything ...
Silicon Republic

Shares jump in Chinese AI start-up Zhipu after GLM-5 launch

Shares jump in Chinese start-up Zhipu, as its latest model, seemingly representing a 'generational leap in AI capability', hits the market.
Infosecurity Magazine

Chinese-Made Malware Kit Targets Chinese-Based Routers and Edge Devices

The researchers were hunting for samples of DarkNimbus, a backdoor linked to the MOONSHINE exploit kit which have both been known about since 2023, , when they found a fully featured ...

The Philippines wants to seal South China Sea code of conduct. Can it deliver?

As 2026 Asean chair, Manila has highlighted its push to finalise within its term a code of conduct covering the contested waters ...
The Manila Times on MSN

Chinese Embassy in the Philippines celebrates Spring Festival 2026

THE Chinese Embassy in the Philippines celebrated Spring Festival 2026 ahead of Chinese New Year on Feb. 17 at Shangri-La The Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. The event, ...