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This is China AI Briefing (formerly China AI Daily), your shortcut to understanding China’s booming AI and tech scene and its global ripple effect. Each week, we bring you digestible updates on what matters most, so you stay in the loop without feeling overwhelmed. For daily briefings and bonus deep dives, visit chinaaibriefing.substack.com

  1. 28 JUL

    🔥 China’s AI Summer Heats Up: WAIC, AI Agents, and Model Milestones

    From record-breaking crowds at WAIC 2025 to Alibaba’s latest model drops and a new wave of AI agents, this week captures a high-stakes moment in China's AI race. Whether you're tracking breakthroughs or market moves, here’s the pulse of what's happening now. 👉 For links, images, and the full newsletter, head to https://chinaaibriefing.substack.com/p/chinas-ai-summer-heats-up-waic-ai ⚠️ Disclaimer: We use AI tools to assist in research, drafting, and narration, and adhere to ethical content guidelines and compliance standards.

    3 min

  2. 20 JUL

    🚀 From Chips to Trips: China’s AI Surge Ahead of Its Biggest AI Event.

    Everything you missed in China’s AI world this week: chips, IPOs, and WAIC 2025 on the horizon. 👉 For links, images, and the full newsletter, head to https://open.substack.com/pub/chinaaibriefing/p/from-chips-to-trips ⚠️ Disclaimer: We use AI tools to assist in research, drafting, and narration, and adhere to ethical content guidelines and compliance standards.

    4 min

  3. 13 JUL

    ✂️Manus’s Restructure. ByteDance’s AI Doctor. Robo-Dogs on the Streets.

    From layoffs to robo-dogs: The biggest China AI stories you might’ve missed this week. 👉 For links, images, and the full write-up, head to https://chinaaibriefing.substack.com/p/weekly-briefing-july-13th-2025 ⚠️ Disclaimer: We use AI tools to assist in research, drafting, and narration, and adhere to ethical content guidelines and compliance standards.

    6 min
  4. 🚙 DeepRoute’s Physical-World Agents. Baidu’s All-in-One AI Camera. Huawei’s Smartest Watch Yet.

    11 JUN

    🚙 DeepRoute’s Physical-World Agents. Baidu’s All-in-One AI Camera. Huawei’s Smartest Watch Yet.

    🎙️ In today’s episode: DeepRoute’s RoadAGI Breakthrough: At the 2025 Force conference, DeepRoute.AI partnered with Volcano Engine to build physical-world agents using the Doubao large model. Baidu’s All-in-One AI Camera: Baidu Netdisk (think of Google Drive) just got a major AI upgrade. The new AI Camera lets users edit, scan, translate, and solve problems, all in one app.Huawei WATCH 5 Unveiled: Huawei launched its first HarmonyOS AI smartwatch. The WATCH 5 features fingertip SpO₂ tracking, blood pressure risk detection, gesture control, and an onboard NPU. 🔗 Links & Resources: Huawei WATCH 5: https://consumer.huawei.comDeepRoute.AI: https://www.deeproute.aiBaidu Netdisk: https://pan.baidu.com ⚠️ Disclaimer: This episode was scripted and narrated using AI tools. All software is licensed for commercial use, and content complies with platform guidelines. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinaaibriefing.substack.com

    2 min
  5. 🧲 Red Note’s dots.llm1. ModelBest's MiniCPM 4.0. AIbook Launches E300.

    10 JUN

    🧲 Red Note’s dots.llm1. ModelBest's MiniCPM 4.0. AIbook Launches E300.

    🎙️ In today’s episode: Red Note debuts its first foundation model: Red Note has launched dots.llm1, built by its Humane Intelligence Lab. ModelBest updates MiniCPM to version 4.0: One of 2024’s most downloaded open-source models gets faster and more adaptive. AIbook unveils E300 edge module: Designed for real-time AI on smart devices, the E300 packs powerful performance into a credit-card-sized chip. 🔗 Links & Resources: Red Note dot.llm1: https://huggingface.co/rednote-hilab/dots.llm1.inst ⚠️ Disclaimer: This episode was scripted and narrated using AI tools. All software is licensed for commercial use, and content complies with platform guidelines. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinaaibriefing.substack.com

    3 min
  6. 📊 AI Agent for Data Science. Alibaba Backs SiliconFlow. Deep Learning Meets Drug Discovery.

    9 JUN

    📊 AI Agent for Data Science. Alibaba Backs SiliconFlow. Deep Learning Meets Drug Discovery.

    🎙️ In today’s episode: SenseTime x Ant Group: SenseTime’s “Little Raccoon” AI assistant joins forces with Ant Toolbox to offer smart, multimodal data analysis, coming soon to Alipay.SiliconFlow’s Big Raise: The AI infra startup lands major funding from Alibaba Cloud, expanding its one-stop model hosting platform SiliconCloud.DeepDTAGen: Researchers unveil a new multitask AI model that predicts drug-target affinity and generates target-specific compounds, potentially transforming pharmaceutical R&D. 🔗 Links & Resources: DeepDTAGen: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59917-6 ⚠️ Disclaimer: This episode was scripted and narrated using AI tools. All software is licensed for commercial use, and content complies with platform guidelines. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinaaibriefing.substack.com

    3 min
  7. 🤔 Kuaishou’s Auto-Think. Alibaba's On-Device Embeddings. AI MySQL.

    6 JUN

    🤔 Kuaishou’s Auto-Think. Alibaba's On-Device Embeddings. AI MySQL.

    🎙️ In today’s episode: Kuaishou Launches “Auto Think” Reasoning Model: The Kwaipilot team unveils Auto Think, an open-source model that switches between “thinking” and “non-thinking” modes depending on task complexity. Qwen3-Embedding Series Goes Open Source: Alibaba releases new embedding models in 0.6B, 4B, and 8B sizes. The 8B model tops the multilingual MTEB leaderboard, and the smallest version may be optimized for mobile, just as Alibaba confirms a partnership to support Apple Intelligence in China.OceanBase Expands Its “Data and AI” Strategy: The Alibaba-backed database platform now integrates with 60+ AI partners like LangChain and LlamaIndex. 🔗 Links & Resources: Auto Think (Kwaipilot): https://kwaipilot.ai/Qwen3-Embedding: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6BOceanBase x AI Ecosystem: https://en.oceanbase.com/ ⚠️ Disclaimer: This episode was scripted and narrated using AI tools. All software is licensed for commercial use, and content complies with platform guidelines. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinaaibriefing.substack.com

    3 min
  8. 🧠 First Generalist Robot Brain. Enterprise AI for Everyone. Hospitality’s AI Era.

    5 JUN

    🧠 First Generalist Robot Brain. Enterprise AI for Everyone. Hospitality’s AI Era.

    🎙️ In today’s episode: VeBrain: China’s First Generalist Robot Brain: Shanghai AI Lab unveils VeBrain - a unified AI system that lets robots see, think, and act. DingTalk 7.7.0: Enterprise AI for Everyone: Alibaba’s enterprise tool DingTalk rolls out a major update, making its AI-powered spreadsheet tool free for all users. Meituan Launches JiBai, AI for Hotels: China’s super-app Meituan debuts JiBai, the country’s first hotel-side AI management system. It’s part of a wider AI strategy that includes no-code development tools and a new travel assistant. 🔗 Links & Resources: DingTalk: https://www.dingtalk.com/enMeituan: https://www.meituan.com/en-US/about-us ⚠️ Disclaimer: This episode was scripted and narrated using AI tools. All software is licensed for commercial use, and content complies with platform guidelines. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chinaaibriefing.substack.com

    3 min
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This is China AI Briefing (formerly China AI Daily), your shortcut to understanding China’s booming AI and tech scene and its global ripple effect. Each week, we bring you digestible updates on what matters most, so you stay in the loop without feeling overwhelmed. For daily briefings and bonus deep dives, visit chinaaibriefing.substack.com

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