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Narrations of the ChinAI Newsletter by Jeffrey Ding.
China is becoming an indispensable part of the global AI landscape. Alongside the rise of China’s AI capabilities, a surge of Chinese writing and scholarship on AI-related topics is shedding light on a range of fascinating topics, including: China’s grand strategy for advanced technology like AI, the characteristics of key Chinese AI actors (e.g. companies and individual thinkers), and the ethical implications of AI development.
While traditional media and China specialists can provide important insights on these questions through on-the-ground reporting and extensive background knowledge, ChinAI takes a different approach: it bets on the proposition that for many of these issues, the people with the most knowledge and insight are Chinese people themselves who are sharing their insights in Chinese. Through translating articles and documents from government departments, think tanks, traditional media, and newer forms of “self-media,” etc., ChinAI provides a unique look into the intersection between a country that is changing the world and a technology that is doing the same.
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“ChinAI #269: Around the Horn (15th edition)” by Jeffrey Ding
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ChinAI #256What is the “mother tongue” of LLMs?The first anonymous Chinese large model arena ranking is releasedCounting down the life and death of a star autonomous driving companyLatest developments in the “Stanford AI team plagiarizes China’s open source model” caseChinAI #199China plans to introduce data property rights systemAfter the (LLM) price war, Zhipu AI has come to the next stop — commercializationBeijing Cultural Review’s “AI: More than just a Technological Revolution” IssueThis AI product has over 100 million users, ranking first in monthly active users…and some people secretly use it to make moneyHow can voice actors whose voices have been stolen by AI keep their jobs?ETO Scout toolNational Data Resource Survey ReportPekingology podcast episodeAdam Nayman’s review
Thank you for reading and engaging
These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.
Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).
Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com or on Twitter at @jjding99
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First published:
June 10th, 2024
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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-269-around-the-horn-15th-edition
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“ChinAI #268: AWS China not on Cloud Nine” by Jeffrey Ding
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AWS China, you should lower your pricesAWS China, you should lower your pricesGoldfish MemoriesImport AI 374 - China's military AI dataset; platonic AI; brainlike convnetsOpen-Source Assessments of AI Capabilities: The Proliferation of AI Analysis Tools, Replicating Competitor Models, and the Zhousidun Dataset
Thank you for reading and engaging
These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.
Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).
Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com or on Twitter at @jjding99
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First published:
June 3rd, 2024
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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-268-aws-china-not-on-cloud
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“ChinAI #267: CAICT’s new AI Governance WeChat Public Account” by Jeffrey Ding
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ChinAI #261797 million monthly active followersChinAI #92May 19, 2024International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI
Thank you for reading and engaging
These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.
Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).
Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com or on Twitter at @jjding99
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First published:
May 27th, 2024
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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-267-caict-as-key-ai-governance
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“ChinAI #266: An Ordinary Beijinger’s Thoughts on AI” by Jeffrey Ding
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An Ordinary Beijinger’s Thoughts on Interacting with AIThe State of AI Safety in ChinaHow China is using AI news anchors to deliver its propagandaCSET’s policy.ai newsletterChina’s aging tech workers hit by ‘curse of 35’
Thank you for reading and engaging
These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.
Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).
Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com or on Twitter at @jjding99
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First published:
May 20th, 2024
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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-266-an-ordinary-beijingers
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“ChinAI #265: The Race to Become China’s No. 1 Autonomous Driving Chipmaker” by Jeffrey Ding
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Horizon Robotics vs Black SesameNEC Silicon Valley - the Lab that Dragged Chinese Companies into the AI Era (ChinAI #220)5 colleges lose Chinese flagship programs because of Defense Dept. cutsState of AI Safety in China (Concordia AI Spring 2024 Report Launch Event)The Teens Making Friends with AI Chatbots
Thank you for reading and engaging
These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.
Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).
Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com or on Twitter at @jjding99
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First published:
May 13th, 2024
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https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-265-the-race-to-become-chinas
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“ChinAI #263: A History of the Chinese Computer” by Jeffrey Ding
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The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information AgeChina’s Leap into the Information AgeKeep your enemies safer: technical cooperation and transferring nuclear safety and security technologiesChina bets on industrial AITroubling the WaterThe Cloud Under the Sea
Thank you for reading and engaging
These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.
Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).
Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com or on Twitter at @jjding99
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First published:
April 29th, 2024
Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-263-a-history-of-the-chinese
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