Featured links Two of the five companies that “cultivate” the most Chinese AI entrepreneurs are foreign companiesFrom Click to Boom — The Political Economy of E-Commerce in ChinaBiden’s final meeting with Xi Jinping reaps agreement on AI and nukesFrom Laboratory to Hegemony?November 25, Monday noon (UK time) at the China CentreNovember 26, Tuesday noon (UK time) at the Oxford Martin School Thank you for reading and engaging These...

Featured links People at large tech companies, strategically preparing for pregnancyGranta 169: ChinaPicunEpic’s overhaul of a flawed algorithm shows why AI oversight is a life-or-death issueConcordia AI Fall 2024 Hiring AnnouncementBeijing Academy of AI launches LLM debate platform 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...

The Chinese AI chip firm goes public. Featured links Horizon Robotics Goes PublicChinAI #20ChinAI #265ChinAI #221Chinese AI Safety Institute CounterpartsUS-China AI Governance PhD FellowshipsMiles Brundage — Why I’m Leaving OpenAI and What I’m Doing NextMoving Data, Moving TargetThe Maven Smart System and the Future of Military AINovember 25, Monday noon (UK time) at the China CentreNovember 26, Tuesday noon (UK time) at the Oxford Martin SchoolA Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get...

Featured links How Systems Acquisition and Software Development Flaws Contribute to Military Accidents1 hour, 2 min. markThe Limits of SafetyMachine Failing: How Systems Acquisition and Software Development Flaws Contribute to Military AccidentsAI’s $600B QuestionThe New Artificial IntelligentsiaOn Hilke Schellmann’s “The Algorithm”UCLA Burkle Center webinar on my book Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's...

Featured links Coming back from “internal injuries,” AI applications are opening up overseasCAC solicits public opinions labeling AI-generated synthetic content ScoutSoda Science - A Conversation with Susan GreenhalghNew Books Network 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...

Plus, detailed notes on the fifty-year effort to improve coal mine roof safety. Featured links Why is (Alibaba’s) Tongyi the most popular open-source large modelThe Canary - Michael Lewis on Chris Mark of the Department of LaborThe Fifty-Year Effort to Eliminate Roof Fall Fatalities from U.S. Underground Coal Mines Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings...

Featured links ChinAI #269A Jiangsu factory installed surveillance cameras in the men’s restroom: employees complained…the company’s response: “installed incorrectly and it has been fixed.”China’s Comprehensive Computing Power Index (2024)Why is (Alibaba’s) Tongyi the most popular open-source large model?The three year countdown: how far has it gone with the replacement with domestic databases?Chinese-language coding assistant benchmark evaluation releasedComing back from "internal injuries",...

Featured links Their AI lovers cheated on themThe Canary - Michael Lewis on Chris Mark of the Department of LaborChina’s AI firms are cleverly innovating around chip bansNew data reveals exactly when the Chinese government blocked ChatGPT and other AI sitesChina to require labels for AI-generated content as tech brings fresh challenges Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of...

Plus, a detailed probe into China's new national system [新型举国体制]. Featured links A New-Style Whole-of-Nation Approach to High-end Machine ToolsMade in China 2025 Key Area Technology RoadmapChina’s Views on AI Safety are Changing — QuicklyThe Dilemma of Intelligent Computing Centers (Chinese)The Will of the Many Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI...

Featured links Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping forOctober 2022 controlsAI will likely affect military powerCSET book talk onA Growing Yard: The Biden Administration’s China Export Controls Are Ensnaring CPUsFrontier safety & governance post at DeepMindSurvey of Chinese Students on AI Risks Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly...

Featured links Technology and the Rise of Great PowersA reporter tests Chinese LLMs on how they can help with her jobNatureChinAI #277Book launch eventBook talkManaging the Sino-American AI RaceInteroperability in AI Governance: A Work in ProgressThe Use of Trade Remedies Against China Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff...

Featured links International Studies Quarterly221,000 copies in print 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...

A profile of Xiaohongshu as a different kind of search engine. Featured links How many times do you search Xiaohongshu every day?36 percent of peopleMy book launch event at Elliott School of International AffairsInnovation Files podcastPlanet TikTokChina’s Real Economic Crisis 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...

Featured links ChinAI #267Shao HengChinAI #271Tracing the Roots of China’s AI RegulationsAI Safety BenchmarkChinAI #261The assessments include a score for precision and recall rateWorkplace AI in ChinaWith Smugglers and Front Companies, China is Skirting American AI BansCameron Tracy’s work2025 Horizon fellowship Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on...

Featured links Technology and the Rise of Great PowersWho took all the bidding orders for large models?US-China Business Council reportBook review of Technology and the Rise of Great Powers inCloud Computing White Paper (2024)Practice and Prospects for the Application of Large Models in the Government DomainPodcast narrations of ChinAI newsletter Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly...

Featured links Technology and the Rise of Great PowersAfter a 20 billion (RMB) valuation, who can China's large model companies still get money from?ChinAI #264ChinAI #257ChinAI #199The Promise and Pitfalls of Government Guidance Funds in ChinaElsevier’s Insights 2024 Attitudes toward AI ReportWhy We Remain Fascinated With Twisters Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of...

Featured links An Ethnic Chinese History of Computer VisionAI entanglements - Balancing risks and rewards of European-Chinese collaborationPrivate-Sector AI Indicators datasetThe Era of Killer Robots is HereSummer Webinar Series on U.S. emerging tech policy careersHorizon Institute for Public Service Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and...

Featured links An Ethnic Chinese History of Computer VisionJianxiong XiaoThe Wudaokou Origins of China’s Large Models (ChinAI #232)Do China’s Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms Welcome State Investment?Is Xenophobia on Chinese Social Media Teaching Real-World Hate?Unit X - How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Future of War Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly...

Saad Siddiqui and Shao Heng track the evolution of the TC260 standard on genAI security requirements. Featured links Changelog for TC260 standard — GenAI Security RequirementsSaad SiddiquiInternational Dialogues on AI SafetyChinAI #262Ang Shao HengGeopolitechs newsletter2024 NPC Lecture: AI and China — History, Prospects, Challenges, Strategies and LegislationAI Risk Management Should Incorporate Both Safety and SecurityChina’s Military AI Roadblocks — PRC Perspectives on Technological...

Featured links Intelligence Revolution or "Scale" Revolution?Thread on Pentagon’s anti-vax campaign to undermine China’s Sinovac in the PhilippinesTeacher’s PetA price war breaks out among China’s AI-model buildersGovAI Job Opportunities 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...

Featured links 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...

Featured links 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...

Featured links 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...

Featured links 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...