Episodes
Featured links 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...
Published 05/13/24
Featured links 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...
Published 04/29/24
Featured links CASS Draft AI Law v1.0-to-1.1-to-2.0Saad SiddiquiDigiChina covered this16th Annual GW China ConferenceChina keeps generative AI on simmerThe Global AI Talent Tracker 2.0Future of Humanity Institute 2005-2024: Final Report 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...
Published 04/22/24
Featured links Authoritative large model AI Safety Benchmark first round results officially releasedChinAI #246Matt SheehanCSET primerFirst Chapter ofThread comparing China’s GenAI model registration data w/ algorithm registryCaijing investigative report 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...
Published 04/15/24
Featured links A guide to online anonymity, from countless momosThe Promise and Perils of China's Regulation of Artificial IntelligenceHigh Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its EconomyDifferences in TC260 standards on GenAI security requirementsChinese Assessments of AI: Risks and Mitigation Strategies Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings...
Published 04/08/24
Greetings from a world where… ChinAI is now six years old, which means it should be beginning to speak in simple but complete sentences, tell time, and develop a sense of humor, but let's not put too much pressure on it to hit these milestones. After all, all newsletters develop at their own pace. …***Thanks folks for getting the paid subscriptions back up a bit in the past few weeks; if you you’ve valued the output from year six, please consider subscribing here to support ChinAI under a...
Published 03/25/24
Greetings from a world where… translation is an art of disappointment …***We’ve hit a bit of a lull in paid subscriptions lately, so please consider subscribing here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Feature Translation: Did AI kill the translator? Context: This FT...
Published 03/18/24
Greetings from a world where… March is mad …***We’ve hit a bit of a lull in paid subscriptions lately, so please consider subscribing here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Feature Translation: Can Chinese companies make Sora? This Tsinghua large model team gives hope ...
Published 03/11/24
Featured links ChinAI #245Baidu this year: received a full buff, AI takes off50 judgments on China’s science and tech industry in 2023SuperCLUE large model benchmark evaluations (Feb 2024 report)ChinAI #224In just 53 seconds, SenseTime’s Office Raccoon can help you transform into a high-level workerAlibaba Cloud cuts prices, who benefits the most?Can Chinese companies make Sora? This Tsinghua large model team gives hopeBiden: You have (non) memory-safe programming language coming to the...
Published 03/04/24
Featured links After the Aug 2022/Oct 2023 controls, how are Chinese companies getting high-end AI chipsChinAI #250Computing Power and the Governance of AIAfrican-American China Leadership Fellows ProgramAmerican Mandarin SocietyZoom talk 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...
Published 02/26/24
Featured links Large Model Security and Ethics Research Report 2024Why You’ve Never Been In A Plane CrashWhat does the Party Stand to Gain from AI?OWASP Top 10 for large language model applicationsChina + AI analyst for ChinaTalk 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...
Published 02/12/24
Featured links Large Model Safety and Ethics Research Report 2024New Security Measure Curtailing the Study of China Alarm EducatorsIowa in TianjinThe process of paradigm change: the rise of guided innovation in ChinaMissing Boxes, an Email From China: How a Chip Shipment Sparked a U.S. ProbeGenerative AI intellectual property and legal governance Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly...
Published 02/05/24
Featured links Top 10 Events in China’s Internet Governance in 2023Four things to know about China’s new AI rules in 2024Kai-fu Lee’s new 01.AI start-upChina to limit access to court judgement searches to internal useSlow change can be radical change 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...
Published 01/29/24
Featured links BlossomsHow Many Chips Does China Import?China Leadership MonitorAI Is Taking Off in China - So Have Worries About Its FutureState of AI Safety in China reportLanguage Agents as Hackers: Evaluating Cybersecurity Skills with Capture the FlagI was wrongly charged under the DOJ’s failed China Initiative. A House bill would reinstate it.Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Asias (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Thank you for reading and engaging ...
Published 01/22/24
Featured links Large Models, Please Respond to 2023I have no enemiesTechnology and the Rise of Great PowersBookshop linkMicrosoft Debates What to do with AI Lab in ChinaChinAI #37Where have all the American China experts gone?14,887 American college studentsThe People's Liberation Army's Approach to Maintenance Management Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language...
Published 01/15/24
Featured links The dilemma of high idling rates in China’s computing center rushAItechtalkGovAI reportChinAI #236Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy TensionsBest Investigative Stories about China, Hong Kong, and TaiwanChina’s game plan for the AI raceShowing UpScavengers ReignProof of Life album Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of...
Published 01/08/24
Featured links XiaoIce PeerlessChinese University of Hong Kong — Cornerstone of China's Computer Vision SceneCSIS’s Interpret: China ProjectAI is like… A literature review of AI metaphors and why they matter for policyBest China Books of 2023 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...
Published 12/18/23
Featured links XiaoIce PeerlessAItechtalk[AI科技评论]ChinAI #201ChinAI #232Putting China’s Top LLMs to the TestTranslation Snapshot: Chinese AI White PapersInnovation Job Market Papers 2023The Bitter Taste of ‘Not Too Sweet’ 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...
Published 12/11/23
Featured links Blue Paper Report on Large Model Governance (2023): From Rules to PracticeChinAI #245ChinAI #237Horizon’s emergingtechpolicy.orgAssessing China's AI Workforce: Regional, Military, and Surveillance Geographic Job ClustersGM’s Self-Driving Car Unit Skids Off Course 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...
Published 12/04/23
Featured links ChinAI #239Landing large models, what can vector databases do?When romance in science fiction movies comes trueThe protection network for “digital natives” has been woven, but it still faces implementation challengesAlibaba’s DAMO Academy confronts the “King of Cancer”Nature MedicineGPT-4 Turbo’s Chinese benchmark evaluation is out!Hu Yong|Regarding the risks of artificial intelligence, global regulation takes the first step!ChinAI issueBlue Paper Report on Large Model...
Published 11/27/23
Examining factors behind China's low localization rates in automotive chips. Featured links The localization rate of automotive chips is still less than 10%. How can Chinese automotive chips take opportunities to overtake?Scout toolChinAI #123China’s Low-Productivity Innovation Drive —Evidence From PatentsAI Taiyan — using intelligent tech to explore the mysteries of classical ChinesePresident Biden’s new plan to regulate AICan Sampling Survive in the Age of AI? Thank you...
Published 11/20/23
A prompt engineering-based game goes viral in China. Featured links Feature Translation: LLM RiddlesThe Race to RegulateIn research collaboration, drawing red lines with China isn’t easyWhat Should the Global Summit on AI Safety Try to Accomplish?Some sad news 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...
Published 11/13/23
JHU in the 1990s to large language models in the 2020s. Featured links Feature Translation: The Road to Speech AIState of AI Safety in ChinaInternational Governance of Civilian AI — A Jurisdictional Certification ApproachChina expected to attend UK summit on artificial intelligence next month Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related...
Published 10/30/23
A history of Chinese AI researchers at Johns Hopkins University's Center for Language and Speech Processing. Featured links Feature Translation: The Road to Speech AIScout toolUS tackles loopholes in curbs on AI chip exports to ChinaNuclear Risk Reduction Centers - A Stable Channel in Unstable TimesFoundation Model Transparency IndexOpen Philanthropy ongoing hiring round Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's...
Published 10/23/23
A profile of the co-founder of Pony.ai. Featured links Feature Translation: Tiancheng Lou — A ProfileThe New AI PanicThe Authoritarian Data ProblemA short drive across the PacificChina proposes blacklist of training data for generative AI models 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...
Published 10/16/23