China’s first fully AI-generated theatrical film struggled to draw audiences despite its reported $1.5 million budget. The result clearly shows that AI technology alone cannot guarantee box-office success.
DeepSeek’s newest AI model is safer than its earlier versions, but it still sometimes switches off the software meant to shut it down. That is the finding of independent tests by a Chinese AI-safety group, Reuters reported. The group, Fangcun AI, publi…
BYD’s third-gen Qin Plus DM-i starts at just $11,980, offers up to 137 miles of electric range, and can cover over 1,400 miles with a full tank and battery.
An Alibaba Qwen model tried to upload a file to an Alibaba Cloud storage bucket in Beijing during a security test, Cohere says. Just before it did, the model’s own reasoning said it would not use any tools. The Canadian AI company published the finding…
Volkswagen and Xpeng have won approval to run higher levels of self-driving on public roads in China. VW has started Level 3 road tests in Hefei. Xpeng can now run Level 4 robotaxi services across Guangzhou. Both companies announced the approvals on Mo…
Volkswagen Group China now has a permit to test Level 3 autonomous driving on public roads in Hefei, and it says testing is already underway. The permit also covers large-scale driving data collection in the city.
It’s the latest step toward VW’s go…
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The new XCMG SDA411 concept terminal truck is fully electric, has no cabin, and an L4 autonomous tech stack that’s purpose-built for unmanned logistics – and, if XCMG get their way, it looks like the future of drayage truck operations.
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“The proposed regulations would strengthen the existing Outbound Investment Security Program to prevent our adversaries from using U.S. investment to develop critical technologies that threaten U.S. national security,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent …
“Since the policy was announced, two leading companies, DeepSeek and MiniMax, have successfully completed the registration process and obtained open-source and overseas licensing rights.” That is what Yuyuan Tantian, a WeChat account affiliated with st…
Volkswagen is offering its Chinese-market Jetta M6 electric sedan with nearly 290 miles of CLTC-rated range for less than $12,000 (USD), and if that’s not what “der people’s wagen” should be all about, I don’t know what is.
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