Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot released on late Friday night its Kimi K2 model, touting performance that rivals many U.S. models.

The US' artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI recently put a spotlight on a Chinese AI startup that it believes is on the "front line" of "China's race to lead the world in AI," the CNBC reported.

Today’s AI models struggle to operate in smaller languages like Cantonese and Vietnamese, which are still spoken by tens of millions of people.

The backlash came swiftly for Benchmark, one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital firms, after Bloomberg News reported in late April that it was investing in an AI startup founded in China. Republican senators framed the deal as Benchmark effectively aiding the Chinese government,

American officials have quietly been grading Chinese artificial intelligence programs on their ability to mold their output to the Chinese Communist Party's official line, according to a memo reviewed by Reuters.

In a fresh twist to the growing AI rivalry, Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot has unveiled its latest large language model, Kimi K2, designed to take on the likes of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that the Trump administration has approved the sale of its advanced H20 AI chips to Chinese buyers, reversing previo

Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI released a new open-source AI model on Friday, joining a wave of similar releases from local rivals, as it seeks to reclaim its position in the competitive domestic market.