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The Long March 10B rocket recently completed a successful first flight recovery, accelerating competition within China's commercial space sector. Firms like LandSpace and JianYuan aim for reflight milestones by the close of the current year. This marks a critical phase for the industry.

Ant Group's robotics subsidiary, Lingbo, is developing robot intelligence by prioritising the software and data aspects over hardware design. This approach contrasts with the common strategy of building robot hardware first and then adding intelligence. Lingbo aims to repurpose the extensive AI infrastructure and data amassed from Ant Group's payment systems for robotics applications. The company believes the core intelligence layer represents the most valuable part of the ro

The European Commission has charged Meta Platforms' Instagram and Facebook with breaking EU tech regulations. Regulators are targeting specific features, including autoplay and infinite scroll, which they claim are designed to keep users engaged for extended periods. Meta now faces potential fines if changes are not implemented.

Singapore's Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has proposed new guidelines requiring organisations to notify users when their personal data is used to train generative artificial intelligence models. This initiative aims to replace broad privacy notices with more specific communication regarding AI data usage. The proposed rules come amid growing concerns about how consumer information is being processed by increasingly sophisticated AI systems.

The United Nations' digital technology body has initiated a programme to enhance confidence in artificial intelligence agents, responding to increasing concerns over their autonomy and human oversight.

Engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, have jointly developed a new robot capable of both aerial flight and underwater propulsion. The device, termed a "flapping-wing aerial-aquatic vehicle" (FAAV), weighs less than 300 grams and draws its design inspiration from the puffin bird.

Chinese technology experts report a token based economy is emerging due to the rapid increase in AI token use, according to SCMP. These units, which underpin artificial intelligence services, are moving from a technical metric to a foundation for delivering and pricing AI.

China's defence scientists have presented information on the nation's high power microwave weapons, stating outputs reach up to 100 gigawatts. This disclosure details advanced pulsed power devices developed by the Chinese military, according to a recent paper.

Chinese artificial intelligence laboratories are increasingly developing their own chips. This trend reflects a global shift towards integrating software and hardware, though industry sources warn of substantial upfront investment risks. The objective is to achieve greater hardware-software synergy and reduce long-term operating expenses.

China faces a regulatory challenge balancing open weight artificial intelligence models' security risks against a national innovation strategy. This strategy remains crucial to its technological rivalry with the United States, researchers indicate.

US artificial intelligence organisation Anthropic stated that users in China, who were advised to uninstall its Claude Code product, were never authorised to use it. This response followed Beijing's public warnings regarding security "backdoor" risks within the software.

ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 video generation model has secured substantial market dominance, with gross margins reportedly between 70 and 90 percent. According to information from ByteDance's Volcengine MaaS platform, the model now accounts for more than half of the platform's 2026 MaaS revenue. This establishes Seedance 2.0 as China's leading artificial intelligence video generation tool.