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.

China's Nayuta Space has introduced the 'Alaya' orbital computing constellation, intending to deploy 12,500 artificial intelligence compute satellites. This GW-class system integrates satellites and rockets for operation in sun-synchronous orbit, addressing terrestrial data centre limitations.

Huawei Technologies is set to unveil its next-generation computing cluster and what has been described as the world's first artificial intelligence agent phone. This will occur at the upcoming World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, where China continues to focus on developing its artificial intelligence capabilities.

Zhipu AI has launched GLM-Image, a new standalone image generation tool available at image.z.ai. The service is free, provides unlimited use, and produces 2K resolution images without watermarks. It has attracted considerable attention within the Chinese artificial intelligence community for its advanced Chinese language capabilities, according to Pandaily.

Australia's social media ban for users under 16 years old is faltering. A recent study, involving a team that advised the government, indicates platforms are failing at the initial age verification stage, rendering the world-first restriction largely ineffective.

DeepSeek, a Chinese startup, is developing its own artificial intelligence chip. This initiative aims to reduce the company's reliance on chips from Nvidia and Huawei, which it has used to train and operate its globally recognised models.

China has updated its nuclear fusion development timeline, aiming for its first kilowatt-hour of fusion power by 2030. This target follows the technical acceptance of two domestically developed superconducting magnets for the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor, or CFETR, after full-parameter testing concluded in late June.