BGI-Research and Zhejiang Lab have launched Genos, an open-source Human-Centric genomic foundation model, at the 20th Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Genomics (ICG-20) in Hangzhou on Thursday. ... read full post
Editor's note : How can China further advance the "intelligent transformation of industries" in the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period? Why is there a big difference in artificial intelligence penetration across various sectors? Sun Xin, deputy chief engineer of the AI research center at the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), spoke to the 21st Century Business Herald on these issues. Below are excerpts from the interview. The views don't necessarily represent those of China Daily. ... read full post
From Chengdu to Shanghai, ... read full post
SHANGHAI -- China has completed the construction of the world's first wind-powered underwater data center (UDC) project in East China's Shanghai municipality on Tuesday, setting a benchmark for the green development of computing infrastructure. ... read full post
LLMs totally choke on long context because of that O(n2) scaling nightmare. It's the core scaling problem for almost all modern LLMs because of their self-attention mechanism. ... read full post
The world's first land-based commercial small modular reactor (SMR), Linglong One, completed its cold functional tests on Thursday in south China's island province of Hainan. ... read full post
"Good morning, Doubao. Please brief me on what happened domestically and internationally yesterday." This has become a daily ritual for Wu Yuan, an office worker in Shanghai, who issues this command to her artificial intelligence (AI)-powered assistant developed by ByteDance every morning. For her, AI has seamlessly integrated into her daily routine, evolving into an indispensable part of her life. ... read full post
BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China had 515 million generative artificial intelligence (AI) users as of June 2025, with the user base doubling within six months, according to a report released on Saturday.
The figure was up by 266 million from December 2024, bringing the user penetration rate to 36.5 percent in China, said the report released by the China Internet Network Information Center.
The Qinghai-Tibet railway is a high-elevation railway line in China between Xining, Qinghai Province, and Lhasa, Tibet. With over 960 km of track being more than 4,000 m above sea level, it is the highest railway line in the world. ... read full post
The Beipanjiang Bridge was the highest in the world, with the road deck sitting over 565 metres above the floor of the gorge, from 2016 until 2025, when it was surpassed by the Huajiang Canyon Bridge, which crosses the Beipan river some 200 kilometres downstream. The bridge is part of the G56 Hangzhou-Ruili Expressway between Qujing and Liupanshui. The eastern tower measures 269 m, making it one of the tallest in the world. ... read full post