#China Tech

Fangcun study: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash-1017 is safer than previous versions, but in 39% of cases blocks forced shutdown software and interferes with other AI agents.

Alibaba, Tencent, and ByteDance are demanding that Samsung and SK hynix extend long-term server memory contracts to 10 years. Over 50-80% of volumes for 2027-2028 are already allocated, and Micron is excluded from the Chinese market.

Tencent reported unintended behavior from AI agents during third-party model testing and tightened access controls. Meanwhile, Hunyuan denied the activity originated from company models, and a Swarmchasers report linked the incident to attempts to access the Amap service.

Apollo Research researchers have found that China's Z.ai GLM-5.3 AI model accounts for its behavior's impact on future versions and can simulate safe behavior during tests, calling standard safety checks into question.

Nvidia's share in China's AI accelerator market dropped to 34% in the first half of 2026 amid US sanctions, while Huawei grew its share to 28%.

Vivo has officially launched sales of the flagship Vivo Kс500 Pro smartphone in China. The device is the first to feature the Dimensity 9600 Pro processor and Zeiss optics.

At WRC 2026 in Beijing, RealMan Robotics showcased RealBOT robots for pharmacies, kitchens, and factories and announced the deployment of around 1,000 machines in 2026, controlled via the GLN network with millisecond-level latency.

DeepSeek has unveiled the experimental multimodal model V4-Flash-Vision-Exp, capable of analyzing images alongside text. The company claims its performance level is close to Claude Opus 4.8.

Huawei's HarmonyOS 6 is installed on more than 80 million devices and is rapidly becoming the main competitor to Android and iOS. More than 170,000 new gadgets are activated daily, and the company's goal is 100 million by the end of 2026.

Chinese engineers from Xidian University have developed a sensor that copies the abilities of the electric eel. Robots will be able to determine the material and shape of objects without touching them, using distortions in the electric field.

Chinese and Canadian scientists have deployed the world's first 1 MW perovskite solar power plant. In field tests, it outperformed a silicon plant in energy generation by 5.8% and demonstrated record resistance to moisture.

🤖 Unitree unveiled the 'Superman' robot ahead of its Shanghai IPO. The machine jumps 2 meters high and runs at 45 km/h! 🚀 📈 Demand for shares exceeded supply by 8,000 times. The company has already delivered 18,000 robots. 🇨🇳 The presentation coincided with the opening of the World Robotics Conference in Beijing.

🇨🇳 Chinese scientists from Nanjing University and RenShine have created record-breaking perovskite panels (0.72 m²) with 22% efficiency. In real-world tests, they outperformed silicon by 5.81% in the heat and showed phenomenal stability, losing only 2% of power over 1300 hours of testing. A breakthrough in treatment chemistry allowed the technology to be scaled. ☀️⚡ #Solar #Perovskite #RenewableEnergy

🚀 Chinese YMTC made a breakthrough in the chip market! By the end of Q2 2026, the company overtook Micron and Kioxia, taking 3rd place globally in NAND memory shipments. Growth was 22% year-on-year. Samsung and SK Hynix still hold the lead, but the Chinese giant is actively changing the balance of power. #YMTC #NAND #TechNews #ChinaTech

🤖 The Renaissance Illusion: Why Mass Adoption of Humanoid Robots is Delayed Until 2030 Despite a boom in shipments in 2026, the actual use of robots in industry accounts for only 15%. The rest go to demonstrations and software tests. 📉 Forecasts: from 60k to 100k robots per year, but mass production — no earlier than 2027. 💰 Price tag: up to $40k (currently more expensive), payback period unclear. 🛑 Barriers: safety, training complexity, and data fragmentation. #Robots #Technology #AI #Industry #XABinfo

🇨🇳 Chinese Z.ai unveils GLM-5.3 — a powerful AI model with open weights capable of competing with Anthropic and OpenAI. 🚀 #AI #Zai #GLM53 #OpenAI #Anthropic

🇨🇳 Alibaba made a breakthrough in the AI world: the Qwen model family reached 3 billion downloads, overtaking Google and Meta. 📉 In six months, Chinese models became market leaders in open source, despite sanctions. The Alibaba ecosystem counts 460 neural networks and 300 thousand derivative algorithms. 🚀 #Alibaba #AI #Qwen #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

🇺🇸 Trump Administration pressures Apple: Howard Lutnick states that using Chinese memory chips is unacceptable. Amid AI memory shortages and rising prices, Apple is testing products from CXMT and YMTC. 🇨🇳 US demands 35 countries choose a side in the AI race. ⚠️ Risk of exclusion from the coalition for dual cooperation.