Amap, for example, is one of the most widely used map and navigation apps in China today. But when I open it on my phone, I...
Last week we got some clarity about what all this may look like in practice. On October 11, a Chinese government organization called the National Information...
As I reported last week, Baidu became the first Chinese tech company to roll out its large language model—called Ernie Bot—to the general public, following a...
His final assessment? The Navigation on Autopilot isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty “impressive” and a preview of more advancements to come. Beyond a simple product review,...
Last week, I went on the CBC News podcast “Nothing Is Foreign” to talk about the draft regulation—and what it means for the Chinese government to...
As expected, Ernie Bot (the name stands for “Enhanced Representation from kNowledge IntEgration;” its Chinese name is 文心一言, or Wenxin Yiyan) performs particularly well on tasks...
Most people who’ve experienced ChatGPT firsthand in China have accessed it through VPNs or paid workarounds—for example, clever entrepreneurs have essentially rented out OpenAI accounts or...
When Liu Yang started his current job, he found it hard to go back to driving his own car: “I instinctively went for the passenger seat....