China’s fascination with generative artificial intelligence has sparked a flurry of product announcements from both startups and tech giants on an almost daily basis. However, investors are now warning of an imminent shakeout as cost and profit pressures mount. The initial excitement in China was ignited by the success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT nearly a year ago. This has led to what a senior Tencent executive referred to this month as the “war of a hundred models.” Tech giants such as Baidu, Alibaba, and Huawei, along with many others, have been…
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Huawei operating system coming to smartphones in Asia
An update of HarmonyOS, the operating system developed by Huawei, means it will now be installed in a wider range of products, including its smartphones. It is due to roll out across Asia following a launch event on 2 June. There is no date for a global launch yet. A trade ban imposed by the US last year effectively prevented Huawei devices from working fully with Google’s Android platform because it blocked access to essential apps like Gmail. However, Huawei said it did not consider Harmony to be a replacement…
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