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Chinese internet firms sign AI agent data protection pact

The China Internet Association released a self-regulatory pact on personal information protection for AI agents at a forum in Beijing, with Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, Volcengine, and […]
July 13th, 2026
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China sets 2030 target for next-generation internet infrastructure

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and three other agencies issued guidelines on July 13 to upgrade the country’s internet basic resources, targeting “systematic breakthroughs” […]
July 13th, 2026
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Ant Group unveils AI safety models for agents and multimodal systems

Ant Group’s AI Safety Lab has open-sourced SingGuard-NSFA, a safety guardrail model for autonomous agents, and disclosed details of SingGuard, a multimodal safety model. SingGuard-NSFA is […]
July 13th, 2026
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Zhipu AI founder outlines Touch High plan for AGI research

Zhipu AI founder Tang Jie told employees in an internal letter that the Chinese foundation model developer will launch a “Touch High” plan, focusing on AGI […]
July 13th, 2026
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How a small Portuguese university city is building hard-tech startups

In the previous episode of Tech Odyssey, we visited Portugal Ventures to see how a public venture capital institution supports early-stage startups in Portugal. This time, […]
July 3rd, 2026
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Vivo X Fold6 makes global debut at MWC Shanghai 2026 ahead of launch

Vivo’s next-generation book-style foldable flagship, the X Fold6, made its global public debut at MWC Shanghai 2026 ahead of its official launch later today. The device […]
June 26th, 2026
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Mercedes-Benz reportedly expands job cuts in China to R&D and manufacturing

Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales & Service Co. plans to reduce its workforce from about 900 to under 600 through two rounds of adjustments, with roughly 10% of […]
June 26th, 2026
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Alibaba unveils HappyHorse 1.1 video generation model, launches global AI filmmaking competition

Alibaba on Monday released HappyHorse 1.1, the latest version of its video generation model, while simultaneously launching the HorsePower AI Video Competition in partnership with Huajing […]
June 23rd, 2026
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Bytedance’s Doubao expands into ride-hailing with in-app taxi beta test

After expanding into e-commerce and group-buying—two key pillars of the local services sector—Doubao, the AI assistant app developed by ByteDance, is now moving further into the […]
June 23rd, 2026
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