Tag: China
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Germany’s car industry has lost 51,000 jobs in the last year. VW cut 35,000, ThyssenKrupp 11,000, and Bosch nearly 6,000. What’s causing the collapse in German industry? Crushed By Energy Prices German manufacturers are cutting capacity because building things in Germany has become too expensive. One of the biggest culprits…
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Kimi just dropped Kimi 2 Thinking. I tested it this morning. It’s as good as Grok 4, the best model I’ve ever used. In July, I ran the prior Kimi through testing. It scored a B+, solid but below Grok 4. This time, Kimi performed far better. Let me show…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, Kimi, LLM, Open source, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital, Writing+
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Tencent is worth $600 billion, making it the largest company in China. But very few Americans have tried its AI models. This morning, I tested their most powerful model yet… Tencent released Hunyuan-T1 in April. T1 is their most powerful reasoning model. But can it beat the best from America?…
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A new model from China claims to be the best in the world. But can Kimi beat the best from America? This morning, I tested it to find out… Kimi is open source and can be used to create powerful AI agents. The startup that built Kimi, Moonshot AI, claims…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, Grok, LLM, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, Venture Capital, xAI+
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DeepSeek just dropped a new model, R1-0528. Has China leapfrogged the US? This morning, I tested the model to find out. DeepSeek shocked the world with its R1 release in January. But when I put it up against the best from Gemini, DeepSeek lost. Let’s see how DeepSeek’s latest release…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, China, DeepSeek, LLM, OpenAI, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital+
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China is building bridges with massive robots. Is America hopelessly behind? This weekend, I heard about China’s bridge building robot on The All-In Podcast. The idea of building a bridge at warp speed with robots intrigued me. So this morning, I decided to learn more… The Iron Monster Many Chinese…
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+ Automation, Bridges, China, Economy, History, Industry, Infrastructure, Robotics, Robots, Tech, Technology, Travel+
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$1.57 for a lighter. That’s the only thing I bought from China last week. With a trade war going on, I started to wonder: how much do I actually buy from China? So I decided to track all my purchases for a week and find out. A Week Inside the…
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Chinese robotics startup Unitree has been caught embedding a backdoor in their robots that lets them spy on people. This shows why we must ban all Chinese robots. Whether it’s a robot dog, android, autonomous EV or drone, all these products are the same. They have chips, cameras, a battery…
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+ AI, Artificial Intelligence, China, Defense, Drones, Military, News, Robotics, Robots, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Technology, War+
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China may lose the majority of its population by 2100. Its population has declined for three straight years. This decline will only accelerate. Fertility is rock bottom, at 1.18 children per woman. The one child policy is a major reason, along with increasing urbanization. Right on cue, China’s economy has…
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Since 1945, our nuclear weapons have made us invulnerable. Those days are over. Chinese companies are well ahead of us in robotics. Soon, they will turn these technologies to military uses. Unitree recently demoed an android that can run fast on hills, gravel, or stairs. It will cost just $16,000.…
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+ AI, Army, Artificial Intelligence, China, Defense, Defense Tech, Drones, Military, Robotics, Robots, Startups, Tech, Technology+
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