Ernie is embedded into Baidu’s main app to leverage its search dominance.

Founder Zhang Wei sees 2026 as the first year of real deployment, not a downturn, for humanoid robots.

The chatbot is providing real-time interpretation for two exhibitions featuring works from the Louvre and Picasso.

A focus on partnerships, chip flexibility, and execution has kept the company in contention.

Electrification and a new generation of users are reshaping a century-old industry once built for retirees.

JD.com was among the institutional and industry investors backing the embodied intelligence firm’s latest round.

Once anonymous, small manufacturers in China are using TikTok videos and live streams to build global demand and their own identities.

Global paying users were reported to have quadrupled within days of K2.5’s launch.

The low-profile startup’s intriguing technology has prompted market scrutiny of its origins.

Just as investor enthusiasm for AI cools, StepFun secures major funding, following Moonshot and listed peers.