Agentic AI in China

In recent years, China has made significant progress in the field of agentic AI. Agentic AI systems are designed to independently perform tasks and dynamically adapt to new situations. In China, they are seen as a major trend and are expected to play a central role in the coming years. Leading Chinese technology companies such… Continue reading Agentic AI in China

Chinese AI Teams in Silicon Valley

Leading Chinese tech companies like Alibaba, ByteDance, and Meituan are strategically investing in building AI teams in California. To strengthen their position in the global race for generative AI, they are actively recruiting US talent despite trade restrictions and geopolitical tensions. Although the United States has restricted the export of high-performance AI chips, such as… Continue reading Chinese AI Teams in Silicon Valley

Open source AI at Alibaba

At this year’s Apsara Conference, the Alibaba Group presented its largest open-source initiative to date, with a focus on the development of artificial intelligence (AI). The company released more than 100 new large language models (LLMs) that are available as open source. These models, known as Qwen 2.5, are expected to be widely used in… Continue reading Open source AI at Alibaba

China’s Competitive Advantages in Artificial Intelligence

China is emerging as a leading player in many areas of AI. This was demonstrated by the recent World AI Conference 2024 held in Shanghai, where the latest advancements in AI technology were showcased, including the large language model Novel 5.5. The Asian country continues to cooperate intensively with the USA in this field. According… Continue reading China’s Competitive Advantages in Artificial Intelligence

Legal Requirements for Vulnerability Management

For some time now, CIOs around the world have been busy fixing the Log4j2 vulnerability. From a technical perspective, there are solutions such as patches and system upgrades. However, vulnerability management is not just a technical issue in China; there are also legal requirements that companies must meet.  For example, service providers are required by… Continue reading Legal Requirements for Vulnerability Management

IP Protection in the Chinese Metaverse

The topic of IP in the metaverse (metaverse) is gaining importance in China. The drivers are the Chinese technology groups, above all Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, ByteDance and NetEase, which are currently racing against each other with massive metaverse trademark applications. Tencent alone has filed around 100 applications. Baidu, for example, has applied for the term Metaapp as a trademark, Alibaba for the trademark Ali Metaverse, and NetEase for the NetEase Metaverse. NetEase Group’s trademark applications… Continue reading IP Protection in the Chinese Metaverse

MLPS 2.0: China Steps Up Its Cybersecurity Inspections

Implementation of the Cyber Security Law through the Multi Level Protection Scheme (MLPS 2.0) is mandatory for all companies established in China. Because implementation has been slow, the government has now stepped up cybersecurity monitoring and is urging companies to fulfill their MLPS obligations. The authorities are particularly targeting the industrially strong regions, where many… Continue reading MLPS 2.0: China Steps Up Its Cybersecurity Inspections

Trademark Battle for The Shopping Festival

Singles’ Day, which takes place every year on 11.11. is the most popular annual shopping festival and the world’s highest-turnover online shopping day. It is hosted by leading Chinese e-commerce platforms, mainly Taobao and JD.com. Both together generate billions of dollars in sales every year, even more than on Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.… Continue reading Trademark Battle for The Shopping Festival

Patent Protection for AI in China: New Guidelines and References

The number of Chinese patent applications in the field of artificial intelligence is growing rapidly – the bottom line is that companies based in China have filed more than 440,000 AI patents by October 2019. Applicants are mostly large companies such as Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent, Inspur and Huawei as well as universities or research centers,… Continue reading Patent Protection for AI in China: New Guidelines and References

Deception Package Crawling Services

In the fight against counterfeiting and piracy on the Internet, brand owners must try to identify and eliminate counterfeit manufacturers in the real economy. Those who find illegal sales in Internet marketplaces and online shops with the help of crawling software and only have them deleted manually or automatically cure the symptom. The deleted offers… Continue reading Deception Package Crawling Services