US-China schedule first official AI talks under Trump; Bessent warns of sanctions over AI IP ’theft’; China formalizes WAICO with 29 founding members; SPC overhauls chip-design IP with punitive damages; controversial open-source licensing rulings continue to shape China’s legal landscape.
Qiushi Issue 15 frames open-weight AI as a boon for the world; The Economist analyzes China’s superior AI efficiency; Foreign Policy says US is betting the house on AI race; TechCrunch/AISI reports open-weight models catching frontier; Washington Post says Washington mobilizing against Chinese AI threat.
Taiwan’s hardware giants launch TAIONE foundation to claim open-source AI governance; Chinese AI IPO rush accelerates with DeepSeek and Moonshot; US lead over China in AI disappears; the social costs of AI deployment in China come into focus; DeepSeek pauses $71B funding round after founder’s viral comments; China creates world’s first AI agent regulatory framework.
State media consolidates open-weight AI success narrative; openEuler Hong Kong User Group launches with 22 members; West debates slowing AI as China builds parallel governance; the open-weight dilemma emerges.
Kimi K3 open-source model challenges closed-source AI dominance; OpenAtom ‘Park Tour’ Hong Kong Station launches openEuler’s first overseas regional community.
MIIT quantifies China’s open source ecosystem for the first time: 1.35B OpenHarmony devices, 10B model downloads; Jensen Huang defends Chinese open-source AI; White House specifically accuses Moonshot AI of distilling Fable 5; Arcee says Chinese models not inherently dangerous.
China launches WAICO, a 29-nation AI governance bloc backing open-source AI; Mulan License Family donated to OpenAtom Foundation; China’s anthropomorphic AI rules take effect; Beijing weighs export controls on its own AI models.
NDRC eight-point AI Action Plan, Trump admin considers ban on Chinese open-source models, Mulan copyleft license submitted to OSI, and Qiushi essay on AI ideology