Washington has added Tencent Holdings Ltd.-backed startup Zhipu to a trade-restrictions blacklist, taking aim at one of a handful of fledgling firms considered frontrunners in the race to develop an answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Washington has blacklisted Tencent Holdings Ltd. backed startup Zhipu targeting one of the few emerging firms seen as leading contenders in the race to create a competitor to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

The US has taken aim at one of a handful of firms considered frontrunners in the race to develop an answer to ChatGPT.

Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies. This week, MiniMax, an Alibaba- and Tencent-backed startup that has raised around $850 million in venture capital and is valued at more than $2.

The U.S. Defense Department has added major Chinese technology companies including gaming and technology company Tencent, artificial intelligence firm SenseTime and the world’s biggest battery maker CATL to its list of companies it says have ties to China’s military.

Pony Ma Huateng, founder and CEO of Tencent Holdings, said in his annual address to employees that he was confident in China's economic prospects and pleased with the growth of the company's video game revenue in overseas markets.

A leading British defence start-up is scrambling to cut ties with a Chinese investor that was last week blacklisted by the Pentagon.

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Tencent co-founder Charles Chen Yidan calls on educators to explore how AI can improve not only learning but also their own skills.

The US Defense Department has added Chinese tech companies Tencent, a social media and gaming giant, and CATL, the world’s largest battery maker, to a list of firms that it alleges work with China’s military.

RedNote, an increasingly popular alternative to TikTok, has links to Pentagon-designated "Chinese military companies."

It was almost a year before a handful of Chinese AI chatbots received government approval for public release. Some questioned whether China’s stance on censorship might hobble the country’s AI ambitions.