Spoke to Spanish company Multiverse Computing about how they used quantum physics-inspired methods to compress LLMs and interesting attempts to remove censorship from Chinese open-source models. www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/19/1...

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The first instalment of our subscriber-only collaboration with the FT is live today. Our @caiwei.bsky.social speaks with John Thornhill about who is winning the AI race: China or Silicon Valley www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/03/1...

Top Chinese universities are going all-in on AI, offering AI literacy modules, creating interdisciplinary AI degree programs, and offering locally hosted Deepseek for students. My latest: www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/28/1...

A Chinese venture capital firm originally developed this AI benchmark to assess its potential investments. Now it’s opening it up for anyone to use.

AI can get very persuasive these days, but what happens in a future where AI agents negotiate with each other? New research showed that when your agent sucks, you could lose money, and this could lead to a new kind of digital gap www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/17/1...

I wrote about China's AI agent boom and think it is at least mildly better than some other articles on this same topic. You should consider giving it a read. www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/05/1...

China's notorious CRISPR scientist He Jiankui is released from jail and seeking a comeback, with weird tweets and a new marriage with internet savvy biotech entrepreneur Cathy Tie. We looked into what's going on: www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/23/1...

To Chinese manufacturers enraged by the Trump-era tariffs, factory TikTok is not a vanity project but a full-blown genre that’s part protest, part marketing plan, part survival strategy. I wrote about this: www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/28/1...

does this mean that I, an ethically sourced Chinese good would suddenly cost twice to my American employer

I had the pleasure to speak with former Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks about China, AI, drones, among other topics. www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/07/1...

The coming clean tech troubles: Sweeping tariffs, an economic downturn & any loss of IRA subsidies will all be especially bad news for US climate progress.

"What would surprise me right now are critics who articulate positive visions of the art world they want to see... But those kinds of articles are harder to write and receive less attention than sensationalized negativity." www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

today is the day that i remembered my bluesky password so now I am logged in on my work laptop in the future I will be posting my articles and thoughts here,, excited

China’s tech infrastructure push went from ghost town to ghost cloud

A new Chinese AI chatbot is making waves — DeepSeek claims it can predict the future. 🧐 AI Journalism Lab ‘24 alum Caiwei Chen (@caiwei.bsky.social) dives into what this means for China’s AI ambitions and beyond. Dive into the article here ↓ www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/03/1...

I reviewed Manus!

Deepseek has become the new oracle. Young people in China are reviving a traditional fortune-telling practice using the AI chatbot. They say BaZi's pattern-based structure is surprisingly compatible with a reasoning model. My latest @technologyreview.com: www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/03/1...

Very happy to have spoken with Emma Gometz at the Open Notebook about how as a journalist , I realistically use AI. An important and thorough tip sheet for reporters and newsroom executives alike:

"What began as a sprint has become a high-stakes marathon—China’s AI ambitions have never been higher." More good stuff from @caiwei.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/04/1...

A new AI rival from China is shaking up Silicon Valley. DeepSeek matches ChatGPT’s power but was built faster and for a fraction of the cost. How did they do it, and what comes next? 🎙 In this episode of ‘TheTake’, I interview MIT Tech Review reporter @caiwei.bsky.social youtu.be/XVjUoy-jkOo

Thank you @talkingbiznews.bsky.social for sparing me from spreading personal news here again — but this is real and please send tips to [email protected]!

Wrote about the other side.. why elon musk and tiffany fong is all over your timeline, as well as why fong's rising prominence and massive payouts reflects everything wrong with the current X algorithm. www.dailydot.com/news/tiffany...

As Bluesky grows, so do concerns about its moderation policies., as raised by community members like @mommunism.bsky.social. Palestinian users are navigating a system that’s flagging and removing accounts. I covered this for @dailydot.bsky.social: www.dailydot.com/debug/bluesk...

I've created a Starter Pack of Greater China media people. Please share! DM me if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/JB4exUy

I spent a lot of late nights writing to lo-fi beats, so it only made sense to write about them. For @dailydot.bsky.social, I wrote about some new mysterious Youtube channels seems to be sharing bulk-produced AI music, and the "sunofication" of this entire genre. www.dailydot.com/debug/lo-fi-...

AI tutoring tablets are gaining ground in China, at a time when the Beijing’s tutoring crackdown meets Generative AI craze. I explored this trend:

Great read! Why tens of thousands of Chinese social media users have adopted momo the pink dinosaur as their online alias. By @caiwei.bsky.social via @restofworld.org restofworld.org/2023/social-...

Posting to increase Zelda content on Bluesky

If you are on the Chinese side of Reddit, fringe political groups have never felt so mainstream. I wrote about the curious rise of Chinese communities on Reddit, who migrated from places like Hupu, Douban and Tieba and found a new life. https://restofworld.org/2023/reddit-china-online-communities/