Jul 20, 2026 – 10.58amTokyo | Deep inside Shanghai’s cavernous World AI Conference, humanoid robots boxed, China’s homegrown semiconductor chips were displayed and crowds queued to test the country’s latest artificial intelligence systems.At night, lasers swept across the Huangpu River as the city celebrated China’s cutting-edge innovation as its biggest technology festival.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
He looks 12, but this rock-loving tech star just upended the AI race
Moonshot AI founder Yang Zhilin has become the face of China’s AI boom after the release of his new model that appears to narrow the lead held by US companies.
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