ChinAI Newsletter

Featured links * ChinAI #307 [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-307-around-the-horn-19th-edition] * Between the U.S. and China, it is not about “who defeats whom” [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/slpNfd6m7gkfTsG5arqelg] * People who work for AI, lost in data labeling [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lLRGZdgy1YJJFR-5pkMJFA] * AI trainers [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-223-the-labor-of-ai-trainers] * AI large models can’t solve gaokao questions, nor do they dare to solve them [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/vPw3H7ROhy_SNO6xek0W5A] * There are really no good data center stocks to buy [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/1DWiPrEiqwIGwpPZR0bcxw] * As the popularity of large model (startups) recedes, real technology innovators begin to be “seen” [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ycbzus2YqGYyj6FndIo1JQ] * How does a Chinese AI video product attract 60 million global users? [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QL9jTDi_h8zrlCe-zHQJ2g] * When rumor spreading rides the wind of “AI” [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OEfYqpafZKEaT4ZXA9hNJw] * China is implementing a national internet ID system. How does the national ID card protect personal information? [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/MpttQFnra6lspn5bs7o5yw] * When I asked DeepSeek about good ideas to extend the weekend [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GKN9p_i_lrr09tRowg9Ohw] Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here [https://chinai.substack.com/archive] & please subscribe here [https://chinai.substack.com/] to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com [chinainewsletter@gmail.com] or on Twitter at @jjding99 [https://twitter.com/jjding99] --- First published: June 16th, 2025 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-316-around-the-horn-20th-episode [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-316-around-the-horn-20th-episode?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration] --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO [https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=jeffrey_ding&utm_campaign=ai_narration]. --- Images from the article: ESPN logo [https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47c40457-2963-4df9-90ec-7a22e7b5112f_640x360.jpeg]https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47c40457-2963-4df9-90ec-7a22e7b5112f_640x360.jpeg Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts [https://pocketcasts.com/], or another podcast app.

Featured links * ChinAI #237 [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-237-safety-benchmarks-for?utm_source=publication-search] * ChinAI #261 [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-261-first-results-from-caicts?utm_source=publication-search] * Sohu article [https://www.sohu.com/a/806855361_392936] * GitHub page [https://github.com/CLUEbenchmark/SuperCLUE-Safety] * Q4 2024 update [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kcgkSFwh6m61mPEgI1kWeA] * 2025 Q1 benchmark [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/0JUeL3TOLocXJ1GkXOJg1Q] * GitHub page [https://github.com/AI45Lab/Flames/blob/main/README.md] * DSPSafeBench [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/qDEBkS2yBZgYz_Zq6bONUQ] * What China’s generative AI registration data can tell us about China’s AI competitiveness [https://triviumchina.com/research/seeking-the-next-deepseek-what-chinas-generative-ai-registration-data-can-tell-us-about-chinas-ai-competitiveness/] * Concordia’s AI Safety in China Newsletter [https://aisafetychina.substack.com/p/ai-safety-in-china-14] * We surveyed 12 public companies about the truth behind DeepSeek’s all-in-one servers [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VwS84ciaKv5i0X9AMEIFUQ] * A daughter spent two years creating her own AI father [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/givTH4_Fa9po8o7GUCV7BQ] Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here [https://chinai.substack.com/archive] & please subscribe here [https://chinai.substack.com/] to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com [chinainewsletter@gmail.com] or on Twitter at @jjding99 [https://twitter.com/jjding99] --- First published: June 9th, 2025 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-315-abandoned-checking-in [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-315-abandoned-checking-in?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration] --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO [https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=jeffrey_ding&utm_campaign=ai_narration]. --- Images from the article: Cartoon wooden bench lifting weights with a happy expression [https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F806c4553-c6b2-4604-9b5a-63fc0601579c_1536x1024.png]https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F806c4553-c6b2-4604-9b5a-63fc0601579c_1536x1024.png Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts [https://pocketcasts.com/], or another podcast app.

Featured links * Can AI save China's independent cloud providers? [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xiza_UJmO4fSZXlMMOT8lU-7byOqtjq0GYmZ9G2T9ls/edit?usp=sharing] * Leiphone article [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/S9OqDzklejDvX7qu7KW8tQ] * Green monetary policy in China - window guidance and the promotion of sustainable lending and investment [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2021.2012122#abstract] * Funding the AI Cloud — Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Investments, Part 1 [https://cset.georgetown.edu/publication/funding-the-ai-cloud-computing-investments-part-1/] * After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they left [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/rubio-revoke-student-visas-china-rcna209699] * Fading Beacon [https://www.chronicle.com/article/fading-beacon] Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here [https://chinai.substack.com/archive] & please subscribe here [https://chinai.substack.com/] to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com [chinainewsletter@gmail.com] or on Twitter at @jjding99 [https://twitter.com/jjding99] --- First published: June 2nd, 2025 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-314-can-ai-save-chinas-independent [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-314-can-ai-save-chinas-independent?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration] --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO [https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=jeffrey_ding&utm_campaign=ai_narration].

Featured links * China’s Big 5 Foundation Model Companies contend for supremacy [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qzm3wVxr3m-vFXqSQQjI8MaP9wADddbOpEQkH2kZLfo/edit?usp=sharing] * ChinAI #284) [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-284-alibaba-qwen25-the-worlds?utm_source=publication-search] * UC San Diego Book Talk [https://calendar.ucsd.edu/event/running-the-right-ai-race-u.s-china-competition-in-general-technologies-67eda201b9cb81.61448274] * Advancing Department of Defense Test and Evaluation for AI and Autonomous Systems [https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/safe-and-effective] * TNSR article [https://tnsr.org/2024/10/machine-failing-how-systems-acquisition-and-software-development-flaws-contribute-to-military-accidents/] * China's province most lacking in universities is frantically building junior colleges (in Chinese) [https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hGh6lb_LU7B8FUsKidO6Ng] * The Romance of Being Unreadable [https://www.vulture.com/article/ocean-vuong-the-emperor-of-gladness-book-review.html] Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here [https://chinai.substack.com/archive] & please subscribe here [https://chinai.substack.com/] to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com [chinainewsletter@gmail.com] or on Twitter at @jjding99 [https://twitter.com/jjding99] --- First published: May 19th, 2025 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-313-chinas-big-5-foundation [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-313-chinas-big-5-foundation?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration] --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO [https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=jeffrey_ding&utm_campaign=ai_narration]. --- Images from the article: Hugging Face's global open source large model list (February 2025) [https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c167ef9-7f7c-4cd7-81fd-8ef7a9c9baf4_720x545.png]https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c167ef9-7f7c-4cd7-81fd-8ef7a9c9baf4_720x545.png Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts [https://pocketcasts.com/], or another podcast app.

Featured links * New-type AI Storage Research Report [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pLELhKuaQ-IcZQqc7a8pTvrCpbe4IQ8FNpLh_yFa7oU/edit?usp=sharing] * 80% of those chips to south China [https://thecapitolforum.com/maxlinear-silicon-motion-parties-make-progress-in-negotiating-remedy-with-chinese-regulator/] * China built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused. [https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/26/1113802/china-ai-data-centers-unused/amp/] * DeepSeek, Huawei, Export Controls, and the Future of the U.S.-China AI Race [https://www.csis.org/analysis/deepseek-huawei-export-controls-and-future-us-china-ai-race] * The Anatomy of Chinese Innovation: Insights on Patent Quality and Ownership [https://voxchina.org/show-3-405.html] * Are You My Boyfriend [https://areyoumyboyfriend.substack.com/] Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here [https://chinai.substack.com/archive] & please subscribe here [https://chinai.substack.com/] to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at chinainewsletter@gmail.com [chinainewsletter@gmail.com] or on Twitter at @jjding99 [https://twitter.com/jjding99] --- First published: May 12th, 2025 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-312-new-type-ai-storage-research [https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-312-new-type-ai-storage-research?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration] --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO [https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=jeffrey_ding&utm_campaign=ai_narration]. --- Images from the article: Figure 9: Practical example of high-performance AI storage application in finance. Source: CAICT [https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F012fafbf-cbdb-4f90-a5d2-3c162408ba0f_615x412.png]https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F012fafbf-cbdb-4f90-a5d2-3c162408ba0f_615x412.png Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts [https://pocketcasts.com/], or another podcast app.