technology competition

Bloomberg: China rapidly closing AI gap with US

The AI pricing landscape shifted in opposite directions this month as DeepSeek announced steep price increases for its V4 model line and OpenAI made its GPT-5.6 Luna model the free default for ChatGPT users — moves that underscore the intensifying…

China’s top robot dog maker built on US Army research

China's Unitree Robotics based designs for its most successful robot dogs on innovations funded by the U.S. military, according to a Reuters investigation published Tuesday that detailed for the first time the connections between U.S. Army research and the Chinese…

DeepSeek launches V4 Pro as China releases 10 AI models in 70 days

Nine major Chinese AI firms have released 10 new models and major updates over roughly 70 days since June 2026, marking an intensified phase of competition that centers on technical sophistication rather than cost alone. The burst of releases culminated…