How Moonshot AI’s frontier model is shrinking the gap between open and closed AI - and what it means for the global race.

Alibaba's Kimi K3 delivers frontier AI at lower cost than GPT-5.6 and Claude, signaling a new era for Chinese open-source AI and enterprise large language models

China successfully recovered its Long March 10B reusable rocket booster, taking a major step toward challenging SpaceX in the commercial space launch race.

Beijing urges open AI dialogue after humanoid robots broke the 100m record twice: first 9.39 seconds, then 8.86 as US-China AI rivalry intensifies.

China shipped over 40,000 humanoid robots in H1 2026, capturing 97% of global shipments. Unitree's IPO surged 629% as the US shipped just 450 units in all of 2025.

China shipped 97% of global humanoid robots in H1 2026. Unitree's IPO surged 629%. A robot broke Bolt's 100m record. The US shipped just 450 units in 2025.

Chang'e 7 will search for water ice and map resources using an orbiter, lander, rover and hopping probe in preparation for longer-term research.

Moonshot AI unveiled Kimi K3, a frontier open-weight AI model with one million-token context, intensifying competition with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta.

The White House accused Moonshot AI of stealing Anthropic's Fable model for Kimi K3, escalating the US-China AI rivalry and artificial intelligence security tensions.

Deutsche Bank report warns Chinese AI models face geopolitical barriers despite technical edge. Export controls, EU rules cap global spread.