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Israel missing from Chinese digital maps by Baidu and Alibaba, region appears without label

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that these Chinese online maps no longer label Israeli territory. This remained the case Tuesday, ThePrint verified.

Baidu will ‘very soon’ officially launch generative AI model, says CEO Robin Li

Li made the announcement at the Zhongguancun Forum, one of China's most well-known techology forums, around two months after Ernie Bot was first shown to the public to mixed reviews.

China’s Baidu cancels livestreamed product launch related for ChatGPT-like ‘Ernie bot’

The company said, reason behind the change in format was in order to satisfy the ‘strong demand’ from 120,000 companies that had applied to test Ernie bot.

China’s answer to Microsoft’s ChatGPT? Baidu shares fall after it unveils Ernie Bot

Baidu plans to use Ernie Bot to revolutionise its search engine as well as use it to increase efficiency in cloud, smart cars & household appliances, among other mainstream businesses.

ChatGPT buzz prompts Chinese tech firms to announce rival AI projects

Chinese tech giants such as Baidu and Alibaba as well as smaller start-ups have been working on AI projects for years. However, chatbots in China mostly focus on social interactions.

Chinese are busy looking up ‘What does declaring bankruptcy mean’ after Sri Lanka crisis

Chinese nationalists saw the Sri Lankan crisis and protests as a US-backed ‘coup’. And Xi govt wants to play ‘positive role’.

Praise for Imran, blame for India – how Chinese experts spin crises in Pakistan, Sri Lanka

So far, China has refrained from officially commenting on the situation in Sri Lanka and Pakistan – but there is growing chatter on news and Weibo, Baidu.

Did PLA soldiers freeze at the border? Chinese people searched it on Baidu 4 million times

Chinascope — The Week Behind The Wall is everything you need to know about what’s happening in China this week.

India’s Covid tragedy is a propaganda tool for Chinese State. Not even dead are spared

On Chinese platforms Sina Weibo and Baidu, official accounts have posted messages mocking scenes of funeral pyres at India's cremation sites.

China’s mass surveillance is more sophisticated than thought, courtesy several tech giants

Human Rights Watch report sheds new light on the vast scope of activity China is monitoring as it cracks down on its minority Muslim Uighur population.

On Camera

Indian govt is scrambling to manage LPG shortage while denying it exists

LPG shortage threatens to push poorer Indian households back to coal days—exactly what the Modi govt phased out.

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.