Beijing wants to lead the world in developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, but it also wants companies to adhere to an increasingly complex set of rules.

China acquired naval platforms from Russia to rapidly boost its capabilities throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

A Chinese science and technology vice minister will attend India's AI summit this month, a consultant told CNBC, citing government contacts.

The K3 chip is the result of more than 1,200 days of development. According to the company, it is among the first mass-production-ready RISC-V AI CPUs compliant with the RVA23 specification. It also supports 1024-bit RISC-V Vector extensions (RVV) and native FP8 precision for AI inference.

On Wednesday, China approved imports of Nvidia’s H200 artificial intelligence chips for three of its largest technology companies, Reuters reported. ByteDance, Alibaba, and Tencent received approval to purchase more than 400,000 H200 chips in total, marking a shift in Beijing’s stance after weeks of holding up shipments despite US export clearance.

While the U.S. chases breakthroughs, China is betting on scale, speed, and real-world adoption—and that may prove decisive in the AI race.

To lead the agentic AI revolution in 2026, the United States must sustain export controls, scale its tech stack globally, and promote adoption of US-aligned agentic AI. The age of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) arrived in the fall of 2025,