China's Supreme People's Court published new guidance directing lower courts on how to handle civil disputes stemming from AI misuse, covering deepfake video and audio, sexualized synthetic content, financial fraud, digital privacy violations, and algorithmic pricing based on surveillance. The 24-article opinion follows an earlier ruling against a company that used AI to force out an employee, and aims to give judges a consistent framework for these emerging cases.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-11
President Trump said he has no concerns about AI causing human extinction, prioritizing U.S. competitiveness against China instead. His remarks followed public warnings from over a dozen researchers at OpenAI and Anthropic urging a slower pace of AI development due to safety risks.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-11
Neijuan, translated as 'involution,' describes a phenomenon where competition intensifies without producing proportional gains, leading to overproduction, price wars, and deflationary pressure among businesses. On a personal level, it reflects the experience of individuals who work harder under fierce competition yet see no real improvement in outcomes, resulting in stress and burnout. The concept originated from anthropologist Alexander Goldenweiser's 1937 work on cultural stagnation and was later adapted to describe modern Chinese economic and social conditions.
en.wikipedia.org
· 2026-09-11
Chinese pharmaceutical companies, once known mainly for producing cheap generic medicines, are now developing original obesity and weight-loss drugs aimed at competing with Western blockbusters like Ozempic and Wegovy. Several firms are advancing candidates through clinical trials and striking licensing deals with major international drugmakers.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-11
A new executive order prohibits installing foreign-produced bulk-power system equipment deemed a national security threat, explicitly naming battery energy storage systems, inverters and transformers. This follows earlier measures including 2022 tax credit restrictions tied to sourcing of battery minerals and components, a 2025 rule requiring 55% non-Chinese materials for storage projects starting in 2026, and tariffs on batteries that rose to 25% from 7.5% in January.
technologyreview.com
· 2026-09-10
Researchers uncovered bones and stone tools inside a cave in China that belonged to Denisovans, an extinct human relative, spanning a period of roughly 120,000 years. The finds offer new physical evidence about the group's biology, diet, and daily life over an extended timeframe.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-09
U.S. security agencies have publicly accused six Chinese artificial intelligence companies of systematically using American AI models to train their own systems through a technique known as distillation. The practice allows a smaller model to learn from the outputs of a larger, more advanced one, effectively transferring capabilities without the original research investment.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-09
Two children died in separate gene-editing clinical trials in China, prompting scrutiny from researchers, ethicists and legal scholars over how such studies are approved and monitored. Investigators say the trials involved ethical breaches that could carry lasting consequences for China's biomedical research sector.
nature.com
· 2026-09-08
Two children reportedly died after receiving gene-editing treatments in separate investigator-initiated trials (IITs) in China, drawing scrutiny to the country's rapid trial pathway. The deaths surfaced just months after Beijing introduced Order 818, a rule effective May 1 that tightens oversight of IITs, including restricting stem-cell and gene therapy trials to top-tier sanjia hospitals.
nature.com
· 2026-09-08
Belgian prosecutors detained a Chinese man in May as he prepared to fly to Beijing, alleging he had been passing sensitive chip-related technology to a company in China. The case is part of a broader investigation into suspected industrial espionage targeting Europe's semiconductor sector.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-07
Days after the World Humanoid Robot Games concluded in China, the PLA's official newspaper urged researchers to speed the shift of humanoid robot technology from labs into military training. A Reuters review of over 100 Chinese procurement notices, patents, academic papers and defense-company documents found the country is actively researching combat applications for these machines and planning for eventual battlefield use alongside robot dogs and unmanned vehicles.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-07
X reported identifying roughly 200 accounts tied to China that it says were amplifying anti-data center rhetoric on the platform, sparking coverage framing local opposition as foreign manipulation. President Trump quickly echoed the claim on Truth Social, suggesting China benefits from the backlash against US data center construction, even as public polling shows growing domestic opposition to these projects regardless of any outside influence.
wired.com
· 2026-09-06
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