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China’s Tech Giants Wage an AI-Powered Red-Envelope War to Win Spring Festival Attention
During the Lunar New Year, Tencent, ByteDance and other Chinese tech firms launched a wave of AI‑branded giveaways and UI changes to drive engagement. From gold‑coloured WeChat Moments and ten‑thousand‑yuan vouchers to hourly red‑packet rains and gala‑tie‑in prizes, companies are using festive incentives to rebuild user habits and showcase AI features.
Token Tsunami and Power Limits Propel a Boom in Liquid‑Cooled AI Servers
Exploding AI token consumption and rising hardware costs are driving a surge in rented AI compute and accelerating adoption of liquid‑cooled, high‑density servers. Policy limits on data‑centre energy efficiency and the shift from training to widespread inference are making immersion cooling and edge deployment central to scaling AI affordably and sustainably.
Heilongjiang Rolls Out 'AI+' Public‑Service Push — From Jobs Matching to Medical Imaging and Real‑Time Aid Audits
Heilongjiang province has published an "AI+" plan that embeds artificial intelligence in employment services, medical imaging and social assistance oversight. The initiative aims to improve service delivery and fraud prevention but raises questions about data integration, clinical validation and governance.
Tesla Ends One‑Time FSD Sales in U.S., Leaning Harder on Subscriptions as China Keeps Buyouts
Tesla removed the one‑time purchase option for its Full Self‑Driving package on its U.S. website on 15 February 2026, switching to subscription only, while its China site still offers buyouts at ¥32,000 and ¥64,000. The move signals a strategic shift toward recurring software revenue, greater operational control over advanced driving features, and differing market approaches between the U.S. and China.
Musk’s Bold Claim Fuels China’s New Year Rush to Build AI That Writes Code
Elon Musk’s claim that AI may soon eliminate the need for human programmers has sharpened an already heated competition in China, where major firms have released coding‑focused models during the Spring Festival. The combined effect of domestic model improvements, falling tool prices and early commercial traction promises big productivity gains but also raises reliability, security and labour‑market challenges.
China’s UniX AI Unveils Wanda Panther: A New Generation of Mobile Manipulator for Industrial and Service Uses
UniX AI launched the Wanda Panther Black Panther series in February 2026, a production-oriented mobile manipulator that pairs an 8-DOF bionic arm and adaptive gripper with an omnidirectional four-wheel steering and drive chassis. The platform reflects a broader shift toward integrated, embodied-intelligence robots aimed at reducing deployment friction in manufacturing, logistics and service sectors.
Douyin Tightens Rules Around Seedance 2.0: Real‑ID Required and IP Generation Blocked as Anti‑Infringement Becomes Priority
Douyin’s executive confirmed Seedance 2.0 is live for testing but requires real‑person verification and blocks creation using real‑person facial references or recognised IP characters. The company says its largest recent internal effort has been strengthening anti‑infringement measures and solicits user reports to remove problematic content. The moves reflect broader tensions between rapid AI innovation, copyright protection and regulatory scrutiny.
China’s AI New-Year Sprint Exposes a New Scarcity: Token Inflation and Rising Compute Prices
China’s major tech firms used the 2026 Lunar New Year to launch a wave of multimodal AI models, precipitating a rapid rise in token-based inference demand. The surge is pushing cloud prices up, giving model vendors pricing leverage while exposing supply, governance and geopolitical risks.
China’s Spring Gala Becomes Global Showcase for Homegrown AI Video Model
Douyin Group says China’s 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala was the first public project to deeply use Seedance 2.0, a domestic AI video‑generation model. The deployment signals mainstreaming of generative video in China, with implications for the media industry, domestic AI vendors, and debates over authenticity and regulation.
Huawei’s Ascend Hardware Quickly Hosts Open‑Source MiniMax M2.5, Underscoring China’s Push for a Homegrown AI Stack
Xiyu Technology’s open‑source release of MiniMax M2.5 was ported within hours to Huawei’s Ascend‑based Atlas 800 A2 and A3 servers and trialed at operational network sites. The episode highlights accelerating co‑design between Chinese model developers and domestic hardware vendors, a trend that strengthens China’s push for an autonomous AI infrastructure.
Musk Says Moon Pivot Won't Abandon Mars — and May Even Help It
Elon Musk affirmed SpaceX will continue to pursue Mars even as the company signals a stronger near-term focus on building an autonomous lunar settlement within ten years. He suggested the lunar pivot would delay Martian autonomy by at most a few years and might accelerate Mars development by maturing needed technologies and logistics.
China’s Chip Capital Rush: ¥83.5bn Pours into AI, Memory and Advanced Nodes as Investors Chase Self‑Reliance
From January 2025 to early February 2026, China disclosed ¥835 billion in financing for its integrated circuit industry across 1,197 deals, with capital concentrating in AI chips, high‑end memory and advanced process nodes. Large rounds, state‑linked investors and strategic bets on upstream materials and equipment indicate a coordinated push to accelerate semiconductor self‑reliance.