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China vs. USA – Foundation Collapse

China will only accelerate what is already in progress. It appears that it is now Chinese government policy to flood the open-source community with AI models which to me looks...

China AI – The Efficiency Game

China plucks the low-hanging fruit Efficiency is spreading like wildfire through the Chinese AI industry indicating that the edge that the US has enjoyed is not as large as many...

Baidu AI – Keeping Up Appearances

Baidu joins the efficiency game.  Keen to catch up in the China AI game, Baidu has launched two newer and cheaper models, but it is not clear whether Baidu is...

Manus AI – Music Maker

Monica demonstrates an advance in orchestration, not AGI. Manus AI is the latest AI story out of China but once the hype has died down, I suspect the real story...

Alibaba QwQ – 32bn Questions

More questions than answers. Alibaba has produced a model that performs pretty well, but it is so small that China is once again challenging the Western “bigger is better” philosophy....

China vs. USA – Taiwan buys Insurance

A $165bn insurance policy The more TSMC invests in the USA, the more secure Taiwan becomes because if Taiwan, for some reason, goes offline then the TSMC fabs in the...

Tencent – A Must Win

Tencent has to become the agent of choice on Chinese smartphones Tencent has passed a crucial milestone in ensuring the durability of the ecosystem it built in China by becoming...

Research Publication – Reality Bytes – Clash of the Titans Vol. VIII – DeepSeek

4th March 2025: RFM and Alavan Independent update their long running coverage of the USA-China technology war with the publication of Reality Bytes – Clash of the Titans Vol. VIII...

DeepSeek – Maths Matters

DeepSeek can’t count. In a bizarre statement made on GitHub over the weekend (see here), DeepSeek has laid claim to 545% profit margins which is a mathematical impossibility. This leads...

Huawei – The Yield Game

I remain sceptical about these claims. Huawei is making some bold claims with regard to the yield that it is achieving on the AI chips it is making which, if...