ChinAI Newsletter

Featured links A guide to online anonymity, from countless momos The Promise and Perils of China's Regulation of Artificial Intelligence High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy Differences in TC260 standards on GenAI security requirements Chinese Assessments of AI: Risks and Mitigation Strategies Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly tr...

Greetings from a world where… ChinAI is now six years old, which means it should be beginning to speak in simple but complete sentences, tell time, and develop a sense of humor, but let's not put too much pressure on it to hit these milestones. After all, all newsletters develop at their own pace. …***Thanks folks for getting the paid subscriptions back up a bit in the past few weeks; if you you’v...

Greetings from a world where… translation is an art of disappointment …***We’ve hit a bit of a lull in paid subscriptions lately, so please consider subscribing here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). As always, the searchable archive of all...

Greetings from a world where… March is mad …***We’ve hit a bit of a lull in paid subscriptions lately, so please consider subscribing here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Featur...

Greetings from a world where… the daikon radish cravings are in full swing …***We’ve hit a bit of a lull in paid subscriptions lately, so please consider subscribing here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). As always, the searchable archive of...

Greetings from a world where… policy is policy and businesses is business [政策是政策，生意是生意] …***We’ve hit a bit of a lull in paid subscriptions lately, so please consider subscribing here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). As always, t...

Greetings from a world where… I’m devouring Patrick Keefe's Say Nothing …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: Large Model Security a...

Greetings from a world where… blue-teaming is red-teaming …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: Large Model Safety and Ethics Resear...

Greetings from a world where… DC had the hottest January temperature ever (80 degrees!) …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: Top 10...

Greetings from a world where… I’m enjoying Wong Kar-wai's foray into C-drama land with Blossoms …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation...

Greetings from a world where… Caitlin Clark is appointment viewing …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: Large Models, Please Respon...

Greetings from a world where… making jambalaya with shrimp shells was the move …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: The dilemma of...

Greetings from a world where… losers are always in the wrong [成王败寇] …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: XiaoIce Peerless (part...

Greetings from a world where… newborn calves are not afraid of tigers [初生牛犊不怕虎] …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: XiaoIce...

Greetings from a world where… Christmas markets in Berlin are just around the corner …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Feature Translation: Blue Pape...

Greetings from a world where… ham balls and potato oles reign supreme …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors). Around the Horn (12th edition) It has been to...

Subtitle: Examining factors behind China's low localization rates in automotive chips. Greetings from a world where… I’m very jealous of my grandma going to eat crab at Yangcheng Lake …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay suppo...

Subtitle: A prompt engineering-based game goes viral in China. Greetings from a world where… the Iowa Hawkeyes have mercifully announced that Brian Ferentz will not return as offensive coordinator, so we are retiring the “March to Mediocrity” tracker (see, kids, this is what happens when you speak up for what you believe in) …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please ple...

Subtitle: JHU in the 1990s to large language models in the 2020s. Greetings from a world where… sisig is now my favorite food (Hawks had a bye week) …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation...

Subtitle: A history of Chinese AI researchers at Johns Hopkins University's Center for Language and Speech Processing. Greetings from a world where… for the rest of the college football season, this status update will be devoted to tracking the Iowa Hawkeye offense's march to mediocrity. Did you hear about that time we gained 2 total yards in the second half? Yeah, that happened this week …As alwa...

Subtitle: A profile of the co-founder of Pony.ai. Greetings from a world where… for the rest of the college football season, this status update will be devoted to tracking the Iowa Hawkeye offense's march to mediocrity …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same...

Subtitle: Powered (in part) by CSET's new ETO Scout Tool . Greetings from a world where… for the rest of the college football season, this status update will be devoted to tracking the Iowa Hawkeye offense's march to mediocrity …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets...

Subtitle: Popular science writer dispels rumors about China breaking through the lithography technology chokehold. Greetings from a world where… for the rest of the college football season, this status update will be devoted to tracking the Iowa Hawkeye offense's march to mediocrity …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under...

Subtitle: SuperCLUE-Safety, the first Chinese large-model multi-round adversarial safety benchmark, is released.. Greetings from a world where… for the rest of the college football season, this status update will be devoted to tracking the Iowa Hawkeye offense's march to mediocrity …As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a...

“Large model makers need to not only give people fish but also teach them how to fish.” With the accumulation of capital and discourse, the craze for big models has swept the country for more than half a year, and suddenly we have entered the era of large models available to everyone. [...] Note: These are Jeffrey Ding's informal and unofficial translations. The original text is linked in the epis...