Alibaba and ByteDance Slash LLM API Prices 80% in China Price War
Developers benefit from sub-penny inference; Western labs watch whether race-to-bottom economics arrive globally.
Sara Chen
May 30·12 days ago·7 min read
Credence Wire Journalist
Sara Chen
AI Systems Reporter
Reports on AI infrastructure, chip ecosystems, and the semiconductor supply chain from San Francisco. Former software engineer at two AI startups.
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China Requires Public LLMs to Register With Cyberspace Administration
New rules mandate security assessments and content alignment reviews before consumer chatbots can operate domestically.
Sara Chen
Mar 25·3 months ago·7 min read
SMIC Ramps 7nm Production Despite Export Control Headwinds
Huawei chip orders drive utilization at Shanghai fabs; yields remain below TSMC benchmarks.
Sara Chen
Mar 10·3 months ago·7 min read
Baidu Launches Ernie 5 for Enterprise With Mandarin Reasoning Gains
The model targets government and finance workloads with on-prem deployment kits for state-owned enterprises.
Sara Chen
Jan 25·5 months ago·7 min read
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