“ChinAI #333: Around the Horn (22nd episode)” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured links

• Chili Wok
• ChinAI #326
• The SuperCLUE September 2025 report has been released!
• ChinAI #324
• When we talk about “AI Search”, what are we talking about?
• With state-affiliated investment exceeding 30%, investment is fueling adding fuel to the robotics industry
• The most unusual AI money-making scheme has emerged
• Can (Alibaba’s) Quark succeed as a Chinese ChatGPT?
• The “Disenchantment and Return to Form” of AI Agents
• These university majors are on the verge of being “occupied” by AI
• Your agent may be “misevolving”!
• AI combat in indigenous databases
• After repeated failures in its strategic competition with China, the US has for the first time revealed the “chess piece” it most wants to win over

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These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University.

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First published:
October 27th, 2025

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-333-around-the-horn-22nd-episode

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