1. (China Daily) Fast-evolving artificial intelligence is expected to foster new consumption growth drivers and inject strong impetus into China's consumer market as this cutting-edge digital technology is spearheading a technological revolution and industrial transformation to drive economic growth, said experts and company executives.  

    They said that commercial use of AI in e-commerce and home appliances will not only improve the consumer shopping experience and merchants' operational efficiency, but also create new consumption scenarios and bolster product sales.  

    Their comments came as a State Council executive meeting in July approved a guideline on implementing the "AI Plus" initiative, calling for vigorously advancing the large-scale commercial application of AI and boosting its accelerated popularization and deep integration across various fields of economic and social development.

    Major e-commerce platforms are scrambling to leverage AI-powered virtual hosts in livestreaming sessions to introduce products and spur purchases. These virtual hosts can mimic human facial expressions and movements, and interact naturally with consumers while promptly answering their queries.  

    A digital human mimicking Liu Qiangdong, Chinese e-commerce giant JD's founder, appeared in the company's livestreaming rooms to promote a variety of merchandise, including meats, edible oils, eggs, milk, air conditioners and TV sets.  

    The AI anchor almost perfectly replicated Liu's expressions, body language, gestures, voice and accent. His avatar generated over 20 million views within the first hour and raked in 50 million yuan ($6.96 million) in sales throughout the real-time broadcast session.

    Tmall, Alibaba Group's business-to-customer e-marketplace, offers consumers personalized guidance and advice with its AI-powered customer service chatbots, while online discounter PDD Holdings uses AI tools to analyze market trends and optimize sales strategies.  

    "The use of AI-powered virtual hosts in e-commerce livestreaming can bring a feeling of freshness to users, while brand owners can attract new consumers via this innovative method," said Mo Daiqing, a senior analyst at the Internet Economy Institute, a domestic consultancy.  

    Mo said AI will change the way people purchase by providing interactive shopping experiences and promoting the digital transformation of traditional retailers.

    "It is vital that Chinese retailers deepen their customer engagement. AI tools can energize customer retention efforts, enabling e-commerce players to hyperpersonalize their engagement with consumers and create bespoke shopping experiences for them," said James Yang, head of consulting firm Bain & Company Greater China's retail practice.  

    Meanwhile, leading consumer electronics and home appliance makers are racing to incorporate AI technology into manufacturing, products and services. Zhou Yunjie, chairman and CEO of Haier Group, said, "At present, the deployment of AI in enterprises mainly concentrates on manufacturing, research and development, sales, procurement and services."  

    Zhou said the integration of AI models with home service robots and terminal devices will create new growth drivers for the global consumer electronics industry, adding that his company has promoted the application of AI in a wide range of fields like smart homes and industrial internet.

    Hisense Group said its Xinghai large language model has a deep integration with Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, and with enhanced deep thinking and reasoning abilities, its smart TVs could better understand user demands.  

    The rise of AI technology will offer better human-machine interaction capacities and boost the intelligent transformation of the home appliances sector, while unleashing consumption potential, said Liu Fei, research director of the consumer electronics department at Beijing-based market consultancy All View Cloud.  

    Hong Yong, an associate research fellow at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said the new type of consumption is mainly driven by technological advancements in AI, with a focus on consumers' personalized and diversified needs.  

    "Nurturing an AI-driven new consumption model is pivotal to expanding domestic demand, driving industrial upgrades and promoting high-quality economic growth," Hong said.

    Source:  By Fan Feifei | China Daily | Updated: 2025-08-22 07:45

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  2. (China Daily) China's commitment to cultivating new quality productive forces through scientific and technological innovation, as reiterated by President Xi Jinping, will help the country gain a competitive edge in strategic emerging fields and tech frontiers, and contribute to global economic growth, said experts and company executives.  

    Highlighting that fostering new growth drivers has been high on China's development agenda, they called for accelerated efforts to achieve breakthroughs in crucial technologies by investing more in fundamental research, reinforcing the dominant position of enterprises in boosting technological advancements, and intensifying financial support for innovation-oriented tech companies.  

    First put forward by Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, during his inspection tour of Heilongjiang province in September 2023, the term "new quality productive forces" has been highlighted at several high-profile meetings.

    New quality productive forces are driven by revolutionary technological breakthroughs, the innovative allocation of production factors, and deep industrial transformation and upgrading, Xi said while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in January last year.  

    He pointed out that sci-tech innovation can generate new industries, new models and new growth drivers, which are the core elements of the development of new quality productive forces.  

    The tone-setting Central Economic Work Conference held in December called for more efforts to make sci-tech innovation drive the development of new quality productive forces and build a modern industrial system.

    Huang Hanquan, head of the Chinese Academy of Macroeconomic Research, said, "Developing new quality productive forces is an intrinsic requirement for promoting China's high-quality development and will inject fresh momentum into global economic growth."  

    Huang said that China has favorable conditions for fostering new quality productive forces, given its ever-increasing innovation capacities, complete industrial systems, ultra-large domestic market, high-caliber talent pool and massive data resources.  

    To gain an upper hand in a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, he stressed that more efforts should be made to bolster sci-tech innovation, especially innovation in cutting-edge and disruptive technologies, and to accelerate the industrial application of innovative achievements, further deepen reforms in technology and education mechanisms, and expand high-level opening-up.

    A meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on July 30, which was presided over by Xi, called for accelerating the cultivation of emerging pillar industries with global competitiveness and promoting the deep integration and development of sci-tech innovation and industrial innovation.  

    "Sci-tech innovation plays a pivotal role in nurturing new quality productive forces. China has sent a clear signal that it is dedicated to implementing the innovation-driven development strategy and facilitating the in-depth integration of digital technologies with the real economy, in a bid to drive a shift from old growth drivers to new ones," said Luo Zhongwei, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Industrial Economics.  

    Luo emphasized the need to improve indigenous innovation abilities by stepping up investment in core technologies in key fields to solve bottleneck issues.

    Pan Helin, a member of the Expert Committee for Information and Communication Economy, which is part of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said, "The integrated advancements in sci-tech innovation and industrial innovation are crucial for promoting social and economic development, advancing Chinese modernization and cultivating fresh driving forces."  

    According to Pan, China's focus on nurturing new quality productive forces is conducive to speeding up the establishment of a modern industrial system and enhancing the stability and resilience of industrial and supply chains.  

    Pan said that in fostering new quality productive forces, different regions of the country should focus on comparative advantages and base their efforts on local conditions, avoiding blind investment in specific fields.  

    Li Dongsheng, founder and chairman of Chinese consumer electronics maker TCL Technology Group Corp, said, "The development of new quality productive forces requires further stimulating technological innovation, continuously investing in scientific research and talent development, and supporting the intelligent transformation of industries."

    Li underscored the need to give full play to the leading role of enterprises in bolstering sci-tech innovation and motivate their innovation vitality.  

    China's spending on research and development maintained rapid growth last year, thanks to efforts to support technological innovation. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that China's R&D expenditure exceeded 3.6 trillion yuan ($502.3 billion) in 2024, up 8.3 percent year-on-year, ranking second in the world.  

    In recent years, the country's strength in sci-tech innovation has taken a major leap. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, China has moved up to 11th place in the rankings of the world's most innovative economies and remains the only middle-income economy in the top 30.

    "China is not only a manufacturing powerhouse, but also a global innovation powerhouse driving trends in digitalization, sustainability and high-tech industries," said Denis Depoux, global managing director of market consultancy Roland Berger.  

    "China has emerged as a strong player in the global R&D landscape, and has made rapid progress in the development of AI technology, becoming one of the global leaders, and the pace will further accelerate," Depoux said.  

    The country's emphasis on accelerating the development of new quality productive forces will attract more investment by foreign companies to support Chinese companies' transformation, and to bring more technologies to the world's second-largest economy, he added.

    Anu Rathninde, president for Asia-Pacific at Johnson Controls, a United States-based smart building solutions provider, said the rise of new quality productive forces signifies a transformative shift in China's economic model, replacing outdated growth drivers with more dynamic ones and establishing the foundation for more sustained and robust economic development in the future.  

    He said that China is an important part of the company's global business network, and will continue to be a key contributor to global economic growth. "We are confident in the Chinese market and determined to deepen our footprint here," he said.  

    Chris Lee, senior vice-president and head of Asia-Pacific at Aveva, a United Kingdom-based industrial software developer, said that China has rapidly emerged as a global frontier for industrial innovation, presenting vast development opportunities fueled by the development of new quality productive forces and the country's vibrant digital economy.  

    The company recently launched its China intelligent innovation center, its first localized R&D center, to deepen its "in China, for China" strategy.  

    Lee highlighted that China's mature and extensive industrial system and supply chain offer an unparalleled platform for technological innovation, adding that the company will deepen its roots locally and collaborate closely with local partners to empower China's smart manufacturing and industrial digitalization.

    Source: By Fan Feifei | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-08-24 23:35

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  3. (China Daily) Chinese vaccine company Sinovac Biotech Ltd announced on Monday that its newly developed adsorbed tetanus vaccine has officially obtained approval from the National Medical Products Administration, marking a milestone in the company's push to expand its presence in the trauma care sector.  

    The vaccine features aluminum hydroxide adjuvants with a particle size of just 300 nanometers, far smaller than the 1 to 10 micrometer range of traditional adjuvants. This innovation enhances antigen adsorption efficiency and boosts the overall stability of the product, addressing two critical factors in vaccine efficacy and shelf-life.  

    Beyond the adjuvant upgrade, Sinovac also noted that an enhanced purification process has raised the immunogenicity of the vaccine’s active ingredient, the part that triggers the body's immune response, further strengthening its protective effect.

    In recent years, Sinovac has been actively expanding its footprint in the trauma care sector. The adsorbed tetanus vaccine is a major step forward for its "trauma combination product" plan. In addition to this vaccine, Sinovac is advancing clinical research on SNA02-48, an anti-tetanus toxin monoclonal antibody injection.

    Source: By Li Jing | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-08-26 14:50

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  4. (Xinhua) China's State Taxation Administration on Friday released value-added tax (VAT) invoice data for the period from April 2024 to July 2025, which reveals that the equipment-renewal program and consumer goods trade-ins have played an active role in facilitating industrial upgrading and transformation, boosting consumer demand, and improving economic circulation.  

    In the said period, the nationwide enterprise purchases of machinery equipment increased by 7.3 percent year on year.  

    Purchases of machinery equipment by industrial enterprises increased by 9.8 percent year on year. Purchases of machinery equipment in the information transmission and information technology services sector increased by 27.8 percent, while those in the scientific research and technological services sector grew by 28.3 percent.  

    During the same period, retail sales revenue for home appliances increased by 44.5 percent year on year, while retail sales for home audio-visual equipment saw a 22.8 percent growth.  

    Retail sales revenue for furniture and sanitary ware increased by 30.1 percent and 13.6 percent year on year, respectively. Notably, sales revenue for service robots grew by 51.1 percent.  

    The trade-ins have boosted China's auto consumption, with new energy vehicle sales surging by 81.7 percent.

    Source: Xinhua  2025-08-15 23:13:45

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  5. (China Daily) China's exports of home appliances grew steadily in the first half of the year, with emerging markets including Latin America, the Middle East and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations showing an upward trajectory, according to a report by an industry association.  

    Data from the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products show that the cumulative export value of Chinese white goods — which refer to large household appliances like refrigerators, washing machines and air conditioners — stood at $68.78 billion in the first six months, up 6.2 percent year-on-year.  

    China's exports of household appliances to Asia rose 8.4 percent year-on-year to $26.92 billion during the period, while those to the European market increased 9.8 percent on a yearly basis, the report said.

    However, the country's household appliance exports to traditional markets such as North America, Australia and New Zealand declined during the January-June period, affected by rising trade protectionism and volatile tariff policies from the United States.  

    Exports to the North American market reached $11.87 billion, down 5 percent compared with the same period last year due to US tariff hikes, the report noted.  

    Moreover, with scorching temperatures gripping much of the Northern Hemisphere, the export volume of China-made air conditioners came up to nearly 57 million units in the first half. The figure is expected to exceed 90 million units by the end of this year.

    Exports of Chinese home appliance components maintained growth momentum in the first six months, with the export value reaching $10.9 billion, surging 18.6 percent from a year earlier, the report added.  

    Zhou Nan, secretary-general of the CCCME's home appliances branch, said the demand for Chinese white goods in emerging markets such as Southeast Asia, Africa and the Middle East is growing rapidly, providing new growth momentum for China's household appliance exports.  

    "Some Middle Eastern countries, such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, have accelerated economic transformation, expecting more Chinese companies to invest and start businesses there, which brings about new development opportunities for Chinese brands," he said.

    Zhou added that, in the face of mounting external uncertainties, Chinese home appliance exporters should diversify business layouts and strengthen supply chain resilience, while stepping up investment in research and development and technological innovation to make their products more intelligent, green and energy-saving.  

    Chinese appliance manufacturers are actively adjusting their globalization strategies to mitigate the risks of over-dependency on too few markets.  

    Haier Smart Home Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China's largest home appliance manufacturer Haier Group, is stepping up efforts to expand its presence in the Middle East through establishing an industrial park that produces air conditioners, TVs, refrigerators and freezers in Egypt.

    The park is expected to accelerate the company's presence and growth in the Middle East and Africa by leveraging its global supply chain to serve consumers in the region.  

    Li Dongsheng, founder and chairman of Chinese consumer electronics company TCL Technology Group Corp, said, "We will actively consider increasing industrial centers in Africa and strengthening our business in the Middle East."  

    Li said Chinese manufacturers should shift from exporting products to exporting industrial capacity, accelerate the building of global industrial chains and improve localized operations in overseas markets.

    Wu Chun, managing partner of Boston Consulting Group Greater China, said Chinese home appliance makers have accumulated years of advantages in production and supply chains, independent innovation capabilities and world-leading expertise in digital technologies.  

    "These core advantages can enable them to seize emerging opportunities under the new development landscape," Wu said, highlighting that Chinese enterprises have gradually shifted their strategic focus in their globalization processes.  

    "They are not only expanding their presence abroad but also integrating into local economies, establishing refined local operation capabilities and building sustainable businesses that align well with the dynamics of local markets," she added.  

    Jin Xu, chairman of the China Association of International Trade, said some emerging markets, such as Brazil, India and African countries, present immense growth potential for Chinese enterprises to expand their presence, adding that Chinese enterprises' diversified footprint will be conducive to optimizing resource allocation and lifting their international market share.

    Source: By Fan Feifei | China Daily | Updated: 2025-08-13 09:42

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  6. (China Daily) Chinese smartphone vendor Vivo unveiled its first mixed reality headset, the Vivo Vision, positioning it as a direct competitor to Apple's Vision Pro in both design and interaction.  

    Yet the mixed reality market remains far from mature. Even Apple has struggled to move beyond a niche audience with its device, which starts at $3,500. According to the market research firm International Data Corp, global sales of Apple's Vision Pro remained under one million units in 2023. The entire global mixed reality market is only expected to surpass 10 million units this year.  

    Vivo's entry, however, appears aimed beyond the headset itself.

    "Mixed reality could become an ideal interactive device in future robotic scenarios," Hu Baishan, executive vice-president of Vivo, said. He suggested that while mixed reality meets short-term user needs—such as large-screen and immersive experiences—in the long run, it may serve as the "eyes and brain" of home robots.  

    "We've already spent five years developing this technology," Hu said.  

    In March of this year, Vivo publicly shared progress in robotics R&D and announced the establishment of the Vivo Robotics Lab. The lab focuses on developing intelligent decision-making systems (the "brain") and spatial perception systems (the "eyes") for robots.

    Source: By Ma Si | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-08-25 17:16

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  7. (China Daily) British compute platform company Arm is positioning its new Zena CSS as a flexible computing foundation for the next generation of AI-powered vehicles, providing automakers and chipmakers a way to accelerate development while maintaining flexibility for differentiation.  

    The platform, which it claims can enable automakers to launch new vehicle models at least one year faster, comes at a time when the car industry is accelerating its evolution from mechanical products to AI-driven ones.  

    Suraj Gajendra, vice-president for Product and Solutions, Automotive Line of Business at Arm, said the platform has attracted more than 10 global partners, including automakers and chip designers.  

    "Some of them have licensed the technology, while others are in advanced stages of engagement," said Gajendra in an interview on Tuesday without disclosing their names.

    Gajendra said the new Zena CSS delivers high-performance computing capacity to support applications ranging from in-car AI assistants to advanced driver-assistance systems and vehicle control applications, which are must-haves for new vehicles these days, especially in China.  

    Long before the launch of the new platform, Arm had been providing solutions for the auto industry. Most big names in the sector are its customers, including BMW, Toyota, Geely and Nio.  

    In the last five years, Arm-based chip shipments to the automotive market have tripled, statistics from the company showed.

    Besides raw performance, the Zena platform allows partners to optimize designs according to their own needs, unlike traditional chip designs that lock customers into specific layouts or manufacturing processes.  

    "They can customize features, integrate with other components, or target different markets without being constrained by rigid specifications," said Gajendra.  

    The platform also anticipates the growing trend of modular chip designs, giving partners the ability to combine or adapt Zena CSS units according to their product strategies.  

    This approach allows manufacturers to scale computing power as AI demands increase, while still retaining flexibility to innovate in areas such as AI accelerators, Input-Output interfaces, or other features.

    "Our core goal is to standardize a small but critical set of components — the CPU cores — while leaving the rest of the design to partners for differentiation," said Gajendra.  

    "Whether it's a carmaker developing its own chips or a traditional chip partner building a SoC (system on chip), they can innovate in accelerators, custom logic, or overall system architecture. This approach helps reduce development complexity while enabling creativity and flexibility," he added.  

    With vehicles expected to host more advanced AI workloads, from predictive maintenance and driver monitoring to adaptive infotainment systems, the demand for integrated, high-performance platforms is rapidly growing.

    "The transition to software-defined vehicles demands a shift in how we approach compute architectures," said Magnus Ostberg, chief software officer at Mercedes-Benz.  

    He said standardized, pre-verified compute subsystems like Arm Zena CSS can significantly accelerate development timelines and reduce complexity across the industry.  

    "At Mercedes-Benz, we recognize the value of collaborative platforms that drive the entire ecosystem forward," said Ostberg.

    Source: By Li Fusheng | China Daily | Updated: 2025-08-25 09:29

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  8. (China Daily) Chinese new energy vehicle startups posted a record-breaking performance in the first half of this year, demonstrating their growing momentum in both domestic and overseas markets.  

    Leapmotor has turned a profit for the first time in a half year, joining Li Auto as the only Chinese NEV startups to achieve that milestone.  

    In the first six months of 2025, Leapmotor's deliveries surged 155.7 percent from a year earlier to 221,664 vehicles, the highest among Chinese NEV startups. Meanwhile, its revenue surged 174 percent to 24.25 billion yuan ($3.37 billion).  

    Its gross margin rose to 14.1 percent, up 13 percentage points compared with the first half of 2024, the best in Leapmotor's history. This is attributed to economies of scale from increased sales, which led to reduced unit costs.

    In July, its sales exceeded 50,000 units for the first time, maintaining its position as the top-selling NEV startup for five consecutive months.  

    Also that month, Leapmotor made its debut on the Fortune China 500 list, the only entrant among NEV startups.  

    The automaker has increased this year's sales target to 580,000-650,000 vehicles and aims for 1 million next year.  

    Thanks to its partnership with European auto group Stellantis, Leapmotor reported strong overseas sales too. From January to July, the automaker exported 24,980 NEVs, the highest among NEV startups.

    Its performance in Europe has been particularly impressive, with over 4,000 orders in July, setting a record. The first batch of B10 SUVs was shipped to Europe in July and is set to launch at the IAA Mobility in Munich, Germany, in September.  

    The company plans to establish a production base in Europe by the end of 2026.  

    XPeng also delivered standout results, with key metrics such as deliveries, revenue, and gross margin hitting new highs for the second quarter.  

    It delivered 103,181 units from April to June, up 241.6 percent year-over-year, setting a single-quarter record.

    Its revenue reached 18.27 billion yuan in Q2, marking a year-over-year growth of 125.3 percent and a record quarter-over-quarter growth of 15.6 percent.  

    The closely watched vehicle gross margin stood at 14.3 percent, up 7.9 percentage points from the same period of 2024, achieving continuous improvement for eight consecutive quarters.  

    The figure demonstrates the company's balance and optimization of its product pricing strategy and cost control amid intense market competition.  

    XPeng Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng said that the company has upgraded its new-generation technology platform in 2025, creating a technological advantage over its competitors. This is expected to inject momentum into future products.

    The automaker will launch the new P7 this week. It is expected to rank among the top three electric sedans priced under 300,000 yuan and achieve monthly deliveries of more than 40,000 from September, according to He.  

    XPeng also plans to launch a range-extended version of the X9 MPV in the fourth quarter this year, marking its entry into the competitive but fast-growing range-extended electric vehicle market.  

    The automaker expects third-quarter deliveries of 113,000 to 118,000 vehicles, up 143-154 percent year-over-year, with revenue projected at 19.6-21 billion yuan, representing 94-108 percent growth.  

    Internationally, XPeng has entered 46 markets, including the United Kingdom, Italy, and Ireland. These countries accepted deliveries of over 18,000 vehicles in the first half, a 200 percent increase year-over-year. Production has also begun in Indonesia.

    Joining the momentum, Xiaomi's EV business also reached new milestones in Q2 with its revenue at 20.6 billion yuan and the delivery of 81,302 cars, setting a record.  

    The average selling price rose by 10.9 percent to 253,662 yuan in the second quarter, mainly due to increased deliveries of the higher-priced Xiaomi SU7 Ultra sedan.  

    In July, Xiaomi's monthly deliveries surpassed 30,000 units for the first time. Xiaomi President Lu Weibing said that the company will not engage in price wars. The current priority is to quickly deliver orders.  

    According to Lu, Xiaomi is confident in achieving its delivery target of 350,000 vehicles this year and its auto business is expected to achieve quarterly profitability in the second half of the year.

    Xiaomi's EV business also plans to enter the European market in 2027, marking the first step of its global expansion.  

    Established automakers also showed a strong performance. Geely's revenue reached 150.29 billion yuan in the first half of 2025, marking a 27 percent increase year-on-year and setting a record for the company.  

    The revenue growth is primarily attributed to a sharp increase in Geely's sales volume, which reached 1.41 million units, up 47 percent year-on-year, which set another record for the company.  

    Among these, NEV sales reached 725,200 units, marking a year-on-year increase of 126 percent. NEVs accounted for 51.5 percent of Geely's total sales, highlighting the company's focus in that sector.

    Source: By Cao Yingying | China Daily | Updated: 2025-08-25 09:21

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  9. (China Daily) A research team at Nankai University in Tianjin has made major strides in detecting text generated by artificial intelligence, developing a system that significantly reduces false positives and false negatives, a problem that has plagued many existing tools.  

    The team's research paper on the system has been accepted by ACM Multimedia 2025, one of the world's leading computer science conferences. Their detection feature is now integrated into Paper-Mate, an AI research assistant developed by Nankai professors Li Zhongyi and Guo Chunle, and is available free of charge.  

    The system has more than 1,000 monthly active users, including teachers and students from several universities such as Peking University, Zhejiang University and Sun Yat-sen University, said team member Fu Jiachen.

    "Many users have provided feedback, indicating that PaperMate outperforms similar tools on the market in terms of false positives and false negatives, offering more accurate and reliable detection results," Fu said.  

    "Current AI detection tools for academic papers often falsely accuse authors. For instance, my senior, while writing his thesis, used existing AI detection tools and found that some of his original content was mistakenly flagged as AI-generated," he said.  

    Explaining the reasons behind misidentifications by current AI text detection methods, Fu said: "If we liken AI text detection to an exam, the training data of the detector is akin to daily practice questions. Existing detection methods tend to mechanically memorize fixed routines for answering questions, and their accuracy drops significantly when faced with entirely new problems.

    "In theory, to achieve universal detection, we would need to train on data from all major models, which is nearly impossible given the rapid iteration of these models today."  

    Enhancing the detection's generalization ability and enabling the detector to apply principles across various scenarios is crucial for improving AI text detection performance.  

    The Media Computing Laboratory of Nankai University's School of Computer Science has not only revealed the performance limitations of existing AI detection methods from an evaluation perspective, but has also proposed a "Direct Discrepancy Learning" optimization strategy.  

    This strategy teaches AI to discern between human- and machine-generated text, achieving a significant breakthrough in detection performance.

    "In essence, we improve the accuracy of the detection algorithm to reduce the false positive rate," Fu said.  He also introduced MIRAGE, the team's benchmark dataset.  

    "We collected human-written texts and then had AI large models refine these texts, resulting in a set of human-original texts and AI-generated texts. By applying both existing algorithms and our algorithm to these texts, MIRAGE records the detection accuracy," he explained.  

    The dataset test results show that the accuracy of existing detectors dropped from 90 percent to around 60 percent, while detectors trained with Direct Discrepancy Learning maintained an accuracy of more than 85 percent. Compared to Stanford University's DetectGPT, performance improved by more than 70 percent, he said.

    Li Zhongyi, who heads the Media Computing Laboratory at Nankai University's School of Computer Science, said the findings highlight fundamental flaws in many current detection systems and offer a practical path forward.  

    "With AI-generated content developing so rapidly, we will keep iterating our technology and benchmark to achieve faster, more accurate and cost-effective detection," Li said. "Our goal is to use AI itself to make every piece of work shine."

    Source: By Yan Dongjie in Tianjin | China Daily | Updated: 2025-08-21 09:25

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  10. (Xinhua) China successfully launched a new group of low Earth orbit satellites from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site in the southern island province of Hainan early Tuesday.  

    The satellite group, the tenth of its kind that will constitute an internet constellation, was launched at 3:08 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-8A carrier rocket. The satellites entered the preset orbit successfully.

    Source: Xinhua  2025-08-26 05:01:00

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