Alibaba's self-developed chip successfully adapts to Qwen3.8 large model; Baidu's Apollo Go receives Hong Kong autonomous driving license

Alibaba has successfully adapted its self-developed chip to the Qwen3.8 large model, while Baidu's autonomous driving platform Apollo Go has obtained a driverless vehicle license in Hong Kong.

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Moonshot AI trained Kimi K3 on Nvidia Blackwell chips despite US and China bans, but it's not certain

Chinese startup Moonshot AI reportedly used Nvidia Blackwell accelerators to train its revolutionary Kimi K3 model, bypassing both US export controls and China's import restrictions. To aggregate enough Blackwell chips, the company teamed up with two local data center firms and devised a way to pool servers across multiple facilities. The move highlights the ongoing AI chip race between the US and China, where developers increasingly seek workarounds to access cutting-edge hardware.

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