A new Chinese artificial intelligence system has emerged as a major player in the tech industry, reportedly surpassing U.S. competitors like OpenAI and Claude in capabilities while requiring less investment and time, with strong future potential. However, independent testing has revealed concerning biases in the system’s responses, particularly regarding human […]
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By Uyghur Times Staff | January 25, 2025 China’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor and control Uyghurs is well-documented. Now, the Chinese government is channeling the same technology to automate the translation of films and television content into Uyghur and Kazakh languages. This move is framed as an […]
By Uyghur Times StaffDecember 7, 2024 This news article is a summarized version of a report by The Hacker News. The Uyghur Times team has not added any additional contributions, and full credit goes to The Hacker News. A newly identified hacking group, dubbed Earth Minotaur, is targeting Uyghurs and […]
By Uyghur Times StaffNovember 10, 2024 China has recently opened the so-called “Xinjiang Hotan Xueyuan (Institute)” in Hotan, as reported on November 10 by the official Chinese publication, Xinjiang Daily. According to the report, this full-time, government-controlled institution is the first of its kind in Hotan, aimed at increasing the […]
BEIJING, June 3 (Reuters) – A Chinese state-owned company announced on Monday that it had connected the world’s largest solar plant to the grid in the northwestern Uyghur Region (officially known as Xinjiang in China). The 3.5-gigawatt (GW), 32,947-acre solar farm, situated in a desert area of the capital Urumqi, […]
Medium, the online publishing platform, restored the Uyghur Times account after wrongfully suspending it. The Uyghur Times’ account on the platform Medium was opened in January and was “mistakenly” suspended, remaining so for months despite appeals. The suspension occurred just after the Uyghur Times team published a single article on […]
By Tursunjan, Dec 24, 2023 Tianshan net , the propaganda outlet of so-called Xinjiang authorities, reported that, according to the examination schedule, on December 23, the subjects of Ideological and Political Theory/Management Comprehensive Ability (8:30 to 11:30) and Foreign Language (14:00 to 17:00) were examined. On December 24, the examinations […]
Financial Times reports that Zhejiang Province in China has deleted mortality data that indicated a significant increase in deaths following the relaxation of COVID-19 controls at the end of last year. The cremation statistics revealed a 73% surge in the number of cremations during the first quarter of this year, […]
Chinese intelligence successfully hacked into Microsoft email accounts of around two dozen government agencies, including the U.S. State Department and Western European entities, in a significant cyber breach, as confirmed by Microsoft and U.S. national security officials. Sen. Mark Warner, Chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence, stated that the […]
China will establish a new, unified, interconnected national health information platform by 2025. The electronic health code will differ from present digital QR codes that track people’s Covid-related test records and travel history.