Reporter @MIT Tech Review Signal: @caiwei.14https://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3mgrwvf6ozc2yNew business model just dropped and it’s installation-as-a-service,, I spoke to people who got rich doing this and try to capture the genuine but bizarre moment in China with OpenClaw https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/11/1134179/china-openclaw-gold-rush/11 Mar 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrwvf6ozc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3m5zdb5xd2c2lSpoke to Spanish company Multiverse Computing about how they used quantum physics-inspired methods to compress LLMs and interesting attempts to remove censorship from Chinese open-source models. https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/11/19/1128119/quantum-physicists-compress-and-deconsor-deepseekr1/19 Nov 2025 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5zdb5xd2c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3m5vtcuiqts2pIs Twitter down18 Nov 2025 13:19 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vtcuiqts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lv4kupni5c2mTop Chinese universities are going all-in on AI, offering AI literacy modules, creating interdisciplinary AI degree programs, and offering locally hosted Deepseek for students. My latest: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/28/1120747/chinese-universities-ai-use/29 Jul 2025 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv4kupni5c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lrt5nqvyfs2qAI can get very persuasive these days, but what happens in a future where AI agents negotiate with each other? New research showed that when your agent sucks, you could lose money, and this could lead to a new kind of digital gap https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/17/1118910/ai-price-negotiation/17 Jun 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrt5nqvyfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lquz3piw522mI wrote about China's AI agent boom and think it is at least mildly better than some other articles on this same topic. You should consider giving it a read. https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/05/1117958/china-ai-agent-boom/05 Jun 2025 19:03 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lquz3piw522mhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lq6hqh4nz22yChina's notorious CRISPR scientist He Jiankui is released from jail and seeking a comeback, with weird tweets and a new marriage with internet savvy biotech entrepreneur Cathy Tie. We looked into what's going on: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/23/1117373/cathy-tie-he-jiankui-china-crispr-x-twitter-feed/27 May 2025 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6hqh4nz22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lny3iyg6ys2qTo Chinese manufacturers enraged by the Trump-era tariffs, factory TikTok is not a vanity project but a full-blown genre that’s part protest, part marketing plan, part survival strategy. I wrote about this: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/28/1115876/why-chinese-manufacturers-are-going-viral-on-tiktok/29 Apr 2025 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lny3iyg6ys2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lmfut3eigk27does this mean that I, an ethically sourced Chinese good would suddenly cost twice to my American employer09 Apr 2025 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfut3eigk27https://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lmapalvchs2mI had the pleasure to speak with former Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks about China, AI, drones, among other topics. https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/07/1114242/kathleen-hicks-on-china/07 Apr 2025 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmapalvchs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3llf6zmzdwk2u"What would surprise me right now are critics who articulate positive visions of the art world they want to see... But those kinds of articles are harder to write and receive less attention than sensationalized negativity." https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/columns/art-critic-conservative-jason-farago-dean-kissick-sean-tatol-1234736145/27 Mar 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llf6zmzdwk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3llesig6txs27today is the day that i remembered my bluesky password so now I am logged in on my work laptop in the future I will be posting my articles and thoughts here,, excited27 Mar 2025 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3llesig6txs27https://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lldespuiqk2iChina’s tech infrastructure push went from ghost town to ghost cloud [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2025 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lldespuiqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lkbiljnhtk2zI reviewed Manus! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbiljnhtk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3ljkt3rm6js2oDeepseek has become the new oracle. Young people in China are reviving a traditional fortune-telling practice using the AI chatbot. They say BaZi's pattern-based structure is surprisingly compatible with a reasoning model. My latest @technologyreview.com: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/03/1112604/deepseek-fortune-teller-china/04 Mar 2025 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkt3rm6js2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lijzmgjcwc2uVery happy to have spoken with Emma Gometz at the Open Notebook about how as a journalist , I realistically use AI. An important and thorough tip sheet for reporters and newsroom executives alike: [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijzmgjcwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lffjzrcj6k2hThank you @talkingbiznews.bsky.social for sparing me from spreading personal news here again — but this is real and please send tips to caiwei.chen@technologyreview.com! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2025 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffjzrcj6k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lbtnzrjgjk2uWrote about the other side.. why elon musk and tiffany fong is all over your timeline, as well as why fong's rising prominence and massive payouts reflects everything wrong with the current X algorithm. https://www.dailydot.com/news/tiffany-fong-elon-musk-x-premium/26 Nov 2024 08:54 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtnzrjgjk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lbd237tkmk2uAs Bluesky grows, so do concerns about its moderation policies., as raised by community members like @mommunism.bsky.social. Palestinian users are navigating a system that’s flagging and removing accounts. I covered this for @dailydot.bsky.social: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/bluesky-palestine-moderation/19 Nov 2024 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbd237tkmk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3lbaiyvxvnk2vI spent a lot of late nights writing to lo-fi beats, so it only made sense to write about them. For @dailydot.bsky.social, I wrote about some new mysterious Youtube channels seems to be sharing bulk-produced AI music, and the "sunofication" of this entire genre. https://www.dailydot.com/debug/lo-fi-beats-youtube/18 Nov 2024 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbaiyvxvnk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3klhvkil5r22vAI tutoring tablets are gaining ground in China, at a time when the Beijing’s tutoring crackdown meets Generative AI craze. I explored this trend: [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Feb 2024 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3klhvkil5r22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/caiwei.bsky.social/post/3k3bqv6jm7y2ePosting to increase Zelda content on Bluesky24 Jul 2023 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:apom3czcria57yda34frezu7/app.bsky.feed.post/3k3bqv6jm7y2e