Fuelled by AI, Global Mobile App Spending Surpasses Games in 2025
Worldwide app spending reached $85 billion in 2025, led by generative AI apps like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, as non-game apps surpassed games globally.
Worldwide app spending reached $85 billion in 2025, led by generative AI apps like ChatGPT and Google Gemini, as non-game apps surpassed games globally.
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is set to release its next-generation V4 model in mid-February, featuring enhanced coding capabilities and support for long-form programming tasks.
DeepSeek publishes a new AI framework to boost scalability and efficiency, highlighting China’s efforts to advance large-scale AI under semiconductor restrictions.
China’s Cyberspace Administration proposed strict AI regulations to protect children and prevent chatbots from promoting self-harm, violence, or gambling, while ensuring human oversight in sensitive interactions.
DeepSeek has launched two new open-source AI models — V3.2 and V3.2-Speciale — that the company says match or exceed leading U.S. systems in advanced reasoning and tool-use tasks.
China’s DeepSeek has released an advanced open source AI model, intensifying competition with Google’s Gemini 3 and other proprietary systems. The move highlights China’s growing influence in global AI development.
Tencent posted 15% year-on-year revenue growth in Q3 2025, driven by AI-enhanced advertising, gaming expansion, and stronger cloud services, surpassing analyst expectations.
After a year out of the spotlight, Chinese AI developer DeepSeek re-emerged at a major internet conference — with one of its top researchers issuing a stark warning about AI’s long-term impact on society.