AI race in China heats up with new partnerships and talent moves

AI race in China heats up with new partnerships and talent moves

Z.ai’s GLM models run on Huawei’s Ascend and Kirin chips. Partnership uses Huawei’s CANN toolkit to expand hardware options. Chinese AI start-up Z.ai, formerly known as Zhipu AI, has made its GLM models compatible with Huawei Technologies’ processors, adding momentum to China’s efforts to build up its own technology supply chain, according to the South China Morning Post. The Beijing-based company said its models now work with Huawei’s Ascend ch…