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What is AGI? How China’s AI firms are catching up as OpenAI Astra sparks debate

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s declaration that artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived following the release of OpenAI’s latest model, Astra, has ignited debate over whether AI’s holy grail is now reality. As China races to close the gap with the US, leading Chinese AI companies are declaring…

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  1. 2026-09-12 03:00 · South China Morning Post Tech
    What is AGI? How China’s AI firms are catching up as OpenAI Astra sparks debate

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