“ChinAI #355: An Alliance for AI’s “Harness Era” -MiniMax + Alibaba Cloud” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured linksWhen AI Enters the Harness Era: MiniMax as a Case Study for the New Cloud Infrastructure of AI Agents27 Years Later, Still Bombing the Wrong TargetsXiaoice’s [小冰] “Unicorn” Illusion (in Chinese)ChinAI #248China’s robot champion has everything to lose Thank you for reading and engaging These are Jeff Ding's (sometimes) weekly translations of Chinese-language musings on AI and related topics. Jeff is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. Check out the archive of all past issues here & please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all). Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at [email protected] or on Twitter at @jjding99 The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: April 20th, 2026 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-355-an-alliance-for-ais-harness --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.