“ChinAI #361: What can CANN do for China’s independent compute capacity?” by Jeffrey Ding

Featured linksBehind DeepSeek V4’s “Chip-Model Synergy”, the domestic computing ecosystem begins flywheel accelerationChinaTalk articleAscend forumsChina Is Testing Its State Surveillance Model AbroadKirsty NeedhamSimon Willison thread on thinness of AI-failure storiesJune 2026 Wonky China 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 --- First published: June 1st, 2026 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-361-what-can-cann-do-for-chinas --- 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.