{"id":282595,"date":"2025-06-09T01:17:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-download-chinas-ai-agent-boom-and-gps-alternatives\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T01:17:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:17:37","slug":"the-download-chinas-ai-agent-boom-and-gps-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=282595","title":{"rendered":"The Download: China&#8217;s AI agent boom, and GPS alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI revolution. This year, the focus has shifted to AI agents\u2014systems that are less about responding to users\u2019 queries and more about autonomously accomplishing things for them.<\/p>\n<p>There are now a host of Chinese startups building these general-purpose digital tools, which can answer emails, browse the internet to plan vacations, and even design an interactive website. Many of these have emerged in just the last two months, following in the footsteps of Manus\u2014a general AI agent that sparked weeks of social media frenzy for invite codes after its limited-release launch in early March.<\/p>\n<p>As the race to define what a useful AI agent looks like unfolds, a mix of ambitious startups and entrenched tech giants are now testing how these tools might actually work in practice\u2014and for whom.<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/06\/05\/1117958\/china-ai-agent-boom\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Caiwei Chen<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Inside the race to find GPS alternatives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Later this month, an inconspicuous 150-kilogram satellite is set to launch into space aboard the SpaceX Transporter 14 mission. Once in orbit, it will test super-accurate next-generation satnav technology designed to make up for the shortcomings of the US Global Positioning System (GPS).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the system\u2019s indispensable nature, the GPS signal is easily suppressed or disrupted by everything from space weather to 5G cell towers to phone-size jammers worth a few tens of dollars. The problem has been whispered about among experts for years, but it has really come to the fore in the last three years, since Russia invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Now, startup Xona Space Systems wants to create a space-based system that would do what GPS does but better. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2025\/06\/06\/1117978\/inside-the-race-to-find-gps-alternatives\/?utm_source=the_download&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&amp;utm_term=*%7CSUBCLASS%7C*&amp;utm_content=*%7CDATE:m-d-Y%7C*\">Read the full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Tereza Pultarova<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI revolution. This year, the focus has shifted to AI agents\u2014systems that are less about responding to users\u2019 queries and more about autonomously accomplishing things for them. 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