{"id":19988,"date":"2026-05-04T21:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/hong-kong-puts-its-own-spin-on-deepseek-with-china-chip-ai-push-abroad\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:31:53","slug":"hong-kong-puts-its-own-spin-on-deepseek-with-china-chip-ai-push-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/hong-kong-puts-its-own-spin-on-deepseek-with-china-chip-ai-push-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong puts its own spin on DeepSeek with China-chip AI push abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/05\/04\/cbedff25-f6ff-448a-a1e3-fd462d5c6781_4e4a246d.jpg?itok=AGAiV_Jx&amp;v=1777886184\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A Hong Kong government-backed artificial intelligence lab is preparing to launch a new model built on DeepSeek that can run entirely on Chinese-made chips.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre (HKGAI) plans to unveil its HKGAI-V3 model in the first half of this year as it looks to export its &ldquo;sovereign AI&rdquo; capabilities to overseas markets.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The system was based on DeepSeek V4 architecture with &ldquo;full-parameter fine tuning for localisation&rdquo;, and had been optimised to operate on both mainstream and domestic hardware, including Huawei Technologies&rsquo; Ascend 910C chips, according to director Guo Yike, who spoke on the sidelines of a Tsinghua University alumni event in Hong Kong on Sunday.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1umbx1w e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">HKGAI, established in 2023 under the government&rsquo;s InnoHK programme, focuses on developing large language models tailored to Hong Kong&rsquo;s needs. It launched the city&rsquo;s first Cantonese-enabled chatbot, HKChat, in November, offering services such as real-time bus information and guidance on local laws and regulations.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In a research paper published in July, HKGAI described its first model, HKGAI-V1, as a &ldquo;crucial and pioneering step&rdquo; towards building sovereign AI &ndash; broadly defined as the ability for a jurisdiction to develop and operate AI systems on its own infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1xd1hm8 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The researchers said that a sovereign large language model such as HKGAI-V1 aimed to &ldquo;ensure the security of critical technologies, the mastery of data sovereignty, and alignment with local language, culture and institutional requirements&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Hong Kong puts its own spin on DeepSeek with China-chip AI push abroad<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Hong Kong government-backed artificial intelligence lab is preparing to launch a new model built on DeepSeek that can run entirely on Chinese-made chips. The Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre (HKGAI) plans to unveil its HKGAI-V3 model in the first half of this year as it looks to export its &ldquo;sovereign AI&rdquo;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/hong-kong-puts-its-own-spin-on-deepseek-with-china-chip-ai-push-abroad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Hong Kong puts its own spin on DeepSeek with China-chip AI push abroad&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}