Hong Kong puts its own spin on DeepSeek with China-chip AI push abroad

South China Morning Post · May 04, 2026 · 261 words · By Xinmei Shen

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7 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“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.”

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Web search results explicitly state that a Hong Kong government-backed lab is preparing to launch a new model built on DeepSeek that can run entirely on Chinese-made chips.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The AI bubble is a theorised stock market bubble growing amidst the AI boom, a period of rapid increase in investment in artificial intelligence (AI) that is affecting the broader economy. Speculation…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ai Weiwei ( EYE way-WAY; Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi, IPA: [âɪ wêɪ.wêɪ]; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of Chin…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Knowledge Atlas Technology Joint Stock Co., Ltd., branded internationally as Z.ai, is a Chinese technology company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI). The company was formerly known as Zhipu…
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“The Hong Kong Generative AI Research and Development Centre (HKGAI) plans to unveil its HKGAI-V3 model in the first half of this year”

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While the general existence of HKGAI and its models is mentioned, the specific timeline for 'HKGAI-V3' in the first half of the year is not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets, though the context of the lab's activities is present.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An AI boom is a period of rapid growth in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). The most recent boom started gradually in the late 2010s before seeing increased acceleration and media coverage in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — HKChat (Chinese: 港話通) is a large language model-based chatbot developed by HKChat OmniServe Limited in Hong Kong (Chinese: 港話通全維服務有限公司).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HKChat

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Moonshot AI (Moonshot; Chinese: 月之暗面; pinyin: Yuè Zhī Ànmiàn; lit. 'Dark Side of the Moon') is an artificial intelligence (AI) company based in Beijing, China. It has been dubbed one of China's "AI Ti…
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“The system was based on DeepSeek V4 architecture with “full-parameter fine tuning for localisation””

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Two separate web search results confirm the model is based on DeepSeek architecture and used 'full-parameter fine tuning for localisation'.

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web search NEUTRAL — The system was based on DeepSeek V4 architecture with “full-parameter fine tuning for localisation”, and had been optimised to operate on both mainstream and domestic hardware, including Huawei Techno…
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3352364/hong-k…

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web search NEUTRAL — HKGAI is currently conducting R&D on a series of open-source foundation models, including a local large language model (LLM) and a generative AI document processing copilot application (HKPilot) based…
https://www.itib.gov.hk/en/legislative_council_business/ques…

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web search NEUTRAL — Led by HKUST and involving multiple universities, the HKGAI Centre developed this LLM using full-parameter fine-tuning of the DeepSeek architecture.
https://opengovasia.com/2025/04/23/hong-kong-hkust-pilots-fi…

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“had been optimised to operate on both mainstream and domestic hardware, including Huawei Technologies’ Ascend 910C chips”

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The evidence explicitly mentions the system was optimised for both mainstream and domestic hardware, specifically citing Huawei Technologies' Ascend 910C chips.

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web search NEUTRAL — Besides “HKChat”, the HKGAI is developing a series of open-source foundational large language models to create technologies for other applications, such as in medical diagnosis, legal affairs and envi…
https://www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/610348

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web search NEUTRAL — With the incorporation of HKGAI V1, the HKUST GenAI Platform now offers over 10 large AI language models, including the GPT-4 model, image generation tool DALL-E, and DeepSeek-R1.
https://hkust.edu.hk/news/chat-hkgai-v1-hkust-introduces-fir…

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“HKGAI, established in 2023 under the government’s InnoHK programme”

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Web search results explicitly state that HKGAI was established in 2023 under the government's InnoHK programme.

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“It launched the city’s first Cantonese-enabled chatbot, HKChat, in November”

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Multiple sources confirm the launch of HKChat as a Cantonese-enabled chatbot, with one specifically mentioning the November launch date.

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web search NEUTRAL — HKGAI, established in 2023 under the government’s InnoHK programme, focuses on developing large language models tailored to Hong Kong’s needs. It launched the city’s first Cantonese-enabled chatbot, H…
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3352364/hong-k…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Hong Kong Generative AI Research & Development Center (HKGAI) has received a $200m donation to support AI development, including a new chatbot, “HKChat.”The chatbot will integrate local data and s…
https://hongkongbusiness.hk/information-technology/news/hkga…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hong Kong's first locally developed artificial intelligence chatbot, HKChat, has raised expectations that it could compete with more popular and established AI apps, as it racked up around 90,000 user…
https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/deals/articles/hong-kongs-hkchat-r…

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“In a research paper published in July, HKGAI described its first model, HKGAI-V1”

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The provided evidence for claim 6 consists of irrelevant search results about Ram 1500 trucks and Jeep EVs. No evidence regarding a July research paper for HKGAI-V1 was found in the provided text.

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