China\'s AI companies are rapidly expanding global market share with low-cost open-source models that users can download and modify, as the United States regulates access to high-performance models from OpenAI and Anthropic. Some Chinese systems are assessed as comparable to Anthropic\'s top model in certain cybersecurity scenarios. The U.S. is easing some export bans but maintains a national export-control stance. Companies globally are rolling out new AI chips, tools and systems, while demand grows for cost-efficient AI use.

NC AI said on Tuesday it has completed development of a next-generation model for its 3D generative AI service VARCO 3D and plans to apply it to its in-house cloud-based SaaS platform in July. The company said VARCO 3D 2.0 was built from user feedback and research results since its December launch, and significantly improves shape distortion. It posted a Uni3D score of 0.449, up about 40.8 percent from version 1.1.