<p><strong>Featured links</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gSaSiIkvccFVKO8ytl6UuK0lv9c2r-5i9Xpuz3L0wwA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">When AI Enters the Harness Era: MiniMax as a Case Study for the New Cloud Infrastructure of AI Agents</a></li><li><a href="https://dolos.substack.com/p/27-years-later-still-bombing-the" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">27 Years Later, Still Bombing the Wrong Targets</a></li><li><a href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/KyDDKgZzOsVOV22wEo5EVA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Xiaoice’s [小冰] “Unicorn” Illusion (in Chinese)</a></li><li><a href="https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-248-xiaoice-where-do-we-go?utm_source=publication-search" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ChinAI #248</a></li><li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/chinas-robot-champion-has-everything-lose-2026-03-26/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">China’s robot champion has everything to lose</a></li></ul> <p><strong>Thank you for reading and engaging</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p><span>Check out the archive of all past issues&nbsp;</span><a href="https://chinai.substack.com/archive" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">here</a><span>&nbsp;&amp; please&nbsp;</span><a href="https://chinai.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">subscribe here</a><span>&nbsp;to support ChinAI under a&nbsp;</span><em>Guardian</em><span>/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay for a subscription will support access for all).</span></p> <p><span>Any suggestions or feedback? Let me know at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> or on Twitter at&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/jjding99" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">@jjding99</a></p> <p><i>The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration.</i> </p><p>---</p> <p><b>First published:</b><br/> April 20th, 2026 </p> <p><b>Source:</b><br/> <a href="https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-355-an-alliance-for-ais-harness?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Source+URL+in+episode+description&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-355-an-alliance-for-ais-harness</a> </p> <p>---</p> <p>Narrated by <a href="https://type3.audio/?utm_source=TYPE_III_AUDIO&utm_medium=Podcast&utm_content=Narrated+by+TYPE+III+AUDIO&utm_term=jeffrey_ding&utm_campaign=ai_narration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TYPE III AUDIO</a>.</p> <p>---</p><div style="max-width: 100%";><p><strong>Images from the article:</strong></p><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y258!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa173565d-2d0d-4576-8e0e-fffa9e0d1208_1080x215.png" target="_blank"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!y258!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa173565d-2d0d-4576-8e0e-fffa9e0d1208_1080x215.png" alt="MaxOClaw logo" style="max-width: 100%;" /></a><p><em>Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try <a href="https://pocketcasts.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Pocket Casts</a>, or another podcast app.</em></p></div>