https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/515000/feed Latest news and updates on ChatGPT, a large language model conversational bot operated by Microsoft-backed OpenAI that is able to understand sophisticated questions and give surprisingly humanlike text responses, and other generative AI, including Baidu's Ernie Bot, and image generation software such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and Dall-e 2. The articles focus on the implications of such technology, the challenges it could pose China’s censors, possible bans by educational institutions, AI... en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Michael Vatikiotis Michael Vatikiotis Imagine this: one major power launches an operation against another’s ship in a sensitive strategic zone, acting on intelligence that the vessel is carrying sanctioned goods. The operation sparks a major international incident that brings the two powers to the brink of war. Unlikely as this may sound in today’s hi-tech world of sensory awareness, it did almost happen. In mid-September, it was reported that the US military was on the verge of launching an operation against a Chinese ship near... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/opinion/article/3370373/truth-needs-treaty-age-ai-disinformation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/opinion/article/3370373/truth-needs-treaty-age-ai-disinformation?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 10 Oct 2026 06:00:19 +0000 Leopold Chen Leopold Chen Hong Kong has unveiled a four-step artificial intelligence (AI) “talent ladder” strategy to counter entry-level job shock and foster industry leaders by treating the technology as a “catalyst, not a threat”. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi Kit-ming warned on Monday that the “entry-level shock” was genuine because AI performed well in many routine tasks that traditionally formed the core of a graduate’s initial role, such as basic coding and first-line... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3369751/hong-kong-outlines-four-step-ai-talent-ladder-offset-entry-level-job-shock?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3369751/hong-kong-outlines-four-step-ai-talent-ladder-offset-entry-level-job-shock?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:16:27 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee US President Donald Trump wants to retire one of the technology sector’s most recognisable acronyms, arguing that the term “artificial intelligence”, or AI, is no longer fit for purpose. On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order directing US federal agencies to replace “artificial intelligence” and “AI” with “super intelligence” and “SI” in official communications and non-statutory documents. He also instructed the White House science adviser to draft a new federal definition. The move... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3369617/whats-name-why-trump-wants-rebrand-ai-super-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/policy/article/3369617/whats-name-why-trump-wants-rebrand-ai-super-intelligence?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:00:30 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee US artificial intelligence company Anthropic appears to have stepped up enforcement of geographical restrictions on its Claude models in Hong Kong, with local users reporting abrupt account suspensions after accessing the service through virtual private networks (VPNs). A wave of complaints surfaced on social media platforms X and Reddit on Thursday, as users who had operated accounts for months using VPNs found them suddenly disabled. One Hong Kong-based user posted on the “r/claude” subreddit... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-war/article/3369526/hong-kong-users-caught-offguard-anthropic-tightens-vpn-access-claude?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-war/article/3369526/hong-kong-users-caught-offguard-anthropic-tightens-vpn-access-claude?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Oct 2026 05:44:12 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee The US artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has warned of the potential danger posed by Chinese firm Z.ai’s GLM-5.3, with the open-weight model showing a troubling mix of powerful hacking abilities but weak safety constraints. GLM-5.3 almost matches Anthropic’s most advanced model in terms of its cyber capabilities, but has far weaker safeguards, meaning there is greater potential for the model to be co-opted by bad actors, according to the San Francisco-based firm. In a report released on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369354/anthropic-raises-alarm-over-elite-hacking-ability-chinese-firm-zais-glm-53?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3369354/anthropic-raises-alarm-over-elite-hacking-ability-chinese-firm-zais-glm-53?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:08 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he does not want to work with China on addressing artificial intelligence (AI) risks, arguing that cooperation could undermine America’s lead in the fast-moving technology, as he announced a voluntary accord signed by the leaders of six major US tech companies to address growing concerns surrounding the technology. “Whoever wins superintelligence wins. You’re gonna have a winner and a loser, and you’re probably not gonna have a second place,” Trump said... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3369254/trump-rejects-calls-work-china-ai-safety-despite-xi-summit-progress?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3369254/trump-rejects-calls-work-china-ai-safety-despite-xi-summit-progress?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:32:03 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang China’s generative artificial intelligence user base surpassed 700 million at the end of June, accounting for more than half of the population as wide AI adoption pushes the technology’s penetration rate to a record high in the country. The user base data, released Tuesday by the China Internet Network Information Centre, represents an increase of 16 per cent from the end of 2025, when China had 602 million generative AI users with a penetration rate of 42.8 per cent. Question-and-answer... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3369231/chinas-generative-ai-user-base-crosses-700-million-covering-over-half-population?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3369231/chinas-generative-ai-user-base-crosses-700-million-covering-over-half-population?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:11 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee Amid intensifying debate over the risks posed by rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, Chinese developers dominating the open-weight ecosystem are grappling with a unique problem: how to ensure their user-modifiable models remain safe once they are released. To address the challenge, Z.ai and Beijing-based safety consultancy Concordia AI released a report on open-weight AI risk management on Monday that they said offered “the first comprehensive, evidence-based foundation” for balancing... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3369015/china-mulls-how-make-open-weight-ai-less-dangerous-report-proposes-6-stage-process?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3369015/china-mulls-how-make-open-weight-ai-less-dangerous-report-proposes-6-stage-process?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Sep 2026 06:00:05 +0000 Simpson Cheung Simpson Cheung Hong Kong authorities will delay a proposed legal amendment to protect copyrighted works from being used to train artificial intelligence (AI) models and will issue operational guidelines first, the South China Morning Post has learned. The Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2025, which aimed to introduce an “opt-out” mechanism for text and data mining to support AI technology development, was originally scheduled to be submitted to the Legislative Council in the first half of last year. The item was... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3368913/hong-kong-delays-ai-copyright-law-focus-guidelines-first?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3368913/hong-kong-delays-ai-copyright-law-focus-guidelines-first?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:00:16 +0000 Quentin Parker Quentin Parker More than three years ago, I articulated concerns regarding the existential threat of artificial intelligence in a piece entitled “How Hong Kong can play a role in preventing AI Armageddon”. There is an increasing number of articles about exactly this. Here I concentrate on a more insidious encroachment on our humanity – how AI is capturing our creative expression and replacing us in a way that is making it harder to discern what is creatively human. As a scientist, my inclination is to filter... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3368408/dont-let-ai-take-over-our-human-creative-expression?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/opinion/world-opinion/article/3368408/dont-let-ai-take-over-our-human-creative-expression?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:30:14 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong The global artificial intelligence trade is staging a comeback, as a confluence of falling oil prices, Meta Platforms’ launch of a new agentic tool and anticipation surrounding the China-US leadership summit reignite investor interest in technology stocks. The Nasdaq-100 Index – where tech firms make up nearly 70 per cent of the 100 companies featured – hit an all-time high on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record set in June. In Asia, China’s chip-heavy Star Market 50 Index and South Korea’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3368470/ai-trade-outlook-brightens-falling-oil-and-metas-muse-agent-ahead-xi-trump-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/china-business/article/3368470/ai-trade-outlook-brightens-falling-oil-and-metas-muse-agent-ahead-xi-trump-meeting?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:02:40 +0000 Sylvia Ma Sylvia Ma As President Xi Jinping prepares to travel to the United States to meet his American counterpart Donald Trump, attention is turning to the group of business leaders who could join him. The South China Morning Post previously reported that executives from electric vehicle maker BYD, smart manufacturing giant Xiaomi and battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited were likely to accompany Xi on the trip – though Beijing has yet to officially confirm the delegation. What has raised... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3368409/why-chinas-frontier-ai-pioneers-are-expected-miss-weeks-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/global-economy/article/3368409/why-chinas-frontier-ai-pioneers-are-expected-miss-weeks-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:00:05 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse British Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI in California over the company’s failure to report violent activity on its ChatGPT service by the person who committed a mass school shooting in the western Canadian province. British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma said in July that the province planned legal action against the US tech giant for its connection to the deadly February gun violence in the tiny mining town of Tumbler Ridge. Sharma told reporters that the suit filed... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368310/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-us-court-over-school-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368310/canadas-british-columbia-sues-openai-us-court-over-school-shooting?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:50:59 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Google’s consumer AI model Gemini hacked multiple systems through guessing login credentials, the company said, the latest case of rogue AI cybersecurity transgressions, which have generated safety concerns. The hacks, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, took place in May and were discovered by Google in July. “In a standard evaluation, the model found public information online and guessed credentials to access websites it thought were part of the test,” Heather Adkins, Google’s... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368090/google-says-gemini-ai-model-breached-real-systems-security-test?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3368090/google-says-gemini-ai-model-breached-real-systems-security-test?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:02:58 +0000 David D. Lee David D. Lee In Silicon Valley and beyond, the architects of artificial intelligence are increasingly warning about the risks it poses to humanity. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wants the industry to slow down. A former engineer at his company, who also worked at its rival OpenAI, told reporters after quitting earlier this month that he was “genuinely frightened” unchecked AI development might mean “we could all die in the immediate future”. Even Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist known... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/economics/article/3368031/south-korea-wants-free-ai-all-society-ready-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/week-asia/economics/article/3368031/south-korea-wants-free-ai-all-society-ready-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:14 +0000 Iris Deng,Howard Liu Iris Deng,Howard Liu Huawei Technologies expects a major domestic shift towards its artificial intelligence computing infrastructure for model training next year, as its Ascend processors gain ground on Nvidia in China despite supply constraints, according to rotating chairman Eric Xu Zhijun. “I believe that starting from next year, a lot of the AI model training will be based on the SuperPoD or SuperCluster based on Ascend 950DT,” Xu told reporters during the Huawei Connect 2026 conference in Shanghai on... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367955/china-see-major-shift-huawei-ai-model-training-2027-rotating-chair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367955/china-see-major-shift-huawei-ai-model-training-2027-rotating-chair?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Sep 2026 04:59:31 +0000 Han Li Han Li Amid rising tensions over artificial intelligence (AI) competition and global concerns about the technology, China appears to have an edge over the US and European Union (EU) in trust to regulate AI among mostly middle-income countries. A new Pew Research Centre report released on Thursday found that, on a median basis across 11 countries and two territories, more people trust China than the US or the EU to regulate AI effectively. China was not among the countries surveyed in the broader... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367776/china-trusted-more-us-eu-ai-regulation-pew-survey-middle-income-countries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367776/china-trusted-more-us-eu-ai-regulation-pew-survey-middle-income-countries?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:00:06 +0000 Ann Cao,Minxiao Chang Ann Cao,Minxiao Chang Chinese artificial intelligence developer Z.ai has raised its year-end annual recurring revenue (ARR) outlook by 25 per cent to US$3 billion, as the firm indicated its fresh US$5 billion war chest had helped clear its computing capacity bottlenecks for the time being. The updated ARR projection, up from a previous estimate of about US$2.4 billion, was disclosed during an investor call on Wednesday, according to a transcript seen by the South China Morning Post. The revised guidance comes days... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3367755/chinas-zai-raises-revenue-target-25-after-us5-billion-cash-injection?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3367755/chinas-zai-raises-revenue-target-25-after-us5-billion-cash-injection?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:31:13 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang China’s ruling Communist Party mouthpiece has rejected US allegations that Chinese artificial intelligence companies conducted “industrial-scale” distillation of American frontier models, warning that Beijing would respond if Washington continued to suppress China’s AI industry. In a commentary published on Wednesday, People’s Daily said the US claims were “without factual or legal basis” and accused Washington of “politicising” a normal technical and commercial practice. The strong stance came... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367717/peoples-daily-rejects-us-claims-malicious-ai-distillation-warns-countermeasures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367717/peoples-daily-rejects-us-claims-malicious-ai-distillation-warns-countermeasures?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:35:08 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee A DeepSeek engineer has issued a stark warning about the potential concentration of advanced artificial intelligence and resources in proprietary US developers Anthropic and OpenAI, intensifying a growing debate in China over calls by US industry leaders to “pace” AI development amid safety concerns. The comments preceded an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump on September 24, where AI safety may emerge as a key point of dialogue as the two countries race... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367605/deepseek-ai-engineer-slams-anthropic-openai-over-pacing-calls-invokes-nazi-germany?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/article/3367605/deepseek-ai-engineer-slams-anthropic-openai-over-pacing-calls-invokes-nazi-germany?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:30:14 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang China is surging ahead of the US in consumer AI adoption as technology giants like Tencent Holdings and Alibaba Group Holding embed artificial intelligence directly into popular everyday apps, even as American models lead in capability, according to Morgan Stanley. A survey conducted by the bank and published in a report on Monday showed that 80 per cent of Chinese respondents used AI for personal purposes at least weekly, compared with 54 per cent in the US. China’s generative AI user base grew... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367601/china-beating-us-consumer-ai-adoption-thanks-super-apps-morgan-stanley?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367601/china-beating-us-consumer-ai-adoption-thanks-super-apps-morgan-stanley?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:00:12 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang When generative artificial intelligence first swept through China’s technology sector, workers faced a clear directive from management: use AI and use it often. Consuming vast numbers of AI tokens – the basic unit of computing power needed to process text or write code – became a badge of honour, with companies often viewing a high token count as a sign that employees were productive and taking initiative. But those computing allowances are now being sharply rolled back as China’s leading... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367593/forget-ai-kpis-how-chinas-tech-giants-are-rationing-tokens-employees?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367593/forget-ai-kpis-how-chinas-tech-giants-are-rationing-tokens-employees?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:30:05 +0000 Lucy Quaggin Lucy Quaggin US President Donald Trump downplayed growing concerns about artificial intelligence on Monday, claiming America already has guardrails to regulate the industry and warning that casting doubt on development only benefits China. “The only control or ‘guardrails’ ‌that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!” Trump wrote on social media. “We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these ⁠companies! There is a SICK conspiracy going... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367503/trump-dismisses-ai-concerns-says-us-has-tools-keep-it-safe?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3367503/trump-dismisses-ai-concerns-says-us-has-tools-keep-it-safe?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:10:16 +0000 Chong Ming Lee Chong Ming Lee The US-China race for artificial intelligence dominance has entered a new phase: using AI to build better AI. Leading AI companies in the United States and China are increasingly focused on deploying advanced models to write code, design experiments, and develop training techniques that can be used to improve more powerful models. The ultimate goal is to achieve what the industry refers to as recursive self-improvement (RSI) – the creation of AI systems that can train themselves... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367237/us-and-china-are-racing-build-self-improving-ai-heres-whats-stake?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367237/us-and-china-are-racing-build-self-improving-ai-heres-whats-stake?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:10 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,William Zheng,Dewey Sim Khushboo Razdan,William Zheng,Dewey Sim Rising tensions over artificial intelligence are shaping the final preparations for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States. Washington and Beijing are discussing the possibility of folding a long-awaited AI dialogue into a broader economic meeting in the days before Xi meets US President Donald Trump, according to several people familiar with the arrangements. The two leaders agreed in Beijing in May to launch an intergovernmental dialogue on AI. For months, that channel was... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367242/ai-fight-shadows-final-preparations-xi-jinpings-white-house-visit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3367242/ai-fight-shadows-final-preparations-xi-jinpings-white-house-visit?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:00:10 +0000 Chong Ming Lee,Xinmei Shen Chong Ming Lee,Xinmei Shen A flurry of cybersecurity breaches, internal whistle-blowing, and declining visibility into model safety has sparked fresh alarm over the US artificial intelligence boom, igniting calls from some experts to slow down development – even as critics warn that deceleration risks surrendering America’s technological lead to China. The mounting concerns come just weeks before President Xi Jinping and US leader Donald Trump are set to meet for a high-stakes summit in Washington. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367163/why-ai-experts-are-freaked-out-over-safety-fears-ahead-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3367163/why-ai-experts-are-freaked-out-over-safety-fears-ahead-xi-trump-summit?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:00:10 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow American artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has accused its Chinese AI rivals DeepSeek and Moonshot on Thursday of covertly routing customer requests to its Claude models, then showing users the responses as if they were from their own models. The new allegations mark a further escalation in US criticism of China’s AI industry practices. Earlier this week, three US government agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), claimed... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3367112/moonshot-deepseek-secretly-routed-user-requests-claude-anthropic-claims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/diplomacy/article/3367112/moonshot-deepseek-secretly-routed-user-requests-claude-anthropic-claims?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:23:18 +0000 Chong Ming Lee,Xinmei Shen Chong Ming Lee,Xinmei Shen Chinese artificial intelligence companies Z.ai and MiniMax could remain loss-making through 2030 even as their revenues surge, underscoring the enormous cost of competing at the technological frontier, according to Macquarie Group’s head of Asia internet and software research Ellie Jiang. One reason cited was the expense required for the computing power to train and run frontier AI models. Jiang told the South China Morning Post on Tuesday that China’s compute crunch was two to three times more... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3366784/chinese-ai-firms-zai-and-minimax-could-remain-loss-making-until-2030-macquarie-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3366784/chinese-ai-firms-zai-and-minimax-could-remain-loss-making-until-2030-macquarie-says?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Sep 2026 09:33:07 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek is embarking on what it calls an “unprecedented” hiring spree to overhaul back end systems severely strained by booming user demand and compute-heavy AI agents. Cui Tianyi, a former quantitative trading expert who joined DeepSeek in March to lead its Harness team, said in a social media post on Monday evening that the Hangzhou-based company was seeking to recruit around 150 senior back end engineers. According to Cui, the push was driven by rapid... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3366740/deepseek-embarks-unprecedented-hiring-spree-it-overhauls-backend-systems?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3366740/deepseek-embarks-unprecedented-hiring-spree-it-overhauls-backend-systems?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:30:37 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang The global artificial intelligence boom recently crossed a landmark threshold: autonomous agents now consume more than five times as much data as human users, triggering a surge in processing costs that is giving lower-priced Chinese models a competitive edge, according to analysts. Unlike traditional chatbots that simply respond to human prompts, these agents operate independently to execute multi-step workflows, such as writing software, conducting research or managing business operations. A... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3366385/ai-economics-rise-machines-token-use-could-work-advantage-chinese-models?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3366385/ai-economics-rise-machines-token-use-could-work-advantage-chinese-models?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:10 +0000 Raymond Ma,Neil Denslow Raymond Ma,Neil Denslow The United States and China joined other G20 nations in supporting light-touch regulation for artificial intelligence (AI) this week, creating rare agreement between the tech rivals and a potential foundation for further discussions ahead of an upcoming presidential summit. G20 nations agreed to adopt sector-specific rules for AI and avoid creating new AI regulators at a meeting in North Carolina. The Carolina Principles also call for close cooperation between governments and developers in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/plus/tech/tech-war/article/3366359/us-china-ai-agreement-g20-trade-spat-inflation-data?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/plus/tech/tech-war/article/3366359/us-china-ai-agreement-g20-trade-spat-inflation-data?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:14 +0000 Mia Nurmamat Mia Nurmamat For four years, Beijing-based Clare Zhang worked as a research analyst at a corporate advisory firm, helping companies assess technologies and competitors for projects they planned to list – until late last year, when she was told that artificial intelligence had reduced the number of analysts the company needed and could afford. Her job involved combing through company filings and public records to produce market and competitor studies that sometimes ran to 500 pages. But AI could increasingly... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3365695/how-chinas-ai-race-shrinking-job-market-forcing-workers-low-paid-manual-roles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/economy/china-economy/article/3365695/how-chinas-ai-race-shrinking-job-market-forcing-workers-low-paid-manual-roles?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:00:07 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Moonshot AI – developer of the leading Kimi K3 model – has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, as the firm seeks to tap public markets to fund its rapid expansion. The Beijing-based company was targeting a Hong Kong listing as early as the first quarter of 2027, the sources told the South China Morning Post, asking not to be identified as the information was private. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3366271/moonshot-ai-creator-kimi-k3-model-has-filed-hong-kong-ipo-sources?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3366271/moonshot-ai-creator-kimi-k3-model-has-filed-hong-kong-ipo-sources?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:00:02 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier US President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that the US held a significant lead over China in artificial intelligence, touted what he termed unprecedented levels of inbound US investment and said he was thrilled about Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington later this month. The president’s bravado comes as inflation and oil prices rise, his war of choice with Iran drags on and his polling numbers hit new lows ahead of the US midterm elections in November. “AI is going up, and... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366162/trump-calls-xis-washington-visit-exciting-claims-us-leads-china-ai-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3366162/trump-calls-xis-washington-visit-exciting-claims-us-leads-china-ai-race?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:13:30 +0000 Vincent Chow,Lucy Quaggin Vincent Chow,Lucy Quaggin The US Congress on Tuesday advanced a new bill that seeks to establish American global leadership in open-source artificial intelligence, an area where China currently dominates, by promoting adoption of US open-source models and publicising risks associated with using their Chinese counterparts. The legislation was one of several proposals marked up in the US House of Representatives targeting China amid escalating tech competition between the two countries. Congressional committees “mark up” a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3366035/congress-advances-new-bill-give-us-edge-open-source-ai-race-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3366035/congress-advances-new-bill-give-us-edge-open-source-ai-race-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Sep 2026 21:08:28 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Harvard, MIT among 30 US universities ordered to audit China research ties Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns Hopkins University were among 30 American institutions ordered to audit their foreign research relationships, according to US officials, as... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365665/data-centre-anger-bacon-fight-bill-gates-ai-warning-7-us-china-relations-reads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365665/data-centre-anger-bacon-fight-bill-gates-ai-warning-7-us-china-relations-reads?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:00:06 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen Some of the world’s biggest music publishers have launched a fresh lawsuit against Anthropic, accusing the artificial intelligence giant of conducting “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history”. The case adds to the legal challenges facing Anthropic as the firm eyes a potential blockbuster initial public offering, as the AI industry confronts growing pushback over its use of human-made material to train its models. Sony Music Publishing, Warner... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3365770/sony-music-warner-accuse-anthropic-blatant-theft-major-new-lawsuit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3365770/sony-music-warner-accuse-anthropic-blatant-theft-major-new-lawsuit?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:44:43 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang Drinks, music, vibes … what else can a bar offer to attract customers? One in China’s capital, Beijing, is betting on unlimited access to artificial intelligence models. The AGI Bar in the Zhongguancun tech hub, known as China’s Silicon Valley, was packed with laptop-using customers on a recent night. One of the first things many did after ordering a drink was to connect to the in-house Wi-fi and configure an AI agent to access the free tokens the bar provides. Manager Yang Yuan said the bar,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3365740/not-token-effort-beer-meets-artificial-intelligence-bar-chinas-capital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3365740/not-token-effort-beer-meets-artificial-intelligence-bar-chinas-capital?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:09 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press When Kripa Vaidyanathan’s 27-year-old niece died in an Alaska car crash in 2024, her family in Chennai, India, felt shell-shocked. They questioned why this tragedy would befall them when they had such “immense faith in God”. Vaidyanathan, a yoga instructor, helped her grieving sister get face time with a high-profile guru whom she hoped would help. “But he told her this was the work of karma and she should use this opportunity to connect with her inner nature,” she said. “I understand how karma... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365675/indians-turn-ai-gurus-answers-chatgpt-not-judging-you?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/south-asia/article/3365675/indians-turn-ai-gurus-answers-chatgpt-not-judging-you?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:44:27 +0000 Yulu Ao Yulu Ao Hong Kong’s financial regulators have selected the first batch of projects for an expanded generative artificial-intelligence (GenAI) testing programme spanning banking, securities, insurance and pensions, as the city explores the use of more autonomous AI agents in financial services. A total of 36 use cases were selected for the first cohort of the expanded GenAI Sandbox++ programme, according to a joint statement on Thursday by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Securities and Futures... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/banking-finance/article/3365478/hong-kong-expands-ai-sandbox-projects-include-banks-securities-and-insurance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/business/banking-finance/article/3365478/hong-kong-expands-ai-sandbox-projects-include-banks-securities-and-insurance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:30:08 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow Cooperation between the United States and China is required to manage the unprecedented societal impacts of rapidly advancing artificial intelligence (AI) technology, Bill Gates wrote in a new essay published on Wednesday. The call to action comes as the billionaire philanthropist and tech titan warns that AI is ushering in “one of the most turbulent times in human history”, which could either become “the greatest equaliser ever invented, or the worst source of injustice”. “[The] countries that... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365377/bill-gates-warns-ais-impact-urges-us-and-china-cooperate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3365377/bill-gates-warns-ais-impact-urges-us-and-china-cooperate?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:11:34 +0000 Lucy Quaggin,Vincent Chow Lucy Quaggin,Vincent Chow On the tree-lined streets of Sterling, northern Virginia, Lindsay Shaw’s home sits across from an industrial neighbour that has consumed the past several years of her life: a data centre. When Shaw sits outside, she can hear its constant hum. At night, the security lights blaze through her window, making it harder to sleep. Gas turbines, diesel fumes, and 24/7 industrial noise have choked Shaw’s neighbourhood since the data centre moved in. Meanwhile, in Washington, US President Donald Trump is... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3365255/trump-says-china-driving-opposition-data-centres-these-residents-disagree?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3365255/trump-says-china-driving-opposition-data-centres-these-residents-disagree?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:46:19 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Music made by artificial intelligence will be banned from Australia’s top charts under new guidelines aimed at protecting “the human nature of artistry”, an industry body said on Tuesday. Under new rules in force from Friday, music must be “substantially human made” to be eligible for the charts, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) said. “Wholly AI-generated tracks will not be eligible for the ARIA Charts,” the group said. It said its charts would exclude songs that use AI “to... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3365121/australias-top-music-charts-ban-ai-songs-protect-human-artists?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/asia/australasia/article/3365121/australias-top-music-charts-ban-ai-songs-protect-human-artists?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:05:10 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang For generations, Ulanqab – a city several hundred kilometres northwest of Beijing whose Mongolian name means “red cliff pass” – was known for its windswept pastureland, where cattle grazed and potatoes thrived under long hours of sunlight. Its economy hinged on the weather, driven by the cool, strong breezes sweeping through the Yinshan mountain range. Today, giant wind turbines stand next to livestock across those sloping grasslands. As the global artificial intelligence boom fuels a scramble... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3364920/rural-city-once-known-livestock-now-provides-chinas-ai-computing-fuel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3364920/rural-city-once-known-livestock-now-provides-chinas-ai-computing-fuel?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:00:17 +0000 Ben Jiang Ben Jiang While China’s new “AI tigers” have captured global attention for challenging Silicon Valley front-runners, a quieter wave of domestic technology companies is building in-house artificial intelligence systems serving everyday users. Beyond pure-play AI labs like DeepSeek, Z.ai (also known as Zhipu AI), Moonshot AI and MiniMax, consumer-facing platforms that span e-commerce, video gaming, social media and travel are developing foundation models tailored to their own business ecosystems, in efforts... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3364972/chinas-overlooked-internet-army-quietly-embedding-ai-everyday-businesses?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3364972/chinas-overlooked-internet-army-quietly-embedding-ai-everyday-businesses?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:00:06 +0000 Dewey Sim,Laura Zhou Dewey Sim,Laura Zhou Southeast Asian leaders have long insisted they will not be forced to pick sides in the great-power rivalry between the US and China. But their posture is about to be further tested. This time, the battleground is AI. While Washington wants the region locked into Pax Silica – its bid to build a China-free artificial intelligence supply chain – Beijing wants its neighbours to join China’s own World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (Waico). Sources told the South China Morning Post... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3364853/china-and-us-push-southeast-asia-over-their-ai-blocs-will-it-test-regions-non-alignment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3364853/china-and-us-push-southeast-asia-over-their-ai-blocs-will-it-test-regions-non-alignment?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:00:05 +0000 Xinmei Shen Xinmei Shen A US artificial intelligence start-up backed by OpenAI has built its first in-house model on Chinese lab Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, highlighting a growing shift by Western tech firms towards Chinese open-weight systems amid soaring development costs. San Francisco-based legal tech provider Harvey, whose high-profile backers also include Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, said on Thursday that its new model, Harvey Tenet, was post-trained on top of the open-weight Kimi K3 base. The company said... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3364827/openai-backed-legal-tech-firm-pivots-chinese-kimi-k3-open-weight-model?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3364827/openai-backed-legal-tech-firm-pivots-chinese-kimi-k3-open-weight-model?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:00:10 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang Chinese AI companies are optimising software to cope with surging demand for inference, as part of that workload still relies on computing power from a limited pool of high-end chips amid restricted access to Nvidia processors. Compared with training an artificial intelligence model, which relies on high-end chips, inference – a later phase in which the trained model applies its knowledge to process responses – can be adapted to domestic hardware. However, industry insiders said complex tasks... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3364700/chinese-ai-chips-fall-short-coding-forcing-firms-stretch-scarce-nvidia-supply?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3364700/chinese-ai-chips-fall-short-coding-forcing-firms-stretch-scarce-nvidia-supply?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:30:12 +0000 Zhang Tong Zhang Tong Large language models are expert in intelligence work, able to quickly mine key data and analyse weapons performance – tasks that once took analysts huge amounts of time and effort. But engineers at China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Research and Design Institute, developer of the People’s Liberation Army’s backbone J-20 and next generation J-36 stealth fighters, have urged caution. In a paper published on June 20, engineer Zhang Xianzhe said that “AI models can invent aircraft specifications –... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3364546/chinas-j-36-fighter-jet-designers-report-danger-military-ai-hallucinations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3364546/chinas-j-36-fighter-jet-designers-report-danger-military-ai-hallucinations?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:00:14 +0000 Iris Deng Iris Deng Tony Wu Yuhuai, the China-born co-founder of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence lab, sparked discussions across Chinese social media after reportedly spending US$70 million on a six-bedroom Californian mega-mansion. The property deal, the largest so far this year in the Bay Area, pushed the thirty-something AI star under the spotlight, alongside other Silicon Valley-based Chinese talent that has contributed to frontier AI labs from OpenAI to Meta Platforms. Wu appeared to be the buyer of a... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3364380/meet-chinese-ai-star-who-splashed-reported-us70m-california-mansion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3364380/meet-chinese-ai-star-who-splashed-reported-us70m-california-mansion?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:00:05 +0000