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News articles, analyses and commentary about machines that mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving. This also covers chatbots, algorithms, consumer products and Big Data analysis that make use of AI.
This small bag of novelty merchandise for the online phenomenon called Italian Brainrot, containing collectable cards and a small figure of Frulli Frulla (centre), was purchased from a shop in Tokyo. Photo: AFP
Indonesia

How Indonesia’s AI-generated ‘Italian brainrot’ memes conquered Gen Z

Italian Brainrot, a quirky AI trend, is captivating Gen Z globally with bizarre characters, sparking memes and cultural exchanges across nations.

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Robotics

Unitree founder: ChatGPT moment in robotics could come within 2 years

Malaysia

Asian Angle | Malaysia’s AI dreams: a victim of the US-China tech war?

Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI lab becomes target for talent poaching by Chinese rivals

Recent departures include Yan Zhijie and Bo Liefeng, two senior figures at Tongyi Lab, developer of the Qwen AI models.

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Alibaba has become a hunting ground for AI talent in China. Photo: Reuters
OpenAI

OpenAI’s GPT-5 draws mixed reviews in China amid heightened AI competition

GPT-5 is not significantly ahead of Chinese AI models, according to Zhang Linfeng, an AI professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

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Semiconductors

Unicorn Z.ai adapts models for Huawei chips to broaden China’s AI ecosystem

Huawei’s Ascend processors used on AI servers and Kirin chips that run inside smartphones are now compatible with Z.ai’s GLM models.

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Semiconductors

US starts issuing licences to Nvidia to export H20 chips to China, official says

It is unclear how many licences may have been issued, which firms Nvidia was permitted to ship to, and the value of the shipments allowed.

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Apart from the H20, exports of Nvidia’s other advanced chips to China are still restricted. Photo: Shutterstock
Ukraine war

Letters | US sanctions have succeeded – in making Putin stronger

Readers discuss how the sanctions on Russia have backfired, AI governance, and the day humans won’t be needed for ‘most things’.

ChatGPT and other generative AIs

As AI chatbots gain popularity in China, so does the business of GEO

Unlike traditional SEO meant to improve rankings in results, GEO aims to ensure content is cited, summarised or recommended by AI models.

US-China relations

Editorial | China and US are locked in high-stakes fight to shape AI future

While Washington wants to dominate the field with a few close allies, Beijing sees its development as a win-win for all.

A visitor receives a game prize from a robot at the 2025 World AI Conference in Shanghai on July 29. Photo: Xinhua
Tesla

Tesla disbands Dojo supercomputer team in blow to AI semiconductor effort

The decision marks a major shift for a programme years in the making, with Dojo once positioned as central to Tesla’s AI ambitions.

The Tesla-designed supercomputer was used to train the machine-learning models behind the firm’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving programmes. Photo: Shutterstock
China jobs

How are China’s jobseekers capitalising on hiring trends of major firms?

Chinese tech firms have recently rolled out expansive hiring plans for critically important fields such as AI, and young applicants are getting on board.

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Hong Kong weather

Hong Kong Observatory to enhance AI models after record-breaking downpours

Forecaster pledges to invest in improving artificial intelligence models that predicted development of torrential rainband a week in advance.

US-China relations

People’s Daily spells out PLA’s mid-century goal, with US as a benchmark

Defence academic explains Xi Jinping’s ‘world-class military’ goal and why the PLA must dominate.

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As Chinese President Xi Jinping pushes the country’s PLA to modernise, an academic has laid out an official policy explanation in state media on the scope and significance of the task. Photo: Reuters
ChatGPT and other generative AIs

US, China clash on AI

The two countries are pursuing divergent paths in the race to develop a true artificial intelligence that is virtually indistinguishable from human cognition.

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Education in Hong Kong

Opinion | What AI abuse reveals about the moral values we’re not teaching

The misuse of AI points to the need for universities to redouble their efforts to teach not just knowledge, but also moral character.

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Donald Trump

Trump demands ‘highly conflicted’ Intel CEO resign over China ties

Chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has reportedly invested at least US$200 million in Chinese firms, including some linked to the Chinese military.

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OpenAI

OpenAI poised to release GPT-5 model days after launching 2 new open systems

Speculation on GPT-5’s capabilities includes improved overall efficiency, increased problem-solving and logic-based decision-making.

GPT-5 marks OpenAI’s latest update to the technology behind generative AI chatbot ChatGPT. Photo: Shutterstock
ChatGPT and other generative AIs

ChatGPT and other AI chatbots’ how-to suicide advice raises big questions

Recent experiment discovers Chat GPT, Google Gemini and other AI tools were quick to give specific self-harm advice, if asked the right way.

Law

Legal Tales | How Hong Kong can regulate the harm caused by deepfake porn

Creators of deepfake pornography may exist in a legal vacuum, with existing laws unable to properly govern or penalise their culpable conduct.

Robotics

World robotics conference in China marks 10th year with JD.com as partner

JD.com will announce a strategic plan for promoting the industry’s development at the 2025 World Robot Conference in Beijing.

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A number of Chinese humanoid robot manufacturers are set to enter mass production this year. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong society

US firm says it made Hong Kong student’s award-winning app ‘from scratch’

AI Health Studio co-founder addresses controversy over MediSafe app, which he says was entered into academic contests without firm’s consent.

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A screenshot of MediSafe. A Form Four student from St Paul’s Co-educational College has submitted the app in competitions and has won eight awards in global contests. Photo: Handout
Semiconductors

‘No kill switches and back doors’: Nvidia reasserts security of its AI chips

Embedding weaknesses into chips would ‘undermine global digital infrastructure and fracture trust in US technology’, Nvidia says.

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US-China tech war

Nvidia back in firing line of US-China tech war

Chipmaking giant denies installing backdoors and kill switches in its processors amid accusations in China that it does and complaints in the US that it doesn’t.

Mainland China

OpenAI’s new open-source models seen as challenge to China’s lead in the field

Co-founder and CEO Sam Altman said in an X.com post that OpenAI’s two new open-source models were ‘a big deal’.

In this photo illustration taken February 16, 2024, OpenAI’s text-to-video tool Sora is advertised on its website. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS
OpenAI

OpenAI in talks for share sale at US$500 billion valuation, sources say

If the deal goes ahead, it would elevate OpenAI’s valuation on paper by two-thirds to US$500 billion, making it one of the world’s largest privately held companies.

OpenAI’s logo on May 20, 2024. Photo: Reuters
United States

Palantir books its first US$1 billion in quarterly sales and dodges DOGE axe

Since going public in 2020, the artificial intelligence software company has swung swiftly to a profit and sales are booming.

TSMC

Taiwan arrests 6 in probe of TSMC chip technology leak

The chipmaker to Nvidia reported a number of former and current staff to authorities on suspicion they illegally obtained core technology.

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