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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.

Huawei, SMIC struggle to advance chips to 5-nm level, MateBook shows: report

Huawei’s newly released MateBook Fold laptop runs on another 7-nm Kirin chip made by SMIC, as the Mate 60 Pro smartphone did two years ago.

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Alibaba Cloud to bring AI capabilities to global data centres this year

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China can’t buy Nvidia’s RTX 4090. Now its optical chip is twice as fast

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New York state to build nuclear power plant

Project is targeted for upstate New York where Governor Kathy Hochul described communities as being receptive because of job opportunities.

24 Jun 2025 - 2:24AM

New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Photo: EPA-EFE

How Tesla’s Robotaxi service compares with Baidu’s Apollo Go in China

Tesla is finally entering the robotaxi business, but Baidu has been testing its service for years.

23 Jun 2025 - 8:00PM

ByteDance founder plays critical role in firm’s AI push despite low profile

Zhang’s involvement in AI research at ByteDance was similar to the role Sergey Brin played at Google, according to local media.

23 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM

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How DeepSeek founder’s doubt led serial entrepreneur to embrace his gift of gab

Founder of defunct smartphone brand Smartisan said DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng told him he was among the best in China at ‘earning a living by talking’.

23 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

Alibaba folds delivery app and travel agency into e-commerce group

CEO Eddie Wu said the restructuring ‘marks a strategic upgrade from an e-commerce platform to a comprehensive consumer platform’.

23 Jun 2025 - 5:56PM

Yum China rolls out AI agent, to help, not replace store managers

Aiming to help frontline managers with tasks such as scheduling and inventory management, system aligns with industry’s wider AI push.

22 Jun 2025 - 3:38PM

Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | How Hong Kong firms are weeding out ‘perfect’ job candidates in age of AI

Companies are placing renewed emphasis on in-person interviews as chatbot helpers can make online interactions unreliable, recruiters say.

22 Jun 2025 - 4:07PM

AI can now generate LinkedIn profiles, as well as help candidates apply for different jobs and even answer questions with the help of a chatbot during video interviews. Photo: Edmond So

How much of a future does Elon Musk really have in US politics?

The billionaire Tesla chief, after leaving Trump administration, has suggested founding a third political party. But would it succeed?

21 Jun 2025 - 11:44PMvideocam

Illustration: Henry Wong

Pope Leo warns against AI, ‘soulless machines’ in Vatican address

The pontiff warned politicians of the challenges posed by the rise of AI, addressing its potential impact on younger people as a prime concern.

21 Jun 2025 - 8:17PM

US-China tech war

How Huawei’s silicon strategy defies US sanctions, advances China’s AI ambitions

Huawei is expected to ship about 700,000 Ascend AI processors in 2025, according to Mizuho estimates.

23 Jun 2025 - 11:57AM

Huawei opens HarmonyOS 6 to developers, prepares AI features for public launch

The tech giant did not give a public launch date for the latest version of the operating system, but said it will be more intelligent and open.

21 Jun 2025 - 7:17AM

People visit the Huawei booth during Mobile World Congress at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on June 18. Photo: AFP

Hong Kong economy

Opinion | Hong Kong’s research strength is vital to China’s third wave of reform

Shenzhen’s focus should be on infrastructure like national labs and Hong Kong’s on nurturing foundational research for scientific breakthroughs.

21 Jun 2025 - 5:52AMvideocam

Illustration: Craig Stephens

China’s magnet exports to US slammed in May as rare earth curbs hit: data

Wielding its biggest bargaining chip in trade dealings with Washington, Beijing applied pressure by imposing export controls on some critical minerals.

20 Jun 2025 - 8:30PM

China’s Empyrean sees opportunities in US chip-design software curbs

Beijing-based company hopes to ascend to the top tier of global EDA providers, but acknowledges considerable gap with US rivals.

20 Jun 2025 - 6:30PMvideocam

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Hong Kong society

Who created AI app MediSafe? Hong Kong student and US software firm stake claims

Incident came to light when online concerns were raised over privacy of patients using award-winning app, and doubts that student was sole inventor.

23 Jun 2025 - 6:06PM

The app won four prizes at the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2024. Photo: Handout

Unitree Robotics now a unicorn with ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent funding

The Chinese humanoid and robot dog maker is valued at US$1.3 billion in its latest financing round.

20 Jun 2025 - 9:39PMvideocam

A sun-baked ‘Shenzhen’? SoftBank pitches TSMC on US$1 trillion AI hub in Arizona

Son envisions a version of China’s manufacturing hub of Shenzhen that would bring high-tech manufacturing to the US, sources told Bloomberg.

20 Jun 2025 - 4:29PM

Avatars are people too, South Korea court rules in Plave libel case

Avatars of the virtual K-pop group gain legal protection, marking a shift in recognising digital personas as extensions of human identity.

20 Jun 2025 - 3:25PMvideocam

K-pop virtual boy band Plave are voiced and animated by real-life performers using motion-capture technology. Photo: Facebook/Plave

Mobile payments

Ant Group pushes wider adoption of AI-enabled smart glasses for mobile payments

The first such payment outside mainland China was recently completed in Hong Kong, using the AlipayHK app and Meizu’s StarV smart glasses.

20 Jun 2025 - 7:08AM

With mobile payments functionality, AI-powered smart glasses are expected to see increased adoption worldwide. Photo: Handout

China subsidies give Alibaba, JD.com sales lift during 618 shopping festival

The Chinese e-commerce giants again withheld total gross merchandise value figures, continuing a trend in recent years amid a maturing market.

19 Jun 2025 - 9:00PM

How Huawei’s AI chips outperform Nvidia’s in running DeepSeek’s R1 model

Performance of Huawei’s AI data centre architecture, CloudMatrix 384, illustrates the firm’s progress in overcoming US tech control measures.

19 Jun 2025 - 7:00PM

Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong’s first AI system to spot scaffolding issues deployed in local project

HK$1 million system able to detect structural inclinations that cannot be spotted by the naked eye and sends danger alerts to construction team.

19 Jun 2025 - 8:14PM

A worker demonstrates the system, which include a sensor, at a construction site in Kwu Tung. Photo: Dickson Lee

ChatGPT and other generative AIs

Alibaba, Tencent-backed AI unicorn MiniMax eyes Hong Kong listing, report says

MiniMax, a unicorn valued at US$2.5 billion, was in the ‘early stage’ of preparations for the listing, according to news outlet The Paper.

19 Jun 2025 - 6:00PM

Alibaba Cloud expands in South Korea with second data centre

The company’s AI service clients in South Korea include Naver-backed messaging app Snow and AI solutions provider Univa.

19 Jun 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

Microsoft plans thousands of job cuts in July, targeting sales teams

The terminations would follow a previous round of lay-offs in May that hit 6,000 people, mostly product and engineering positions.

19 Jun 2025 - 12:35PM

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