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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.
Microsoft has closed its research lab in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang hi-tech zone, and has already removed its logo from the entrance. Photo: Wency Chen
Microsoft

Microsoft shutters AI lab in Shanghai, continuing China retreat

The IoT & AI Insider Lab in the Zhangjiang hi-tech zone likely closed in January or February, nearby workers say.

Science

How AI revolution at a Chinese coal mine is making profits soar

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Robotics

Venture capital veteran Allen Zhu questions humanoid robots’ value

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China's military weapons

AI autonomy and endurance of China’s Rainbow-9 drone to change warfare: analyst

State media reveals attack drone requires a ground crew of five to manage flight oversight and handle payload systems.

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State broadcaster CCTV has aired footage of the Caihong-9 (Rainbow-9), China’s latest medium-to-high altitude, long-endurance drone. Photo: CCTV
Samsung Electronics

Lost your phone? Now you can ask your Samsung fridge to find it

The latest Samsung Bespoke fridges’ AI-enhanced Bixby assistant responds to voice commands to find missing phones and activate appliances.

Banking & finance

HSBC bets big on Hong Kong to tap Asia’s wealth-management boom: Elhedery

HSBC’s customers base increased to 6.2 million last year from 5.4 million, showing the importance of the city, Elhedery says.

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Nuclear risk from AI prompts calls for US, China and others to seek agreement

The technology is increasingly being adopted by armed forces, but so far there has been no global consensus on how to manage the risks.

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A mushroom cloud rises from an atomic bomb dropped by the United States on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, in the worlds’ first nuclear attack. Photo: AFP
E-commerce

A DeepSeek moment is playing out in rural China as peasants seek AI advice

Rural residents, who account for a third of China’s 1.4 billion population, are eager to apply AI services.

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Banking & finance

DeepSeek has boosted the faith of rich Chinese investors in tech stocks: StanChart

The AI boom in China has convinced Chinese investors that the markets will continue to rise, Standard Chartered’s Judy Hsu says.

Malaysia

Asian Angle | Data centres are booming in Johor. Now comes the hard part – job creation

Talent creation, retention and lucrative pay offered by firms in neighbouring Singapore pose challenges to the state’s thriving sector.

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Visitors at the groundbreaking ceremony for Malaysia’s first Google data centre in Kuala Lumpur last year. Photo: EPA-EFE
Electric & new energy vehicles

Self navigating to the top: why China leads the global autonomous-driving race

After stamping their authority on EV technology, Chinese firms make strides in adding self-driving features.

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X (formerly Twitter)

Elon Musk sells X social media platform to his own xAI for US$33 billion

The tech billionaire plans to combine the ‘data, models, compute, distribution and talent’ from the app and start-up.

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United States

Opinion | Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.

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China trade

With its chips on the table, Taiwan seen avoiding the worst US tariffs

Taiwan falls under the 15 per cent of the world Trump has flagged for its trade imbalance with the US, so tariff risk still looms in coming days.

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Visitors take pictures of wafer samples at the Intel booth during Computex 2024 in Taipei last summer. US President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on semiconductor chips has complicated Taiwan’s bid to remain a global powerhouse in the critical sector and stay onside with key backer Washington, analysts have said. Photo: AFP
Art

Are ChatGPT’s Studio Ghibli-style AI images fun memes or copyright breach?

AI images mimicking Studio Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki’s intricate style have delighted fans, but what did ChatGPT train on to make them?

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ChatGPT can create images in the style of Hayao Miyazaki’s anime films for Studio Ghibli, such as this one, delighting fans but raising copyright concerns. Photo: X/lycfyi
China's economic recovery

Xi urges foreign firms to resist ‘acts that turn back the wheel of history’

Xi meets with business reps as China takes aim at unilateralism and protectionism while ramping up a charm offensive for foreign investors against the backdrop of two global conferences.

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Boao Forum for Asia

‘Unstoppable momentum’ vs ‘big challenges’ in China’s cross-border e-commerce

Former deputy secretary general for China’s State Council warns of a potential negative impact from foreign import tariffs on small packages.

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Alibaba

Alibaba’s AI crackdown: Taobao says e-commerce images must be ‘realistic’

Taobao’s initiative aligns with China’s broader regulatory efforts to address the misuse of generative AI.

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Taobao and Tmall Group is targeting the use of AI-generated product images that deceive buyers across all its platforms. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Alibaba launches AI model that can process images and video on the go

The multimodal Qwen2.5-Omni-7B model is designed to run locally on mobile devices and tops rivals in some benchmarks.

Banking & finance

Cathie Wood sees AI driving US$10 trillion global robotaxi revolution

The CEO of Ark Investment says the market will help propel a near 10-fold jump in Tesla’s share price to US$2,600 in five years.

Alibaba

China’s 2025 cloud spending to grow 15% on the back of DeepSeek adoption

Cloud spending, which totalled US$40 billion in 2024, is expected to reach US$46 billion this year as cloud providers expand investments.

The Alibaba cloud logo is shown on a smartphone is this arranged photograph taken June 24, 2024. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Wellness

Scared of needles? Blood-taking robots could provide painless solution

A Dutch firm’s AI-powered machines that draw blood with more accuracy than humans without the patient seeing the needle to be trialled in US.

Aletta by Vitestro uses infrared light and AI to quickly take patients’ blood samples. The machines arrive as health systems face a shortage of staff trained to draw blood. Photo: Vitestro
US-China relations

Do China and the US need to work together on AI safety? Boao Forum debates

Artificial intelligence experts and business leaders discuss how the world can build effective governance models for all countries.

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Robotics

US robotics firms push for national strategy to compete with China

Tesla, Boston Dynamics and others are pushing for US policies that would boost American companies in the global robotics race.

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Robotics

Unitree Robotics profitable since 2020, eyes expansion amid high demand

The Hangzhou start-up known for its robot dogs told local media it had no immediate plans for additional fundraising.

A Unitree G1 humanoid robot waves to children at a kindergarten in Yantai, Shandong province. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images
Microsoft

Microsoft abandons data centre projects, sparking oversupply fears

Microsoft’s retrenchment in the last six months included lease cancellations and deferrals, analysts at investment bank TD Cowen said.

Microsoft’s offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

US adds more Chinese firms to tech ban list. Is it just the start for Trump 2.0?

America has a sense of urgency about the way China is closing the technology gap, analyst says.

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US-China tech war

Beijing AI research lab says inclusion on US export control list a ‘mistake’

The updated BIS list includes more than 50 new Chinese entities, including six units of cloud computing provider Inspur Group.

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