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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.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul. Photo: EPA-EFE
Energy

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.

Baidu

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

ByteDance

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

DeepSeek

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’.

DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng has kept a relatively low profile since his start-up captured global attention this year. Photo: Weibo
Alibaba

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’.

Yum! Brands

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.

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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.

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
Elon Musk

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?

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European Union

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.

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.

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Huawei

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.

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.

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China trade

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.

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Semiconductors

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.

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Semiconductor chips seen on a circuit board. Photo: Reuters
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.

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

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.

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Softbank

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.

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South Korea

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.

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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.

E-commerce

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.

Semiconductors

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.

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Huawei’s Ascend-based AI data centre architecture now rivals Nvidia’s own SGLang fast-serving framework. Photo: Shutterstock
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.

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.

Alibaba

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.

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Microsoft

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.

Microsoft’s offices near Paris, France. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

Malaysia ‘stands firm’ on US chip curbs after alleged breach by Chinese company

Chinese engineers rented Malaysian data centres packed with high-end Nvidia chips to train their AI model, a newspaper report has alleged.

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Data centre servers and components containing the newest AI chips from Nvidia on display at the company’s GTC software developer conference in San Jose, California, on March 19. Photo:Reuters
Law

Legal Tales | Some legal ramifications surrounding use of AI in police surveillance

Advantages of certain systems can readily be seen but transparent policies should be formulated for their usage.

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Huawei

Huawei defends role as AI, 5G infrastructure supplier at Shanghai MWC

Huawei deputy chairman says the telecoms industry is facing stagnant growth, while touting AI-driven solutions.

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