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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.
last updated:
26 September, 2024
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China’s new technology achieves ‘unprecedented’ rare earth production speed

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Conventional rare earth mining can have damaging environmental impacts, but a new method developed in China could be good news for the sector. Photo: Reuters/Stringer

Educated overseas: has it become a curse to China’s young jobseekers?

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Chinese graduates with foreign degrees are being excluded by many provinces in a civil service recruitment programme. Photo: AFP

China releases powerful electronic warfare weapon design software – for free

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Industrial software for designing electronic warfare weapons has been released for free by Chinese researchers. Photo: Shutterstock

China-born gene-editing star scientist Zhang Feng recognised with top US prize

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White House director of science and technology policy Arati Prabhakar (left) presents China-born MIT professor Zhang Feng with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Photo: Ryan K. Morris

China plans to build ‘Three Gorges dam in space’ to harness solar power

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A Long March-5 rocket is seen at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China. The much larger Long March-9, a reusable heavy-lift rocket, will be used to realise plans for the solar power station in space. Photo: Xinhua via AP
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DeepSeek and ChatGPT icons are seen on an iPhone screen. Photo: Shutterstock Images
ChatGPT and other generative AIs

China’s AI disrupter DeepSeek bets on ‘young geniuses’ to take on US giants

DeepSeek prefers to hire new graduates, or those early in their AI career, in line with the company’s preference for ability over experience.

Wellness

AI mirror on the wall, who’s the most stressed of all? Tech at CES says you

Apple

Apple forms Shanghai data-processing venture as AI push in China still in limbo

Climate change

Opinion | How AI giants can help Asian suppliers make a clean energy transition

The likes of Microsoft, Google and Nvidia can invest in clean energy, boost suppliers’ renewables capacity and advocate for better policies.

Google spelled out in heliostats at a joint project solar energy farm in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada border in 2014. Tech giants must take responsibility for their climate impact worldwide, rather than simply exporting their climate impact abroad. Photo: Reuters
TSMC

Apple and Nvidia chip supplier TSMC’s sales top estimates, boosting AI in 2025

The world’s largest contract chipmaker reported a 39 per cent rise in October-December revenue to US$26.3 billion.

TSMC

Exclusive | TSMC cuts ties with Singapore firm over Huawei processor: sources

The world’s largest chip foundry ended its relationship with a Singapore-based firm after a client review.

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ChatGPT and other generative AIs

Musk asks state AGs to auction off OpenAI stake in non-profit restructuring

OpenAI previously said the valuation of its charitable assets will be determined by independent financial advisers.

The OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration picture taken May 20, 2024. Photo: Reuters
Alibaba

Meet Alibaba’s AI coder: an automated system that can build an app ‘in minutes’

AI coder forms part of Alibaba Cloud’s artificial intelligence programming tool called Tongyi Lingma.

ByteDance

TikTok parent ByteDance denies its algorithms create filter bubbles

Douyin is motivated to break information cocoons because that helps retain users in the long run, executive says.

Jack Ma

AI to reshape the world, Alibaba founder Jack Ma tells Chinese rural teachers

Ma addressed a group of educators to mark the 10th anniversary of his eponymous foundation’s Rural Teachers Initiative.

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Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma addresses a group of Chinese rural teachers online. Photo: Jack Ma Foundation
CES

Facial recognition to unlock your car, shown at CES, coming in 3 to 5 years

A prototype car at the Las Vegas CES tech fair can identify owners and authorised drivers, and stay locked when approached by strangers.

US company Continental is demonstrating a car that uses biometrics at the CES tech show, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo: Continental
Technology

Opinion | How the Global South can defend against Trump’s AI offensive

US removal of AI safeguards risks widening the global divide. Global South must invest in AI regional partnerships, education and infrastructure.

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Alibaba

Alibaba powers AI drive of Transsion, top Chinese smartphone vendor in Africa

Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen model will enable the GenAI features of the Phantom V Fold2, Transsion’s latest 5G smartphone under its Tecno brand.

China's population

China’s cabinet is calling in humanoid robots to care for granny

To address its rapidly ageing population, China is among the first nations to set policy plans for humanoid robots that will provide companionship, monitor health and may even resemble loved ones.

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A woman touches a humanoid robot in August during the World Robot Conference in Beijing. Photo: AFP
Venture capital market

AI start-up Anthropic to raise US$2 billion at US$60 billion valuation

The new funding will mark a jump in valuation for Anthropic, a major competitor of OpenAI in the foundation model space.

The Anthropic logo is seen in this illustration picture taken March 31, 2023. Photo: Reuters
Donald Trump

Man who exploded Cybertruck outside Trump hotel used ChatGPT to plan attack

Police called soldier Matthew Livelsberger’s use of generative AI a ‘game-changer’ and a ‘concerning moment’ for law enforcement.

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Technology

Opinion | How world can ensure AI revolution doesn’t worsen inequality

Fears over AI fuelling inequality are well-founded, but the technology can be a force for good with proactive governance and global cooperation.

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Beauty

What’s on show at CES 2025? AI-powered beauty mirrors, robot dogs and more

A beauty mirror to tell you your skin woes? A lifelike robot puppy for those allergic to the real thing? The pick of the tech in Las Vegas.

Tombot, a robotic dog for people who cannot have a real pet, is on show at CES 2025, the consumer electronics trade show in Las Vegas, in the United States. Photo: AP
Tencent

US blacklisting of China’s Tencent stokes fear of tech war escalation

Tencent’s addition to the Pentagon blacklist raises risks for further sanctions and trade restrictions on Chinese businesses, analysts say.

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Start-ups

Chinese start-up 01.AI founder Lee Kai-fu denies asset sale to Alibaba Cloud

01.AI denounced as ‘vicious slander’ talks that it was looking to sell its pre-training team and other assets owing to business difficulty.

Trending in China

Wife catches Chinese dad using AI to tutor son, sparks online amusement

Errant father plays on his mobile phone in son’s bedroom after offloading parental responsibility for homework help to artificial intelligence.

A lazy father who was caught by his wife offloading the responsibility for tutoring their son to artificial intelligence has sparked amusement online. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
Semiconductors

Nvidia CEO takes centre stage at CES with new consumer GPU card for gaming, AI

Powered by Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture, the RTX 5090 packs in 92 billion transistors and delivers over 3,352 trillion AI operations per second.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang holds up a processor as he delivers a keynote address at CES in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 6, 2025. Photo: AFP
Google

Google to bring Gemini AI to TV sets running its software

The update marks the first time Google is bringing Gemini to third-party TV sets running its OS, such as those from Sony, Hisense and TCL.

Nvidia

Nvidia CEO set to take stage at CES just after shares hit record high

Huang typically uses CES as a platform to announce new video game chips and unveil a flurry of new plans to expand its AI business.

Japan

Short on workers, Japan retailer hires remote cashiers living overseas

Lawson, a 24-hour convenience store chain, is looking for staff based in Europe and the Americas to serve customers at its outlets in Japan.

People walk past a Lawson convenience store in Tokyo. Photo: EPA-EFE
Banking & finance

Hongkongers’ start-up eyes 100,000 investment pros as AI tool users

Arbor’s ‘reasoning’ chatbot analyses text and extracts investment ideas to enhance fundamental stock analysis, company says.

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Cheney Cheng, co-founder and CEO of Arbor, poses at the Post’s office in Causeway Bay on January 3, 2025. Photo: Edmond So
US-China tech war

Chinese exhibitors are back at CES 2025 despite US tech tensions

While Chinese companies comprise over a quarter of registered exhibitors, many tech giants are notably absent.

Metaverse

Alibaba deepens push into AI smart glasses

A new partnership will see Alibaba Cloud develop customised AI models for RayNeo products, the companies say.

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