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OpenAI: A leading entity in the Technology and Artificial Intelligence sector, San Francisco-based OpenAI specialises in developing advanced AI models and tools, including the GPT family of large language models, DALL-E, and ChatGPT. They primarily serve businesses, organisations, academic institutions, and increasingly, the general public, aiming to enhance operations and drive innovation. Known for catalysing widespread interest in generative AI with ChatGPT’s release, OpenAI’s overall business focus is on building a globally competitive AI ecosystem and developing safe, beneficial artificial general intelligence that aligns with human values. The company also has offices in London, Dublin, and Tokyo.

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How China’s solopreneurs are using AI to crack a tough job market

Armed with a variety of AI tools, a new breed of young entrepreneurs forges a path in a challenging economy.

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Alibaba’s Qwen app becomes the world’s fastest growing AI app as MAUs surge 149%

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OpenAI CEO declares ‘code red’ to improve ChatGPT as rivals move in

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Kuaishou expects the new model’s abilities to drive its adoption by filmmakers, production studios, advertisers and influencers.

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DeepSeek’s V3.2-Speciale equals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro in reasoning capabilities, the Chinese start-up says.

Beyond DeepSeek: Moonshot and MiniMax step up as China’s new frontier AI labs

DeepSeek might be grabbing the headlines, but Chinese start-ups Moonshot AI and MiniMax are emerging as serious rivals to US frontier labs.

DeepSeek releases first open AI model with gold-level scores at maths olympiad

‘Imagine owning the brain of one of the best mathematicians in the world for free,’ Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue says in a post on X.

AI scaling hasn’t reached a dead end yet, Chinese Google scientist says

Pouring money into increasing computation resources and training data can still yield better AI models, Yao Shunyu says.

Singapore firm’s US$99 AI teddy bear returns after sex fetish saga

FoloToy’s Teddy Kumma was involved in inappropriate chats with its users, including telling them where to find knives and pills.

US, Chinese firms add AI shopping bells and whistles to dominate all-in-one apps

OpenAI’s new ‘shopping research’ tool resembles popular AI shopping services on Chinese e-commerce platforms like Tmall and Taobao.

Anthropic says its new AI model is better at coding and office work

Claude Opus 4.5 is the first to score higher than the company’s human candidates on a take-home engineering assignment, firm says.

Alibaba’s Qwen chatbot sets record by topping 10 million downloads in debut week

Powered by Alibaba Cloud’s open-source model family of the same name, Qwen is the firm’s most significant foray into the consumer AI market.

Ant Group’s vibe coding app hits 1 million downloads in just 4 days

LingGuang, an AI app that generates custom software applications, sees a surge in popularity.

AI fake audio clip of Trump ‘not releasing’ Epstein files goes viral

A synthetic Trump voice was heard screaming, ‘not releasing the Epstein files’ in the widely circulated, yet, bogus clip.

Taiwan’s Foxconn expands AI hardware push with OpenAI deal

Foxconn sees profits soar after shifting its focus from low-margin iPhone assembly to AI servers that are now in huge demand.

Nvidia’s strong forecast calms AI bubble jitters, for now

Shares of the chip designer jump 5 per cent in extended trading after falling nearly 8 per cent in November.

Google’s new Gemini model puts China’s AI start-ups on the defensive

It highlights the daunting challenge faced by Chinese AI start-ups to compete against firms like Google with massive resources.

Larry Summers takes leave from teaching at Harvard after Epstein emails

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Microsoft, Nvidia to invest up to US$15 billion in Anthropic in AI deal

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Hong Kong PolyU’s top AI expert Yang Hongxia eyes ‘last mile of generative AI’

Yang aims to broaden the adoption of LLMs, while expanding AI’s scope of innovation via the most cost-effective means for all enterprises.

Alibaba bets on ‘everything app’ Qwen to define AI era for global consumers

Qwen has the potential to become super-app, the same way Tencent’s WeChat defined the mobile internet age, analysts say.

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Ex-US Treasury chief stepping back from public roles over Epstein emails

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