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SCMP TechAsiaApec finance ministers reach consensus on AI, digital financing in Hong Kong Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) finance chiefs reached a consensus on economic policy coordination and cooperation on financing technology and artificial intelligence at a landmark two-day…
SCMP TechAsiaNvidia CEO to deliver keynote speech in Berlin as his firm faces investor scrutiny over AI Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is set to take the stage in Berlin on Wednesday, as the world’s most valuable company faces heightened investor scrutiny over whether the massive artificial intelligence…
SCMP TechAsiaDeepSeek seeks ‘total victory’ over closed-source AI with new open-source tool Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has fully open-sourced an internally developed framework designed to run AI models efficiently, as a senior researcher at the company described the…
SCMP TechAsiaWhy Anthropic has a major China problem ahead of its blockbuster IPO The growing popularity of Chinese artificial intelligence models has emerged as a key risk factor for Anthropic ahead of its blockbuster initial public offering, according to US research firm Hedgeye…
SCMP TechAsiaWhat is Discovery Loop, Chinese teen AI prodigy Nathan Chen’s rumoured next destination? Just days after announcing his departure from Moonshot AI, teen Chinese artificial intelligence prodigy Nathan Chen Guangyu seems to have found his next destination.
SCMP TechAsiaChina creates state-owned firm in Xiongan to develop nation’s AI data resources China has set up a new state-owned enterprise dedicated to managing the country’s massive data resources, a significant move designed to turbocharge the nation’s artificial intelligence industry and…
SCMP TechAsiaWho is Yuki Chen, China’s ‘superstar’ hacker who just joined AI leader Z.ai? Yuki Chen, a prolific Chinese cybersecurity researcher, has joined leading Chinese artificial intelligence model company Z.ai as the country’s AI sector grapples with the technology’s growing impact…
SCMP TechAsiaAlibaba’s RISC-V IP powers over 6 billion shipped chips as tech giant targets AI, autos Alibaba Group Holding’s research arm, Damo Academy, has seen more than 6 billion chips shipped based on its XuanTie RISC-V architecture, marking a milestone as the tech giant doubles down on the open…
SCMP TechAsiaCXMT shares fall 7.8% despite blockbuster earnings figures Chinese memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) saw its shares fall more than 8 per cent in early Monday trading, despite forecasts of strong profits and plans for a share buy-back amid…
SCMP TechAsiaThe AI promise was automation. The reality? Managing digital workers When artificial intelligence agents first arrived, they came with a tantalising promise: autonomous “digital workers” that would finally free humans from corporate drudgery.
SCMP TechAsiaRokid launches ‘no man’s land’ retail experience with Hong Kong flagship store opening When shoppers step into Rokid’s brand new flagship store in Hong Kong, they are greeted not by eager sales associates, but by glowing monitor screens and a robotic system waiting at the exit.
SCMP TechAsiaChina’s proposed AI tech export bans may create short-term costs, long-term gains: analysts China’s proposed export bans and controls of artificial intelligence technologies aim to tighten Beijing’s grip in the strategically vital sector, casting a cloud over the commercial prospects of…
SCMP TechAsiaReporter’s notebook: Kimi’s AI credit card turns spending into computing quotas – with limits China’s artificial intelligence companies have spent years persuading consumers to pay for their technology.
SCMP TechAsiaAlibaba to embed AI throughout Taobao, Tmall merchant operations in 2027: executive Alibaba Group Holding’s two major domestic online marketplaces, Taobao and Tmall, plan to greatly expand the use of artificial intelligence across merchants’ operations next year, a senior executive…
SCMP TechAsiaASML eyes hybrid bonding, report finds, as Chinese firms adopt chip packaging technique Dutch semiconductor equipment giant ASML is expanding into next-generation hybrid bonding, a technique that creates dense electrical connections by directly joining chips or silicon wafers, according…
SCMP TechAsiaChina’s AI boom, self-sufficiency push fuel earnings surge for local chip firms Chinese chip and tech firms have flagged as much as six-fold growth in unaudited third-quarter profits, as huge demand for home-grown processors and artificial intelligence infrastructure filters…
SCMP TechAsiaWho is Nathan Chen, the Chinese teen AI prodigy being courted by Silicon Valley? A 17-year-old artificial intelligence researcher formerly with Moonshot AI has announced his departure for the United States, sparking intense speculation about his next move amid heated competition…
SCMP TechAsiaHong Kong vies for role in robotics boom with launch of embodied AI hub The Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) opened the city’s first experimental hub for embodied artificial intelligence on Thursday with the participation of seven mainland and Hong Kong companies…
SCMP TechAsiaAI agents on Tencent Cloud try to break into Alibaba’s Amap: researchers A fleet of artificial intelligence agents operating on a Tencent Holdings cloud platform made thousands of attempts to circumvent security protections on Alibaba Group Holding’s mapping service…
SCMP TechAsiaHong Kong investors most eager in Asia to beat markets – but temper return hopes: report Hong Kong investors are Asia’s most ambitious stock pickers, but they have much more subdued return expectations than regional peers swept up in enthusiasm over artificial intelligence, according to…
SCMP TechAsiaAlibaba sets sights on record-breaking Singles’ Day with 1 million brands joining festival Alibaba Group Holding is gearing up for its annual Singles’ Day shopping festival on major online marketplaces Taobao and Tmall, with the company expecting a record one million global brands to take…
SCMP TechAsiaDeepSeek offers user refunds after suffering another major outage Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek apologised and promised compensation to users after its services suffered a nearly five-hour outage on Thursday.
SCMP TechAsiaHow could a superintelligence take over the world? Let me count the ways OpenAI recently announced perhaps its biggest mathematics breakthrough yet: it released novel results on 377 high-profile open problems.
SCMP TechAsiaZ.ai’s GLM-5.3 raises researcher fears the Chinese model can fake AI safety tests Chinese artificial intelligence lab Z.ai’s latest flagship model, GLM-5.3, may be sophisticated enough to “fake” its way through safety tests, according to a new report published Thursday, sparking…
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