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Southeast Asia has quickly emerged as an ideal destination for data centres, with Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand leading the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Opinion | As AI takes the world by storm, Asia stands to benefit

Amid rising demand for AI and cybersecurity, Southeast Asia’s lower costs, renewable energy and political neutrality are proving attractive.

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Alibaba’s global commerce unit launches new translation-focused AI model

Chinese economists call for reforms of ‘critical’ system after Nobel Prize

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Chinese brands, Apple drive global smartphone shipments

Shipments from Vivo surged nearly 23 per cent in the third quarter, while Samsung’s fell almost 3 per cent, according to IDC.

Promotional signage for Black Friday at a Xiaomi store in Madrid, Spain. Photo: Bloomberg

LinkedIn halts Hong Kong users’ data collection for GenAI: privacy watchdog

Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data earlier raised concerns about the social media platform’s default opt-in use of the data.

Xpeng’s AI-driven P7+ challenges Tesla, eyes China’s autonomous driving market

The EV maker launched the presale of the P7+ from 209,800 yuan (US$29,500), 10 per cent cheaper than the base model of Tesla Model 3.

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Tesla Optimus robots at showcase were remotely controlled by humans

The use of human input raises questions over the capabilities and market readiness of the bot, despite Elon Musk’s enthusiasm.

Tesla’s Optimus robot gestures at an unveiling event in Los Angeles, California last week. Photo: Handout via Reuters

US weighs capping exports of AI chips from Nvidia and AMD to some countries

Officials are focused on Persian Gulf countries that have a growing appetite for AI data centres and the deep pockets to fund them.

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Hong Kong gang uses deepfake tech to cheat love-struck men out of HK$360 million

Victims included men from Hong Kong, mainland China, Taiwan, India and Singapore, police say.

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China is quietly extracting itself from a US helium ‘stranglehold’

Years of research and development are helping China become less reliant on overseas sources of the valuable noble gas.

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Scientific and engineering advances are shifting China away from a US-controlled monopoly of helium, according to experts. Photo: Shutterstock

Vivo unveils X200 smartphone weeks after release of new Apple, Huawei handsets

The X200 series marks the latest effort by Vivo to crack the global smartphone industry’s lucrative high-end segment.

Vivo’s premium X200 smartphone series features MediaTek’s new Dimensity 9400 system-on-a-chip. Photo: SCMP

China think tank suggests Nvidia chips for data centres to avoid transfer costs

The Beijing-based think tank warned that transferring AI models trained on Nvidia GPUs to domestic solutions involved ‘complex engineering’.

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Hong Kong tycoon Peter Lee looks for good karma in green investments

The Towngas chairman and devout Buddhist hopes to create a more sustainable future through his family office investments.

AI is transforming South Korea, even helping pets and people with disabilities

South Korea is embracing AI, with innovative applications transforming everyday life from AI-powered translation services to X-ray analysis.

A station employee converses simultaneously with a foreigner in their respective mother tongues through a transparent OLED screen at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: EPA-EFE/Yonhap

US-sanctioned camera maker Hikvision said to be slashing jobs

The Hangzhou-based company says it is optimising its research manpower, while denying large-scale lay-offs.

A Hikvision security camera outside a shop in Beijing. Photo: AP

Moonshot AI updates Kimi chatbot to offer capabilities akin to OpenAI o1

Kimi Chat Explore is touted by Moonshot AI as being able to ‘think and reflect’ in response to user queries.

Editorial | AI push turning Hong Kong tech dream into reality

Hong Kong minister hails supercomputing service that benefits companies, including those working on health solutions and deep learning.

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Chinese scientists hack military grade encryption on quantum computer: paper

Breakthrough poses a ‘real and substantial threat’ to password-protection mechanism employed across critical sectors, team says.

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Chinese scientists say they have successfully attacked a widely used encryption method using a quantum computer. Image: Shutterstock

TikTok slashes hundreds of jobs in shift towards AI content moderation

Short-video platform TikTok currently employs a mix of automated detection and human moderators to review content posted on the site.

China risks computing power glut as governments push AI data centre buildout

Total computing power in China accounted for 26 per cent of the world’s total as of June, trailing only the US, but CPU usage rates are low.

Xpeng banks on Eagle Eye to enhance autonomous driving in new P7+ sedan

The Eagle Eye system is more accurate in information collection than lidar sensors used in its existing models like P5 sedan and G6 SUV.

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Xpeng will launch its P7+ sedan in the local market next month. Photo: Handout

Huawei’s China smartphone sales in August surpass those of Apple, report says

That aligns with data showing a 12.7 per cent year-on-year decline in foreign smartphone shipments, including those of Apple, in August.

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Competition between Huawei Technologies and Apple in the world’s biggest smartphone market is heating up. Photo: Shutterstock

Opinion | AI compact proves there’s hope for multilateralism yet

As demand for artificial intelligence increases, the UN and its partners can work to ensure that no one is left behind.

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TikTok owner ByteDance launches US$170 AI earbuds in China

The Ola Friend earphones are linked to ByteDance’s self-developed chatbot, Doubao, currently China’s most popular GenAI app.

US weighs Google break-up in historic Big Tech antitrust case

The US Justice Department may propose a forced sell-off of parts of Google’s business to prevent illegal monopolisation.

The US Justice Department is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell off parts of its business. Photo: Reuters

OpenAI says it foiled suspected China-linked phishing attack

The US start-up says SweetSpecter, a suspected China-based group, posed as a ChatGPT user and sent emails to staff with malware attached.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The start-up says it has thwarted an attempt by a suspected China-linked group to phish its employees. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS

Chinese AI tool uncovers new viruses at the speed of a species per second: paper

From masses of data previously uploaded to databases, scientists have identified nearly 162,000 new species of RNA virus.

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Opinion | To be a better connector, Hong Kong needs to know Asean better

We should not be complacent about Southeast Asia, and must cultivate stronger arts and cultural connections on the ground.

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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.
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26 September, 2024
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