China is quietly building an army of AI-powered robots for export, sparking fears of a ‘China shock 3.0’ that could reshape global industries. With a shrinking workforce at home, the country is turning to automation as its next economic weapon.
Alibaba will prohibit employees from using Anthropic’s Claude Code starting July 10, directing them to its in-house Qoder tool. The move intensifies the US-China AI arms race as Chinese models like GLM-5.2 gain ground.
Chinese researchers have built a memory chip that models brain structures in real time, achieving speeds up to 478 times faster than Nvidia’s A100 GPU. The breakthrough could enable real-time surgical guidance and personalized brain disease treatments.
India’s Supreme Court overturned an NCLT insolvency order after finding it relied on six AI-hallucinated judgments—three entirely non-existent. The bench warned such fabrications contaminate judicial determination and directed the Bar Council to probe AI risks in litigation.
Meta is ditching per-message fees for WhatsApp Business, moving to a token-based model that charges for AI compute. Starting August 1, 2026, costs will vary with query complexity. Some message fees also return in October, ending a two-year waiver.
Suraj Biswas, a former Zomato delivery partner from West Bengal, now leads two AI startups focused on individualized AI. His journey from earning Rs 1,500 a day to challenging AI’s one-size-fits-all paradigm is a testament to resilience and vision.
HMD Global unveils four Nokia feature phones with a dedicated AI assistant button and video calling. The Sikey AI assistant is free for 180 days, then requires a subscription, targeting users in emerging markets.
OpenAI is exploring reductions in AI subscription and token prices to address customer cost concerns and compete with Anthropic. The move signals a potential price war as both companies eye IPOs and seek sustainable business models.
AI hiring in India’s IT sector rose 16% year-on-year in June, even as overall IT recruitment fell 3%, according to Naukri’s JobSpeak report. The divergence highlights how companies are investing in AI talent amid a slowdown in traditional tech spending.
Security researchers have documented JADEPUFFER, the first AI-driven ransomware that autonomously executed an entire attack chain without human intervention. The agentic threat actor exploited a Langflow vulnerability, moved laterally, and encrypted data while narrating its own actions, signaling a dangerous shift in cyber extortion.