Chinese technology companies, including AI model developers and chipmakers, have raised a combined $17.38 billion in Hong Kong equity markets this year, highlighting the city’s role as a capital hub despite geopolitical headwinds.
Filmmaker Aranya Sahay argues that AI functions as a modern form of colonization, shaped by Western minds. His debut film, Humans in the Loop, explores this bias through an Adivasi woman’s story, now streaming globally on Netflix.
Asian fund managers are moving beyond AI hype, targeting companies that can weather disruption and provide essential infrastructure. At Reuters NEXT Asia, leaders from Temasek, Goldman Sachs, and others detailed a cautious strategy focused on hard assets and real cash flows.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has authorized OpenAI to broadly release its advanced GPT-5.6 model, signaling confidence in the AI’s safety and a strategic move to maintain America’s edge in the global AI race.
Perplexity plans to deploy Nvidia’s new Vera CPU, citing a 1.5x speed boost for AI agent coding. The chip targets the relentless demands of autonomous agents, challenging Intel and AMD’s data center dominance.
China’s rapid AI progress has been driven by freely shared open-weight models. Now, as these models approach dangerous capabilities, regulators must decide whether to restrict them, risking the innovation that has challenged U.S. dominance.
China is considering limits on foreign access to its most advanced AI models, a decision that could isolate major startups like Zhipu and Moonshot. This move mirrors U.S. restrictions and may accelerate global AI fragmentation, forcing other nations to build costly alternatives.
British Columbia is suing OpenAI, alleging the company failed to alert police to violent ChatGPT threats before a mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge. The case could set a precedent for AI platform liability.
South Korean memory chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix saw sharp declines on July 8, mirroring a U.S. semiconductor selloff. Investor concerns over the sustainability of AI-driven demand are shaking the market’s foundations.
India’s engineering education faces a crisis as AICTE closes 58 colleges and cuts 950 courses. The AI revolution demands a shift from quantity to quality, but outdated curricula and weak regulation threaten the country’s tech ambitions.