https://www.scmp.com/rss/525839/feed Dr Ruby Tong is a university innovator and technology strategist bridging academic research, deep tech commercialisation, and AI governance. en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ruby Tong Ruby Tong When the Magnificent Seven, America’s top tech companies, shed more than US$1 trillion in a single trading session, the usual question returned: is artificial intelligence (AI) a bubble? Yet as global headlines are transfixed by the personal and governance crises shaking Silicon Valley’s titan icons, that debate is already stale. Separate technology from stock prices and a harder truth emerges: multitrillion-dollar empires cannot merely survive on founder mythology and self-policing. The public... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3373829/us-or-china-firms-need-ai-they-can-independently-verify-and-trust https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3373829/us-or-china-firms-need-ai-they-can-independently-verify-and-trust Wed, 11 Nov 2026 12:30:07 +0000 Ruby Tong Ruby Tong The market realignment over the past week starkly captures the self-defeating logic of America’s technology containment strategy. The momentum began on June 15, when the shares of Chinese artificial intelligence pioneer Zhipu AI, which trade in Hong Kong under Knowledge Atlas Technology, surged by 48 per cent intraday after it announced the open-source release of its GLM-5.2 foundation model. The rally continued this week, with Zhipu’s shares trading at an intraday high of HK$2,980 (US$380) in... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3357959/hong-kong-can-take-regulatory-high-road-amid-us-china-ai-decoupling https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3357959/hong-kong-can-take-regulatory-high-road-amid-us-china-ai-decoupling Thu, 25 Jun 2026 01:30:06 +0000