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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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US presidential candidates lack consistent attitude towards TikTok as legislation that would ban the app passes the House of Representatives. Amid widening technology gap, US must reflect on why an algorithm developed in China gained prominence within the American market.

  • ‘Shanghai envisions building several world-class industry clusters,’ Mayor Gong Zheng tells investment promotion conference
  • The fund will support promising start-ups in the fields of artificial intelligence, biotechnology and semiconductors

The State Department is urged to clarify its advisory for China and explain who exactly is at risk, since ‘they don’t tend to be students or scholars’.

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Nolan’s wife and film producer Emma Thomas will receive a damehood, the female equivalent of a knighthood, the UK said on Thursday in a list of honours recommended by PM Rishi Sunak

Commissioner of Customs and Excise Louise Ho says training will give staff an understanding about their duties under Safeguarding National Security Ordinance.

The company is set to unveil iOS 18, which is expected to be the most ambitious overhaul of the iPhone’s software ever, with the new AI strategy front and centre.

ByteDance’s website listed more than 320 generative artificial intelligence-related job openings as of Tuesday, up from 307 vacancies posted a month earlier.

Mental health AI chatbots offer users sympathetic statements and, unlike therapists, are available 24/7. Their creators insist they don’t offer therapy, but healthcare professionals urge caution.

ByteDance, owner of hit short video app TikTok, is cutting jobs at its enterprise collaboration unit Feishu, affecting about 1,000 employees, according to a person familiar with the matter.

More than 18,000 people with dementia were reported missing in Japan last year. AI-driven motion sensing technology that can detect foot-dragging and shorter steps is being trialled to help locate them.

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China’s biggest generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers, including Baidu and Alibaba, have upgraded their chat bots to handle super long texts of up to 10 million Chinese characters.

In this week’s issue of the Global Impact newsletter, we take a look at the ever-changing artificial intelligence (AI) landscape, and at what progress is being made in China as it struggles against US restrictions on hi-tech imports.

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Jaemark Tordecilla has created an AI tool to help investigative reporters uncover wrongdoing in Philippine government audit reports, in what could mark a sea change for journalism in the Global South.

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A dearth of critical supplies for AI development, exacerbated by Washington’s tech-curtailment moves against China, is seen reflecting the need for a unified and better-funded domestic market.

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The AI start-up says it is working to expand the service capacity of its Kimi chatbot, which has been adding new users rapidly after announcing a technological breakthrough.

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Microsoft will pay US$620 million to license Inflection’s AI models and around US$30 million for waiving any legal rights related to its mass hiring of the start-up’s employees.

Mainland social media has been inspired by the parents of a boy who was mocked following a fall at school and turned to artificial intelligence to give their son solace.

Comments made by top executives this earnings season have offered a glimpse into the progress made by China’s Big Tech firms, after US start-up OpenAI launched in late 2022 its groundbreaking ChatGPT.

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Just months old, the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Centre says it will release a humanoid robot body soon, but core components still appear out of reach amid its tech war with the US.

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