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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.
Hong Kong has no dedicated laws tackling copyright issues connected to AI-generated content or covering the creation of unauthorised intimate images that have not been published. Photo: Handout
Law

Legal Tales | How Hong Kong can regulate the harm caused by deepfake porn

Creators of deepfake pornography may exist in a legal vacuum, with existing laws unable to properly govern or penalise their culpable conduct.

Robotics

World robotics conference in China marks 10th year with JD.com as partner

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Hong Kong society

US firm says it made Hong Kong student’s award-winning app ‘from scratch’

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Semiconductors

‘No kill switches and back doors’: Nvidia reasserts security of its AI chips

Embedding weaknesses into chips would ‘undermine global digital infrastructure and fracture trust in US technology’, Nvidia says.

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Nvidia says there are no back doors, kill switches or spyware on its advanced chips. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China tech war

Nvidia back in firing line of US-China tech war

Chipmaking giant denies installing backdoors and kill switches in its processors amid accusations in China that it does and complaints in the US that it doesn’t.

Mainland China

OpenAI’s new open-source models seen as challenge to China’s lead in the field

Co-founder and CEO Sam Altman said in an X.com post that OpenAI’s two new open-source models were ‘a big deal’.

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OpenAI

OpenAI in talks for share sale at US$500 billion valuation, sources say

If the deal goes ahead, it would elevate OpenAI’s valuation on paper by two-thirds to US$500 billion, making it one of the world’s largest privately held companies.

OpenAI’s logo on May 20, 2024. Photo: Reuters
United States

Palantir books its first US$1 billion in quarterly sales and dodges DOGE axe

Since going public in 2020, the artificial intelligence software company has swung swiftly to a profit and sales are booming.

TSMC

Taiwan arrests 6 in probe of TSMC chip technology leak

The chipmaker to Nvidia reported a number of former and current staff to authorities on suspicion they illegally obtained core technology.

Banking & finance

Exclusive | Standard Chartered says it saves millions of dollars with ‘talent marketplace’

London-based bank says with its talent platform, share of jobs filled internally increases by 10 per cent over the past year.

Standard Chartered chief strategy and talent officer Tanuj Kapilashrami. Photo: Edmond So
Tencent

AI is the new buzzword at China’s biggest video gaming trade show

From AI-generated characters to 3D technology, companies showcase the expanding applications of AI in video games.

ChinaJoy is China’s largest annual video gaming trade show. Photo: Reuters
United States

US charges 2 Chinese nationals with sending Nvidia AI chips to China

Geng Chuan and Yang Shiwei are accused of illegally exporting tens of millions worth of advanced chips, including the advanced H100s.

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Semiconductors

Huawei to open-source AI chip toolkit to take on Nvidia’s proprietary platform

The move will help accelerate innovation from developers, while making Ascend chips easier to use, Huawei’s Eric Xu says.

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Infrastructure

Shanghai targets 5 new data centres as China boosts AI capacity

China’s computing power reached 246 exaflops as of June 2024, placing it second only to the US, according to government data.

Shanghai plans to build five new data centres by the end of this year. Photo: EPA
Softbank

SoftBank’s growing stakes in Nvidia and TSMC show focus on AI gear

Son eyes a more central role in the spread of AI with SoftBank’s access to some of the semiconductor supply chain’s most lucrative parts.

SoftBank Group Corp founder, chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son speaks at the company’s event in Tokyo on July 16, 2025. Photo: EPA
Alibaba

Alibaba, Beijing United Family Hospital partner to use AI in cancer diagnosis

The collaboration will leverage Alibaba research arm Damo Academy’s medical AI screening system, called ‘One Sweep Multi-Check’.

Defence

Palantir raises annual revenue forecast again on surging AI demand

The data analytics and defence software firm projected revenue in the range of US$4.14 billion to US$4.15 billion for 2025.

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Asia travel

Opinion | Should you use AI to plan trips? Why it doesn’t mean a better holiday

AIs like ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Manus can make planning a holiday much easier, but users should be aware of the problems that can arise.

AI can recommend places to stay and eat, translate menus, but it can also send you to places that don’t exist or are overrun with other tourists. Photo: Shutterstock
Alibaba

Alibaba’s maps app gets an AI upgrade with Qwen-powered agent

Named Teacher Xiaogao, the tool allows Alibaba to deploy its advanced AI models in practical scenarios, such as navigation and trip planning.

China technology

Opinion | Manus leaving China reflects tough balancing act amid geopolitical tensions

For successful start-ups like Manus, a relocation could be a pragmatic option that brings benefits in terms of resources and access.

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Robotics

Baidu partners with Lyft to launch robotaxis in UK and Germany

The deal is part of a broader trend among Chinese autonomous-driving companies to bring their services to international markets.

Baidu and Lyft say they expect to roll out thousands of robotaxis across Europe in the coming years. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Singapore

Singapore eyes economic restructuring to counter global trade tensions

The city state launched a broad economic review to tackle competitiveness, and AI, as authorities warn of a looming slowdown from US tariffs.

Singapore’s central bank said the effective US tariff rate on the city state’s exports rose to 7.8 per cent in July. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong transport

Hong Kong taxi fleet, HKU roll out city’s first AI-powered dispatch system

Smart dispatch decision system processes real-time data, including road traffic status, weather and EV battery levels to assign bookings.

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Social media

AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink

AI-generated summaries now appearing regularly in Google searches discourage users from clicking through to source articles.

Science

How China’s new ‘Darwin Monkey’ could shake up future of AI in world first

First such supercomputer with over 2 billion artificial neurons mimics macaque brain, is expected to help advance human brain-inspired AI.

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The “Darwin Monkey” is made up of 960 Darwin 3 brain-inspired computing chips creating over 100 billion synapses. Photo: Handout
United States

Meta changes course on open-source AI as China pushes ahead with advanced models

Zuckerberg’s latest AI musing is a backslide from just a year ago, when he published an essay titled ‘Open Source AI is the Path Forward’.

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The Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration picture taken May 20, 2024. Photo: Reuters
Hong Kong society

No need to amend law in light of AI porn case, Hong Kong privacy chief says

Existing ordinance covers misuse of personal data in deepfake images, privacy commissioner Ada Chung says.

Technology

Is AI killing voice dubbing? Industry insiders ‘feel threatened’

Voice actors are calling for regulations that will restrict the use of AI – already being used in place of people – in the dubbing industry.

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