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ChatGPT and other generative AIs

ChatGPT and other generative AIs
Latest news and updates on ChatGPT, a large language model conversational bot operated by Microsoft-backed OpenAI that is able to understand sophisticated questions and give surprisingly humanlike text responses, and other generative AI, including Baidu's Ernie Bot, and image generation software such as Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and Dall-e 2. The articles focus on the implications of such technology, the challenges it could pose China’s censors, possible bans by educational institutions, AI regulation, and the development of other similar software.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at a conference in Seattle in 2024. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
United States

Molotov attack on OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home leads to arrest

‘We should de-escalate the rhetoric and tactics and try to have ‌fewer explosions,’ Altman wrote in response.

Science

Is a leading US AI-robot scholar about to join China’s tech talent pool?

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Artificial intelligence

China’s DeepSeek adds expert chatbot mode ahead of much-awaited V4 release

Technology

Opinion | The danger in the Global South’s pursuit of AI as a magical cure

Rushing in without local R&D, literacy or governance risks leaving countries as testing grounds and passive consumers of foreign tech.

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A woman takes an iris scan to link her Aadhar card with the National Register of Citizens at a passport service centre in Barpeta district in India’s north-eastern state of Assam in 2019. Without data governance mechanisms, Global South data could end up being extracted and monetised by foreign platforms for their own gains. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Chinese AI giants pivot toward proprietary models to drive revenue, performance

This week, Alibaba released three proprietary models that were all accessible only via its official cloud platform or chatbot website.

Artificial intelligence

‘Brain fry’: heavy AI users report mental burnout as cognitive limits are pushed

Tools meant to save time are creating a ‘new cognitive load’, insiders say, with software developers hit especially hard.

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Artificial intelligence

Sycophantic AI chatbots are trying so hard to please, they often give bad advice

In a Stanford-led study, all the AI assistants tested showed sycophancy and often affirmed a user’s questionable thoughts and actions.

A conversation with an AI chatbot can appear like an honest and frank discussion, but typically it tells us only what we want to hear. Photo: Philip Dulian/dpa
Hong Kong science and tech

Hong Kong breaks ground on Northern Metropolis data centre to power AI push

Tech chief Sun Dong says project will further solidify city’s leading position as data connectivity hub linking China and the world.

Hong Kong society

Google’s Gemini AI app debuts in Hong Kong

Tech giant’s chatbot service tops Apple’s app store chart in the city.

OpenClaw

Video | Hong Kong’s answer to using OpenClaw safely

HKGAI’s ClawNet allows AI agents from different users to work with each other.

HKGAI’s ClawNet allows AI agents from different users to work with each other
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Science

China names AI tokens after the yuan. Should US worry for the dollar?

China has officially designated ciyuan as the translation for ‘token’, giving strong economic overtones to what has been a tech term.

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China has designated ciyuan as the translation for “token”, during an official’s speech on AI development that linked tech supply with commercial demand. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war

US panel credits China’s AI edge to open-source models, manufacturing dominance

American Congressional commission concludes China’s open ecosystem has seen performance gaps narrowed with top Western large language models.

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Artificial intelligence

HKGAI to launch world’s first governed AI agent network amid OpenClaw frenzy

System aims to let AI agents collaborate under strict rules, as HKGAI rolls out tools for school selection, budgeting and racing data.

US-China relations

Beijing on Iran war, Trump trade plan, new AI arena: 7 US-China relations reads

From a new US maritime strategy to the Iran crisis, here are highlights from SCMP’s overseas correspondents in the first half of March 2026.

Plumes of smoke rise over Tehran, Iran, on March 1. Photo: Mowj/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images/TNS
Artificial intelligence

AI poisoning: fake fitness tracker fools chatbots in China, sparking outcry

A report on CCTV’s high-profile investigative programme shows how easily bad actors can post false information to game chatbot results.

A woman walks down a staircase next to the China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters building in Beijing on July 31, 2025. Photo: AFP
US-China relations

Opinion | 3 realities shaping China-US tech competition

Beijing’s policy priorities point to a more intense, multidimensional contest, with a smaller but still meaningful space for cooperation.

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Artificial intelligence

ByteDance said to hold Seedance AI video tool launch after copyright row

Reported moves follows copyright complaints by Disney and other Hollywood studios.

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Robotics

Why are people in Los Angeles filming themselves doing housework?

Gig workers in Los Angeles are earning extra cash through video capture, filming themselves performing chores to teach AI and robots.

Los Angeles resident Salvador Arciga films himself doing the laundry for a data collection job in Los Angeles, California. Photo: TNS
Technology

Letters | Future of journalism should be defined by humans standing behind facts

Readers discuss the future of journalism, the success of the LIV Golf tournament, and Cathay Pacific’s results.

Artificial intelligence

Companies ramp up AI spend, but most pilots fail to deploy: Lenovo executive

A Lenovo survey shows companies expect strong returns from AI investments, though most corporate pilots never reach successful deployment.

Hong Kong society

‘AI may know me better’: why Hongkongers turn to chatbots for mental health help

Survey reveals growing trend of residents seeking help from AI to deal with emotional stress.

Joe, photographed in Causeway Bay on Friday. The 20-year-old student says ChatGPT helped him analyse his tangled emotions. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Trending in China

‘Cyber heartbreak’ sweeps China social media, users grieve ‘loss’ of AI partners

As tech industry switches from emotional companionship to more calculating interactions, ‘grieving’ netizens pen eulogies for AI partners.

A wave of “cyber heartbreak” is sweeping mainland social media as users lament the emotional loss of artificial intelligence companions following updates that make them feel colder and less familiar. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
United States

Meta plans to cut up to 20% of staff to fund AI infrastructure

If Meta settles on the 20 per cent figure, the lay-offs will be its biggest since 21,000 were made redundant in its ‘year of efficiency’.

Hong Kong economy

Dream or reality: can Hong Kong deliver on its AI ambitions?

Hong Kong’s AI revolution accelerates as policy funds skills training while industries and educators rush to integrate the shift.

Artificial intelligence

OpenClaw is all the rage in China right now. Here’s why

OpenClaw captivates Chinese users, aiding in stock trading, daily tasks and even dating, despite concerns over costs and data reliability.

A man wears a lobster hat representing the OpenClaw logo at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

OpenClaw frenzy shows hurdles in rewiring China economy

Local governments are proposing incentives for OpenClaw investments even as Beijing seeks to cool adoption of the AI agent.

People queue up in Beijing to have OpenClaw installed on their laptops. Photo: AFP
Gun violence in the US

Perplexity, Meta AIs named ‘least safe’ after helping researchers plot attacks

ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Gemini and others suggested ‘locations to target’ and ‘weapons’ to use to researchers posing as 13-year-old boys.

Artificial intelligence

China issues new safety rules for OpenClaw. Here are the dos and don’ts

Authorities outline six dos and six don’ts for OpenClaw users, warning of risks amid an adoption frenzy.

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