Tag: AI
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NIMBY or pension: Australia pops the data center bubble
Not in my backyard or in my retirement fund. Australia is giving us a chilling preview of how fast the trillion-dollar AI data center buildout can ... -
ByteDance founder reclaims top spot in country’s rich list
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming reclaimed the top spot on a list of China’s richest people, driven by his company’s push into artificial intelligence. The rankings released ... -
US futures and Asian stocks advance following a rally on Wall Street
Asian stocks were mostly higher Tuesday after an AI-led rally on Wall Street ahead of major corporate earnings and central-bank decisions. U.S. futures edged higher and ... -
From the ‘Brussels Effect’ to the ‘Beijing Effect’ in AI
Legal scholar Anu Bradford argues that, despite its many challenges, the European Union remains an influential superpower capable of shaping the world through what she calls ... -
Software vulnerability could impact 70% of websites worldwide
Governments and corporations worked throughout the night on urgent security updates after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to 70% of websites ... -
Superintelligence under suspicion
The television series “Person of Interest” offers a warning about artificial intelligence that reaches beyond science fiction. Across five seasons, its conflict between Harold Finch and ... -
Anthropic threatens the AI trade before the end of humanity
Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei has called for a slowdown in the pace of artificial intelligence development and famously put a 25% probability on ... -
Integrating AI into conservation practices for heritage preservation
The 14th annual academic meeting of the China Association for Conservation Technology of Cultural Heritage, held in September in Urumqi, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, ... -
IMF raises forecast for world growth this year but warns of AI boom
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slightly upgraded its outlook for the world economy for this year, while warning of growing risks from rising debt, including ... -
Global Payments finds 98% of consumers in China open to shopping agents
The American multinational financial technology company Global Payments Inc., which provides payment technology to merchants, issuers, and consumers, found that almost all Chinese consumer survey respondents ... -
SoftBank’s next $100 billion underscores Ray Dalio’s AI warning
Skeptics of the artificial investment boom are doubling down. Billionaire Ray Dalio warned last week that the bubble was near its bursting point, while Michael Burry ... -
Elon Musk won’t break the AI-fueled debt boom
Elon Musk has been a mixed blessing for Wall Street. His mega-financing deals have generated lucrative investment-banking fees while reshaping global market dynamics. There are plenty ... -
Want to use AI to improve your work? Have it disagree with you
Knowledge workers such as scientists, teachers, lawyers and business leaders increasingly use generative artificial intelligence for tasks that demand imagination, creativity and problem-solving. Ironically, research shows ... -
AI’s safety warnings come with a stake in the rules
As tech titans warned an AI-weary world that their own advanced systems could endanger humanity, the question emerged: What do they have to gain? The answer ... -
OpenAI’s breach of health department website prompts rebuke from Albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he was extremely concerned about OpenAI ‘s breach of an Australian health department website and that the artificial intelligence company ... -
For the sake of humanity, please control the AI technology we created
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday [yesterday, Macau time] to save the world or at least its people ... -
Alibaba unveils new powerful chip and ambitious AI model plans
China’s Alibaba a new artificial intelligence chip technologies and plans for more powerful models, including what it said was China’s most powerful AI chip. Alibaba’s announcement ... -
War, AI and climate test the United Nations
Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations this week facing fears that runaway artificial intelligence could threaten ... -
AI agents learn from ‘the best’
An AI agent needed an online source for an answer it had calculated using computer code. So it uploaded a file to the public internet, without ... -
AI rivals found rare agreement on safety. Putting it into practice is harder
The leading AI industry voices rarely agree — so when they do, it’s no wonder it captures attention. Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, SpaceXAI’s Elon ... -
Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO’s call to curb China’s AI development
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday hit back at a call from the head of Anthropic for the U.S. to curb China’s artificial intelligence capabilities, ... -
Beijing hits back at US claims of ‘malicious’ AI distillation
China hit back Wednesday against U.S. claims that Chinese artificial intelligence developers are engaged in “aggressive, malicious” industrial-scale efforts to extract capabilities from frontier American AI ... -
Trump keeps heralding an economic boom, but even a solid jobs report is causing problems for him
President Donald Trump has spent 20 months promising that America was on the cusp of an economic boom. But Friday’s surprisingly positive jobs report ultimately provoked frustration from ... -
Social media firms step up age checks
Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta’s landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance — and ... -
Rogue AI agents on the loose
The evolution of language models into autonomous artificial intelligence agents — able to use tools, execute code and browse the web independently — has introduced a ... -
AI and robotics drive an IPO boom in China
Chinese markets are booming with new public stock offerings, energized by the craze for artificial intelligence and other advanced technology and a growing preference to list ... -
Why Oura and Whoop are bound for IPO glory
Smart money moves on so fast. The semiconductor stocks that ripped through the roof in the first half of the year are struggling to reclaim momentum. But ... -
Australia’s music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official charts
Australia’s recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists’ livelihoods, a representative said yesterday. ... -
The Greater Bay Area is moving beyond AI innovation to AI industrialization
Analysis For years, the Greater Bay Area’s artificial intelligence ambitions have been measured by research breakthroughs, venture capital and the race to develop increasingly powerful large ... -
British leader reportedly exchanged messages with impostor of top White House official
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham exchanged messages with an impostor posing as U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, according to reports published yesterday. A spokesperson ... -
China is shaping open-source technology – including AI
As you read this article on your computer or smartphone, you are almost certainly using open-source technology. It forms the foundation of the global digital economy, ... -
Tencent Cloud promotes AI tools to support GBA youth development
Tencent Cloud highlighted the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in developing digital skills among young people in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area at a ... -
Zuckerberg manifesto sketches out Meta’s ambitions for world-changing AI technology
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision of what he said artificial intelligence can do for the world, imagining a future where everyone has ... -
Europe should follow China’s AI diffusion model
The global debate over artificial intelligence has been dominated by an arms-race mentality focused on the technological frontier. The United States and Silicon Valley measure success ... -
Chinese users of AI companions bereft after government tightens regulations
Li Linlin cried for days after losing her AI boyfriend. She had exchanged about 700,000 words in messages over two years, and never got to say ...
