China is considering tighter export controls on artificial intelligence models and chips, according to a Financial Times report. The potential restrictions would expand Beijing's oversight of AI techn…
China's economy expanded by 4.7% in the first half of 2026, supported by export-oriented industries and policy-backed investment in artificial intelligence, according to Fitch Ratings. The agency warn…
Hong Kong has an opportunity to redefine its place in a world undergoing profound transformation, according to an analysis by the South China Morning Post. The city's future rests on four mutually rei…
An open letter organized by the Stanford Digital Economy Lab warns that artificial intelligence may drive an economic transformation larger than the Industrial Revolution, but four in five signatories…
Elon Musk said in an interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes that China may become the world leader in AI, held back only by limited computing power, though China already has an electricity advantage and …
Japan is establishing artificial intelligence dialogue frameworks with India, Malaysia, and other like-minded countries to reduce reliance on top US and Chinese AI firms and promote domestic companies…
Nvidia, Palantir, and Meta signed a public letter on Friday urging US policymakers to avoid 'premature restrictions' on open-weight AI models, warning that such limits would undermine competition and …
Major U.S. AI companies and CEOs issued a group statement supporting open-weight models after China's Kimi-K3 open-weight model alarmed the U.S. AI industry, in what appears to be an effort to prevent…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told the US Senate on May 8, 2025, that the United States must lead in both open-source and closed-source AI models, announcing OpenAI plans to release a leading open-source mode…
Run Robotics, a Shanghai-based company, unveiled the world's first centaur wheel-leg hybrid robot at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China. The robot combines a horse-li…
China launched three experimental satellites on July 24 to test artificial intelligence computing technologies in space, using a Lijian-1 Y15 rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satel…
All 21 APEC member economies, including the US and China, agreed on a joint statement at the 2026 APEC Digital and AI Ministerial Meeting in Chengdu on July 23 endorsing trusted open-source AI approac…
China is racing to power its surging number of AI data centers with clean energy as part of a national strategy, with new data centers in eight large hubs required to source at least 80% of electricit…
China is positioning its strong power grid, renewable energy capacity, and nuclear power development as key advantages for building AI infrastructure, as AI-driven electricity demand surges. Former Ch…
The 21 APEC economies endorsed support for open-source AI with strong security assurance in the Chengdu Statement adopted at the APEC Digital and AI Ministerial Meeting on July 23, hosted and chaired …
Generative AI use in Japan nearly doubled in a year, with 58.8% of respondents reporting usage in fiscal 2025, according to a white paper from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications r…
Intel and AMD are signing longer-term purchase commitments with Chinese server customers for data-center processors as prices rise, with some agreements covering about one year and discussions of two …
China is making an all-out push to catch up with American AI chips, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The country is investing heavily in domestic chip development to reduce reliance on U.S. …
APEC digital and AI ministers issued the Chengdu Statement on July 23, endorsing open-source AI development while emphasizing security, data protection and intellectual property rights. The 21-member …
The U.S. and other nations at the APEC summit in China endorsed open-source AI development with 'strong security' measures, marking the first ministerial-level statement on open-source cooperation, ac…