A developer criticizes a Wall Street Journal article claiming that China has matched Anthropic's AI capabilities, calling the assertion obvious nonsense. The developer argues that the article lacks ev…
The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its Mythos 5 AI model to approximately 100 trusted US companies and federal agencies, reversing previous restrictions over national security concerns…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told shareholders that national security takes priority over commercial opportunities, acknowledging the company's delicate position amid Senate scrutiny over chip exports to C…
Austria's State Secretary for Digitalization, Alexander Pröll, urged the European Commission to bring Anthropic to Europe in response to a U.S. ban on advanced AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic for …
A user on vast.ai discovered a GPU host masquerading as a US-based machine was actually a Hong Kong host proxying traffic, resulting in slow performance and unusability for AI workloads due to Chinese…
A former special operations officer recounts how U.S. forces cleared a bridge from al-Shabaab in Somalia only for China to later dominate the region's digital infrastructure, introducing the concept o…
Stanford University's 2026 AI Index reveals the United Arab Emirates and Singapore lead in generative AI adoption at 54% and 61% respectively, while the United States ranks 24th at 28.3% despite leadi…
Students worldwide are using AI-powered smart glasses to cheat on exams, prompting countries like China, the UK, South Korea, and Taiwan to tighten screening and review policies. Experts warn that und…
Chinese cybersecurity firm 360, led by founder Zhou Hongyi, unveiled two AI security tools to rival Anthropic's Mythos, with one tool already detecting 3,432 vulnerabilities. Zhou acknowledged Chinese…
Qualcomm is challenging Nvidia's dominance in China by deploying custom AI chips designed to comply with local regulations, while L'Oréal uses Nvidia's AI to accelerate R&D. Japan's SIer industry face…
China's AI and robotics firms face a reality check as they pursue IPOs on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's Star Market, where public market pricing will test the premiums built during private funding rou…
Open source large language models will never match closed-source models due to inherent safety limitations, argues a commentator. Without multi-layered guardrails—baked-in safety, real-time flagging, …
China's Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli urged Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) members to ease travel barriers and enhance cooperation to boost tourism as a regional economic driver d…
Hassan Murad, a Canadian AI CEO, called China's AI development speed 'insane' and urged cooperation during the 2026 Summer Davos forum, where artificial intelligence was a key topic. His remarks highl…
China's government advisers are calling for measures to address a two-speed economy where AI and high-tech manufacturing boom while consumer spending lags, as fixed-asset investment fell 4.1% in early…
The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its Claude Mythos 5 AI model to over 100 trusted US organizations, partially reversing a ban imposed two weeks ago over national security risks. The …
A commentator observes that discussions about AI risk often assume adversaries like Trump and China would not cooperate to mitigate the threat, despite the existential danger to all parties. The autho…
Italy is preparing to join the US-led Pax Silica initiative, an alliance designed to secure supply chains for AI, semiconductors, and critical minerals, despite recent diplomatic tensions with Washing…
Researchers propose Intelligence per Watt (IPW) as a unified metric to measure AI efficiency, analogous to performance per watt in computing history. IPW improved 5.3× from 2023 to 2025, and hybrid cl…
Ricoh showcased a multi-skilled humanoid robot moving from proof-of-concept to practical factory verification, as East Asia's AI ambitions collide with the global AI cold war. China's AI titans are in…