The International Monetary Fund downgraded its 2026 global growth forecast to 3%, citing the Iran war's energy shock, but noted that AI investment is partially offsetting the damage. The IMF expects o…
Chinese circuit-board makers are ramping up capital expenditure to record levels to meet demand from the AI boom, with over 20 PCB companies disclosing aggressive expansion plans in the first half of …
Alibaba shares surged up to 13.8% in Hong Kong on Wednesday after UBS and Jefferies projected the company's June-quarter revenue growth would accelerate to 9%, driven by strong AI demand and narrowing…
Heavy rain in Hong Kong caused flash floods that went viral on social media, with some users initially claiming the footage was AI-generated or outdated until residents shared real-time videos proving…
At the 2026 Machina Summit, European executives warned that severe data training bottlenecks threaten the continent's ability to compete with China and the US in humanoid robotics, urging policymakers…
China is shifting from competing on frontier AI performance to releasing affordable, open-weight AI models for mass adoption, mirroring its strategy in manufacturing. This approach allows global users…
The South China Morning Post's Lede Summit in Hong Kong highlighted how quality journalism drives influence among decision-makers, with a HarrisX study showing that 68% of Hong Kong adults are fully f…
Mainland Chinese tech firms listed in Hong Kong are leveraging the city's global connectivity to refine products, forge international partnerships, and expand overseas, according to executives. Beijin…
British Columbia announced Tuesday it is preparing a lawsuit against OpenAI for failing to alert authorities to violent ChatGPT prompts by Jesse Van Rootselaar, who killed eight people in a February s…
Cao Liangliang, former principal engineer and director at Google DeepMind, has returned to Hong Kong after two decades to join the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, bringing Silicon Valley expertise i…
Chinese researchers warn that as open-weight AI models like Zhipu AI's GLM-5.2 approach frontier-level capabilities, China may impose stricter regulations similar to US restrictions on Anthropic's Cla…
Hong Kong stocks rebounded on Wednesday as the Hang Seng Index rose 2.4%, led by technology shares, amid easing concerns over lock-up expiries. Knowledge Atlas Technology surged 18% after cornerstone …
Indonesian authorities are investigating a fraud scandal at a medical conference in Denmark where a woman allegedly impersonated a researcher and presented AI-generated, fabricated data. The case has …
Mainland China's stock markets are mirroring the US trend of tech stock dominance, with the technology sector becoming the largest component of the CSI 300 Index. AI-related companies like Zhongji Inn…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee outlined the city's strategy to become a superconnector in the age of AI at the SCMP China Conference, emphasizing AI as a central plank in its first five-year bluep…
Hong Kong insurers launched a marine war-risk pool to address uncertainties from Middle East instability, with five local firms collaborating to provide coverage for vessels in critical areas. Selina …
Global cooperation on the RISC-V chip architecture remains resilient despite US-China tech rivalry, Alibaba vice-president Qi Xiaoning said at the South China Morning Post's China Conference 2026, not…
Ant Group's embodied AI unit, Robbyant, launched LingBot-Depth 2.0 and LingBot-Vision, claiming the models enable robots to accurately perceive transparent objects like glass and mirrors. The company …
Industry leaders at the South China Morning Post's China Conference urged Hong Kong to draft a focused five-year AI plan leveraging its strengths in urban development, healthcare, and finance, rather …
Huawei will debut its Atlas 950 SuperPoD computing cluster and the world's first AI agent phone at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai from July 17-20. China's AI phone and comput…