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A cosplayer poses for photos at the opening of the annual ChinaJoy digital entertainment expo in Shanghai on Friday. Photo: AFP

Tencent, Microsoft, Amazon pitch AI tools for video game developers at ChinaJoy

The current generative AI boom has raised people’s expectations of the entire video gaming market, according to Tencent Cloud’s Chen Liang.

Tencent is offering a range of AI services that is expected to cover the ‘full life cycle’ of game development

26 Jul 2024 - 11:49PM

Hong Kong labour representatives want more smart safety tech after driver death

26 Jul 2024 - 9:05PM

Apple to adopt voluntary AI safeguards established by US President Biden

26 Jul 2024 - 6:44PMvideocam

Shanghai seeks AI, humanoid robotics, low-altitude economy upgrade by 2027

Shanghai will look to attract AI companies, build a humanoid robot manufacturing innovation centre and test low-altitude industrial logistics by 2027.

26 Jul 2024 - 5:00PMvideocam

Visitors touch humanoid robot hands on display at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai. Photo: AP

Alibaba puts Olympics on the cloud, adding AI services while taking over for satellite

The Chinese tech giant has partnered with the Olympics to distribute the Paris Games online, replacing a 60-year-old satellite system as the main distribution channel.

26 Jul 2024 - 3:00PM

Malaysia wants to splash out on tech sector, but heavy water demand hard to quench

The country’s water crisis could worsen due to huge demand for the resource from data centres and chip manufacturers, analysts say.

26 Jul 2024 - 1:50PMvideocam

Hong Kong police surveillance cameras in public places to get facial recognition

Security minister says number of surveillance cameras with facial recognition technology will increase by up to 2,500 a year.

26 Jul 2024 - 12:00PMvideocam

An eye-in-the sky CCTV camera monitors Mong Kok. Photo: Edmond So

Tiger Brokers’ AI chatbot saves investors time, executive says

A year after the launch of TigerGPT, investors are recognising the benefits of AI in helping sift through a sea of financial data, according to the company.

26 Jul 2024 - 11:06AM

US senator attacks Biden administration for failing to halt chip sales to China

John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, says Commerce Department has not done enough to keep Nvidia semiconductors, key to AI technologies, from Chinese entities.

26 Jul 2024 - 5:15AM

China Initiative a ‘significant push factor’ for Chinese scientists’ US exodus

The number of ethnic Chinese scientists leaving the US rose rapidly after the launch of the China Initiative, study finds.

25 Jul 2024 - 10:14PM

The number of Chinese-born scientists leaving the US increased 75 per cent after the launch of the 2018 China Initiative, a study has found. Photo: Shutterstock

One of China’s ‘AI tigers’ raises another US$700 million from Big Tech

The Beijing-based company is now worth more than US$2.7 billion, behind only fellow ‘AI tiger’ Moonshot AI, as US capital remains sparse in the domestic industry.

25 Jul 2024 - 10:37PM

Baichuan Intelligent Technology founder Wang Ziaochuan previously founded Sogou, once China’s second-largest search engine. Photo: Weibo/量子位

China’s AI industry faces shakeout, leaving only a dozen top tier LLMs, expert says

China’s AI industry is entering a rapid period of consolidation after large language model development mushroomed last year, experts said at the Future Tech Summit 2024 in Shenzhen on Thursday.

25 Jul 2024 - 7:00PM

Alibaba, Tencent quickly adopt Meta’s Llama 3.1 AI model amid excitement

China’s biggest tech firms moved quickly to adopt the most advanced open-source large language model from the owner of Facebook on their cloud platforms.

25 Jul 2024 - 6:00PM

Meta’s Zuckerberg puts faith in open-source AI to maintain US lead over China

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose company runs the world’s largest open-source LLM, said AI based on open-source technology will help the US maintain a lead over China.

25 Jul 2024 - 5:30PM

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg during an interview on ‘The Circuit with Emily Chang’ at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, July 18, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg

Smart money is piling into South Korean stocks in global AI bet

A push from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix into high-bandwidth memory, cheaper valuations and outsize gains from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing are making Korean shares a more appealing bet.

25 Jul 2024 - 9:54AM

A dealer in front of monitors at the Hana Bank in Seoul on 19 July 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | How Hong Kong’s AI data guidelines can help firms embrace the future

The model framework can help companies adopting AI stay compliant with regulations, manage risks and save costs.

25 Jul 2024 - 9:30AM

Huawei plans tri-fold smartphone as Apple weighs foldable iPhone, reports say

Apple is reportedly working on a clamshell-style foldable smartphone for release as soon as 2026, while Huawei prepares a dual-hinged foldable for production.

25 Jul 2024 - 7:00AM

China names and shames agents offering unauthorised local access to ChatGPT

The Cyberspace Administration of China’s action shows its resolve to enforce domestic rules on generative artificial intelligence that were rolled out in August last year.

24 Jul 2024 - 10:55PMvideocam

The Cyberspace Administration of China’s action against unauthorised ChatGPT access shows its resolve to enforce domestic rules on generative artificial intelligence that were rolled out in August last year. Photo: Shutterstock

Opinion | Britain can deliver on its domestic goals by working with China

As Britain’s new government seeks to revamp the nation’s politics, there are key opportunities to adopt a similar approach on foreign affairs.

24 Jul 2024 - 8:30PM

Effects studio behind Marvel’s Avengers to set up Hong Kong R&D centre

Digital Domain’s research and development centre in Hong Kong will focus on artificial intelligence-powered virtual humans and their application in service-oriented environments.

26 Jul 2024 - 1:32PM

Musk asks X followers if Tesla should sink US$5 billion into xAI

Elon Musk is asking his X followers whether Tesla should invest US$5 billion into his own AI start-up, saying he was ‘testing the waters’ for a potential deal.

24 Jul 2024 - 1:15PM

Elon Musk speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California, May 6, 2024. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

Smart home integration: how Samsung and LG are leading the pack with AI

AI and wireless technology are taking seamless integration and control of smart home platforms and mobile apps to the next level

24 Jul 2024 - 12:00PM

AI and wireless technology are together taking seamless integration and control of smart home platforms, from vacuums and fans to entertainment solutions like these Kef LS60 Wireless Royal Blue speakers. Photos: Handout

Opinion | How to acquire impeccable music taste in 4 hours … according to AI

What proves you have impeccable musical taste? Putting Beethoven, Tupac and K-pop on the same playlist, the bots told us

24 Jul 2024 - 11:15AM

Hong Kong-backed humanoid robot maker wants to take on tech giants

Galbot, a Beijing-based robotics start-up backed by the Hong Kong government, aims to take on tech giants in the global humanoid robot market, its co-founder said in an interview.

24 Jul 2024 - 9:00AM

Baidu, ByteDance pursue AI graduates overseas amid shortage of top tech talent

Chinese tech giants Baidu, Tencent and ByteDance have embarked on a worldwide search for top talent to beef up their research into cutting-edge technologies like AI and semiconductors.

23 Jul 2024 - 9:05PM

Baidu’s recruitment campaign aims at finding top campus talent in AI and cultivating AI technology leaders. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Philippine officials slam deepfake video of Marcos Jnr allegedly doing drugs

Analysts say the technology used to make the video represents an increasingly serious threat to the Philippines.

23 Jul 2024 - 8:17PMvideocam

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr delivers his annual State of the Nation Address in Manila on July 22, 2024. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Northeast Asia, with its nuclear dreams and arms race, is a powder keg

Resurgence of military blocs, breakdown in cooperation and nuclear risk threaten global catastrophe, unless a new road map to peace is found.

23 Jul 2024 - 10:19AMvideocam

My Take | China faces tough balancing act to embrace tech, while losing traditional jobs

The transition to robotaxi services comes at a time when China is in a race to lead the world in the adoption of autonomous vehicle and artificial intelligence technologies.

23 Jul 2024 - 7:00AMvideocam

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News articles, analyses and commentary about machines that mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving. This also covers chatbots, algorithms, consumer products and Big Data analysis that make use of AI.