Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned his party’s ruling elites this year that failure to understand emerging technologies could see China cede ground in the race to dominate the future of the global economy. “Leading cadres at all levels must effectively strengthen their knowledge of frontier science and technology, improve their professional capabilities and make efforts…
The New York Times publisher on Monday slammed artificial intelligence companies for “brazen theft of intellectual property”, warning they threaten the future of journalism during a speech at the World News Media Congress in the French city of Marseille. Chairman of The New York Time Company and publisher of NYT Arthur Gregg Sulzberger gives a…
The government’s investment arm achieved a double-digit internal rate of return last year, greater than many newly established venture capital funds, according to its CEO. “Many overseas funds have a J-curve performance, as they tend to suffer an initial loss before a gain,” said Clara Chan Ka-chai, CEO of Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC). “But…
The United States Department of Defence announced a series of agreements with seven artificial intelligence companies as part of its bid to expand the use of AI on the battlefield. With SpaceX, OpenAI, Google, NVIDIA, Reflection, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services on board, the defence department has stated that the collaborations will allow the US…
Add ThinkChina as a preferred source Translated by Grace Chong, James Loo A Chery Automobile Co.’s AiMOGA humanoid robot at the company’s experience centre in Wuhu, Anhui province, China, on 20 May 2026. (Qilai Shen/Bloomberg) In this artificial intelligence (AI) age, as AI turns human-like and human nature could gradually be eroded, can religion preserve…
Add ThinkChina as a preferred source The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China on 26 July 2025. (Go Nakamura/Reuters) China’s decision to block Meta’s acquisition of Manus should not be treated as a routine intervention in a corporate deal. Beijing is signalling that relocating an AI company overseas does not necessarily remove it from…
A Hong Kong medical technology firm manufacturing tailor-made body implants will expand research initiatives and explore setting up a factory in Central Asia, in a further collaboration which one expert said could also benefit the city. Koln 3D, Hong Kong’s first orthopaedic and metal component printing technology company, revealed its plan ahead of Chief Executive…
A Hong Kong woman has lost more than HK$1 million (US$127,636) after being lured into a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme disguised as an artificial intelligence-powered trading app, with police reporting that over 70 similar scams had been recorded in the past week alone, resulting in total losses exceeding HK$50 million. Details released on the police’s CyberDefender…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! In 2024, climate activists in New York City protested alongside anti-Israel protesters at a rally headlined “Climate Justice Means Free Palestine.” Last year, climate change celebrity icon Greta Thunberg tried to storm Israel by sea on a flotilla protesting the country’s war in Gaza, yelling “Free! Free!…
Standard Chartered global CEO Bill Winters on Friday said he was “sorry” for comments describing “lower-value” workers, made while announcing job-cut plans earlier this week. Winters apologised in a LinkedIn post as he tried to cool debate among upset employees after he announced on Tuesday a 15 per cent cut of back-office staff at the…