Washington has imposed export restrictions on advanced technology to China, including the most high-end AI chips made by companies such as Nvidia and chipmaking equipment, citing concerns that the technology could enhance China’s military capabilities. Despite these restrictions, China has continued making AI breakthroughs that have drawn close scrutiny from US officials. China’s Vice Foreign…
Meme stocks. They’re back! This time around it’s GoPro, Beyond Meat, Kohl, Krispy Kreme and Opendoor Tech. Think short squeezes, sudden price moves (Opendoor up 300% in a few months and down 50% in a week), lots of Reddit chat and much money made and lost. It’s all a lot of fun (bar the losing…
Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink Corp. is collaborating with researchers in California and Spain on a clinical trial to study visual prosthetics. Neuralink’s participation in the trial was disclosed in late July on ClinicalTrials.gov, a government website listing medical studies. The study is sponsored by the University of California at Santa Barbara. Source link
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk is now a driving force in prediction markets. Musk’s xAI on Thursday announced a partnership to integrate its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok with Kalshi‘s prediction markets service. In June, xAI announced a similar deal with Polymarket, a Kalshi rival. Kalshi, the company that turned heads with a made-with-AI…
Date and time: Thursday, August 7, 2025 10.30-11.30am (HKT) The webinar will be live-streamed on this page. Bookmark it or add the event to your calendar to stay informed. Submit your questions to the panel and get them answered during the webinar. A fundamental shift challenging Silicon Valley’s dominance is under way, driven by Chinese…
Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) is one of the growth stocks that could double by 2027. On July 14, Elon Musk confirmed he is opposed to any merger involving the electric vehicle giant and artificial intelligence company xAI. Elon Musk Downplays Tesla-xAI Merger Open to Investment david-von-diemar-ZBWn5DvO0hg-unsplash The remark came in response to a question posted on…
Star founders, Beijing officials and deep-pocketed financiers converge on Shanghai by the thousands this weekend to attend China’s most important AI summit. At the top of the agenda: how to propel Beijing’s ambitions to leapfrog the US in artificial intelligence — and profit off that drive. The World Artificial Intelligence Conference, which has featured Elon…
A Hong Kong lawmaker has said the rise of “obedient and caring” virtual partners generated by artificial intelligence is partly to blame for the city’s low birth rate, noting such digital companions offer emotional support and lack interpersonal conflicts. Legislator William Wong Kam-fai, who is also a computational linguistics professor, called on the government to…
AI gets a lot of attention for eliminating human jobs, but more and more it is also creating them. The number of job postings that mention artificial intelligence has climbed in recent years, a recent report from the Brookings Institution shows, as employers seek out AI-capable workers to assist them in AI adoption and development. In the…
A Hong Kong lawmaker has said the rise of “obedient and caring” virtual partners generated by artificial intelligence is partly to blame for the city’s low birth rate, noting such digital companions offer emotional support and lack interpersonal conflicts. Legislator William Wong Kam-fai, who is also a computational linguistics professor, called on the government to…