Artificial intelligence (AI) is unlikely to replace feng shui masters despite a growing trend of people turning to chatbots for fortune-telling, Hong Kong soothsayers have said, warning against blindly trusting such software as it may produce “dangerous” predictions. Feng shui masters told the South China Morning Post that such chatbots, trained on existing datasets, could…
Hong Kong’s leading think tank has called for a centralised platform for artificial intelligence in schools, revealing that while 95 per cent of students use the technology, nearly one in four struggle to finish homework without it, putting their problem-solving and analytical thinking skills at risk. Our Hong Kong Foundation on Tuesday also said a…
Dog and cat plushies powered by artificial intelligence (AI) could help double sales this year, manufacturers at Asia’s largest toy fair in Hong Kong have said, while some buyers have expressed concerns about using the technology in play items for children. These hi-tech dolls were among the highlights at the 52nd edition of the Hong…
President Vladimir Putin has often proclaimed that Russia must lead the world in artificial intelligence. In reality, the country is stuck on the sidelines as others pull ahead. PREMIUM Russian President Vladimir Putin, in red tie, at an AI forum in Moscow with Sberbank CEO Herman Gref. The state-owned lender leads Russia’s AI efforts. As…
Last month, the first university jointly established by Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU), celebrated its 20th birthday. When the mainland opened up its education sector in 2003 with its new Regulations on Sino-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools, Baptist University was the only Hong Kong university that took the…
Ant Group’s new “vibe coding” artificial intelligence app LingGuang has overwhelmed servers after user downloads surpassed 1 million in just four days, hitting the milestone faster than OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Sora, according to the Chinese fintech giant. The app’s innovative functionality of generating applications in response to users’ text prompts was temporarily suspended on Thursday…
Target just became the latest retail giant to bet big on AI shopping. The company debuts its ChatGPT-powered app next week, letting customers build baskets, get product ideas, and complete purchases through natural conversation. It’s OpenAI’s boldest retail expansion yet, coming as the AI company races to capture billions in commerce revenue through its growing…
The US-China rivalry has long been cast as a contest between two superpowers, with one rising and the other defending its primacy. This competition has been largely measured in GDP growth, military spending and the number of aircraft carriers and alliances each side could marshal. The central criteria is “who holds power” or “who has…
The Netherlands just backed down from its unprecedented takeover of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia, suspending state intervention after two months of escalating trade tensions. The move ends a bitter dispute that threatened global automotive supply chains and sent car manufacturers scrambling for alternative chip sources. The Dutch government just blinked first in its high-stakes showdown with…
Intuit announced Tuesday that it has struck a multiyear deal with OpenAI that will bring together Intuit’s lineup of financial apps—TurboTax, Credit Karma, Mailchimp, and QuickBooks—with ChatGPT to deliver personalized and actionable financial insights and recommendations. Intuit will pay ChatGPT maker OpenAI more than $100 million annually to implement its artificial intelligence models across its…