Avoiding this crisis requires a transformation in cooperation between healthcare providers, insurers and health authorities, underpinned by technology integration across the whole system. Ignoring the impact of Covid-19, healthcare costs rose by 23 per cent in the five years to 2023, with taxpayer-funded costs increasing from 50 per cent of the total to 52 per…
China’s open-source A.I. model has sparked debate over its impact on U.S. tech dominance, raising questions about innovation, security and the future of AI competition. ObserverLabs China’s DeepSeek A.I. has ignited debate across the tech world. Some see it as a watershed moment for China’s A.I. ambitions, a challenge to U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence….
This week’s news that the DeepSeek Chatbot app, developed by China, was downloaded from the Apple app store significantly more times than the US-developed ChatGPT from Open AI, wiped billions off the global tech market. Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images Plenty of Americans are discovering the AI search powers of DeepSeek,…
Vehicle production has long been a symbol of national technological prowess and the manufacturing capability of countries such as the United States, Japan and Germany in the 20th century. As a result, China’s rapid global expansion in electric vehicles (EVs) in recent years has been a hot topic. While the winner of the EV competition…
Recently, researchers have discovered a relatively harmless app called “BMI CalculationVsn” on the Amazon App Store, masquerading as a normal health tool to steal data. This application performs malicious actions like screen recording, retrieving a list of all installed apps, and capturing incoming SMS messages. The app seems to be a simple application that allows…
Balaji, a former employee at the AI giant OpenAI, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on November 26. The tragic death of 26-year-old Suchir Balaji, a former employee of OpenAI and outspoken critic of the company’s practices, has shocked the tech world. Balaji, who had been vocal about his concerns over the ethical…
Nationalism has emerged as a potent force shaping global tech policy, nowhere more so than in the United States. With Donald Trump returning to the White House for a second term, his vision for America’s technological future is coming into sharper focus. At home, Trump promises a sweeping deregulatory agenda coupled with industrial policy aimed…
With the recent whirlwind of advances in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), it is natural for businesses and investors to want to leverage its power for future growth. It is also natural to have concerns about misuse and abuse by scammers. As such, the new government policy for “responsible” use of AI at the…
Hong Kong’s government has outlined its first guidelines on the “responsible” use of artificial intelligence (AI) during FinTech Week, as regulators strive to get ahead of the curve of a technological revolution that will almost certainly disrupt banking and financial services. Banks, brokers, asset managers and any other financial institution that want to use AI…
Chinese companies are aggressively developing autonomous vehicles. In August, China announced that it had issued 16,000 test licenses for driverless cars and opened up about 20,000 miles of roads nationwide for autonomous vehicle testing. But Chinese autonomous vehicle companies have also quietly been testing their technology on U.S. streets. Baidu, Didi, WeRide, Pony.ai and AutoX…