SenseTime has significantly narrowed its losses while achieving robust growth in its generative artificial intelligence business in the first half of 2025, as China pushes a nationwide initiative to advance the AI industry. The Hong Kong-listed company on Thursday posted revenue of 2.36 billion yuan (US$330 million) for the six months ended June 30, marking…
China’s tech industry has hailed Beijing’s latest strategy to widely apply artificial intelligence to economic and social enterprises amid hopes the move could boost market prospects for local suppliers of chips, servers and AI solutions. Beijing’s decision to implement AI in research, industry and consumption has further boosted confidence in the sector, particularly in computing…
Jackie Bezos, Jeff Bezos’s mother, who passed away on August 14, 2025, is survived by her husband, her three children, 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Google’s AI-powered search feature has come under fire after the demise of Amazon founderJeff Bezos’s mother Jacklyn Gise Bezos. 78-year old Jacklyn Gise Bezos passed away on August 14. Jacklyn…
Welcome back to The Prompt. Elon Musk and Sam Altman speak onstage at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit on October 6, 2015 in San Francisco, California, back when they were still friends. (Photo by Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) Two of the most prominent names in AI, Sam Altman and Elon Musk have…
CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Palantir‘s stock slumped more than 9% on Tuesday, falling for a fifth straight day to continue its pullback from all-time highs….
Updated on: Aug 10, 2025 10:02 am IST A report reveals that Grok’s new AI tool created sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift without explicit instruction. The new generative AI video tool for Elon Musk’s Grok allegedly created sexually explicit images of pop sensation Taylor Swift, an American technology news website has claimed. The report…
The mecca for China’s boom in artificial intelligence is Liangzhu, a leafy suburb of Hangzhou, the tech-heavy capital of Zhejiang province. The Communist Party has long touted Liangzhu’s famous archaeological remains, dating back to 3300BC, as proof of the age of Chinese civilisation. Now Liangzhu, with its myriad AI startups, represents the future. Investors from…
GitHub has launched Spark, a new AI tool that builds full-stack apps from simple text prompts. Spark is GitHub’s ambitious entry into the “vibe coding” trend, allowing users to go from an idea to a deployed application without writing code or configuring a server. Available in a public preview for GitHub Copilot Pro+ subscribers, the…
The competition, titled “AI for All”, will run through September and features 17 tracks, including automobile, tourism, cross-border e-commerce, smart agriculture, and market regulation. Hosted by the Guangxi regional government, the kick-off took place simultaneously in eight cities: Guangxi’s capital Nanning, Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur. “Hong Kong’s AI ecosystem…
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) extends its generative AI investment lead as CIOs plan 6.3% higher AI tool spending. Morgan Stanley’s second quarter CIO survey showed IT budgets and software spending set to grow 3.6% year over year through 2025, down slightly from Q1’s 3.7% pace. Analysts led by Keith Weiss said Microsoft commands the steepest forward growth…