AI is a double-edged sword and users must accept full responsibility if they break the law, Hong Kong’s technology minister has said, ahead of the release of a locally developed tool powered by mainland China’s DeepSeek for free public use this year. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong issued the warning on Saturday…
Hong Kong authorities have referred 15 suspicious cases under a government subsidy scheme to law enforcement over the past three years, while also conducting random checks on 1,860 projects funded by the programme. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong, in a written reply on Wednesday to a lawmaker’s questions about the suspected abuse…
The Hong Kong government is set to enhance its computing power support for start-ups as part of its ambition to become a leading technology hub, according to the city’s innovation chief, as local start-ups seek global clients at one of Europe’s largest technology shows. Hong Kong planned to establish a new supercomputing centre at Sandy…
Hong Kong is set to launch a locally developed ChatGPT-style artificial intelligence (AI) tool powered by DeepSeek in the second half of the year, with the platform featuring elements of the city and being able to answer “all kinds of questions”, the innovation chief has said. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong gave…
Hong Kong will go all out to build an ecosystem for innovation and technology development by gathering talent with innovative perspectives, the financial secretary has said, after a dinner with US chipmaker Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang and other I&T experts on Saturday. In his weekly blog on Sunday, Paul Chan Mo-po shared a photograph of…
Instant messaging has been around nearly as long as the internet, evolving into a communication tool nearly all of us rely on. Unfortunately, widespread use of apps as well as other services such as cloud storage has opened new doors to bad actors. So, it is sensible that Hong Kong authorities take steps to restrict…
Petaflops may not mean much to most Hongkongers, but the odd word to describe computing power helps explain why the city’s first artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputing service has the attention of people developing tomorrow’s technology. Companies working on health solutions and deep learning are among those benefiting from the commercial high-performance computing service at Hong…
A group of smaller listed companies are joining together to highlight the challenges they face and help other firms to use the Hong Kong stock market to raise funds and capture new business opportunities. The Hong Kong Small and Medium Listed Companies Association is a non-profit industry body formed by a group of businesspeople who…