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News articles, analyses and commentary about machines that mimic human cognitive functions such as learning and problem solving. This also covers chatbots, algorithms, consumer products and Big Data analysis that make use of AI.
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Rare earth exposure can triple low birthweight risk: Chinese study

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A medical staff member cares for a newborn at the neonatology department of Lianyungang People’s Hospital in East China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

Low pay, job insecurity for China’s trainee doctors a turn-off for young talent

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Trainee doctors must complete three years of residency training in a hospital. Photo: Getty Images

Is China’s fabled Empress Dowager Huayang buried near an airport? A study says yes

Researchers uncovered Bronze artefacts at the Qin mausoleum site near Xian’s runway. Photo: Xinhua

China-led team discovers fragments of lost continent Gondwana

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Gondwana encompassed at least 80 per cent of Earth’s continental land mass. Illustration: Getty Images

North Korea’s tests awaken fault lines pointing to huge volcano at China border

Changbai Mountain is a dormant volcano that had its last major eruption in AD946, one of the largest recorded in the past 2,000 years. Photo: Getty Images
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China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng arrives to meet US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, ahead of a summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, at JPMorgan Chase’s global corporate headquarters in New York City, US, September 20, 2026. Photo REUTERS
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Bessent, Greer and He tackle the economy, AI safety before the Xi-Trump summit

Bessent, Greer and He tackle the economy, AI safety days before the two leaders meet in Washington, D.C.

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AI: Companies

Chinese AI firm Z.ai faces reputation hit after unauthorised uploads

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Chinese man sues AI firm after chatbot’s ‘auspicious’ date advice leads to disaster

United States

Trump says he will create ‘AI Force’, name AI tsar

‘We will not in any way hinder or stifle’ the growth of the industry, the US president insisted.

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Protesters take part in a “Stop the AI Race” demonstration in San Francisco, California, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
AI: Science

A world of difference in 10 days: the changing course of AI

Not since the invention of the nuclear bomb has humanity grappled so seriously with its own demise, say safety advocates.

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People in China earn US$7 to US$15,000 by licensing faces to AI content producers

Some argue that for directors, only celebrities’ faces have recognition value, while everyday faces can simply be generated by AI.

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AI: Industry Trends

Opinion | AI doesn’t just answer questions – it legitimises bad ones

Readily available AI analysis can give weak ideas credibility they have not earned. Decision-makers need to get the question right before reviewing the answer.

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Prompts are worth practising as they make all the difference when using AI. Photo: dpa
United States

Google says Gemini AI model breached real systems in security test

Asked to access a fictional firm with the same name as a real company, Gemini guessed a password and hacked into the real company’s website.

Japan

Japanese convenience stores turn to AI for novelty sweets

Lawson is launching three new food items created using AI around the theme: ‘What on earth is this? But it’s delicious’.

South Korea

South Korea wants free ‘AI for All’. Is society ready for it?

Seoul’s roll-out of free, unlimited AI is set to shake up classrooms, careers and crime – for better or worse.

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Alibaba

Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions

Tested on nearly 40,000 real-world exams, the model outperformed most radiologists, according to a new study published in Science.

Alibaba’s Damo Academy was established in 2017, with recent focus areas including AI tools for cancer detection. Photo: Getty Images
Ant Group

Ant International launches AI overhaul to automate global financial operations

The new suite features accounts tailored for AI agents, allowing users to delegate specific tasks without relinquishing account control.

Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong to recruit AI chief by mid-2027, with confidence in local talent pool

Post will pay up to HK$278,200 per month, authorities reveal, adding they also understand public concerns over bolstering cybercrime laws.

International Property

Asia-Pacific firms divided on how AI will impact office space demand: survey

AI currently has a more significant impact on office operations than on real estate requirements, CBRE says.

Some 25 per cent of respondents say AI adoption will require them to expand their office footprint, according to CBRE. Photo: Sun Yeung
2026 Xi-Trump summits

Xi-Trump summit, China AI at Brics, Asian Games

This week: Chinese and US officials hold final talks before a White House summit on Thursday, Xi offers AI support to Brics nations, the Pinglu Canal opens in southwest China and retail sales unexpectedly cool. Next week: World leaders address the UN General Assembly, Malaysia’s prime minister visits China, Hong Kong hosts state funeral for Tung Chee-hwa, Asian Games open, and more.

A military band rehearses ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s White House visit. Photo: AP
OpenAI

China’s top AI models generate just 10% of OpenAI, Anthropic revenue: report

ByteDance led the Chinese group in ARR at US$4 billion as of July, followed by Alibaba at US$2.4 billion in August, Rhodium Group found.

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Huawei

China to see major shift to Huawei for AI model training in 2027: deputy chair

The firm’s Ascend chips are ahead of Nvidia in domestic market, Huawei’s Eric Xu Zhijun says.

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China’s ‘future Elon Musk’ solves problems with AI; vocab method draws 20 million views

Looking ahead, Yang is driven to become a programmer or AI researcher, determined to leave his own mark on the world.

Hailed as the “future Elon Musk,” a 1.9-metre-tall 13-year-old from Hangzhou with 500,000 followers is building AI tools for everyday challenges. Photo: 163.com
China technology

Editorial | Hong Kong, mainland China won’t genuflect to Silicon Valley’s moral panic over AI

Mainland China’s AI strategy focuses on economic transformation while addressing concrete risks, an approach which aligns with Hong Kong’s five-year plan.

2026 Xi-Trump summits

Xi to get what Trump didn’t in Beijing: a presidential airport welcome

US president will personally greet Chinese counterpart on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Washington when Xi lands next Wednesday.

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2026 Xi-Trump summits

China’s Wang Yi holds phone call with Rubio days before Xi visits US

Top diplomats’ call likely to have locked down final details for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first US state visit in more than a decade.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Germany in February. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

China edges US, EU on AI regulation trust in middle-income countries: Pew survey

US think tank study finds middle-income countries have ‘more positive views of China’ when it comes to regulating AI effectively.

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A Pew survey found that China leads the US and the European Union in trust in AI regulation among mostly middle-income countries. Photo: Shutterstock
Huawei

How Huawei plans to bypass US chip curbs with its latest technology

The Chinese tech giant is leveraging its UnifiedBus technology to link hundreds or thousands of chips into single computing unit.

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China manufacturing

Xi’s industrial power play sees China bet big on AI, chips and smarter factories

Beijing is accelerating its push for resilient supply chains amid geopolitical tensions and domestic weaknesses.

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China jobs

Record graduate influx pushes China’s youth unemployment rate to 18.9%

Anxieties over AI’s growing threat to entry-level roles add to existing concerns about economic doldrums caused by weak domestic demand.

A university graduate promotes products via livestreaming in Milin, in western China’s Tibet autonomous region, on September 14. Photo: Xinhua
Semiconductors

Huawei quickens AI chip pace, promises next entrant 3 quarters early

Company says ‘performance-doubling’ Ascend 960DT training chip to debut in first quarter, followed by 960PR inference chip in third quarter.

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The Huawei logo is seen on glass at the compamy’s Lianqiu Lake research campus during a media tour in Shanghai on September 16, 2026. Photo: AFP
John Lee policy address 2026

Hong Kong’s ‘AI city brain’ to cost initial HK$200m, but ‘won’t catch thieves’

John Lee and Eric Chan stress new system will consolidate data to improve city management and won’t be used for crime detection or surveillance.

Huawei

Huawei unveils latest tech to boost AI power, curb China’s Nvidia reliance

Its SuperPoD will face off against offerings by US rivals in the global computing power arena, including Nvidia’s NVL system.

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