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30 Jan China urges breakthroughs in GPUs, robotics, quantum computing and brain interfaces to drive ‘future industries’

Posted at 01:00h in Asia

Chinese authorities have reiterated the need for technological breakthroughs in a range of hi-tech areas, including graphics processing units (GPUs), quantum computing, humanoid robots and brain-computer interfaces, in Beijing’s latest effort to seek control of “the industries of the future”.A document issued on Monday by...

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29 Jan China approves 14 large language models and enterprise applications, as Beijing favours wider AI adoption across industries

Posted at 10:04h in Asia

A total of 14 LLMs and enterprise applications were recently given the green light by authorities for commercial use, according to local media reports and company announcements including those from smartphone giant Xiaomi, AI specialist Beijing Fourth Paradigm Technology Co and Beijing-based tech...

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27 Jan Tech war: US wants cloud firms to report foreign users tapping their computing power for AI applications

Posted at 03:53h in Asia

United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said her department is exploring how to force cloud companies to disclose when a foreigner taps their computing power to fuel artificial intelligence (AI) applications, signalling the next phase of the tech war between Washington...

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26 Jan Samsung to integrate Baidu’s AI model into new Galaxy S24 handsets, as mainland Chinese rivals push new smartphones with similar tech

Posted at 23:00h in Asia

Under a strategic partnership between Samsung’s China arm and Baidu AI Cloud, the recently unveiled Galaxy S24 series will deploy the Ernie LLM to perform the handset’s new “Circle to Search” feature that enables users on the mainland to search texts, images...

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19 Jan ChatGPT boosted user numbers and time spent on Microsoft’s Bing, but fails to dent Google’s search dominance

Posted at 03:51h in Asia

The new Bing – powered by OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology – dazzled internet users with conversational replies to queries asked in a natural way.But Microsoft’s search engine ended 2023 with just 3.4 per cent of the global search market, according to data analytics...

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17 Jan Opinion | Should we let AI take over mundane work? Not so fast

Posted at 08:30h in Asia

However, generative AI has its limitations. Because the content it produces is generated from a complex large-language model instead of logically developed and based on facts, AI sometimes “hallucinates”, that is, produces incorrect or misleading results, due to insufficient training data, bias and incorrect assumptions....

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17 Jan Davos 2024: Microsoft CEO ‘comfortable’ with OpenAI non-profit board structure despite Altman ousting

Posted at 02:44h in Asia

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said he had no issue with partner OpenAI’s governance structure, two months after the start-up’s non-profit board temporarily ousted its chief executive without regard to investors’ interests.“I’m comfortable. I have no issues with any structure,” Nadella said at a...

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15 Jan Alibaba, TikTok woo US with AI and live-streaming e-commerce at CES trade show, setting the tone for 2024

Posted at 10:00h in Asia

“With advances in AI, we are ushering in the next generation of sourcing and empowering small businesses to succeed with our Smart Assistant at their side,” Chris Lu, general manager at Alibaba.com North America, said in a statement last week.The Alibaba.com booth features the e-commerce...

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13 Jan China’s video gaming market ended 2023 battered and bruised, but can world-beating titles and innovation save the day?

Posted at 04:00h in Asia

The total number of video game players in China has been peaking.By the end of 2023 there were 668 million gamers in China, a tiny increase from the 666 million at the end of 2022. They jointly spent 303 billion yuan (US$42 billion) on games,...

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10 Jan Chinese AI firm iFlyTek’s healthcare unit plans Hong Kong IPO, sparking hopes that spin-offs fuel a turnaround in slumping listings market

Posted at 09:06h in Asia

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company iFlyTek said it plans to spin off its healthcare services subsidiary, iFlyHealth, with a listing in Hong Kong. Shenzhen-listed iFlyTek said the initial size of an iFlyHealth listing will not be more than 20.0899 million shares, with an overallotment option...

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