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Apple is looking into developing smart glasses, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS

Apple explores smart glasses, following Meta’s lead

An internal study is under way to gather feedback from Apple employees on smart glasses, sources say.

US tech firms warn Vietnam’s planned law to hamper social media, data centres

Alibaba cuts ‘dozens of employees’ at metaverse unit as sector’s hype cools down

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The Minister vs Meta: battle over Malaysia’s social media licence heats up

Communications chief Fahmi Fadzil accuses technology giant of ‘giving more time to scammers and paedophiles’.

Social media companies warn that the strict regulation imposed by Malaysia will stifle innovation and businesses. Photo: dpa

Meta Platforms will produce virtual reality headsets in Vietnam

Facebook parent Meta said it will produce its next-generation virtual and augmented reality headsets in Vietnam, creating 1,000 jobs.

US FTC slams TikTok, Meta and Twitch over data used by AI

YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report.

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Malaysia urged by tech giants to pause ‘unworkable’ social media licensing plan

The Asia Internet Coalition, which includes Google, Meta and X, urged Malaysia to halt its social media licensing plan, citing unclear regulations and potential innovation hindrance.

The Asia Internet Coalition, which includes Google, Meta and X, urged Malaysia to halt its social media licensing plan, citing unclear regulations and potential innovation hindrance. Photo: Shutterstock

Alibaba launches maths-specific AI models said to outperform OpenAI, Google LLMs

The new Qwen2-Math large language models are expected to help solve complex maths problems.

With Instagram blocked in Turkey, Erdogan slams social media’s ‘digital fascism’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s accusations were for allegedly censoring photographs of Palestinian ‘martyrs’.

Meta’s Zuckerberg puts faith in open-source AI to maintain US lead over China

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose company runs the world’s largest open-source LLM, said AI based on open-source technology will help the US maintain a lead over China.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg during an interview on ‘The Circuit with Emily Chang’ at Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, July 18, 2024. Photo: Bloomberg

Alibaba’s large language model tops global ranking of AI platform Hugging Face

Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen family of AI models have already been adopted by more than 90,000 corporate clients.

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The lofty recognition given to Alibaba Group Holding’s family of large language models shows the company’s rapid progress in artificial intelligence. Photo: Shutterstock

Apple and Meta have discussed AI partnership: report

Facebook parent Meta Platforms has discussed integrating its generative AI model into Apple’s recently announced AI system for iPhones, the Wall Street Journal.

Chinese super app WeChat requires disclosure of AI-generated content

WeChat’s updated content-moderation policy forms part of a broader industry effort to promote greater transparency of artificial intelligence-generated content.

Amazon commits US$9 billion outlay in Singapore to expand cloud infrastructure

The outlay, to be done over the next four years, doubles the investment of subsidiary Amazon Web Services in the city state.

Amazon.com estimates that its planned investment will support an average of 12,300 full-time equivalent jobs in local Singapore businesses each year. Photo: AP

Microsoft CEO unveils US$1.7 billion outlay in Indonesia for AI, cloud expansion

Indonesia has offered the island of Bali and the nation’s new capital Nusantara as potential locations for Microsoft’s new research facility and data centre.

Microsoft Corp chief executive Satya Nadella delivers a speech at the Microsoft Build: AI Day event in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Photo: Agence France-Presse

Apple removes Meta’s WhatsApp and Threads services from China App Store

Chinese regulatory authorities had ordered the removal of those two apps over national security concerns, according to Apple.

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Alibaba strengthens commitment to open-source development of AI model

The company’s latest AI push could fuel further debate on whether China can continue relying on open-source development, instead of bolstering its own tech ecosystem.

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Meta debuts new AI chip, aiming to decrease reliance on Nvidia

Meta Platforms is deploying a new home-grown chip to help power its artificial intelligence services, aiming to decrease its reliance on semiconductors from Nvidia and other outside companies.

People walk behind a Meta Platforms logo during a conference in Mumbai, India, September 20, 2023. Photo: Reuters

‘Grave step backwards’: Meta shuts monitoring tool in election year

CrowdTangle will be decommissioned by Facebook owner Meta in a major election year, a move researchers fear will disrupt efforts to detect an expected firehose of political misinformation.

Nvidia unveils new AI ‘superchip’ line-up Blackwell, succeeding dominant H100

The new Blackwell chips are made up of 208 billion transistors and will be able to link with other chips, making them much faster at handling AI models.

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China said to fall short of matching US advances in AI amid major challenges

A presentation made to Chinese Premier Li Qiang pointed out major hurdles faced by the nation’s artificial-intelligence development initiatives.

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Major hurdles faced by China’s artificial-intelligence efforts reflect a widening gap with the US in terms of innovation in that critical technology. Image: Shutterstock

ByteDance invests in chip firm InnoStar as VR unit Pico faces Apple’s Vision Pro

ByteDance’s latest semiconductor-related investment shows the lengths being taken by the company to overcome the impact of tighter US tech sanctions on mainland China.

People walk in front of a giant Pico headset advertisement inside a subway station in Beijing on October 20, 2022. Photo: Shutterstock

Chinese-origin researchers stand out in Apple’s 2024 AI scholarship programme

The rising number of top-tier Chinese AI talent working in American institutions reflects the mainland’s continuing struggle with brain drain, compared with a brain gain for the US.

Hong Kong research centre launches AI tool to aid in brain surgery procedures

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics expects its CARES Copilot 1.0 system to help neurosurgeons provide ‘more efficient clinical diagnosis’.

TikTok gets thumbs up in China for ‘tough stance’ against US lawmakers

Many Chinese netizens on Weibo and former Global Times editor Hu Xijin praised TikTok for urging American users to flood legislators with calls against a new bill.

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Fans sit under a TikTok ad at a baseball game at Yankee Stadium on April 14, 2023. Photo: AP

Broadcom sees US$10 billion in AI chip sales in 2024, but shares dip

Broadcom said on Thursday it expects US$10 billion in revenue from chips related to artificial intelligence this year, but its stock dipped after the tech company’s full-year forecast failed to impress investors.

A smartphone displaying Broadcom's logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken on March 6, 2023. Photo: Reuters

Chinese developers of OpenAI’s Sora receive praise on mainland for their efforts

The praise heaped on developers Jing Li and Ricky Wang Yu reflects mainland China’s excitement over how Sora further advances artificial intelligence applications.

My Take | Why a walled internet may prove damaging for China’s future

Foreigners having trouble making mobile payments in China is just a trivial issue when it comes to the cost of its walled internet.

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