Chinese tech giants are the main attraction at the three-day World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, as US firms maintain their distance.

The high demand for smuggled graphics processing units underscores how China lacks strong alternative suppliers that can deliver products to rival those from Nvidia.

A People’s Daily op-ed piece extolled the potential of generative artificial intelligence technology to help drive economic growth and become a useful everyday tool.

Nearly a third of the organisations affected by the hack were government agencies, including foreign ministries.

A judge granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request to temporarily block the acquisition of the video gaming giant that could have closed as early as Friday

Malaysia has sought to capitalise on its attractiveness as a neutral supply chain base amid rising US-China tensions to bolster its position as a semiconductor hub and emerging data centre, its trade minister said.

The US$3,499 Vision Pro is unlikely to be a key driving force in China’s AR and VR device market, but it can boost innovation in the sector, analysts say.

After raising US$39 million from its Nasdaq IPO in March, Xiao-I is ready to make its way to the world stage, founder and CEO Yuan Hui says.

Sam Altman whose firm OpenAI created the ChatGPT bot, said tackling the risks from AI should be ‘a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war’.

The State Administration for Market Regulation cleared the blockbuster US$69 billion takeover bid, which has resulted in legal battles in the US and UK.

Move comes amid increased rivalry between US and China over generative-AI technology and Beijing’s tighter grip on sensitive information.

Norn, which is nearly as impressive as Russian billionaire businessman Alexie Mordashov’s Nord, is believed to cost US$20 million to operate yearly

The breach by the ‘Volt Typhoon’ group is thought to be part of a campaign intended to disrupt communications in the Pacific region ahead of a possible crisis.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who spoke via a live-streaming feed, said that the theme of open cooperation ‘could not be timelier’, echoing Xi’s message.

The Zhongguancun Forum is the first major international conference held in Beijing’s answer to Silicon Valley after the country’s Covid reopening.

The state-sponsored Volt Typhoon group has been targeting everything from telecoms to transport hubs, as well as the island territory of Guam, Microsoft says.

China and the European Union are the two biggest economies to have approved the US$69 billion takeover of the game publisher behind World of Warcraft, Call of Duty and Candy Crush.

OpenAI bled around US$540 million last year as it developed ChatGPT, and experts warn that the advent of generative AI will deepen the dependency on cloud computing and tech giants.

Grammarly Business uses artificial intelligence to do things like summarise email threads and compose replies.

A recent job posting says the e-commerce giant is ‘reimagining Amazon Search with an interactive conversational experience’.

The outspoken official, who lost to Fumio Kishida in a run-off vote for the ruling party’s leadership two years ago, said the chatbot had identified him as the prime minister of Japan.

Given restrictions on the mainland, Baidu’s AI Mate generates content based only on domestic references and avoids political queries.

Alibaba Cloud’s long-standing ties with miHoYo underscores the infrastructure service provider’s role in supporting the international expansion of China-developed video games.

Google ended most limitations on the use of its generative AI bot Bard on Wednesday, but Hong Kong did not make the cut of supported territories.

On the same day Google announced expanded access to its Bard chatbot, it revealed it is planning to integrate it into its dominant search engine, nearly three months after a similar move from Microsoft.

ByteDance-owned Douyin said creators on the platform must be held responsible for the consequences of posting content made via generative AI.

US President Joe Biden met with CEOs of top artificial intelligence companies including Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google and made clear they must ensure their products are safe before they are deployed.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority blocked the acquisition by arguing that Activision titles like Call of Duty would bolster Microsoft’s cloud gaming edge.

The lawsuit demands US$45 million as compensation for refunds that NetEase paid to affected local gamers after Blizzard Entertainment suspended services on the mainland from January 23.