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Plaud, a maker of AI-powered voice-recording devices, has opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore and pledged to invest at least S$20 million (US$16 million), doubling a commitment it made earlier this year.

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will fund a study of American small nuclear-reactor technology for Thailand's first nuclear power plant, part of Washington's push to promote its civil-nuclear industry abroad.

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will fund a feasibility study for a "trusted" trans-Pacific submarine cable linking Thailand to the United States, a route designed to avoid the South China Sea.

China puts equal emphasis on development and security in artificial intelligence (AI) and has released an updated AI safety governance framework, its foreign ministry said.

Japan's Ricoh has invested in Intellect, a Singapore-based workplace mental-health platform, through its corporate venture-capital fund, in the fund's first deal.

China's AlphaPai, an AI assistant for investment research, has raised $50 million in a Series B round backed by major Chinese financial institutions, its third funding round in a year.

Dutch chip-security startup Fortaegis Technologies has raised $50 million in an oversubscribed Series A round led by Singapore-based Serendipity Capital, to move its silicon-based "Secure Compute" technology into commercial production.

Tencent Cloud, the cloud unit of Chinese technology giant Tencent, and Malaysia's U Mobile will jointly develop 5G and AI solutions for businesses in Malaysia, the companies said.

China's foreign ministry warned against "fear-mongering" over AI after U.S. executives, led by Anthropic's Dario Amodei, called for slowing the technology's development and cautioned that a Chinese lead would threaten U.S. security.

Hanoi police have issued an administrative fine against DXH, a local citizen making post to urge Grab drivers to stop working as a "labor strike" against the Singapore-based ride-hailing service.