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Chinese and English consultation documents for Hong Kong's first five-year plan for 2026 to 2030

Hong Kong puts AI governance and fintech in first five-year plan

Hong Kong's first five-year plan sets out AI governance, fintech infrastructure, startup funding and commercialization measures through 2030.

Maya lets eligible cardholders share one credit limit across two cards

Maya Bank has introduced a shared credit limit for eligible customers holding both its Landers Cashback and Maya Black credit cards.

Criteo expands Tyroo reseller partnership to Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines

Criteo has expanded its reseller partnership with Tyroo Technologies into Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines to support advertisers across Southeast Asia.

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foodpanda brings real-time restaurant discovery into ChatGPT and Claude

foodpanda has launched an AI plugin that lets users discover restaurants and meal options through ChatGPT and Claude using real-time platform availability.

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Cebu Pacific reports faster legal, engineering workflows after enterprise AI rollout

Cebu Pacific says its enterprise AI program with Thinking Machines and OpenAI has cut processing time across legal, engineering and project-intake workflows.

Anthropic to invest in Australia’s $22B data center project

Anthropic, the developer of Claude AI, will join hands in Western Downs Digital Park, a data center project in Australia worth A$31.9 billion ($22.2 billion).

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Cloudflare adds separate controls for search and AI training

Cloudflare introduced separate controls for search indexing, AI training and agents, letting customers reject model training while remaining in search results.

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Canadia Impact Fund invests in Cambodian AI startup Newwave

Canadia Impact Fund has invested in Cambodian AI and software startup Newwave’s seed round, its second disclosed startup deal since launching in 2025.

AI recorder maker Plaud opens Singapore as APAC hub, doubles investment to $16M

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.

Rubrik adds Claude-based code red-teaming and MCP access for AI agents

Rubrik introduced Code Guardian for Claude-based code red-teaming and Rubrik MCP for controlled AI-agent access to security workflows. Both are currently in private preview.