AI
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.
China emphasizes equally on AI development-security, backs UN-led governance: Foreign Ministry
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.
China’s AlphaPai raises $50M Series B for AI investment-research assistant
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.
China’s Tencent Cloud, Malaysia’s U Mobile to cooperate in enterprise 5G, AI
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 foreign ministry labels AI-slowdown suggestion ‘fear-mongering’ after Anthropic’s founder Amodei warns
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.
Anthropic CEO Amodei calls for slowing AI development
Anthropic co-founder and chief executive Dario Amodei has called on the AI industry to "deliberately" slow the pace of developing models.
ASEAN Foundation expands AI-skills programme to train 1.7M students, teachers by 2028
The ASEAN Foundation has received endorsement of Southeast Asian education officials for an expanded program to equip more than 1.7 million students, teachers, and university staff with practical AI skills by the end of 2028.
Malaysia targets $5B in GDP gains from AI annually: Communications Minister
Malaysia is targeting as much as MYR20 billion ($4.7 billion) a year in additional economic output from artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 and wants to shift from building data centres to applying AI across its economy.
France’s Mistral raises €3B led by Samsung in largest European tech funding round
France's Mistral, an AI platform for enterprises, has raised €3 billion ($3.5 billion) in a Series D round led by South Korea's Samsung Electronics, in the largest equity funding round by a European technology company.
Students avoiding AI for schoolwork outscore peers in science: OECD
Fifteen-year-olds reporting they never or almost never used artificial intelligence (AI) for schoolwork outscored their AI-using peers in science on nearly every type of task, except for utilizing AI as a general study aid, according to the PISA result conducted by the OECD.
