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Chinese artificial intelligence model developers DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed export registration procedures and proceeded with open-source releases and overseas licensing activities, according to Chinese state media, days after Beijing moved to tighten oversight on AI tech transfers. Yuyuan Tantian, an influential social media account affiliated with state broadcaster CCTV, reported on Thursday evening that the two AI companies had completed the required registrations after Beijing...
Trump has declined to comment on the process that led Starlink to lift speed and access restrictions on Ukraine.
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Deepening “symbiosis” with artificial intelligence model start-up DeepSeek is helping Chinese tech champion Huawei Technologies catch up with Nvidia’s chip hardware and software ecosystem in a scenario that could mean Jensen Huang’s “nightmare is starting to come true”, according to a new report. DeepSeek’s latest software releases, on top of its increased experimentation with Huawei’s powerful Ascend 950PR chips, reveal that the technological gap with the US is closing, as the two firms...
From the cockpit of an F-22 fighter to an aircraft carrier sailing in the Pacific, the US military is showing new ways to command uncrewed aircraft over vast distances. The United States disclosed two tests this month as Washington seeks to outpace Beijing in a technology contest that could redefine air and naval power in the region. Illustrating US military advances and their potential significance for a Taiwan conflict, an F-22 pilot controlled an autonomous YFQ-44A combat drone during flight,...
Tesla’s “flying” Roadster stunt has set social media alight worldwide, turning a car launch into a debate about technological innovation and China-US rivalry. At an event in Texas on October 15, Tesla unveiled its redesigned sports car, the Roadster, with stunts including a takeoff from a steep, curved ramp and a leap over parked cars. Pre-orders are open in China with a deposit of 332,000 yuan (US$50,000) for the street-legal, two-seat “Performance” package. The flying-car reveal quickly turned...
“Chip War” author Chris Miller says China may need five years or longer to catch up in advanced chips. Speaking on the sidelines of the Barclays Asia Forum in Singapore, he said restrictions on access to cutting-edge chipmaking equipment constrain the country’s capabilities. He appeared on Bloomberg’s Insight with Haslinda Amin. (Source: Bloomberg)
A Hong Kong information security watchdog issued an “extremely high risk” warning on Thursday morning over two critical flaws in a widely used web programming language that could allow hackers to execute code remotely and take control of servers. The warning followed similar alerts from governments and cybersecurity agencies overseas, which urged website operators to install updates to fix the vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language. The Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team...
Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government has not received any reports of damage caused by critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Thursday. Kihara said the government will continue to issue warnings about the problem. He called on citizens to install security patches to address the vulnerabilities, adding that temporar...
China has taken a major step in spearheading the standardisation of brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies, as it now chairs the secretariat of a subcommittee jointly overseen by two key international organisations and lists the technology applications as a national development priority. The China-led subcommittee, known as ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 43, was set to formulate global standards regarding the communication and interaction between brains and computers that are applicable across...
Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, discusses the development of intelligent robotics technology. He speaks with Haslinda Amin at the Barclays Asia Forum in Singapore. (Source: Bloomberg)
Malaysia’s highway authority is working to resolve technical disruptions affecting its TuJu navigation application following a sharp increase in users. In a statement on Thursday, the Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia (LLM) said the matter was being resolved together with the application provider Prosignal Consortium. LLM said the surge in users came after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim suggested that the public consider using a locally developed navigation application instead of Waze. “We apologise for...
Chinese scientists have developed a 100-channel single-photon detector, a breakthrough promising to pave the way for broadband quantum networks. State-of-the-art single-photon detectors – essential components underpinning photonic quantum technologies – could previously support a maximum of 32 detection channels for photon signals. Now, a newly developed interconnect scheme by a Shanghai-based team has broken this bottleneck, supporting more than 100 detection channels while maintaining accurate...
For many of us, artificial intelligence (AI) started out as something to play with. We asked it to write poems and arrange our calendars; we shared its more entertaining mistakes. Then it became something to believe in: an escape from drudgery, an assistant to every profession, even perhaps the start of a new industrial revolution. Now it is something to fear. The progression has been astonishing. Governments are scrambling to draw up AI strategies, companies are reorganising operations and...
Bloomberg's Mark Cranfield argues robust AI infrastructure demand will likely continue to support Asian chip makers despite near-term volatility sparked by big tech earnings. (Source: Bloomberg)
A knife-wielding intruder is confronted. A car is lifted to free a trapped victim. A pedestrian is pulled from the path of an oncoming vehicle. The scenes described are not from a Hollywood blockbuster, but a promotional clip for a new “guardian” robot created by the Chinese technology firm Unitree Robotics. The footage for the H2-X model, released on Wednesday, underscores a wider shift in strategy by the Hangzhou-based firm, as it focuses on finding practical, real-world uses for its athletic...
Last month, the US published the fine print of a US$686 million upgrade deal for Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets. The deal is for data link systems, new encryption gear and a refit that keeps the jets flying until 2040. The notice says Pakistan can protect the technology to “substantially the same degree” as the US government. The Pakistan Air Force is also the only declared interested buyer of China’s J-35 stealth fighter, a generational leap in technology. The Chinese jet first flew at the Zhuhai...
A jury found Meta guilty of lying to Facebook users in New Mexico about access to their data.
The Canadian publisher representing Thélyson Orélien on Wednesday said it had dropped the prize-nominated writer over new information indicating that he did use artificial intelligence to write his acclaimed debut.
Government and corporate websites were shut down across the world overnight into Wednesday after cybersecurity firms used artificial intelligence to reveal critical flaws in widely used programming language PHP. PHP programmers on Wednesday released a patch fixing the vulnerability.
The US government’s latest ban on Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek could have a chilling effect on the wider American business community and deter companies from adopting low-cost Chinese AI models, industry experts say. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ordered federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek products and third-party services built on the Chinese AI model from their IT systems, according to a directive signed in July and published on Monday. The...
Beijing-based smartphone and electric vehicle giant Xiaomi announced in mid-October that it would promote 31-year-old Luo Fuli to its highest-level position, once again putting the “AI prodigy” at the centre of heated discussion. The move came 10 months after Luo joined the company as head of its large language model (LLM) unit. Luo attracted significant public attention in late 2024, when Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun said during a live-stream that he hoped to hire her at an annual salary of...
Technological tools meant to preserve a craft are now able to digitally reproduce it without involving the craftsperson.
Chinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has fully open-sourced an internally developed framework designed to run AI models efficiently, as a senior researcher at the company described the growing divide between open-source and closed-source AI as a battle between “light and darkness”. The company on Tuesday released DeepInfer, an inference framework tailored to support its DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash model on both Nvidia’s SM100 Blackwell graphics processing units (GPUs) and Huawei...
Tokyo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)--The Group of Seven major economies have agreed to strengthen cooperation on artificial intelligence safety as rapid advances in cutting-edge AI technology raise growing concerns over potential misuse and unintended behavior. At an online meeting of digital and technology ministers on Tuesday, the G7 discussed how to share information and ensure rapid reporting a...
South Korean AI computing supplier Elice Inc. surged on Wednesday, recovering much of the ground lost after a 32% slump in its trading debut, as a string of upbeat US tech earnings lifted sentiment.
A diretora da Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), Miriam Wimmer, defendeu, nesta terça-feira (20), que os pais de crianças e adolescentes reforcem o uso dos mecanismos de supervisão parental nas plataformas de tecnologia, inclusive nas redes sociais. A diretora esteve em evento no Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU) com o tema “Conectar é preciso, proteger é essencial”. Segundo o Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente (Lei nº 15.211/2025), os provedores de serviços digitais devem oferecer, de forma gratuita, mecanismos de supervisão parental acessíveis aos responsáveis. Com a criação do ECA Digital, a atuação da ANPD foi ampliada para regulamentar, orientar e fiscalizar aspectos dessa legislação. Notícias relacionadas:Pesquisa mostra que 82% são contra crianças de até 3 anos com celular.WhatsApp lança regras para controle parental no Brasil; saiba como.Cronograma prevê fiscalização efetiva do ECA Digital pela ANPD em 2027.>> Saiba mais sobre a lei “É possível prevenir o acesso a uma grande gama de conteúdos inapropriados, além de pactuar dentro de casa tempos de uso de tela. O amadurecimento de uma criança ou adolescente é um processo muito frágil e está cheio de riscos”, afirmou Miriam Wimmer, que é doutora em políticas de comunicação e cultura. "Rua perigosa" Para a diretora, deixar uma criança solta na internet equivale a deixar o filho andar sozinho em uma rua perigosa. “Não faz sentido que eu possa deixá-lo desacompanhado.” Ela considerou, no evento, que o ECA Digital traz passos importantes ao estabelecer responsabilidades para o Estado e para as empresas. “O pilar que precisa realmente ser amadurecido é o de dentro de casa porque não adianta ter um ambiente ricamente protetivo se os responsáveis entregam celular na mão do filho de 7 anos para que faça o que bem entender”, disse. A diretora da Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD) recordou que o ECA Digital é fruto de uma construção entre diferentes grupos sociais e espectros políticos com a finalidade de proteção desses grupos vulneráveis. “O ambiente digital se presta à liberdade de expressão e ao acesso à informação. É um ambiente que a gente busca manter protetivo à privacidade, que não haja coleta excessiva de dados pessoais.” Mais proteção Miriam Wimmer defendeu a escolha da ANPD como autoridade administrativa autônoma de proteção dos direitos no ambiente digital. Trata, por exemplo, de aferição etária dos jovens e dos mecanismos de supervisão parental. “Esses mecanismos têm que coexistir com a ideia de privacidade e proteção de dados, de não criar coleta excessiva de dados, que possa comprometer também outros direitos fundamentais”, reforçou. Ela acrescentou que a legislação afirma que a mera autodeclaração não é um mecanismo válido para a definição de idade. Para ela, o fornecedor de serviços ou produtos deve ter mecanismos próprios de controle e possibilitar aos responsáveis maior acesso em redes sociais, por exemplo. “Existe uma exigência de vinculação de contas de menores de 16 anos à conta dos responsáveis legais. Essa é uma abordagem muito interessante e distinta de alguns países que decidiram proibir, por exemplo, o uso de redes sociais por pessoas mais novas.” Requisitos de segurança A diretora apontou que o ECA Digital inovou ao coibir manipulações por parte de ofertas de serviços e produtos. Ela exemplifica que a ANPD define requisitos mínimos de segurança com relação a práticas manipulativas, uso excessivo problemático ou compulsivo. "Todas essas condutas são passíveis de serem sancionadas.” Para ela, os temas que foram desdobrados pelo ECA Digital guardam proximidade com as questões presentes na Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados. A diretora da ANPD contextualizou que a legislação brasileira não foi de proibição de acesso a redes sociais, mas de confiança de que é possível estabelecer pontos de controle para que a experiência dos jovens online seja apropriada. Também no evento, a presidente do Conselho de Ação da Ação Brasileira para a Consciência Digital (ABCD), Cristina Carvalho Pinto, alertou que 40% das crianças e dos adolescentes brasileiros vêm passando por cyberbullying. Ela estima que haja 16 milhões de crianças vitimadas por essa violência.