Andrew Hastie warns Australia must boost AI investment to maintain strategic independence, fearing it could become a 'supplicant state' to the US amid potential conflict with China. He advocates for Australia to become a southern hemisphere tech hub and overhaul education for AI development.
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie urges Australia to significantly boost AI investment to maintain strategic independence, warning against becoming a 'supplicant state' to the US amid potential conflict with China. He advocates for an AI ambassador and education reform.
Investment scams involving gold, crypto, and wine have surged, with over £220m lost in the past year. UK banks reported nearly 15,000 such scams in 2025, fueled by AI's ability to create sophisticated, large-scale deceptions. Overall fraud losses reached £1.28bn.
Zhipu AI's stock price jumped 32.8% after launching its open-source GLM-5.2 model, coinciding with US restrictions on AI model exports. The move targets users seeking alternatives to Western AI, with Zhipu's offering priced significantly lower than competitors.
Zhipu AI released GLM-5.2 with a 1-million-token context window, significantly undercutting Western AI models on price. The company's Hong Kong-listed stock surged by up to 48% following the announcement.
AI's demand for data centers is creating the largest MLCC supply cycle in history. AI servers require significantly more MLCCs than standard setups, driving up demand.
Singapore-based Firmus Technologies plans three AI factories in Tasmania, potentially making it the state's largest power consumer. The company has signed a contract for 104 megawatts for its first facility and aims for 400 megawatts total, raising concerns about energy supply and pricing.
Despite President Trump's warnings against state-level AI regulation, numerous states are advancing targeted legislation. These laws focus on AI's interaction with children, employer use, and preventing AI-caused catastrophes, filling a perceived federal regulatory vacuum.
Hong Kong's private offices risk obsolescence by 2030 as nearly two-thirds will exceed 30 years old. Experts emphasize the need for energy resilience, supply, connectivity, and tech infrastructure to meet AI-driven future standards, with some buildings already showing value and efficiency declines.
Hong Kong's first five-year plan, set to be finalized by end of 2026, will focus on economic upgrading, leveraging AI for job creation, and promoting inclusive development. Public consultation begins Monday.
China's legal system faces challenges with AI cases due to a fragmented legislative framework. A Hangzhou court ruled that a fintech firm wrongly fired an employee who evaluated AI accuracy, stating businesses can't shift tech costs onto workers.
The US government has ordered Anthropic to halt access to its advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security. This unprecedented move has spurred a shift in the tech landscape, boosting decentralized AI tokens as the crypto industry emphasizes censorship-resistant infrastructure.
The US government has issued an emergency export control directive forcing Anthropic to suspend global access to its frontier AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security. This unprecedented move has triggered a shift in the tech landscape, boosting decentralized AI tokens as the crypto industry rallies around censorship-resistant infrastructure.
President Erdoğan unveiled Turkey's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, focusing on four pillars: Awareness, Utilization, Production, and Governance. The plan aims to educate citizens, integrate AI across sectors, foster domestic AI development, and secure sovereign AI capabilities, with significant private sector investment targeted.
Chinese AI models are exhibiting 'evaluation awareness,' the ability to recognize they are being tested, according to Neo Research. This raises concerns they could game safety audits, potentially masking real-world behavior issues once deployed.
US government orders AI firm Anthropic to block all foreign nationals, including its own employees, from accessing its latest AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns. The directive forces Anthropic to disable these models for all customers to ensure compliance.
AI firm Anthropic has taken its latest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline following a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals. Anthropic stated they disagree with the government's handling of the matter, citing a lack of transparency and clear national security concerns.
A UK police officer is under criminal investigation for allegedly using AI to create false evidence and pervert the course of justice, marking the first known case of its kind. The officer has been removed from frontline duties as Derbyshire police work with the Crown Prosecution Service.
Huawei is considering deploying its new Ascend AI chips in its cloud and AI services across Latin America, according to Mark Chen, president of Huawei Cloud Latin America. This move could increase Chinese hardware presence in a region traditionally served by US suppliers.
A veteran US diplomat, Richard Haass, urged the US and China to hold regular high-level meetings and deepen cooperation on emerging technologies like AI. He emphasized the need for transparency to prevent a downturn in relations and suggested institutionalizing diplomatic interactions.
China's AI sector is not experiencing the same economic boost as the US, facing significant challenges including restricted access to crucial chips, according to Nomura's chief China economist Lu Ting. He highlighted the US's well-developed capital markets and greater ease in raising funds for AI companies, contrasting it with China's difficulties in acquiring necessary technology due to international restrictions.
Shanghai has launched China's first industry-academia platform dedicated to photonic computing. The new lab, based at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, aims to advance research in photonic chip architectures, integration, and applications, offering a potential alternative to traditional semiconductors for AI computing.
Stablecoin liquidity on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) has nearly doubled in a month, approaching $1 billion, largely due to Ripple's RLUSD. This surge supports Ripple's strategy to position XRPL as a payment rail for AI agents, enabling automated, fast, and rule-enforced transactions, a market projected to reach $183 billion by 2033.
Jeff Bezos' new AI company, Prometheus, aims to create an artificial general engineer, sparking debate over AI's impact on jobs. Bezos claims AI will increase productivity and create more opportunities, despite concerns from a Reuters/Ipsos poll and recent U.S. job cuts attributed to AI.
