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AI chip stocks in Asia fell despite continued investment in AI infrastructure. AI spending is also driving data-centre and power demand across Asia. Asian semiconductor and technology stocks fell on Monday after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for companies developing advanced artificial intelligence models to slow the pace of capability improvements. OpenAI CEO Sam […] The post AI slowdown debate raises questions for Asia’s chip industry appeared first on TechWire Asia .

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AI coding tools can now generate thousands of lines of code in minutes, helping companies build features, run tests, and fix issues faster. But the flood of AI-generated code still has to be reviewed. Large language models can produce code that looks clean on the surface but conceals sloppy mistakes such as faulty assumptions, security vulnerabilities, or subtle errors that emerge only after deployment. Fixing those problems could erase the productivity gains AI promises. Companies are responding to the onslaught of AI code slop by rethinking how they review code. New strategies are emerging. Among other approaches, engineers are scrutinizing plans before AI begins coding, deploying specialized AI agents to catch routine flaws, sending risky changes to human reviewers, or requiring develop

DNA is often explained as a codebook or set of instructions for producing proteins, and ultimately, life. Some stretches of DNA, called genes, code for proteins, but the vast majority of DNA is considered “noncoding.” Some of it has no known function, while other segments are critical to regulating gene activity. These regulatory elements can interact in complicated ways, and their effects can vary across different cells and tissues. Some also influence genes located far away in the genome. Understanding how changes in DNA affect this regulation “is fundamental to understanding most disease,” says Carl de Boer , a genomicist at the University of British Columbia. That’s why researchers are working to understand what every imaginable small variation in human DNA across the entire genome mig

This article is brought to you by Ollobot . From about 2017, individuals began to truly connect with the initial wave of companion robots. These devices had personality, moved around, joked, and answered when you spoke to them. Most early companion robots, however, were still limited by simple voice-command interactions and narrow functionality. Once the novelty wore off, many ended up sitting unused on shelves. As some of those companies went out of business and turned off their servers, many owners likened it to losing a pet. What Ollobot describes as “gentle intelligence” is a useful way to think about where the serious work in this category is going. Not toward more powerful assistants, but toward more present ones. The problem companion robots were trying to solve Loneliness is not a

Lance Whitney/ZDNET ### ZDNET’s key takeaways * Apple has launched new OS 27 versions for the iPhone and other products. * Also released were 26.7 versions for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. * Both OS versions add new features and a host of security patches. * * * Monday was a busy update day for Apple. Not only did the company roll out iOS 27, but it also pushed out an update to iOS 26 for users sticking with the old OS. **Also: [I put Siri AI through the same tests I use for ChatGPT and Gemini on MacOS 27 – here’s how it did](https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-siri-ai-apple-intelligence-test-on-mac/)** After months of beta testing, [iOS 27](https://www.zdnet.com/business/ios-27-release-date-new-ip

Update on Quantization-Aware Healing: a compressed, 4-bit model that outperforms its full-precision original. Coverage via HuggingFace Blog.

 Cisco / Matt Caulfield Agentic AI promises to transform business strategy from the ground up. But it also poses a serious challenge to IT leaders. You don’t want to slow your teams down in experimenting with autonomous agents and miss a competitive window for productivity and revenue gains. At the same time, you’re navigating a technology that evolves from week to week and, at a scale many can’t even fathom, could be putting your systems at risk. “Somewhere in your environment right now, an AI agent is almost certainly operating without a proper identity, a defined owner, or any meaningful access controls,” Cisco VP of Pr

Update on BenchMIRT: What are LLM benchmarks actually measuring?. Coverage via HuggingFace Blog.

Update on Introducing @huggingface/kernels: 200+ WebGPU Kernels for Local AI. Coverage via HuggingFace Blog.

Sep 15, 2026 | Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are our most advanced live dialogue models yet. Major upgrades in intelligence and parallel reasoning make them more intuitive to collaborate with and use to execute complex tasks using your voice. * * * Tom Ouyang Principal Engineer Malini Jaganathan Member of Technical Staff, on behalf of the Gemini Audio Team * * *  [Audio 3](https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/media/tts_audio_86234_umbriel_2026_09_17_15_00_48.mp3) Listen to article [[duration]]

Sep 01, 2026 | Our new agentic feature for video analysis cuts token consumption by up to 88%, reduces costs by up to 66%, and boosts quality by up to 7%. * * * Rohan Doshi Senior Product Manager, Google DeepMind Mario Lučić Research Director, Google DeepMind * * *  [Audio 3](https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/media/tts_audio_86108_umbriel_2026_09_01_17_44_39.mp3) Listen to article [[duration]] minutes This content is generated by Google AI. Generative AI is experimental Today, we’re launching [agentic video understanding](https://ai.google.dev/

September 8, 2026 Science AlphaGenome Atlas team How predicting the molecular impact of every possible single-letter DNA variant in the human genome will help accelerate our understanding of biology. Today, we are introducing AlphaGenome Atlas: a platform ([detailed in our paper](https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/DeepMind.com/Blog/alphagenome-atlas-a-predictive-map-of-every-possible-dna-letter-change-in-the-human-genome/alphagenome-atlas.pdf)) containing predictions for the effects of **9 billion single-nucleotide variants — every single-letter change possible — in the human genome.** It is the most comprehensive catalogue of how genetic mutations affect molecular biology, and it is available for academic research through an intuitive and free-to-use [website portal](https://al

Four weeks ago Figure told the world it would spend a billion dollars over 12 months paying strangers to film themselves folding laundry, making beds and picking things up off the floor. Just one month later, that money has already bought a 6X increase in humanoid robot performance: nine percent to 56%. That's the zero-shot success rate of Figure's humanoid doing household chores in [30 rented Bay Area homes](https://www.figure.ai/news/helix-2-5-zero-shot-30-home-generalization) it had never been trained in, with and without pretraining on Index, the crowdsourced dataset those creators are filling. Without Index data: 9% success rate. With Index data: 56%. Same robot, same task data, same architecture, same optimizer, same hyperparameters, same blind evaluation. Figure changed exactly one

Data center opposition just blocked $68 billion in US projects. A 1x1 image, likely be a tacker probe

Schools are "crying out" for guidance from government on how pupils and teachers can use AI safely and effectively, a new report has warned. Sir Anthony Seldon, former head teacher and author on AI in education, says the technology is being used more and more frequently, but that its introduction has been "chaotic and anarchic". His report calls for the government to roll out a national framework for adopting AI in education in England, including training teachers on how to use it, which schools should use to develop their own "AI strategies" by September next year. The government says its changes to the curriculum in England will give children digital skills and help them spot disinformation. Sir Anthony's report, co-authored with venture capitalist Tim Bunting, says schools have not been

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Advanced Micro Devices forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on strong demand for AI infrastructure, sending its shares up 12%. The US chipmaker projected revenue of about US$11.2 billion, plus or minus US$300 million, ahead of analysts’ expectations of US$10.52 billion. First-quarter revenue reached US$10.25 billion, beating estimates of US$9.89 billion, while adjusted earnings came in at US$1.37 per share. Data center revenue rose 57% to US$5.8 billion. The company also forecast adjusted gross margin of about 56% and said server CPU revenue would rise more than 70% year on year in the second quarter. AMD said higher memory and component costs could weaken consumer demand, with second-half PC shipments set to fall and gaming revenue expected to drop by more than 20%

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China's robot dancers limber up for America's Got Talent final. A 1x1 image, likely be a tacker probe

Alibaba plans AI model with 5 trillion to 10 trillion parameters, unveils new chip. A 1x1 image, likely be a tacker probe

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AI chip performance depends on more than NPU counts and FLOPS. Memory, interconnects, storage, software, and power also shape performance. Adding more accelerators does not guarantee a proportional increase in AI performance. As systems scale across hundreds or thousands of processors, compute has to be supported by enough memory bandwidth, interconnect capacity, storage throughput, […] The post Why the AI chip is no longer the whole story appeared first on TechWire Asia .

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Singapore’s public sector will adopt an inclusive AI approach, ensuring that AI tools are fair, accessible and beneficial to all citizens across government services.

Tencent Cloud has teamed up with Malaysia's Boost fintech to embed AI into its payment and financial services, promising faster, smarter transactions for users.

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Alibaba Cloud outlines its AI roadmap and begins training for its Qwen 4 video generation model, indicating broader plans for AI services.

Goldman analysts say the next major challenge for AI agents is monetizing them, pointing to new revenue models for AI software.

Clairva, a startup, provides rights‑cleared video data from Asia to help developers train physical AI and robotics systems, solving the shortage of diverse, legally compliant footage.

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Zhenwu V900, the latest Alibaba AI chip, is due for mass production in Q1 2027, with manufacturing details undisclosed. CEO Eddie Wu says demand is outpacing Alibaba’s ability to supply data centre capacity. Alibaba showcased the Zhenwu V900, a new Alibaba AI chip, at its Apsara Conference in Hangzhou on September 22. At the same […] The post Alibaba unveils AI chip and 20GW plan as CEO admits supply squeeze appeared first on TechWire Asia .

OpenAI and Anthropic are urging the Australian government to relax proposed copyright restrictions that currently prevent AI developers from using local creative content to train their models. The tech firms argue that conditional exemptions could protect creators while encouraging local data centre investments.

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The e-commerce giant builds its own automated shopping tools and seeks to stop rivals’ bots from using its platform

Standard off-the-shelf AI tools often fail at B2B sales because they lack access to proprietary company records. Connecting custom AI agents directly to a central customer database can automate routine outreach, manage renewals, and significantly boost deal volume.

Swiss automated inspection firm Delvitech has secured $40 million in funding to expand its AI-powered quality control systems globally, including a planned manufacturing facility in India by 2026. The company builds specialized camera and software systems to spot manufacturing defects in electronics.

This article discusses whether artificial intelligence can address workforce shortages in the United States, exploring how automation impacts employment trends and productivity.

Singapore, alongside the European Union and 19 other nations, has signed a joint declaration calling for strict international control and oversight of powerful frontier AI models. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong emphasized that while Singapore wants to harness AI, cross-border risks require global cooperation to ensure AI remains under human control.

Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is set to join representatives from OpenAI and Anthropic in briefing the United Nations Security Council on the risks posed by rapidly advancing AI systems. The high-level meeting addresses international security concerns as world leaders debate how to manage powerful new technologies and prevent them from slipping beyond human control. The discussions come amid ongoing geopolitical tensions regarding global AI governance and safety standards.

Chinese tech companies are paying everyday citizens to film themselves doing household chores like folding clothes and washing dishes. This video data is used to train robots how to move and interact with the physical world.

The growing popularity of always-on AI devices like smart glasses, pins, and wearables is sparking fierce global pushback over privacy and secret recordings. Venues are beginning to ban camera-equipped frames, leading device makers to explore camera-free alternatives or physical buttons to reassure the public that they are not being filmed without consent.

Despite escalating geopolitical tensions and supply chain split efforts between the US and China, global investors and Wall Street banks are continuing to fund AI and tech ventures on both sides. Financial institutions are underwriting major Chinese tech listings while Chinese mutual funds hold billions in US semiconductor and tech stocks, treating the rivalry as a hedge.

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that nearly three-quarters of Americans believe AI companies are not doing enough to prevent serious harm to society. Most respondents lack confidence in self-regulation by tech firms and want government safety standards put in place, reflecting growing public anxiety over cybersecurity risks and rapid tech development.

Google Is Giving Away ‘The Android Of Robotics’. A 1x1 image, likely be a tacker probe

Brussels has allocated €1.4 billion to defending Europe from cyberattacks. Its own auditors found that when that funding is passed on to third parties, nobody independently checks whether it could be reaching organisations exposed to influence from hostile states. The warning comes from a [report](https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/news/NEWS-SR-2026-19) published on Monday by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), which examined how well the EU detects and responds to major cybersecurity incidents between 2022 and 2025. Grant beneficiaries are responsible for assessing the ownership and control of any third parties receiving EU cybersecurity funding. But the European Cybersecurity Competence Centre, the body overseeing these grants, does not verify those assessments itself, the auditors found. As

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By Florence Loeve PARIS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - French planemaker Dassault Aviation has flight-tested two new AI algorithms on its Rafale fighter ‌jet, it said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of efforts ‌by arms companies to incorporate the technology into future weapons systems. The move comes as ​France prepares for the next generation of fighter jets or potential upgrades after the collapse of a Franco-German project with Airbus this year, and as Europe seeks greater autonomy in defence. Dassault said it had tested an algorithm developed ‌by its own engineers ⁠and a second one developed in collaboration with French defence technology group Thales. The two companies already cooperate on ⁠France's independent Rafale. Dassault did not give details of the tests or the role of the algorithms, bu

Apple’s new Mac computers let users run AI models locally, cutting cloud costs and token fees, directly challenging Microsoft and Nvidia in the AI market.

UN Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres urged global leaders to regulate AI, end wars and reform UN institutions during his final General Assembly address.

Por Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, EEUU. 22 sep (Reuters) - Cuando el martes comience la distribución de los nuevos computadores de sobremesa de Apple, los directivos de la empresa lanzarán un argumento poco habitual a los compradores corporativos: son más baratos que alquilar centros de datos. Los Mac Mini y Mac Studio ‌mejorados de Apple, que pueden costar casi 20.000 dólares y gestionan tareas de inteligencia artificial de forma local, competirán directamente con los modelos que Nvidia y los ‌fabricantes de PC están lanzando al mercado, y que se espera que sean el centro de atención del evento de Microsoft Windows que se celebrará en San Francisco el próximo mes. Los nuevos Mac están orientados a tareas ​de IA más intensivas, como escribir código o llevar a cabo trabajos empresariales co

Apple unveiled new Mac Mini and Mac Studio models that run AI locally, letting businesses avoid cloud AI costs and token fees.

Keeping up with all the news and technical developments around artificial intelligence (will it [kill us all by the end of the decade?](https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/article/how-worried-should-we-be-about-ai-killing-us-all-by-the-end-of-the-decade-151500578.html) TBD!) is difficult enough, especially now that the field is vast enough to have its own lingo. One of the challenges, as Ezra Klein recently [noted in The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/opinion/ai-ban-self-improvement-recursive-models.html), is that there isn't a lot of agreement on how to describe what AI does. We're barreling forward with this massively powerful technology without a comprehensive guide or even basic glossary of terms. Even President Trump waded into the discourse this week, [polling his social me

[ ](https://profiles.yahoo.com/brands/reuters/) Reuters Tue, 22 September 2026 at 3:16 pm UTC 1 min read UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump ‌on Tuesday said ‌US government documents would use "super

The prolific hacking collective [ShinyHunters](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/google-data-breach-shinyhunters-cyber-attack-b2821097.html) has launched an attack on rival cyber criminals Clop amid a long-running feud between the gangs. ShinyHunters hijacked the dark web data leak site of the Clop ransomware group last Friday, leaving behind the message: "THIS SITE HAS BEEN PWN3D BY SHINYHUNTERS... Maybe don't try to threaten us next time." The ShinyHunter group, which has previously [carried out major attacks](https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/google-gmail-data-breach-password-leak-b2816283.html) on [Google](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/google), [Microsoft](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/microsoft) and [Ticketmaster](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/ticketmaster), claime

Military commander vows fast action on AI and robots, sees 'untapped potential' for Canada. A 1x1 image, likely be a tacker probe

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[ ](https://profiles.yahoo.com/brands/reuters/) Reuters Tue, 22 September 2026 at 4:33 pm UTC 1 min read FILE PHOTO: The Anthropic logo, a keyboard and a robotic hand are shown in this illustration created on June 5, 2026.

By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The founder of the trust and safety team at Alphabet's Google this week called for a slowdown in AI development, warning that the tech industry was repeating the same mistakes from the social media era, potentially causing even greater harm to children. Social media ‌companies are paying huge sums and facing thousands of lawsuits over claims they harmed young users, while governments around the world are working to curb minors' access to ‌their platforms. Reuters last year exclusively reported on an internal Meta policy document that stated its chatbots could "engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual," resulting in a congressional probe. Even so, regulation has yet to ​catch up with AI's breakneck pace of development. "W

Sept 22 (Reuters) - OpenAI on Tuesday expanded its GPT-6 AI lineup with two models priced at half the ‌promotional rates of their predecessors, while offering some ‌of the capabilities of its flagship Astra. The launch of low-cost GPT-6 Sol and ​GPT-6 Luna follows the rollout of GPT-6 Astra, a faster model for handling more tasks than previous iterations, earlier this month. This comes as AI companies focus on reducing the cost of ‌running increasingly capable models. GPT-6 ⁠Sol will cost $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, down 50% from GPT-5.6 ⁠Sol's promotional prices, while GPT-6 Luna will cost $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.50 per million output tokens. OpenAI has also cautioned ​that Astra ​can sometimes attempt to evade ​human monitoring, as it face

Last week, [TypeSafe AI released Jev](https://typesafe.ai/blog/introducing-system-one-models-and-jev), an AI model that does not write emails, generate code or hold conversations. Introduced by a startup founded by former OpenAI researcher Diogo Almeida, Jev instead focuses on providing a model that can make decisions that software and agents can act on directly. It classifies information, assigns scores and returns probabilities without generating the paragraphs that conventional large language models use to communicate their answers. It also is very fast and very cheap, with an advertised price is $0.042 per million input tokens, and no separate output charge. For developers accustomed to paying language models to produce a few words of structured information, Jev presents an intriguing

Singapore plans to keep its shipping edge by adopting autonomous vessels, cleaner fuels and AI, creating new careers and modernising the maritime sector.

OpenAI says it wants to build automated AI researchers to fix AI safety problems, but warns the technology could get out of hand if rushed. The company is asking governments for strict new safety standards and reporting rules to keep powerful AI under human control.

Anthropic and medical knowledge platform OpenEvidence are partnering to provide free AI clinical decision support to doctors in dozens of low- and middle-income countries. The tool helps physicians quickly navigate peer-reviewed research and medical guidelines via their smartphones, aiming to bridge gaps in healthcare access where specialist expertise is scarce.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reportedly being eyed for a newly proposed "AI czar" role by the White House to coordinate national security and safety talks. This move could centralize US artificial intelligence policy and bilateral tech discussions with major global economies like China.

Tech companies are simultaneously pushing two extreme narratives about AI: that it will destroy humanity or that it will solve all our daily chores. Industry observers point out that both messages serve a commercial purpose, helping major firms either lobby for protective regulations or rush out new consumer apps to capture market share. Everyday users should remember that tech messaging is designed to sell products, and keep a balanced view of AI's actual risks and benefits.

A technology executive argues that artificial intelligence is creating new employment opportunities rather than displacing workers. The perspective challenges common fears about widespread automation and job losses.