Hong Kong's prison service has twice removed an anti drug video featuring a virtual K pop girl group from its social media platforms. Internet users suggested the artificial intelligence generated content resembled a promotional campaign for illegal substances, rather than an effort to discourage their use. The Correctional Services Department initiated the withdrawals.

Lee Geon Hui, an office worker in South Korea, recently commissioned an AI-animated video message of his late grandfather. This personalised video, created by Seoul-based tech firm Vaice, was intended as a gift for Lee's father, who had reportedly sacrificed much as a single parent. The digital likeness delivered a message to his father.

Shanghai has launched a dedicated industrial hub for quantum computing. The initiative aims to accelerate the technology's development and strengthen the city's position within China's competitive landscape. This new incubation zone seeks to move quantum research from laboratories to a complete industrial ecosystem.

China's artificial intelligence compute landscape exhibits a fundamental contradiction, according to a recent JPMorgan report. While major cloud providers face acute scarcity of high-end processing, newly established local AI computing centres report significantly low utilisation rates, sometimes as low as twenty percent.

Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg recently communicated that the development of artificial intelligence agents has not accelerated as quickly as the company had anticipated over the past four months. He also noted that a recent company reorganisation, which involved significant job reductions, was not as "clean" as it could have been. This assessment came from an internal town hall, according to a recording heard by Reuters.

Anthropic recently announced the US Commerce Department had removed export controls on its advanced Fable and Mythos artificial intelligence models. This decision follows a period of restricted access due to national security concerns, imposed less than three weeks prior.

Hong Kong's technology chief has issued a warning regarding artificial intelligence, stating it will surpass all previous industrial revolutions. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong indicated significant impacts on graduates and traditional workers, prompting accelerated training and industry development for new employment opportunities within the city.

Global data centre electricity consumption is projected to reach 565 TWh in 2026, marking a 26 per cent year on year increase, according to a recent Gartner report. This demand is straining power infrastructure worldwide.

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, completed its initial external fundraising round, securing approximately USD 7 billion. This funding, the largest single AI raise in China's history, results in a valuation nearing 400 billion yuan and signals a shift from the company's previous operational principles.

China's technological advancement now presents a direct challenge to firmly established American assumptions regarding innovation. This shift occurs as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, amidst a global order increasingly shaped by its relationship with China. This situation prompts an examination of hard technology and soft power ties between the two nations.

Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek is introducing peak hour surcharges for its API services. This move departs from a domestic price competition the company itself initiated, where competitors have engaged in aggressive price reductions to secure market share. The changes affect access to its V4 AI models.

China's food delivery giant Meituan has introduced what it asserts is the country's largest artificial intelligence model trained entirely on domestically developed hardware. This development signals a strategic shift beyond merely using local chips for AI model inference.