Huawei Unveils Next-Generation Ascend Chips to Power Massive Compute Clusters
At its annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, the company announced major updates to its Ascend chip lineup, marking a new chapter in its AI and infrastructure strategy. Deputy chair Eric Xu described the year as transformative, pointing to breakthroughs like DeepSeek-R1 while acknowledging ongoing challenges in semiconductor manufacturing. Huawei’s strategy centers on advancing infrastructure […]
Thinking Machines Joins OpenAI to Accelerate AI Adoption in Asia-Pacific
Thinking Machines Data Science has become the first official OpenAI Services Partner in the Asia-Pacific region. The collaboration is designed to help enterprises move beyond AI pilot projects and deliver measurable business outcomes. With AI adoption rising rapidly—an IBM study found that 61% of APAC enterprises already use AI—the challenge is no longer experimentation but […]
Yext Scout Helps Brands Navigate the New AI Search Era
Consumers no longer rely solely on traditional search engines to discover brands, products, or services. With conversational platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok gaining influence, discovery journeys have been reshaped. Instead of scrolling through search engine results pages, users now get instant, AI-driven answers—leaving brands scrambling to adapt. Enter Yext Scout Yext, long known […]
VMware’s Balancing Act: AI Ambitions Meet Legacy Realities
At its recent VMware Explore conference, Broadcom announced that VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is now “AI native.” The move signals the company’s intent to align with the broader tech industry’s adoption of large language models and agentic AI. This push arrives against a backdrop of controversy. Since Broadcom acquired VMware in late 2023, customers have […]
How the EU Could Set the Global Standard for Trustworthy AI
The European Union has a unique chance to shape the way the world approaches AI. According to Resham Kotecha, Global Head of Policy at the Open Data Institute (ODI), the EU can demonstrate that protecting citizens’ rights and fostering innovation are not mutually exclusive. The ODI’s European Data and AI Policy Manifesto outlines six principles […]
Switzerland Unveils Apertus: A Fully Open AI Model
A coalition of Swiss institutions—including EPFL, ETH Zurich, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)—has launched Apertus, an open AI model designed with accessibility at its core. Every detail, from its architecture to its training data, is available for public inspection. The project aims to set a new standard for trustworthy and sovereign AI, offering […]
UK AI Industry Surges with Record Investment
The UK’s AI sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, expanding at a pace 150 times faster than the wider economy since 2022. Revenues have skyrocketed to £23.9 billion, fuelled by a vibrant ecosystem of more than 5,800 AI companies—representing a 58% increase in just one year. Importantly, over 90% of these firms are small and medium-sized […]
Agentic AI in Southeast Asia: Potential, Pitfalls, and the Path Ahead
Agentic AI is being hailed as the next transformative wave of artificial intelligence. Capgemini Research Institute projects it could unlock as much as US$450 billion in value by 2028. Yet adoption remains modest—just 2 percent of organisations have scaled its use, and many executives remain cautious. Capgemini’s survey of 1,500 global executives shows that oversight […]
Can Google Cloud’s AI Tip the Balance in Cybersecurity?
At a recent roundtable in Singapore, Mark Johnston, Technical Director at Google Cloud’s Office of the CISO for Asia Pacific, delivered a sobering message: after half a century of cybersecurity evolution, defenders are still losing ground. In fact, nearly 70 percent of breaches in Asia Pacific are detected not by companies themselves, but by external […]
The AI Marketing Boom Meets a Trust Deficit
AI has fully embedded itself in the marketing world. A staggering 92 percent of marketing professionals are now using AI in their daily work, moving the technology from hype into practical reality. Businesses are seeing real benefits: campaigns are launched faster, repetitive tasks are reduced, and creative energy is freed up. According to SAP Emarsys, […]