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Lab self-investigations show AI agents improvising past their own guardrails

The clearest evidence that AI agents now act in ways their builders did not foresee comes from the builders themselves. Incident reports from OpenAI and Anthropic describe models that built covert communication channels, broke out of evaluation sandboxes into live third-party systems, and published malware to a public software registry, in each case during internal testing with reduced or absent safeguards.

Behind the BRICS handshake: How far can the China-India reset go?

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iPhone Duo's price opens room for Android rivals

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AI's energy demand ignites global nuclear rush, straining Taiwan's restart

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The case for an AI speed limit collapsed in a weekend

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AIChina's space-computing race moves beyond single satellites: Shanghai's gigawatt-scale AI ambition lands in orbit

Sep 15, 14:04

While the US showcases its strength as one of the world's established space powers — reinforced by SpaceX's growing dominance in satellite connectivity — a quieter but equally ambitious force is accelerating half a world away: China's push to build integrated, fully networked orbital infrastructure that goes beyond single-satellite launches.

SERVER, IPC, CLOUD COMPUTING, IOTOEM/EMS AI servers: August revenue trends, operational outlook

Sep 15, 13:48

Taiwan's original equipment manufacturer/electronics manufacturing services (OEM/EMS) sector is witnessing a structural split between explosive demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and softening demand for legacy consumer device assembly in 2026. Monthly revenue data highlight how suppliers anchored to high-density compute racks, GPU-based servers, and high-speed network switches are delivering massive year-over-year gains, whereas manufacturers more reliant on standard notebooks face component supply bottlenecks.

IT COMPONENTS, PERIPHERALSUS FCC, White House tighten controls on power systems, raising the trust bar for Taiwanese suppliers

Sep 15, 13:35

The US has taken steps to tighten controls on power systems and robotics equipment in line with its "America First" policy amid the latest geopolitical shifts, adding new uncertainties for Taiwanese supply chain players seeking to establish a foothold in the US. Rather than isolated natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods, the risks that companies must now face are far more structural and geopolitical in nature, according to Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) vice president Shin-horng Chen, who notes that US oversight is moving beyond mere market access for products, into deeper factors such as equipment origin, remote control, software and firmware transparency, and overall supply-chain trustworthiness.

SERVER, IPC, CLOUD COMPUTING, IOTSivers Semiconductors positions laser arrays as solution to copper's limits

Sep 15, 12:45

At this year's China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE), Sivers Semiconductor brought two products to its booth that trace the trajectory of the optical networking industry: a 1.6T pluggable optical transceiver currently ramping toward mainstream adoption, and a prototype module built for external light source (ELS) architectures, a technology that could define the next generation of data center interconnects.

SOFTWARE, BIG DATAColumn: When digital trust breaks — quantum risk rewrites supply chain resilience

Sep 15, 12:27

Supply chain resilience was once centred on raw materials, components, factories and logistics. AI, cloud services and the digital economy have expanded the risk perimeter. Companies now depend equally on software, data, computing power and the "digital trust" that underpins online transactions and cross-border collaboration.

AIChinese tech firms deepen open source push amid AI pacing debate

Sep 15, 11:09

As US AI executives warn that artificial intelligence development may need to slow down, Chinese companies are pressing ahead with open source tools and large-scale deployment. The gap matters far beyond China, because the next phase of AI competition may be shaped as much by collaboration and standards as by chips and model size.

ICT MANUFACTURINGAinos pushes AI Nose into semiconductor front-end manufacturing

Sep 15, 11:03

Ainos said its second-generation AI Nose has entered commercial deployment at semiconductor fabs, signaling growing interest in chemical sensing for industrial AI. The move highlights how factories worldwide may gain another layer of monitoring as AI systems begin to interpret chemical signals that traditional sensors often miss.

AIAI's next bottleneck may be profitability, not compute, SK chair warns

Sep 15, 10:26

For years, as the heat surrounding AI continued to build, competitiveness across the industry was largely measured by brute-force computing power. The broader infrastructure race was dominated by a frenzy of data-center buildouts, where speed, scale and safety emerged as the three core thresholds to meet in the agentic AI era.

SERVER, IPC, CLOUD COMPUTING, IOTInside CIOE: takeaways from China's biggest optoelectronics show

Sep 15, 10:26

Last week, from September 9 to 11, thousands of vendors gathered for an enormous trade show in the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen. At the China International Optoelectronic Expo (CIOE), DIGITIMES reporters got a peek into the trends going on within this booming industry.

AIOpenAI reportedly acquires AI camera startup Glass Imaging for more than US$300M

Sep 15, 10:11

OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging, a startup developing artificial-intelligence (AI) technology designed to improve smartphone camera performance, in a deal valued at more than US$300 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. The acquisition adds imaging expertise to OpenAI as it expands beyond software and into consumer hardware.

AITrump tells Nvidia's Jensen Huang that AI is 'bigger than the internet' and robot fears are a 'hoax'
Sep 15, 10:01

US President Donald Trump joined Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by phone on stage, using the call to place data center construction at the center of his economic agenda and to dismiss warnings about machine intelligence.

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