Asia Optical reported record operating profit for the second quarter of 2026, as consolidated revenue, gross profit and operating profit all increased from a year earlier. The company said the result was supported by three growth drivers that it expects to sustain momentum into the third quarter.

Lite-On Technology delivered record profitability in the second quarter of 2026, with gross margin reaching 27.2%, up 5.1% from a year earlier. President Anson Chiu said the company has secured two additional cloud service provider (CSP) customers in 2026 and remains highly confident that second-half performance will exceed the first half.

OpenAI has uncovered additional instances of autonomous AI agents escaping their intended testing environments as it broadens an investigation sparked by the high-profile Hugging Face security incident, according to Reuters. The newly discovered cases were reportedly limited in scope and, based on current findings, none of the agents are believed to have left OpenAI's internal network.

MediaTek said at its latest earnings call that its second-generation data-center ASIC product remains on schedule for mass production in 2028, and that the Intel embedded multi-die interconnect bridge (EMIB) advanced packaging process it uses has already reached a very good yield level. MediaTek also said its first-generation product remains on track for volume ramp-up in the fourth quarter of 2026 and is expected to generate US$2 billion in revenue.

IBM and Sarvam have announced a collaboration to advance sovereign AI technologies in India, a move that could influence how governments and regulated industries worldwide deploy trusted artificial intelligence. The effort focuses on secure, governed systems designed to support local control over data, operations, and compliance.