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Wednesday 22 July 2026

Memory shortage to worsen in 2027 as AI inference strains supply, Silicon Motion CEO says

The global memory shortage will worsen in 2027 and may not begin to ease until the second half of 2028, with prices likely to remain elevated for the next two to three years, according...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

Moonshot AI welcomes Musk challenge as enterprise API revenue hits 70%

Chinese AI startup Moonshot AI said it welcomes competition from the world's top model developers after Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

China weighs stricter AI and chip export curbs after Kimi K3 benchmark win

China is considering tighter export controls on artificial intelligence and semiconductor technologies amid intensifying competition...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

Anthropic wins approval for US$1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors

Anthropic has secured court approval for a US$1.5 billion settlement to resolve a major copyright lawsuit brought by authors over training its Claude chatbot on unauthorized works...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

Taiwan's looming AI literacy gap risks fueling misinformation

Academia Sinica has warned that the rapid spread of AI could create broader social risks if people lack the basic knowledge needed...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

Microsoft evaluates Kimi K3 for Copilot to lower inference costs

Microsoft is evaluating Moonshot AI's open-source Kimi K3 model for some Copilot functions as it looks for lower-cost alternatives to...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

OpenAI chair says enterprise AI will shift from token costs to outcomes

OpenAI Chair Bret Taylor said businesses will soon stop closely tracking token costs as artificial intelligence spending management becomes more automated. Speaking to CNBC,...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

Tesla's EV platform powers Optimus scale production edge

Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus is set to begin mass production at the end of July, according to supply chain sources. Tesla previously retooled an electric vehicle production line...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

Japan weighs new standards post to gain an edge in AI and chips

Japan is considering creating a senior government position to coordinate international standardization across ministries and industry, as Tokyo seeks to convert a sweeping investment...

Wednesday 22 July 2026

'Two companies, one business': how Zeiss and ASML are riding the AI boom to dominate EUV

Zeiss, the exclusive supplier of ASML's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) optical systems, says the two companies operate as though they were...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Google developing 'frozen' chip that embeds Gemini models for efficiency gains

Google is reportedly developing a new chip that embeds information from its Gemini AI models directly onto the silicon to boost efficiency...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Kimi K3 surge traces to Moonshot AI's GTC roadmap

Moonshot AI's open-source large language model (LLM) Kimi K3 has surged in popularity after its launch, drawing attention across multiple...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Cautionary tale for Taiwan's electric scooter industry: Supply-chain feud nearly turns to disaster

Electric scooters have been traversing a bumpy road in Taiwan, with sales numbers tied to government subsidies, and cost measures squeezing margins for brands and suppliers alike....

Tuesday 21 July 2026

Middlemen emerge as ASEAN's No. 2 AI compute buyers

In the AI computing race, Nvidia AI server chips remain red-hot, even as the US-China trade confrontation shows no sign of easing. Although Shopee and YTL Group are among the biggest...

Tuesday 21 July 2026

China's Z.ai reportedly powers up 1GW data center built entirely on domestic chips

Chinese AI developer Z.ai has completed a giant data center running exclusively on domestically made chips, a milestone in Beijing's...

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