Baidu CEO Robin Li says AI will become the core of China's "new-quality productive forces," adding that the company will deepen investment in AI infrastructure and model development as Beijing pushes its national "AI+" strategy.

Cybersecurity provider SailPoint released its annual Horizons of Identity Security report on November 20, which noted that identity security now offers the highest return on investment (ROI) among all cybersecurity domains. However, 63% of enterprises are still in the early stages of transition and remain largely dependent on manual audits and fragmented account management, which limits their ability to tackle increasingly complex cyber threats.

Meta is reportedly negotiating to adopt Google's tensor processing units (TPUs) in its data centers starting in 2027, with plans to lease TPUs from Google Cloud as early as 2026. According to Bloomberg, citing The Information and insiders, this potential partnership positions Google as a viable alternative AI accelerator supplier to Nvidia, potentially reshaping the industry landscape.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order creating the Genesis Mission, a nationwide push to use artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate scientific discovery. This initiative will integrate federal datasets, national laboratory supercomputers, and private-sector computing resources.

Chinese humanoid robot maker Ubtech Robotics said that in benefiting from China's manufacturing scale and supply chain advantages, the manufacturing cost of humanoid robots could fall by 20-30% per year as demand significantly outpaces production capacity.

As the global memory shortage intensifies, Innodisk chairman Randy Chien stated that the trend for 2026 will be simultaneous shortages in DRAM and NAND Flash, while edge AI applications take off. With AI-related products accounting for 25% of Innodisk's revenue in 2025, the company expects to increase the share to 30% in 2026. DDR4 will remain a key product for industrial applications over the next two to three years.

The Taiwanese government has expanded its list of core national technologies from 32 to 42 items to enhance the protection of trade secrets and prevent unlawful infringements. The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) coordinated efforts among various ministries, industry associations, and academic experts to update the list in accordance with the National Security Act.

The 29th International Conference on Technology Law, hosted by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) from November 20–21, 2025, spotlighted Taiwan's role in global technology security. The Science and Technology Law Institute (STLI) under the Institute for Information Industry (III) presented research comparing international foreign investment review frameworks and explored implications for Taiwan's semiconductor, AI, and quantum sectors.

ASE Technology Holding announced it will invest more than NT$4.2 billion (US$133.67 million) to acquire a new factory in the Zhongli District of Taoyuan, Taiwan, and simultaneously initiate phase one construction of its new plant at the Kaohsiung Nanzih Technology Industrial Park (KNTIP). The expansion aims to meet the strong AI-driven chip demand and urgent customer needs for advanced semiconductor packaging and testing capacity.

Amazon has announced an investment of up to US$50 billion to expand artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing capabilities for Amazon Web Services' (AWS) US government customers. Scheduled to break ground in 2026, the plan will add approximately 1.3GW of AI and supercomputing capacity across AWS Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions through new data centers equipped with advanced compute and networking technologies.

OpenAI has introduced a new AI-powered shopping feature in ChatGPT designed to help users research and compare products ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The feature, called shopping research, is rolling out on mobile and web for users across Free, Go, Plus, and Pro plans, with nearly unlimited usage available through the holiday season.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly warned employees of a potentially difficult period for the company as competition in artificial intelligence intensifies. In a recent internal memo, Altman urged his team to remain focused and maintain a long-term vision despite setbacks, as the company strives to overcome technical issues and financial uncertainties.

Google has introduced Nano Banana Pro, a Gemini 3 Pro–based image model that improves multilingual text rendering and visual consistency while enabling more reliable infographics and brand materials. The release marks progress in text-accurate AI imagery, though the model still struggles with logical reasoning tasks.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has entered a strategic partnership with global investment firm TPG to expand its AI data center business, HyperVault, at a time when global interest in India's AI infrastructure market is accelerating.

Nvidia disclosed in its latest earnings report that it cannot guarantee completion of a planned investment in OpenAI, a statement that immediately sparked debate across the tech and financial communities. The disclosure highlights how major players in the US are spreading risk by investing across multiple AI ecosystems rather than committing to a single partner.

South Korean startup Stratio has developed a mass-producible short-wave infrared (SWIR) imaging sensor based on germanium, costing just 1% of comparable market products. By integrating AI algorithms, the company targets applications across recycling, agriculture, food safety, home appliances, and security industries, aiming to become the smartphone's "fourth camera lens."

Yann LeCun, Meta's chief AI scientist and 2019 Turing Award laureate, announced he will depart Meta by the end of 2025 to launch a startup centered on "world model" technology. LeCun stated on LinkedIn that his new company aims to build AI systems capable of understanding the physical world, with persistent memory, reasoning, and planning abilities.

At Samsung Technology Conference (STC 2025), the latest research findings in AI agents, communications, healthcare, and cybersecurity were showcased. Security, intelligent software, robotics, and open-source ecosystems were identified as four key fields that will guide AI transformation.

Taiwan AI Cloud, an AsusTek subsidiary specializing in sovereign AI and medium-scale data center solutions, has officially kicked off its IPO process. CEO Peter Wu announced plans to list on the Emerging Stock Board of the Taipei Exchange (TPEx) in May 2026, with a formal mainboard application slated for the end of the year, signaling the company's ambition to cement its leadership in Taiwan's emerging AI ecosystem and expand into overseas markets.

China's electric vehicle (EV) makers are shifting more of their R&D toward humanoid robots, betting the next phase of AI competition will centre on physical-world applications rather than in-car systems. As US-China tech tensions rise, automakers including Xpeng, Chery, Nio, BYD, GAC, and Seres are using their EV engineering and autonomous-driving AI to develop robots with autonomous mobility and semantic understanding, positioning embodied intelligence as their next strategic arena.

India's efforts to build large language models (LLMs) for its diverse linguistic landscape are accelerating, driven by community-led data collection, academic research, and government-backed AI initiatives. With more than 1,600 languages and dialects spoken across the country, developers say the lack of high-quality digital data — especially for low-resource languages — is one of the biggest obstacles to creating AI systems that work for Indian users.

GlobalFoundries (GF) has recently acquired Singapore-based silicon photonics chip company Advanced Micro Foundry. Meanwhile, Lightmatter, a US silicon photonics chip company that works with GF, is expanding the number of systems it is building. Seeing huge growth potential in the silicon photonics market, the company expects that after completing integration and testing with switch and XPU customers, it will move toward commercial shipments in 2027.

Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong stated that the government is studying multiple energy options but needs to carefully evaluate each option due to the country's limited land area.

Japan-based NSK has announced the development of actuators capable of enabling agile movements in humanoid robots. These drive products include rotary actuators for joints such as shoulders and elbows, as well as linear actuators for arms and legs, achieving both miniaturization and lightweight design.