Shipments of smartwatches with edge AI features leaped 70% in the first quarter of 2026, with Apple overwhelmingly leading the charge, according to Counterpoint Research. This market is taking off as health-focused users gain access to deeper insights through AI advancements, and as brands lean on wearables to offset weak smartphone sales.
OpenAI has expanded its push beyond conversational AI with the launch of ChatGPT Work, an agentic workspace that combines ChatGPT with its Codex coding capabilities, underscoring the industry's rapid shift toward AI agents that can complete complex tasks rather than simply answer questions. The announcement positions OpenAI at the center of an increasingly competitive market, where rivals including Anthropic and Cursor are racing to build autonomous workplace assistants.
OpenAI and SpaceX have released new models laden with features that show the direction of frontier AI model development, including voice interaction, agentic workloads, coding capabilities, and token efficiency. Their new products arrive at a time of intense competition among model makers, and soon after, SpaceX filed for its record-breaking IPO and OpenAI began its own public listing process.
AI-defined vehicles (AIDVs) are built on software-defined vehicles (SDVs), and Tesla is arguably the world's most representative company at integrating and commercializing these technologies. Yet the market rarely hears Tesla emphasize or explain the AIDV concept.
Microsoft is reportedly beginning to replace OpenAI and Anthropic models in its software with its own offerings, likely a strategic move by the software giant to reduce expenditures and bolster its role as an AI provider, soon after the launch of several of its in-house models.
For years, Washington and Beijing focused much of their tech rivalry on silicon. Now the front line may be moving to the AI models themselves.
Ennoconn Technologies said its June 2026 revenue set a new high, with monthly, quarterly, and cumulative results all reaching record levels as demand for AI and smart applications lifted the industrial PC maker's performance. Looking ahead, the company said its order backlog remains high, and that continued demand for physical AI and the digital transformation of industry is supporting its growth momentum.
Huawei's HarmonyOS missed one of China's largest annual government desktop operating system (OS) procurement shortlists, showing that top security certification alone is not enough for public-sector software tenders.
Turn Cloud Technology is accelerating its transformation from a solution as a service (SolaaS) provider into an AI infrastructure provider for physical spaces, as demand for digital transformation across real-world venues continues to rise. The company says its new Tomorrow Space (TSpace) architecture will anchor its next phase of growth.
A public spat between Xiaomi and Huawei over large models has exposed growing anxiety in China's phone AI market this year, while Apple, Google, and Samsung Electronics pursue different routes to seize the AI agent entry point.
Enterprise software company SAP announced on July 2 that it has appointed Verena Siow as president of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, effective immediately. Based in Singapore, she will be responsible for driving customer business value and helping enterprises accelerate business transformation in the artificial intelligence (AI) era.
Taiwanese power management IC (PMIC) design houses have been expanding into new applications and broadening their product portfolios in recent years, aiming to move beyond consumer electronics into higher-spec, more stable markets as the AI boom accelerates.
Meta's reported plan to expand into cloud services is drawing fresh scrutiny from global investors and chip suppliers. The move could signal either excess AI infrastructure spending or a broader push to monetize capacity, with implications for cloud AI demand, chip purchases, and the pace of industry investment worldwide.
