DeepSeek and chip bans have supercharged AI innovation in China
…That may not be such a bad thing, Kayla Blomquist, director of the Oxford China Policy Lab, told Rest of World, since it motivates companies to make AI products in order to…
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The UAE’s OPEC exit frees up oil wealth as it bets big on AI
…gas infrastructure, citing growing electricity demand from data centers as a key driver. The AI race The demand for AI infrastructure is outpacing the supply of energy and capital, Hafezi said. The…
The hidden Kenyan workers training China’s AI models
…What distinguishes their expansion isn’t just scale, but opacity — a low-visibility supply chain stitched across East Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East,” Payal Arora, professor of inclusive AI culture…
Taiwan’s chips power the global economy. China holds the leverage
…is, and how fragile supply chains are. The shutdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic led to big tech companies including Apple shifting some production out of China, while the Middle East conflict…
Nations priced out of Big AI are building with frugal models
…China is developing its own AI cloud and semiconductor supply chain, and its open-source models have quickly become the foundation for developers and builders worldwide. Countries including India, Mexico, and Malaysia…
Anxious Chinese students are trusting AI to help pick colleges and majors
…wants to contain China's AI. Silicon Valley keeps using it As Apple, Thinking Machines, and developers worldwide embrace Chinese AI models such as Kimi K3, U.S. policymakers are struggling to…
The Chinese app where women socialize over their menstrual cycles
…TSMC and its chip supply chain, it’s been keen to diversify the roster of investors beyond tech companies. By Kinling Lo Global Dispatch Can we train AI to choose safety over…
Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream
…In return, Abu Dhabi’s G42 cut ties with China’s Huawei, and Humain pledged not to buy Huawei equipment — effectively locking Beijing out of the region’s AI expansion. Whether Sunday…
Big Tech’s Gulf megaprojects are trapped between two war choke points
…semiconductors away from China. Abu Dhabi’s G42 cut ties with Huawei , and Humain aligned with U.S. chip suppliers. “The security frameworks underpinning the U.S.-UAE AI partnership appear to…
Want to stop livestreaming? That’ll be $42,000
…candidate at the Erasmus University Rotterdam researching China’s livestreaming industry, told Rest of World the agencies recruit aggressively because they have to supply a sufficient number of influencers to social media…