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Meta and Firmus logos side by side in a pale rounded panel on a lime-green gradient background.

Blurred crowds of shoppers moving in and out of a brightly lit glass-fronted store in a Shanghai shopping mall, reflected in a polished floor

Zhipu's Hong Kong Office

Z.ai and Concordia AI propose six stages for managing open-weight AI risk

Alina Maria Stan
Sep 28, 2026

A man in glasses and an orange hoodie leans towards a row of open laptops on a long wooden table, with a projector screen behind

More elite AI researchers now work in China than in the US, study finds

Alina Maria Stan
Sep 28, 2026

Google

Google’s India AI hub cleared for 2.51GW, not 1GW, the Guardian reports

Alina Maria Stan
Sep 26, 2026

A silver humanoid robot holds a robot control pendant beside a yellow Estun industrial robot arm on a factory production line

China installs 59% of new factory robots as EU installations fall 11%

Darius Popa
Sep 24, 2026

O-ID co-founders Simon Gormuzov (left) and Stian Jakobsen (right) smiling as they lean on the arms of a white two-armed O-ID humanoid robot, in front of a grey backdrop

“Supply chains are at risk”: O-ID raises $1.2m for modular humanoid robots

Cristian Dina
Sep 24, 2026

Japanese flag in the city

Japan and the US are discussing a GlobalFoundries chip plant under their $550bn pact, Nikkei reports

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Sep 17, 2026

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) office at CityCentre Five

AWS cannot restore its Bahrain region or one UAE zone six months after the strikes

Ana-Maria Stanciuc
Sep 15, 2026