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Born
10 Jun 1972
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Businessman
The push to deploy AI into orbit is a strategic gambit with far-reaching consequences for national security and economic dominance. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Race for AI space centres: why the US goes all in after China makes first move

Beijing and Washington battle for tech domination with next-gen plans to launch supercomputers into orbit and transform global connectivity.

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Artificial intelligence

Google launches Gemini 3, its ‘most intelligent’ AI model yet

United States

Google CEO warns no firm ‘immune’ if AI bubble bursts, echoing dotcom era fears

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China’s private sector

A token of intent: Doubao’s data surge cements ByteDance’s AI ambitions

A surge in activity on ByteDance’s Doubao model shows how rapidly AI tools are entering daily life in China.

ByteDance’s Doubao doubles token use in six months as China’s AI boom gathers pace
United States

Google avoids forced Chrome sale but must share search data with competitors

The ruling removes a big concern for investors who view the web browser and the Android operating system as key pieces of Google’s business.

Artificial intelligence

OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry, sources say

The deal underscores how massive computing demands to train and deploy AI models are reshaping the competitive dynamics in the sector.

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Artificial intelligence

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI bot is used a billion times monthly

Use of Meta AI is growing the fastest on WhatsApp, the company says, as it competes against Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.

Meta Platforms founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends an AI developer conference in Menlo Park, California, last month. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Google unveils flurry of upgrades as AI threatens search business

The tech giant has announced an AI mode for all search users in the US, as well as more advanced capabilities via subscriptions.

Artificial intelligence

Google hopes to strike deal with Apple to use Gemini AI on iPhones

A potential deal this year will see Gemini AI included within Apple Intelligence, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says.

Artificial intelligence

Google earnings beat estimates, says AI investments boost ad sales

Big Tech firms have continued to defend their aggressive AI investments, saying these were necessary to remain competitive.

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Google says its AI investments are powering ad sales, as it tries to soothe anxious investors. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
Asean

Opinion | From Trump to tech titans, geopolitical traps await Southeast Asia

The US-China tech war and politicisation of tech firms are narrowing options for wary regional players.

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President Donald Trump speaks as SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son, Oracle Corporation chairman CEO Larry Ellison and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman listen, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on January 21. Photo: AP
India

Kim Kardashian, Mike Tyson to join CEOs at Mukesh Ambani’s son’s wedding

Samsung boss Jay Lee, ex-UK PM Johnson and Fifa chief Infantino among 1,200 guests attending wedding of Anant Ambani and fiancée Radhika Merchant.

Artificial intelligence

Google supercharges AI search in competition with OpenAI

Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday showed how it is building on artificial intelligence across its businesses, including a beefed-up Gemini chatbot.

Millionaires and billionaires

Why are Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple boss Tim Cook feuding?

From Cambridge Analytica to augmented reality – and even a full-page newspaper, a timeline of the tech CEOs’ fights

What remarks have Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg made about each other through the years? Photos: Reuters, TNS
Artificial intelligence

Google consolidates teams with aim to create AI products faster

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced changes to Google’s workplace teams structure, saying the moves will help the company develop AI products and services faster and more efficiently.

The exterior of the Google building in Hudson Square, New York City, on January 9, 2024. Photo: Getty Images/TNS
Google

Google cuts jobs, shifts some roles abroad amid economic uncertainty

Google has not specified how many employees will be laid off, but said some will be able to apply for internal roles.

India

India comes for China’s manufacturing crown as supply chains slowly shift

Reforms and incentives are attracting international investors looking to diversify away from China amid its intensifying rivalry with the US. But India still has a way to go to catch up to its neighbour to the north.

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Racism and other prejudice

Opinion | Is the US’ ‘bamboo ceiling’ slowing East Asian career progress?

A closer look finds East Asians significantly behind South Asians in climbing corporate rungs in the US. One difference could be that modesty, reticence and other traditional East Asian attributes are seen as weaknesses in the brash, self-promoting West.

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Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su holds up a chip during her keynote address at CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, on January 4, 2023. In corporate America, white women and men are still more than twice as likely to reach the executive suite than their Asian counterparts. Photo: Matt Haldane
Mukesh Ambani and family

Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s OTT pre-wedding – from Rihanna to Zuck

Tycoons, heads of state, and Hollywood and Bollywood stars descended on the small western Indian city of Jamnagar for a 3-day extravaganza celebrating Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant

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India

Rihanna, Zuckerberg among stars to celebrate Ambani’s son’s pre-wedding bash

Global tycoons, heads of state, as well as Hollywood and Bollywood stars descended on Jamnagar, where Mukesh Ambani held a pre-wedding bash for his youngest son, Anant Ambani, and his long-time girlfriend Radhika Merchant.

Artificial intelligence

Microsoft Bing’s market share nearly the same after ChatGPT add-on

While the AI tool has boosted user numbers and time spend on Bing, Google maintains its dominance in web search, data shows.

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The Microsoft Bing app. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Google cuts over 1,000 jobs to focus on AI amid rivalry with Microsoft

The cuts struck both rank-and-file employees and executives, including four vice-presidents and 25 directors.

A Google logo seen during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Photo: EPA-EFE
Artificial intelligence

Google launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race

Google on Wednesday launched project Gemini, an artificial intelligence model trained to behave in humanlike ways, that is likely to intensify the debate about AI’s potential promise and perils.

Artificial intelligence

China will be at forefront of AI, Alphabet CEO Pichai says

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he expects China to be ‘at the forefront’ of artificial intelligence, and that it is important for the US to collaborate with the Asian nation on both regulation and innovation.

China technology

China’s internet entrepreneurs were on top of the world. Then, things changed

The environment for tech and internet businesses has changed considerably from the boisterous, easy-money world of 2017. Why are today’s would-be entrepreneurs so pessimistic?

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China’s entrepreneurs and start-up mavens, previously given ample government support, are finding their fortunes waning. Illustration: Henry Wong
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk says AI ‘referee’ needed after tech CEOs meet US lawmakers

The Tesla boss, Meta’s Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and others took part in a closed-door forum focused on regulating artificial intelligence.

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Elon Musk joins other tech leaders attending the US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
United States

US accuses Google of paying billions to maintain search dominance

The Justice Department says the payments to companies like Apple, AT&T and Mozilla helped keep its search engine’s market share at around 90 per cent.

Science

Quantum computing could give AI the rocket fuel to be transformative

Quantum computing will change the world as we know it, but more breakthroughs are needed before we see the hugely powerful processors become an everyday reality, say quantum physicists.

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