Artificial Intelligence

Chinese AI euphoria obscures a gloomier technological reality

Washington and its allies are not supplying the country with the gear required to make the most sophisticated AI chips

Long a smaller cloud-computing player, Oracle has leaped into the AI infrastructure race this year on the back of a US$300 billion OpenAI data-centre deal.

Oracle denies report on OpenAI data centre delays

Investors have sold off the company’s stock and bonds

An Amazon Web Services AI data centre in the US. As long as companies such as Amazon see AI spending as existential, they will continue to invest, and that will continue to fuel the boom in artificial intelligence, says the writer.

Are we in an AI bubble?

The perspective of an investor and former telecom analyst who witnessed the bursting of the tech bubble in the late 1990s

Softbank founder Masayoshi Son has been looking for ways to play a bigger role in an artificial intelligence race that has elevated Nvidia to the status of the world’s most valuable company.

SoftBank eyes data centre group Switch as Son hunts for AI

Acquiring Switch would allow SoftBank to own a large portfolio of data centres outright

US President Trump's order is aimed at thwarting state-level AI regulations, handing a policy win to tech industry leaders who’ve pressed for preemption of local rules.

Trump signs order aimed at curbing state AI laws

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence that will attempt to preempt a growing number of state laws governing the technology with a nati...

OpenAI touted GPT-5.2 Pro and GPT-5.2 Thinking as its best models yet for handling math or science work.

OpenAI beefs up GPT models in AI race with Google

OPENAI released its latest artificial intelligence models on Thursday, shrugging off worries about how it will cash in on massive spending in its technology race with Google.

Broadcom has emerged as a major beneficiary of the technology industry’s rush to build out AI capabilities.

Broadcom forecasts upbeat quarterly revenue on AI chip demand

The company reported revenue of US$18.02 billion for the fourth quarter ended Nov 2, above analysts’ average estimates

Oracle credit derivatives have become a credit market barometre for AI risk.

Oracle shares drop the most since 2001 on mounting AI spending

The stock has already lost about a third of its value through Wednesday’s close since a record high on Sep 10

Under the three-year licensing pact, OpenAI's Sora will generate short, user-prompted social videos using over 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters.

Disney invests US$1 billion in OpenAI, strikes licensing deal

The company to tap OpenAI tools for new products and experiences, and to roll out ChatGPT to staff

The 2025 “Person of the Year” issue features a cover story that explores how AI changed the world over the year in new and “sometimes frightening ways.”

Time magazine names architects of AI its Person of the Year

The architects are described as wowing and worrying humanity while transforming the present and transcending the possible