Tokyo court rules the human voice is protected, in a TikTok AI clone case
Tokyo court rules the human voice is protected, in a TikTok AI clone case

A Tokyo court ruled on Wednesday that Japanese law protects the human voice. Anime voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda had sued TikTok over videos he says used an AI clone of his voice. He won in part, as the court turned down his request to remove the videos, A…

AI Is Shrinking Product Life Cycles. How Can Businesses Respond?

Companies can draw lessons from “The Art of War” to succeed in a new era, argues Kmind Consulting Chairman Noah Xie

Here Are Some Of My Favorite Parts Of ‘Ace Combat 8’

Now that ‘Ace Combat 8’ is available in early access, I thought I would add some more of my thoughts about the game following my review.

ByteDance rents a fifth of China’s data centre capacity, SemiAnalysis says
ByteDance rents a fifth of China’s data centre capacity, SemiAnalysis says

ByteDance occupies roughly a fifth of China’s delivered data centre capacity, and it rents nearly all of it, according to research firm SemiAnalysis. That makes the TikTok owner the key customer for every wholesale data centre operator in China, the fi…

Meta signs deal for Firmus AI computing capacity in Southeast Asia
Meta signs deal for Firmus AI computing capacity in Southeast Asia

Meta has signed deals to rent AI chips at data centers in Southeast Asia run by Firmus, an Australian company that builds them, the two companies announced. Meta has reserved a certain amount of capacity and can add more if needed. Also, the company pl…

Former Plastics Salesman Becomes Billionaire As Chip-Cooling Materials Maker’s Shares Soar 719% On Debut

Shenzhen HFC chairman Sun Aixiang, who began his career selling plastics, now has a net worth of $1.7 billion. His brother-in-law, company director Zhao Jianping, has also become a billionaire.

China extends AI travel curbs to executives’ families, Bloomberg reports
China extends AI travel curbs to executives’ families, Bloomberg reports

China now requires the families of some top AI and chip executives to get Beijing’s approval before travelling abroad, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The rule covers spouses and children, even for short trips. Governme…

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

Chinese AI company Z.ai and Beijing safety consultancy Concordia AI have published a framework for managing the risks of open-weight AI models. Anyone can download, modify and run the trained parameters of such models. The two released the report on Mo…

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

China has overtaken the United States as the country where the most elite AI researchers work, according to a study by Carnegie China. The think tank is part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In 2025, 41% of the top researchers it trac…

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

Google’s $15bn AI datacentre project in Andhra Pradesh has state environmental clearance for 2.51GW of capacity, more than double the 1GW announced, according to clearance papers seen by the Guardian. Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan reported th…