The studios suing Midjourney say it trained AI on their characters without permission. Midjourney’s answer: prove you do not do exactly the same thing. The AI image generator wants a US federal judge to intervene. It has asked the court to force the st…
Luxshare Precision is set to price its Hong Kong listing at the top of its range, a sign of strong demand for one of the year’s marquee share sales. The Apple supplier plans to fix the offer at the maximum HK$63.28 a share, according to people cited by…
Solstice Advanced Materials is in talks to merge with Element Solutions in a deal that would create a specialty-materials company worth about $27bn, according to a Financial Times report. The two would combine as a merger of equals, the paper says, and…
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how nuclear startups achieved successful testing to meet a Trump challenge and Renew Home’s energy management tech.
Nvidia can barely sell its best chips in China. A crop of local challengers is racing to fill the gap. One of them just raised nearly $900m to speed up. Shanghai Biren Technology is selling HK$7 billion (about $892.5m) of new shares to boost GPU produc…
Nvidia’s next flagship AI machine has hit a wall, and the culprit is a single circuit board. The Kyber rack meant to house its 2027 Rubin Ultra chips has slipped to 2028. Research firm SemiAnalysis flagged the delay, and CNBC reported it. Kyber is not …
The AI story has mostly been told through chips, data centres, and the companies building the models. It is now being told through the shampoo aisle. The world’s largest makers of everyday goods, the businesses behind the bottles and packets in most ki…
A new study suggests inexpensive AI could reshape healthcare’s business model by helping patients use LLMs to manage and improve their health.
With the imminent expiration of lockup periods on Wednesday, MiniMax Group founder Yan Junjie faces an uphill battle persuading investors to hold on to the Hong Kong-listed AI model developer’s shares.
FTC released a new proposal about AI governance on July 1, 2026. Important and controversial. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.