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Tech Features Meta’s Reality Labs layoffs show the harsh pivot from virtual reality to AI Technology Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit on October 4 Oct 4, 2023 9:51 AM PHT Share in Chat Share article Facebook X (Twitter) Copy Link Copied Tech Features Bondee, the virtual world, and an imagined life…

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From K-pop to salesgirls: AI goes mainstream in South Korea | South China Morning Post

Her face is a deepfake. Her body belongs to a team of similar-sized actors. But she sings, reads the news, and sells luxury clothes on TV as AI humans go mainstream in South Korea. Meet Zaein, one of South Korea's most active virtual humans, who was created by Pulse9, an artificial intelligence company that is worki…

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US Special Operations Command can now analyze social media data to capture “emerging narratives” and quickly generate the information a military force would need to stamp out unfriendly trends, even as they are still in the process of going viral.

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Foxconn billionaire Terry Gou announces Taiwan presidential run as independent candidate | South China Morning Post

Foxconn founder Terry Gou announced on August 28, 2023, that he will join the Taiwan presidential race. The head of the Taiwanese tech giant will run as an independent candidate after he failed to clinch the nomination from the main opposition Kuomintang party, which chose Mayor Hou Yu-ih instead. The billionaire bu…

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A key US-China science cooperation deal is about to end | South China Morning Post

The US and China have less than one week to decide whether to renew a landmark science and technology agreement. Post reporter Khushboo Razdan explains what this agreement has achieved in the past and what would be lost if it isn’t renewed by August 27. Particle physicist and acclaimed columnist Yangyang Cheng expla…

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Biden’s China tech policy goal: a 10 year handicap | South China Morning Post

Hear how Chinese scientists and the semiconductor industry have responded to Biden’s latest executive order, why some are calling it a “lose-lose” situation, and why China’s goal towards technological self-sufficiency has become much more difficult. Also, the Post’s Shenzhen-based tech reporter Iris Deng shares her …

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Why Singapore benefits from the US-China tech war | South China Morning Post

Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research, analyses how the world of investment reacted to the latest US investment restrictions on China’s tech industry, and the options that are left for Beijing as it aims to become the world leader in artificial intelligence. Georgetown University’s CSET resear…

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China’s Qibo Robot Company develops robot designed to mirror movements of skilled human fighter | South China Morning Post

The Qibo Robot Company in China’s eastern Shandong province has developed Qibbot, a teleoperated one-armed robot designed to mirror the real movements of a skilled human fighter. A demonstration video the company published online shows Qibbot displaying what’s said to be the fastest latency or response delay time of…

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Musk announces plans to turn Twitter into ‘X’ super-app similar to China’s WeChat | South China Morning Post

Elon Musk has announced plans to replace Twitter’s signature blue bird logo with a stylised X as part of his vision for transforming the 17-year-old service into an everything app. The tech billionaire has long talked about creating something to rival Tencent’s WeChat, the dominant chat app in China. WeChat is used …

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How a Hong Kong school embraces ChatGPT in the classroom | South China Morning Post

Yu Chun Keung Memorial College was one of the first schools in Hong Kong to introduce AI tools like ChatGPT in classrooms. They started using AI chatbots in classes for non-science subjects such as language and history in January 2023, just two months after ChatGPT was unveiled by Microsoft-backed OpenAI. While admi…

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Saudi Arabia to deepen ties with Hong Kong, use city as bridge to China’s tech prowess: minister | South China Morning Post

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Al-Swaha visited Hong Kong to foster collaboration in innovation and technology between the two regions. Al-Swaha, who is in charge of the kingdom’s digital infrastructure, said in an interview with the Post that Saudi Arabia hopes to “rep…

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