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TechCrunch AI 16 Jul 2026

Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8

The FT reports Kimi K3 will be the largest open AI model from China, with a parameter count between 2 trillion and 3 trillion. 

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Data Center Dynamics 16 Jul 2026

Nvidia partners with Noetra for 140MW Vera Rubin cluster in Japan

The so-called AI Factory will support the Japanese government’s AI robotics strategy

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Fintech News Malaysia AI 16 Jul 2026

AI-Assisted Fraud Has Flipped From Attacking Banks to Attacking Customers

Recently, in an attack dubbed “Jade Puffer,” researchers documented what they’re calling the first end-to-end cyberattack run by agentic software. A large language model is said to have orchestrated the intrusion from start to finish, according to Sysdig. The LLM’s behaviour was self-narrating. It reasoned with natural language, prioritised targets, and did so with detailed [...] The post AI-Assisted Fraud Has Flipped From Attacking Banks to Attacking Customers appeared first on Fintech News Malaysia.

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TechCrunch AI 15 Jul 2026

Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI

The deal, which was rumored to be in the works last year, marks an important step for Apple's AI ambitions in a key market.

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TechCrunch AI 15 Jul 2026

Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C

The startup has reached a $120 million annualized revenue run rate and more than 200,000 paying customers.

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SCMP Artificial Intelligence 15 Jul 2026

Taiwan’s opposition TPP launches historic first trip to mainland China

The Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) has sent its first formal delegation to mainland China since the party’s founding, seeking to maintain cross-strait peace through dialogue amid heightened tensions with Beijing. The nine-member delegation from the island’s smaller opposition party left for Shanghai on Tuesday for a four-day visit focused on youth exchanges, urban governance, artificial intelligence (AI), technological innovation and entrepreneurship. “The trip aims to build goodwill and mutual...

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TechCrunch AI 13 Jul 2026

Anthropic starts localizing Claude pricing for India, its biggest market after the US

Claude users in India are starting to see Indian rupee-denominated subscription plans.

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Google DeepMind Blog 13 Jul 2026

Empowering India’s next generation of innovators with ATL Saathi

Google and AIM launched ATL Saathi, a Gemini-powered AI tool empowering Indian educators in robotics labs.

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