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A survey in the Adyen Index 2026 Malaysia Retail Report found 74% of Malaysian consumers use AI in their shopping. However, 52% said they were uncomfortable allowing AI to complete a purchase for them.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. could impose sanctions on Chinese open AI models for alleged intellectual property theft. The comment frames the move as an expansion of prior U.S. efforts to slow China’s AI advances, according to TechCrunch AI.
MIT Technology Review reports that several current and former advisers to President Donald Trump publicly exchanged insults over China’s leading AI models. The dispute highlights internal disagreement within the White House AI advisory circle.
IEEE’s Women in Science, Engineering (WiSE) ran a three‑year, five‑day program at IIT‑Bombay for 160–200 rural and tribal girls each year, combining hands‑on projects and talks by female role models. Organizers say the initiative included parent engagement and take‑home build kits, and alumni reported increased confidence and continued schooling.
Several current and former advisers to President Trump publicly attacked leading US AI companies over their comments about Chinese AI models. The row, reported by MIT Technology Review, suggests tension between the administration’s AI advisers and industry players.
Beijing is accelerating creation of a national ecosystem of Chinese-language data, covering text corpora, training datasets, standards and governance. The government views language resources as a new strategic frontier in the AI race, beyond chips and models.
India’s smartphone market is slowing as demand and pricing shift under pressure from AI-centric features that require more memory and processing. Manufacturers and carriers are adjusting product strategies and inventories in response to changing consumer preferences and cost structures.
The newsletter highlights rising hype and misinformation around perimenopause, cautioning readers against simplistic or commercialized claims. It also reports on a significant AI development from China, suggesting notable progress in the country’s capabilities.
The Financial Times reports Moonshot’s Kimi K3 will be China’s largest open AI model, with an estimated 2–3 trillion parameters. TechCrunch AI notes the new model is expected to narrow the performance gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8.
Nvidia and Japanese data centre firm Noetra will develop the 140MW Vera Rubin ‘AI Factory’ cluster to support Japan’s AI robotics strategy, Data Center Dynamics reports. The project aims to provide large-scale compute capacity for government-backed robotics and AI initiatives.
Researchers report a campaign called “Jade Puffer” where an agentic large language model allegedly planned and executed an end-to-end cyberattack, narrating its actions and prioritising targets. The analysis, cited by Sysdig and reported by Fintech News Malaysia, suggests LLMs can autonomously coordinate complex fraud workflows.
Chinese regulators have approved Apple Intelligence through a partnership with Alibaba that integrates Qwen AI models into Apple’s operating systems. The move opens Apple’s generative AI features to users in China under a local model provider arrangement, TechCrunch reports.
