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1.Playing both sides of the U.S.-China AI “Cold War”Kinling Lo · 2h agoFrom Latin America to Southeast Asia, countries are dividing their AI investments between the two superpowers rather than choosing one over the other.
2.Where in the world is the iPhone cheapest?Ananya Bhattacharya · 1d agoApple’s high-end models cost more in markets like India and Turkey owing to high taxes and import duties.
3.The real AI economy is being built by ordinary peopleRest of World Staff · 2d agoFar from Silicon Valley pitch decks, workers across Asia and Africa are bypassing tech industry hype to quietly rewire their daily jobs — one prompt, workflow, and local problem at a time.
4.The AI talent war is coming for Big Tech’s Asia executivesAnanya Bhattacharya · 5d agoOpenAI and Anthropic are hiring leaders from Meta, Google, Microsoft, and other U.S. tech giants to win new markets across India and Southeast Asia.
5.Google Earth’s AI experiment lasted 24 hours. The damage to trust will lingerMahsa Alimardani · 6d agoA short-lived generative AI feature in Google Earth that allowed users to create fake satellite imagery shows the lasting effects of unvetted AI tools during a conflict.
6.Now it’s China’s experts who are gig workers training AIViola Zhou · 7d agoSqueezed by a stagnant economy and state directives, China's underemployed lawyers, architects, and engineers are taking cheap gig work to teach AI their exact trades — just to pay this month's mortga
7.Think your EV holds its value? China has some bad news for youIndranil Ghosh · 8d agoUsed car dealers in the world’s biggest EV market are turning away 5-year-old cars, exposing a battery anxiety problem heading for Western buyers next.
8.Chinese businesses are giving away AI tokens with coffee, credit cards, and dumplingsKinling Lo · 12d agoFive unexpected ways computing power is entering everyday life in the country.
9.I refused to train the AI that could replace meJames Maisiri · 13d agoAI companies are paying highly educated workers to teach machines the judgment they spent years developing — even when those systems could eventually replace them.
10.Taiwan’s six-year hunt for China’s undercover chip labsKinling Lo · 14d agoPreviously unpublished government data reveals the scale of Taiwan’s crackdown on Chinese companies accused of hiding their ties while recruiting chip talent and pursuing sensitive technology.
11.AI safety is designed in the West, and failing users everywhereRina Chandran · 15d agoOpenAI’s pause shows the risks of rapid AI development, as safety frameworks fail to account for non-Western languages and contexts where harms are felt most.
12.Meta accepts U.S. safety rules while pitching softer tools abroadAnanya Bhattacharya · 16d agoAs governments consider banning social media for under-16s, Meta is turning to influencers to argue that parental controls are a better solution.