The global AI narrative is often reduced to a struggle between US- and China-based tech giants. However, a quieter yet more significant movement is emerging among second-tier industrial powers. During a recent lecture, DIGITIMES chairman Colley Hwang spoke about how nations such as Germany, Japan, France, and Canada are increasingly focused on building sovereign AI
The 2026 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report signals a new era of digital friction between the US and its closest Asian allies
The trade environment for US businesses operating in or trading with China deteriorated sharply between 2025 and 2026, according to a comparative analysis of the latest National Trade Estimate (NTE) Reports, underscoring a widening gap between high-level diplomacy and on-the-ground economic realities
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are reportedly stepping up efforts to advance hybrid bonding for next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), as the two memory makers move to secure key packaging technologies for AI-driven demand, according to The Elec
In late March 2026, a series of developments converged to reshape sentiment in the large model sector. Anthropic faced a major source code leak of Claude Code due to an engineer error. At nearly the same time, Chinese large model firm Z.ai released its first annual report since listing, with CEO Zhang Peng explicitly naming Anthropic as the company's benchmark; meanwhile, rising contender DeepSeek experienced three consecutive days of service disruptions from March 29 to 31, affecting both web and API access
Microsoft has unveiled back-to-back investments across Southeast Asia, committing US$5.5 billion to Singapore and more than US$1 billion to Thailand in a coordinated push to expand artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure in the region
