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Wednesday 18 February 2026

Nvidia expands AI partnerships in India under US$1 billion national mission

India is using this week's AI Impact Summit in New Delhi to advance a national strategy that combines large-scale compute deployment, sovereign AI model development, and industrial...

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Qualcomm commits up to US$150 million to back AI startups in India

US-based Qualcomm plans to invest up to US$150 million in Indian startups through a new AI-focused fund, underscoring its strategy to expand on-device and sector-specific artificial...

Wednesday 18 February 2026

What the EU's 70% local content threshold means for its industrial base

The European Union is preparing a structural shift in industrial policy, linking electric vehicle subsidies and public procurement to binding...

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Commentary: A robot-heavy Spring Festival Gala meets a sceptical youth audience

CCTV's 2026 Spring Festival Gala was the most robot-saturated edition in its history, turning a national broadcast into a showroom for...

Wednesday 18 February 2026

India-based Adani to invest US$100 billion in renewable-powered AI data centres by 2035

Adani Group said it will invest US$100 billion by 2035 to build renewable-powered, AI-ready data centres in India, aiming to expand domestic computing capacity and support the country's...

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Humanoid robots challenge South Korea’s safety and liability framework

While humanoid robot technology advances rapidly, South Korea is moving to establish regulatory clarity on safety, liability and verification...

Wednesday 18 February 2026

Analysis: Singapore's neutrality lures Chinese tech fleeing Western crackdowns

As global geopolitics continue to shift, Singapore is emerging from its image as a garden city to become a safe harbor for Chinese companies expanding overseas. With competition between...

Wednesday 18 February 2026

AI factory boom in Taiwan fuels construction and land plays

As the "Nvidia effect" continues to gain momentum, companies such as Taiwan-based construction materials supplier Goldsun Building Materials are benefiting from the ongoing expansion...

Tuesday 17 February 2026

OpenAI hire and industry voices signal shift toward AI agents that could render most apps obsolete

OpenAI's recruitment of personal AI specialist Peter Steinberg and public predictions from industry figures have intensified claims that most smartphone apps may disappear as AI agents...

Tuesday 17 February 2026

India seeks to position itself as a global AI hub

India has launched the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, marking the first time the global AI event is hosted in the Global South. The five-day gathering, running from February...

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Modi inaugurates India AI Impact Expo 2026 in New Delhi

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the India AI Impact Expo 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on February 16, marking the opening of a five-day summit focused on...

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Contract dispute escalates between Anthropic and Pentagon over military use of Claude

Tensions have intensified between Anthropic and the Pentagon over how the company's AI model, Claude, may be used in US military operations, according to reports by Axios,...

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.5: a new frontier in multimodal AI agents

Alibaba Group on February 16 launched Qwen 3.5, positioning the new model as a flagship upgrade designed for the "agentic AI era," as competition in advanced artificial intelligence...

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Anthropic opens Bengaluru office, expands partnerships across sectors in India

Anthropic has opened a new office in Bengaluru and announced a series of partnerships across enterprise, education, agriculture and public services, marking an expansion of its operations...

Tuesday 17 February 2026

Bytedance pledges safeguards amid legal threats over seedance 2.0

ByteDance has pledged to strengthen safeguards around its AI video-generation model Seedance 2.0 following legal threats and criticism from major entertainment companies over alleged...

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