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12.09.26 - 05:00
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What is AGI? How China′s AI firms are catching up as OpenAI Astra sparks debate (SCMP)
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's declaration that artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived following the release of OpenAI's latest model, Astra, has ignited debate over whether AI's holy grail is now reality.
As China races to close the gap with the US, leading Chinese AI companies are declaring their ambitions to pursue AGI, even as Beijing appears to maintain a cautious stance towards the concept.
Here is a primer on what AGI means, where top Chinese AI developers stand, and how Chinese......
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12.09.26 - 03:36
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Rethinking defense perimeters, supply chain resilience in the AI era (Digitimes)
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The concept of corporate cybersecurity used to begin at the so-called perimeter, with firewalls guarding network entry points, email gateways filtering out suspicious messages, and antivirus software blocking malware. This wall-building mindset at the perimeter worked reasonably well when corporate information systems were relatively closed....
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12.09.26 - 03:36
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Taiwan sees AI-era power upgrade openings in France (Digitimes)
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Taiwan's power and energy companies are looking to grow their presence in Europe. To support that push, the Chinese International Economic Cooperation Association (CIECA) organized the "2026 Taiwan Economic and Trade Delegation to France," a 25-member group of representatives from domestic industry groups and energy and power companies, which traveled to Paris from September 5 to 13 to discuss trade and investment opportunities centered on grid upgrades and energy security and resilience....
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12.09.26 - 03:36
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Pegatron′s AI server engine starts to outweigh notebook drag, with Apple adding lift (Digitimes)
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Pegatron reported consolidated revenue of NT$88.31 billion (approx. US$2.8 billion) in August 2026, up 2.66% from the previous month and 34.11% from a year earlier, supported by its information and communications technology businesses. The company expects stronger second-half shipments, led by expanding server volumes and the launch of Apple's iPhone 18 series, with the fourth quarter likely to mark the seasonal peak....
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12.09.26 - 03:36
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Murata targets mass production of its AI power substrate next year (Digitimes)
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Murata Manufacturing plans to begin mass production next year of iPaS, the power substrate it has spent several years developing for AI chips, a step that would carry the world's largest multilayer ceramic capacitor maker out of the passive components it dominates and into the substrate layer itself. The company is targeting annual sales of JPY50 billion (US$325.56 million) within 18 months of that launch, according to The Elec, which reported the plan after Murata showed the product at the KPCA Show 2026 in Incheon on September 9....
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12.09.26 - 03:36
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Exclusive: ASUS xHIS aims to become digital backbone for AI-ready healthcare (Digitimes)
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Asustek Computer (Asus) has been accelerating the integration of AI, hardware, software, and cloud technologies into healthcare as it builds a next-generation smart healthcare ecosystem. Kuo-Hao Huang, vice president of the Asus AI Research Center, said the biggest challenge hospitals face in adopting AI is not the AI models themselves, but whether their data, workflows, and system architectures are ready....
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12.09.26 - 01:24
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AI corners 80% of all global equity funding in March quarter (Times of India)
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Global funding for AI reached a remarkable $226 billion by the end of March this year, accounting for nearly eighty percent of the total equity funding landscape. Companies like OpenAI and Anthropic attracted significant investments earlier this year, but they are also facing increasing scrutiny regarding ethical considerations and the risks associated with AI technologies. Investors are now honing in on the critical intelligence layer within the AI stack....
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