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Intermission?

So we have a pause of some sort in the war in Iran as Trump faces the prospect that the fundamental goal of the attacks in the last few weeks have been a failure, in that they have not achieved his stated goal of effecting a fundamental change in the political makeup of Iran. There […]

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Choke points

The world is heading into ever more treacherous waters and the view that the Trumpian chaos and Iran war are overall of the benefit to Beijing is a strong theme out there at the moment. We would say, however, that it is too early to say. There are some truly horrendous potential outcomes to what […]

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The shadow of war

The war in Iran continues and its impact is growing. It has the potential to push the world, as well as individual regions and countries into troubled waters, and that was indicated most clearly in terms of China by the unusual move on Wednesday of announcing that Foreign Minister Wang Yi had urged Iran to […]

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US advisory says China’s open-source AI threatens US lead

The dominance of China’s open-source AI is creating a “self-reinforcing competitive ​advantage”, allowing it to challenge US rivals despite restricted access to advanced AI chips, reports Reuters citing a US congressional ‌advisory body. Driven by their cheaper cost, Chinese large language models from firms including Alibaba, Moonshot and MiniMax now dominate worldwide usage rankings on platforms like […]

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Alibaba chairman says AI agents to reshape global white-collar economy

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents will reshape the global white-collar economy, potentially bringing in nearly $50 trillion in commercial value a year, as they evolve from personal assistants into autonomous virtual employees, reports Caixin, citing Alibaba Chairman Joe Tsai. Speaking at the Siemens Real Meets Digital conference on Monday, Tsai said that large language models are transitioning […]