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Official channel for Rest of World, global nonprofit publication covering technology outside the West. Learn more at restofworld.org
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The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇦🇷 Big Tech’s thirst for water is sparking a global resistance - In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.

🇿🇼 Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? - It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.

🇨🇳 What the West can learn from AI optimists in the rest of the world - The developing world’s enthusiastic adoption of AI and necessity-driven innovations offer lessons for an anxiety-ridden West.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
➡ AI models cost more when you don’t use English - Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.

🇨🇳 Western open-weight models still can't beat China - Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems, but face monetization and compute challenges, experts said at a Rest of World event in San Francisco.

🇨🇳 BYD expands EV shipping fleet as wars upend freight costs and key trade routes - China’s EV giant says a shortage of ships is holding back its exports.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇦🇷 Big Tech’s thirst for water is sparking a global resistance - In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.

🇿🇼 Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? - It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.

🇨🇳 What the West can learn from AI optimists in the rest of the world - The developing world’s enthusiastic adoption of AI and necessity-driven innovations offer lessons for an anxiety-ridden West.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
➡ AI models cost more when you don’t use English - Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.

🇨🇳 Western open-weight models still can't beat China - Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems, but face monetization and compute challenges, experts said at a Rest of World event in San Francisco.

🇦🇪 The UAE embraces AI for kindergartners - The country’s approach offers a glimpse of what education could look like if AI literacy becomes as fundamental as reading and writing.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇦🇷 Big Tech’s thirst for water is sparking a global resistance - In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.

🇿🇼 Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? - It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.

🇨🇳 What the West can learn from AI optimists in the rest of the world - The developing world’s enthusiastic adoption of AI and necessity-driven innovations offer lessons for an anxiety-ridden West.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
➡ AI models cost more when you don’t use English - Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.

🇨🇳 Western open-weight models still can't beat China - Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems, but face monetization and compute challenges, experts said at a Rest of World event in San Francisco.

🇨🇳 BYD expands EV shipping fleet as wars upend freight costs and key trade routes - China’s EV giant says a shortage of ships is holding back its exports.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇨🇳 Why Africa needs its own AI off switch - Africa must develop AI systems with local control to protect critical infrastructure such as mobile money networks from growing AI-powered cyberthreats.

🇦🇷 Big Tech’s thirst for water is sparking a global resistance - In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.

🇿🇼 Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? - It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
➡ AI models cost more when you don’t use English - Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.

🇨🇳 Western open-weight models still can't beat China - Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems, but face monetization and compute challenges, experts said at a Rest of World event in San Francisco.

🇨🇳 What the West can learn from AI optimists in the rest of the world - The developing world’s enthusiastic adoption of AI and necessity-driven innovations offer lessons for an anxiety-ridden West.
A number of our more popular stories are focused on China:
🇨🇳 Startups recalibrate Chinese AI for the West - A growing number of startups are editing powerful Chinese open-weight models for Western businesses that are concerned about censorship and security.

🇨🇳 Why Africa needs its own AI off switch - Africa must develop AI systems with local control to protect critical infrastructure such as mobile money networks from growing AI-powered cyberthreats.

🇦🇷 Big Tech’s thirst for water is sparking a global resistance - In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.
A number of our more popular stories are focused on China:
➡ AI models cost more when you don’t use English - Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.

🇨🇳 Western open-weight models still can't beat China - Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems, but face monetization and compute challenges, experts said at a Rest of World event in San Francisco.

🇨🇳 BYD expands EV shipping fleet as wars upend freight costs and key trade routes - China’s EV giant says a shortage of ships is holding back its exports.
A number of our more popular stories are focused on China:
🇨🇳 Startups recalibrate Chinese AI for the West - A growing number of startups are editing powerful Chinese open-weight models for Western businesses that are concerned about censorship and security.

🇨🇳 Why Africa needs its own AI off switch - Africa must develop AI systems with local control to protect critical infrastructure such as mobile money networks from growing AI-powered cyberthreats.

🇦🇷 Big Tech’s thirst for water is sparking a global resistance - In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
➡ AI models cost more when you don’t use English - Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.

🇿🇼 Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? - It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.

🇨🇳 Western open-weight models still can't beat China - Chinese open-weight AI models offer high capability at significantly lower costs than U.S. frontier systems, but face monetization and compute challenges, experts said at a Rest of World event in San Francisco.
China features in many of today's popular stories:
🇹🇼 A rare strike in Taiwan exposes labor unrest beneath the global AI rush - Labor disputes and unionization in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry highlight growing worker discontent over the unequal distribution of profits from the AI boom.

🇨🇳 Startups recalibrate Chinese AI for the West - A growing number of startups are editing powerful Chinese open-weight models for Western businesses that are concerned about censorship and security.

🇨🇳 Why Africa needs its own AI off switch - Africa must develop AI systems with local control to protect critical infrastructure such as mobile money networks from growing AI-powered cyberthreats.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
➡ AI models cost more when you don’t use English - Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.

🇦🇷 Big Tech’s thirst for water is sparking a global resistance - In his new book “Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires,” writer Paris Marx examines how local communities are resisting the growing demand for water to cool data centers.

🇿🇼 Will developing nations be able to handle millions of AI agents? - It may be some time before AI agents can fully navigate the complexities and cultural nuances of developing nations.