In today's more popular stories, 2 center on China:
🇦🇷 Courts don't know what to do about AI crimes - AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.
🇨🇳 China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for driverless trucks - The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles.
🇨🇳 AI is reshaping childhood in China - Government support and tech companies’ drive for profit fuel a rush to integrate AI tools, from robot tutors to chatbots, in education and caretaking.
🇦🇷 Courts don't know what to do about AI crimes - AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.
🇨🇳 China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for driverless trucks - The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles.
🇨🇳 AI is reshaping childhood in China - Government support and tech companies’ drive for profit fuel a rush to integrate AI tools, from robot tutors to chatbots, in education and caretaking.
A number of our more popular stories focus on Indonesia:
🇮🇩 The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom - 30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
🇨🇳 Young people in China are embracing AI therapy - Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology.
🇮🇩 Livestream shopping stars face off against trolls, hagglers, and AI rivals - Livestream sellers have built booming careers. Now, bots are threatening to steal their spotlight and their customers.
🇮🇩 The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom - 30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
🇨🇳 Young people in China are embracing AI therapy - Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology.
🇮🇩 Livestream shopping stars face off against trolls, hagglers, and AI rivals - Livestream sellers have built booming careers. Now, bots are threatening to steal their spotlight and their customers.
China features in many of today's popular stories:
🇨🇳 Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD - Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.
🇦🇷 Courts don't know what to do about AI crimes - AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.
🇨🇳 China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for driverless trucks - The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles.
🇨🇳 Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD - Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.
🇦🇷 Courts don't know what to do about AI crimes - AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.
🇨🇳 China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for driverless trucks - The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles.
Today's popular stories focus on Indonesia:
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
🇮🇩 The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom - 30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
🇮🇩 Livestream shopping stars face off against trolls, hagglers, and AI rivals - Livestream sellers have built booming careers. Now, bots are threatening to steal their spotlight and their customers.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
🇮🇩 The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom - 30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
🇮🇩 Livestream shopping stars face off against trolls, hagglers, and AI rivals - Livestream sellers have built booming careers. Now, bots are threatening to steal their spotlight and their customers.
China features in many of today's popular stories:
🇨🇳 Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD - Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.
🇦🇷 Courts don't know what to do about AI crimes - AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.
🇨🇳 China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for driverless trucks - The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles.
🇨🇳 Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD - Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.
🇦🇷 Courts don't know what to do about AI crimes - AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.
🇨🇳 China’s most infamous ghost town is now training ground for driverless trucks - The empty boulevards that once symbolized the mainland’s property bust now serve as testing grounds for hundreds of autonomous vehicles.
A number of our more popular stories are focused on Indonesia:
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
🇨🇳 Young people in China are embracing AI therapy - Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology.
🇮🇩 Livestream shopping stars face off against trolls, hagglers, and AI rivals - Livestream sellers have built booming careers. Now, bots are threatening to steal their spotlight and their customers.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
🇨🇳 Young people in China are embracing AI therapy - Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology.
🇮🇩 Livestream shopping stars face off against trolls, hagglers, and AI rivals - Livestream sellers have built booming careers. Now, bots are threatening to steal their spotlight and their customers.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 The AI dilemma: To compete with China, the U.S. needs Chinese talent - Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
🇨🇳 Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD - Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.
🇮🇩 The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom - 30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
🇨🇳 The AI dilemma: To compete with China, the U.S. needs Chinese talent - Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
🇨🇳 Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD - Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.
🇮🇩 The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom - 30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇧🇩 AI flood forecasting allows aid to reach farmers before disaster strikes - Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
🇦🇷 Courts don't know what to do about AI crimes - AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.
🇧🇩 AI flood forecasting allows aid to reach farmers before disaster strikes - Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
🇦🇷 Courts don't know what to do about AI crimes - AI-generated images and videos are stumping prosecutors in Latin America, even as courts embrace AI to tackle case backlogs.
China is in the spotlight with 2 of our most popular stories:
🇨🇳 The AI dilemma: To compete with China, the U.S. needs Chinese talent - Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
🇨🇳 Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD - Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.
🇮🇩 The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom - 30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
🇨🇳 The AI dilemma: To compete with China, the U.S. needs Chinese talent - Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
🇨🇳 Tesla starts slashing prices amid costly battle with BYD - Elon Musk's $5,000 price cut fails to match BYD's advantage as the Chinese EV maker dominates global markets.
🇮🇩 The Chinese migrant workers powering the deadly EV nickel boom - 30,000 Chinese workers travel thousands of miles to remote islands in Eastern Indonesia to process nickel — and put their lives at risk on the frontier of the green energy transition.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🌐 China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.
🇰🇷 AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea - South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
🇧🇩 AI flood forecasting allows aid to reach farmers before disaster strikes - Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.
🌐 China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.
🇰🇷 AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea - South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
🇧🇩 AI flood forecasting allows aid to reach farmers before disaster strikes - Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
🇨🇳 The AI dilemma: To compete with China, the U.S. needs Chinese talent - Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
🇨🇳 The AI dilemma: To compete with China, the U.S. needs Chinese talent - Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🕸️ China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.
🇰🇷 AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea - South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
🇧🇩 AI flood forecasting allows aid to reach farmers before disaster strikes - Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.
🕸️ China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.
🇰🇷 AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea - South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
🇧🇩 AI flood forecasting allows aid to reach farmers before disaster strikes - Using Google’s Flood Hub, nonprofit trial program sends early warning and unconditional cash to workers.
A number of our more popular stories are focused on China:
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
🇨🇳 The AI dilemma: To compete with China, the U.S. needs Chinese talent - Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
🇨🇳 The AI dilemma: To compete with China, the U.S. needs Chinese talent - Immigration restrictions can accelerate the flight of top talent, threatening the strategy that it is better to have the brightest minds working for U.S. companies.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇵🇭 Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines - Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.
🕸️ China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.
🇰🇷 AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea - South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
🇵🇭 Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines - Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.
🕸️ China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.
🇰🇷 AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea - South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇴🇲 The world needs more spaceports. Oman wants to help - Can a small country build a space industry from scratch?
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
🇴🇲 The world needs more spaceports. Oman wants to help - Can a small country build a space industry from scratch?
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
🇮🇩 Indonesia's film industry embraces AI to make Hollywood-style movies for cheap - Generative AI video and text tools are transforming some of the labor-intensive parts of filmmaking, and are largely welcomed in Indonesia’s homegrown industry.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇦🇷 A lithium bust leaves Latin American towns in the dust - With plummeting prices and slowing demand for EVs, the once-thriving mining towns of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia are now struggling.
🇵🇭 Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines - Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.
🌐 China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.
🇦🇷 A lithium bust leaves Latin American towns in the dust - With plummeting prices and slowing demand for EVs, the once-thriving mining towns of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia are now struggling.
🇵🇭 Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines - Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.
🌐 China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇲🇼 Malawi’s new farmhand: AI that speaks the local language - Ulangizi AI combines ChatGPT’s power with traditional know-how and government data to help crops — and families — flourish.
🇴🇲 The world needs more spaceports. Oman wants to help - Can a small country build a space industry from scratch?
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
🇲🇼 Malawi’s new farmhand: AI that speaks the local language - Ulangizi AI combines ChatGPT’s power with traditional know-how and government data to help crops — and families — flourish.
🇴🇲 The world needs more spaceports. Oman wants to help - Can a small country build a space industry from scratch?
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 Do India's EV policies discriminate against China? Experts weigh in - The jury is out on whether India’s policies to aid the growth of its domestic EV industries are anti-China.
🇦🇷 A lithium bust leaves Latin American towns in the dust - With plummeting prices and slowing demand for EVs, the once-thriving mining towns of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia are now struggling.
🇵🇭 Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines - Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.
🇨🇳 Do India's EV policies discriminate against China? Experts weigh in - The jury is out on whether India’s policies to aid the growth of its domestic EV industries are anti-China.
🇦🇷 A lithium bust leaves Latin American towns in the dust - With plummeting prices and slowing demand for EVs, the once-thriving mining towns of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia are now struggling.
🇵🇭 Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines - Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇲🇼 Malawi’s new farmhand: AI that speaks the local language - Ulangizi AI combines ChatGPT’s power with traditional know-how and government data to help crops — and families — flourish.
🇴🇲 The world needs more spaceports. Oman wants to help - Can a small country build a space industry from scratch?
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
🇲🇼 Malawi’s new farmhand: AI that speaks the local language - Ulangizi AI combines ChatGPT’s power with traditional know-how and government data to help crops — and families — flourish.
🇴🇲 The world needs more spaceports. Oman wants to help - Can a small country build a space industry from scratch?
🇨🇳 EVs are depreciating much faster than gas-powered cars - Plummeting resale values are threatening to derail the world's transition to electric transportation.
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China features in many of today's popular stories:
🇨🇳 Do India's EV policies discriminate against China? Experts weigh in - The jury is out on whether India’s policies to aid the growth of its domestic EV industries are anti-China.
🇵🇭 Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines - Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.
🕸️ China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.
🇨🇳 Do India's EV policies discriminate against China? Experts weigh in - The jury is out on whether India’s policies to aid the growth of its domestic EV industries are anti-China.
🇵🇭 Japanese convenience stores are hiring robots run by workers in the Philippines - Filipino tele-operators remotely control Japan’s convenience store robots and train AI, benefiting from an uptick in automation-related jobs.
🕸️ China, Taiwan, and the vulnerable web of undersea cables - In his new book, The Web Beneath the Waves, writer Samanth Subramanian examines big tech’s role in subsea cables and growing geopolitical tensions around them. This is an excerpt on the threats that Taiwan faces from China.