3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 Dario Amodei wants to slow AI. China isn’t taking orders - Chinese officials and engineers see an attempt to preserve the U.S. lead; “Why do you always get to define the game — and change the rules?”
🇿🇦 South Africa joins the global resistance against American data centers - “A massive data center is trying to jump the queue and take our land, water, and energy.”
🇨🇳 Playing both sides of the U.S.-China AI "Cold War" - From Latin America to Southeast Asia, countries are dividing their AI investments between the two superpowers rather than choosing one over the other.
🇨🇳 Dario Amodei wants to slow AI. China isn’t taking orders - Chinese officials and engineers see an attempt to preserve the U.S. lead; “Why do you always get to define the game — and change the rules?”
🇿🇦 South Africa joins the global resistance against American data centers - “A massive data center is trying to jump the queue and take our land, water, and energy.”
🇨🇳 Playing both sides of the U.S.-China AI "Cold War" - From Latin America to Southeast Asia, countries are dividing their AI investments between the two superpowers rather than choosing one over the other.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
🇨🇳 The open-source AI platforms vying to become China’s Hugging Face - AI model platforms ModelScope and MoArk are competing to serve Chinese-speaking developers behind the Great Firewall.
🇰🇷 South Korea’s AI chip giants are fighting for a bigger role in America’s AI boom - Samsung and SK Hynix dominate the high-bandwidth memory market. Now they are competing to become indispensable to Nvidia, OpenAI, and other U.S. AI companies.
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
🇨🇳 The open-source AI platforms vying to become China’s Hugging Face - AI model platforms ModelScope and MoArk are competing to serve Chinese-speaking developers behind the Great Firewall.
🇰🇷 South Korea’s AI chip giants are fighting for a bigger role in America’s AI boom - Samsung and SK Hynix dominate the high-bandwidth memory market. Now they are competing to become indispensable to Nvidia, OpenAI, and other U.S. AI companies.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
🇨🇳 China is excelling in health tech. That’s good news for the world - Ruby Wang, a physician and biotech consultant in the U.K., on her upcoming book on the emergence of China as a global health superpower.
🇨🇳 Dario Amodei wants to slow AI. China isn’t taking orders - Chinese officials and engineers see an attempt to preserve the U.S. lead; “Why do you always get to define the game — and change the rules?”
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
🇨🇳 China is excelling in health tech. That’s good news for the world - Ruby Wang, a physician and biotech consultant in the U.K., on her upcoming book on the emergence of China as a global health superpower.
🇨🇳 Dario Amodei wants to slow AI. China isn’t taking orders - Chinese officials and engineers see an attempt to preserve the U.S. lead; “Why do you always get to define the game — and change the rules?”
Our most popular stories across the last 24 hours...:
🇰🇷 South Korea’s AI chip giants are fighting for a bigger role in America’s AI boom - Samsung and SK Hynix dominate the high-bandwidth memory market. Now they are competing to become indispensable to Nvidia, OpenAI, and other U.S. AI companies.
🇨🇳 America is in the wrong AI race with China - The U.S. is framing its rivalry with China as one of technical superiority, failing to recognize that public trust and robust consumer protections are necessary for long-term dominance.
🇿🇦 South Africa joins the global resistance against American data centers - “A massive data center is trying to jump the queue and take our land, water, and energy.”
🇰🇷 South Korea’s AI chip giants are fighting for a bigger role in America’s AI boom - Samsung and SK Hynix dominate the high-bandwidth memory market. Now they are competing to become indispensable to Nvidia, OpenAI, and other U.S. AI companies.
🇨🇳 America is in the wrong AI race with China - The U.S. is framing its rivalry with China as one of technical superiority, failing to recognize that public trust and robust consumer protections are necessary for long-term dominance.
🇿🇦 South Africa joins the global resistance against American data centers - “A massive data center is trying to jump the queue and take our land, water, and energy.”
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
China in trending in 2 out of 3 of today's most popular stories:
🇨🇳 The open-source AI platforms vying to become China’s Hugging Face - AI model platforms ModelScope and MoArk are competing to serve Chinese-speaking developers behind the Great Firewall.
🇰🇷 South Korea’s AI chip giants are fighting for a bigger role in America’s AI boom - Samsung and SK Hynix dominate the high-bandwidth memory market. Now they are competing to become indispensable to Nvidia, OpenAI, and other U.S. AI companies.
🇨🇳 China is excelling in health tech. That’s good news for the world - Ruby Wang, a physician and biotech consultant in the U.K., on her upcoming book on the emergence of China as a global health superpower.
🇨🇳 The open-source AI platforms vying to become China’s Hugging Face - AI model platforms ModelScope and MoArk are competing to serve Chinese-speaking developers behind the Great Firewall.
🇰🇷 South Korea’s AI chip giants are fighting for a bigger role in America’s AI boom - Samsung and SK Hynix dominate the high-bandwidth memory market. Now they are competing to become indispensable to Nvidia, OpenAI, and other U.S. AI companies.
🇨🇳 China is excelling in health tech. That’s good news for the world - Ruby Wang, a physician and biotech consultant in the U.K., on her upcoming book on the emergence of China as a global health superpower.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
In today's more popular stories, 2 center on China:
🇨🇳 The open-source AI platforms vying to become China’s Hugging Face - AI model platforms ModelScope and MoArk are competing to serve Chinese-speaking developers behind the Great Firewall.
🇰🇷 South Korea’s AI chip giants are fighting for a bigger role in America’s AI boom - Samsung and SK Hynix dominate the high-bandwidth memory market. Now they are competing to become indispensable to Nvidia, OpenAI, and other U.S. AI companies.
🇨🇳 China is excelling in health tech. That’s good news for the world - Ruby Wang, a physician and biotech consultant in the U.K., on her upcoming book on the emergence of China as a global health superpower.
🇨🇳 The open-source AI platforms vying to become China’s Hugging Face - AI model platforms ModelScope and MoArk are competing to serve Chinese-speaking developers behind the Great Firewall.
🇰🇷 South Korea’s AI chip giants are fighting for a bigger role in America’s AI boom - Samsung and SK Hynix dominate the high-bandwidth memory market. Now they are competing to become indispensable to Nvidia, OpenAI, and other U.S. AI companies.
🇨🇳 China is excelling in health tech. That’s good news for the world - Ruby Wang, a physician and biotech consultant in the U.K., on her upcoming book on the emergence of China as a global health superpower.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
🇨🇳 Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance - From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
🇨🇳 Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance - From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
Our 3 top read stories from accross the day:
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
A collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
🇨🇳 Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance - From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
🇨🇳 Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance - From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."
🇦🇺 AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own - At a Rest of World event in New York last week, speakers explored how countries sidelined by the U.S.-China race can retain some control over safety standards as they adopt models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators - Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇨🇳 As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators - Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
3 of our most popular stories right now:
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
🇨🇳 Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance - From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
🇨🇳 Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance - From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."
🇸🇦 Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls - The Saudi wealth fund’s new EV will compete with Chinese rivals and with Lucid, the U.S. carmaker the fund controls.
China features in many of today's popular stories:
🇦🇪 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.
🇨🇳 As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators - Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
🇦🇪 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.
🇨🇳 As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators - Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
🇨🇳 Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance - From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
🇨🇳 Not just AI. China is building technologies that challenge U.S. dominance - From batteries and solar panels to drones and satellites, China is building tech capabilities that extend well beyond AI, writes Steve Feldstein in his new book, "Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare."
🇿🇼 Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say - African companies race to adopt American and Chinese AI, with little attention paid to safety.
In today's more popular stories, 2 center on China:
🇦🇪 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.
🇨🇳 As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators - Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
🇦🇪 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.
🇨🇳 As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators - Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.
🇨🇳 The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear - AI data centers are driving demand for memory chips, pushing phone makers to raise prices and abandon some of their most affordable models.
The 3 most popular stories right now:
🇨🇳 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.
🇨🇳 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.
🇨🇳 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.
🇨🇳 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 collection of our trending and most read stories:
🇦🇪 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.
🇨🇳 As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators - Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
🇦🇪 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.
🇨🇳 As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators - Regulatory clarity and market timing are a boon for smaller Chinese smart-camera maker Insta360 and its independent Antigravity drone brand.
🇺🇸 Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet - Google, Meta, and Microsoft are said to be securing expensive land routes as fighting around Yemen threatens the submarine cables connecting Europe and Asia.
Today's popular stories center around China:
🇨🇳 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.
🇨🇳 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.
🇨🇳 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.
🇨🇳 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.