Industry
Netflix Just Dropped Its First AI Model — And It Could Change Hollywood Forever
Netflix released VOID, its first public AI model for video object removal with physics-aware inpainting, beating Runway by 3x in user preference tests and signaling a major strategic shift toward AI-native content production....
2026-04-04
Infra
DeepSeek V4 to Run on Huawei Chips — China's Sanctions Workaround
China's DeepSeek V4 will run on Huawei chips, bypassing US sanctions and proving Chinese AI labs can build frontier models without American hardware....
2026-04-04
Industry
Microsoft's Billion-Dollar Bangkok Bet: Why Thailand Is Southeast Asia's New AI Battleground
Microsoft pledges $1 billion to Thailand for cloud and AI infrastructure, igniting a three-way battle with Google and Amazon for Southeast Asian dominance while China watches closely....
2026-04-01
Industry
Anthropic Just Grew From $1B to $19B in 15 Months — And They Signed a Country
Anthropic hits $19B annualized revenue and signs landmark AI partnership with Australian government, cementing their position as the enterprise AI leader while OpenAI chases consumer markets....
2026-04-01
Industry
China’s AI Giants Spent Billions on Red Packets and Lost to a Guy Who Built an App in 10 Days
China’s AI giants spent billions on red packet campaigns to buy users — and lost them overnight. Meanwhile, tiny teams like DeepSeek and OpenClaw keep building the products people actually want. A blockbuster 36kr report exposes the absurd reality of China’s AI race....
2026-03-29
Industry
$2.75 Billion Says Big Pharma Believes AI Can Design Medicine Better Than Humans
Eli Lilly signed a $2.75 billion deal with Hong Kong’s Insilico Medicine — the largest AI drug discovery deal in history. Insilico has 28 AI-designed drugs, half already in clinical trials....
2026-03-29
Policy
70% Chance of Extinction — The Ex-OpenAI Researcher Who Quit Because Nobody Was Listening
Ex-OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo claims 70% probability of human extinction from AI within 5 years. His 2021 predictions about 2026 were eerily accurate....
2026-03-28
Industry
SoftBank Just Borrowed $40 Billion to Go Even Deeper on OpenAI
SoftBank borrowed $40 billion to double down on OpenAI. Is Masa Son making the investment of a lifetime or repeating WeWork-era mistakes?...
2026-03-28
Industry
AI Is Devouring China's Hollywood — And 100,000 Actors Just Woke Up Unemployed
China's Hengdian studios saw real-person drama production drop 50% after Chinese New Year as AI short dramas surged to 38% of top content — and 130,000 actors are caught in the crossfire....
2026-03-28
Policy
China Just Dropped the World's First National Standard for Embodied AI — And Nobody's Ready
China released the world's first national industry standard for embodied AI, with 10,000+ test tasks and a June 1 effective date — while the West still has no unified framework....
2026-03-28