Ho Chi Minh City forms task force to spur $2bn AI data center development
Ho Chi Minh City 14:15 30/12/2025Ho Chi Minh City is pressing ahead with the development of a US$2 billion AI data center at Tan Phu Trung Industrial Park, forming a dedicated cross-agency task force to clear procedural hurdles and accelerate implementation of the project.
China issues draft rules to regulate AI with human-like interaction
World 14:55 28/12/2025BEIJING - China's cyber regulator on Saturday issued draft rules for public comment that would tighten oversight of artificial intelligence services designed to simulate human personalities and engage users in emotional interaction.
When AI cameras reshape public conduct in Vietnam
In-Depth 14:34 24/12/2025Arriving in Hanoi last week, I noticed something quietly striking as lines of vehicles waited neatly behind stop lines.
Vietnamese start-ups use AI to revisit old problems
Economy 11:34 24/12/2025At Demo Day 2025, many Vietnamese start-ups presented products with artificial intelligence at their core, targeting familiar bottlenecks across the market.
Japan govt adopts 1st basic plan on AI
World 17:47 23/12/2025TOKYO -- The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday adopted its first basic plan on the development and utilization of artificial intelligence.
Japan news media assn calls for protecting content from AI
World 17:47 23/12/2025TOKYO -- The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association on Tuesday urged the government to consider appropriate protection of content, saying that news articles have been used by generative artificial intelligence without permission.
Japan eyes 1-t.-yen aid for domestic AI development
World 17:12 22/12/2025TOKYO -- The Japanese government plans to provide around one trillion yen in aid for domestic artificial intelligence development over five years, it was learned Sunday.
With freebies, OpenAI, Google vie for Indian users and training data
World 15:26 18/12/2025BENGALURU -- OpenAI, Google and Perplexity have begun an unprecedented fight for artificial intelligence users in India, rolling out freebies in a strategy seen as a way to harvest troves of multilingual training data in the world's most populous nation.
Number's up: Calculators hold out against AI
World 13:50 07/12/2025The humble pocket calculator may not be able to keep up with the mathematical capabilities of new technology, but it will never hallucinate.
Wikipedia seeks more AI licensing deals similar to Google tie-up, co-founder Wales says
World 12:05 04/12/2025Wikipedia is working with Big Tech on deals similar to its arrangement with Google, the online encyclopedia's co-founder, Jimmy Wales, said on Wednesday, in a bid to help the firm monetize AI companies' heavy reliance on its content.
Nvidia CFO says chipmaker yet to finalize $100 billion OpenAI deal
World 11:45 03/12/2025Nvidia's agreement with ChatGPT parent OpenAI to invest up to $100 billion in the startup is still not finalized, the chipmaker's chief financial officer Colette Kress said on Tuesday at the UBS Global Technology and AI Conference in Arizona.
The AI frenzy is driving a memory chip supply crisis
World 11:43 03/12/2025An acute global shortage of memory chips is forcing artificial intelligence and consumer-electronics companies to fight for dwindling supplies, as prices soar for the unglamorous but essential components that allow devices to store data.
