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The AI boom is making the world’s cheapest smartphones disappear

2026-10-05 18:00:43

The world’s cheapest smartphones are disappearing because AI infrastructure is absorbing the components. Prices of existing smartphone models have risen by about 15% globally this year, while newly launched models...

Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say

2026-10-02 18:00:00

African leaders called last week for a greater role in setting global standards for artificial intelligence.  Their statements at the United Nations came amid warnings from Silicon Valley executives about...

Awkward: Saudi Arabia’s new EV brand takes on the U.S. rival it already controls

2026-10-01 18:00:00

Saudi Arabia’s first homegrown electric-vehicle maker is set to take on a U.S. rival the kingdom already controls. Ceer Motors, majority-owned by the sovereign Public Investment Fund, revealed two electric...

AI companies want to embed safety evaluators, but countries need their own

2026-09-30 18:00:00

The growing number of instances of artificial intelligence agents hacking the websites of governments and other institutions is a warning to countries using American models to do their own safety...

The open-source AI platforms vying to become China’s Hugging Face

2026-09-29 18:00:00

For Beijing, managing AI requires walking a razor’s edge: seal off domestic internet users from foreign influence, but keep China’s top developers linked to the global cutting edge. When Chinese...

South Korea’s AI chip giants are fighting for a bigger role in America’s AI boom

2026-09-28 18:00:00

Two South Korean companies control 83% of the global memory chip market. Now they are racing each other to grab the top spot by tightening their ties to U.S. firms....