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I let Alibaba’s AI agent plan my holiday. I ended up doing more work

2026-02-14 01:00:00

Like most people, I first heard the term “AI agent” early last year, when a Chinese startup called Manus announced it had built the world’s first general-purpose one. Unlike chatbots...

Chinese boxing robots win fans in San Francisco

2026-02-13 19:00:00

The Super Bowl wasn’t the only sporting event that drew excited fans to the Bay Area last weekend. An event at a much smaller venue in San Francisco was hailed...

OpenAI accuses DeepSeek of “free-riding” on American R&D

2026-02-13 18:13:43

OpenAI has accused DeepSeek of malpractice in developing the next version of its artificial intelligence model — even before any official launch. “DeepSeek’s next model (whatever its form) should be...

How cheap Chinese phones catapulted Kenya into the global digital economy

2026-02-12 19:00:00

When I first embarked on the project to write about the encounters between Chinese digital capital and Nairobi’s booming innovation scene, I imagined myself rubbing shoulders with software developers, venture...

Can India be a “third way” AI alternative to the U.S. and China?

2026-02-11 19:00:00

India is the first among developing countries to host the AI Impact Summit. Official messaging emphasizes the summit as an opportunity to “give voice to the Global South” and democratize...

Google backs African push to reclaim AI language data

2026-02-11 18:00:00

If you speak to an artificial-intelligence bot in an African language, it will most likely not understand you. If it does manage to muster a response, it will be rife...