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Altman’s Worldcoin refines age verification and enhances security
World ID holders now have the option to revoke their verification status, with the deletion of iris code permanently from WorldID.
Global Institutional Trends
OpenAI and Meta to launch AI models with ‘reasoning’ capabilities
OpenAI and Meta announce forthcoming AI model updates, emphasising enhanced reasoning and planning abilities, crucial for AGI advancement.
Companies
TON launches $5M incentive program to boost digital ID verification
TON initiates $5M incentive program for palm scanning ID verification, with Ton Society and HumanCode streamlining identity authentication.
Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
China EV company Li Auto says its lower-priced Li L6 to be launched ‘soon’
The Li L6, a luxury mid-to-large-size five-seat SUV designed for young families, will “soon be launched”, Li Auto said on Weibo to maintain the strong sales performance of the past year. Something new about Li L6 From the exposed configuration table, the Ideal L6 is equipped with…
Companies
IANA’s Contingency and Continuity of Operations Plan Test Report
The IANA Naming Function (IANA) is managed by ICANN and PTI, who collaborate to develop and implement a Contingency and Continuity of Operations Plan (CCOP). This plan is updated annually to ensure the function’s security and stability. The CCOP includes plans for continuation in…
Global Cloud Services
Finnish startup Basemark raises €22M to make safe driving with AR
Augmented reality (AR) and heads-up display (HUD) are key technologies to the safety driving of the future.
Companies
TechCrunch minute: Spotify introduces AI-enhanced playlist
Spotify launches groundbreaking AI-powered playlist feature, enabling users to curate personalized playlists with specific prompts. Spotify to raise prices by $1-2 in key markets Unveiling personalized music curation Spotify is enhancing its AI DJ functionality by introducing a…
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
Alibaba sheds $360M Bilibili stake for AI push and business overhaul
In an effort to secure funds for strategic investments, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has recently sold approximately $360 million worth of shares in a Youtube-like Chinese streaming platform Bilibili Inc. This move, marked by a considerable discount, represents Alibaba’s ongoing…
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
USA TikTok ban: Empty threat or necessary measure?
The recent House of Representatives decision to potentially ban TikTok unless its parent company, ByteDance, sells the app within six months has sparked debate and scrutiny. However, several key issues cast doubt on the effectiveness and constitutionality of such a move. Firstly…
Leaders
SOI Asia-Keio visits ITC Cambodia to digitize cultural heritage
SOI Asia-Keio representatives, Goki Miyakita and Eliko Akashi, embarked on a journey to Cambodia from April 4 to April 6, 2024, to meet with their counterparts at SOI Asia-ITC: Samnang Khiev and Sieng Chamroeun. Their main objective during this visit was to cultivate…
Leaders
Ripple CEO: Crypto market to exceed $5T, driven by halving and ETFs
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, projects cryptocurrency market capitalisation to exceed $5 trillion this year, fueled by halving and ETFs.
Leaders
AI girlfriends: Top 10 countries for artificial romance
The popularity of AI chatbot simulations devoted to girlfriends has exploded in recent years. Instead of using traditional dating apps to find true love, more and more lonely men are entering the new world of artificial girlfriends through AI chatbots. This investigation shows…
Asia-Pacific Institutional
US pressures Allies not to cooperate with China on chips
It has now become official U.S. policy to pressure Allies not to honor their chip kit service contracts with China.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
Tesla’s Musk predicts AI will overtake the smartest humans next year
OUR TAKEAGI (artificial general intelligence) could be realised within the next year or two, defining it as being smarter than the smartest human. Artificial intelligence is constrained by a lack of advanced chips to train it, but there will be crucial developments in the next…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services
TikTok Notes is most likely the name of TikTok’s Instagram rival
TikTok is working on a competing app for Instagram photo-sharing, rumoured to be named TikTok Notes.Users have already received notifications about the new app, which will share existing photo posts and allow users to opt out of sharing their own images.TikTok has confirmed the…
Global Cloud Services
To train GPT-4, OpenAI transcribed more over a million hours of YouTube footage
The Wall Street Journal claimed earlier this week that AI companies are hitting a roadblock in collecting high-quality training data. The New York Times detailed some of the ways companies are dealing with this problem. OpenAI needs training data Desperate for training data…
Africa Cloud Services
Top tech news stories today: April 8, 2024
Explore Hong Kong’s booming Web3 surge, Elon Musk’s intense battle over Brazil’s X accounts, and other thrilling updates awaiting discovery.
Companies
Apple services face widespread outrages
Apple faced significant disruptions as several of its services encountered outages, impacting users in the United States, Britain, India, China, and Australia, without further explaination. Scope of outage across various platforms Apple reported problems with several of its…
Companies
Top tech news stories today: April 7, 2024
Binance’s saga launch, Ripple’s stablecoin venture and South Africa’s Microsoft probe showcase innovation in the tech world. Also, AI advances with Nvidia, Meta, but Instagram faces controversy. What else? scroll down to browse more! Fintech 1. Binance launches Saga (SAGA) on its…
Global Institutional Trends
FixedFloat suffers second crypto breach, $2.8M lost
The cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat has fallen victim to a second security breach, resulting in a loss of $2.8 million. Another blow to the crypto world FixedFloat’s incident, detected on April 2, involved the transfer of various digital assets, including ETH, USDT, WETH, DAI…