New platforms are paying people to license their likeness for AI-generated dramas and ads, creating a new marketplace for biometric identity.

Government ownership of AI companies may promise shared wealth, but it risks weakening oversight and accountability.

As the U.S. races to bypass China, the global hunger for critical minerals is financing warlords and poisoning Myanmar's borderlands.

Data collectives and cooperatives, which let creators control the collection and distribution of their data, are emerging as preferred alternatives to big tech companies.

As Apple, Thinking Machines, and developers worldwide embrace Chinese AI models such as Kimi K3, U.S. policymakers are struggling to protect the AI lead.

As demand for elite AI engineers outpaces supply, companies are recruiting teenagers through camps, research programs, and guaranteed job pipelines.

AI is helping solo developers thrive in Turkey’s gaming industry, but writers, artists, and junior programmers are being left behind.

As chatbots compete to forecast the tournament, an unlikely rival from a Toronto fish tank continues to outperform them.

Meta and other big tech companies are increasingly using AI for content moderation, but as the backlash to Muse Image shows, it cannot protect users because it does not account for consent.

After the earthquakes, developers and citizens used AI to build websites and apps to help locate missing persons and coordinate relief efforts amid a slow government response.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE are trying to diversify their AI supply chains, but geopolitical constraints and Nvidia's technological lead leave them with few viable alternatives.

If Meta complies or modifies its app for India, it risks creating a “slippery slope” that emboldens governments worldwide to demand changes to encrypted messaging apps.

AI-generated singers, children, and even virtual lovers are providing seniors with comfort and companionship.

U.S. hospitals are increasingly hiring Filipino nurses for remote roles to fill staffing gaps and for cost savings, but the practice may be aggravating shortages in the Philippines.

Cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America must ensure AI infrastructure development benefits local communities and leads to sustainable economic growth.

Backed by the state, Chinese workers are using AI to deal with limited resources and drive innovation to compete with Silicon Valley.

Sites from Tencent, ByteDance, and Baidu set curbs like daily word limits for authors and stricter standards to combat poor-quality automated fiction.

A new hackathon invites developers to build offline, multilingual AI tools, challenging the idea that cutting-edge innovation belongs only to a handful of Western companies.

What seems like a rescue could prove to be a retreat, as Chery leads its rivals into the heart of Europe’s car industry.

A court struck down Donald Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee. But many foreign workers say years of shifting immigration rules have already pushed them to consider Canada, the U.K., and the Gulf.

The Chinese shopping app has become so popular that even a government surcharge couldn't slow demand.

Three charts show China’s promised overseas production hasn’t materialized —
yet.

China has 85% of the world’s recycling capacity and a mandate to shred old packs. The U.S. has another plan: Use them to save the power grid first.

Human annotators in Brazil, Cambodia, and the Philippines are tracking every movement in the football tournament for teams, broadcasters, and the betting industry.

Universities are dropping programs in translation and foreign languages while adding degrees in embodied intelligence, AI, and robotics.