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I visualise a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines."

—Claude Shannon

AI Demand Drives Hong Kong’s Fastest June Export Growth Since 1984; Shipments to US Jump 114.3%

Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department reported record merchandise exports in June 2026, citing strong global demand for AI-related electronic products as a key driver of trade growth.

Hong Kong’s exports rose 53.4% in June, marking their fastest growth in 42 years, as strong AI-related electronics demand and a rush to ship goods ahead of U.S. tariff changes boosted trade.

OpenAI to Create 250 Additional Jobs with New EU Headquarters in Ireland

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin, Emma Redmond, Associate General Counsel and Head of OpenAI Ireland, and other officials during the announcement of OpenAI's new European Union headquarters in Dublin and plans to create 250 additional jobs in Ireland.

The move marks another step in OpenAI’s European expansion, with a new 88,000-square-foot headquarters in Dublin and 250 new jobs reinforcing its long-term investment in infrastructure, talent and the AI ecosystem across the region.

NVIDIA, SK Group Ink $500B-Plus AI Deal Under South Korea’s $950B AI Bet

Executives from SK Group and NVIDIA gather after announcing a strategic partnership spanning AI factories and next-generation AI memory, including plans for a 2-gigawatt AI Cloud in South Korea and a long-term HBM memory collaboration.

As the AI chip race intensifies, the collaboration spans AI factory construction, AI memory supply and AI cloud infrastructure, combining SK Telecom’s AI infrastructure with SK hynix’s advanced HBM technology to support sovereign, enterprise and physical AI expansion.

US Tech Giants Turn to South Korea to Lock in Chip Supply for AI Buildout

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung with global tech and business leaders at the San Francisco AI Summit, July 24, 2026.

Samsung and SK Hynix emerged as key players at the San Francisco AI Summit, with NVIDIA, Anthropic, and Broadcom deepening America’s reliance on South Korea’s HBM and semiconductor supply to fuel its AI buildout.

UK Shake-Up: Hands AI a Direct Line to PM After Scrapping Tech Department

The Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall, where the UK's new AI Taskforce will be based under the Office for the Prime Minister and the Cabinet (OPMC).

Days after abolishing DSIT, created by former PM Rishi Sunak, and giving AI its first-ever seat at the Cabinet table, the UK has launched a new AI Taskforce, with Patrick Vallance as Chair reporting directly to current PM Andy Burnham, and AI Minister Kanishka Narayan leading it from Cabinet.

AI Used Across 68% of Occupations, But for Only 21% of Job Tasks, Google Finds

Representational image of office professionals. Google's AI & Economy ATLAS study found AI is used across 68% of occupations but typically for only about 21% of tasks within a job.Alternative Caption

The study also found that more than 86% of AI interactions occur outside the workplace, while workplace AI use remains focused on collaboration and task assistance, with less than 10% of work-related AI interactions involving full task automation.

China’s Kimi K3 Lags Top U.S. Frontier AI Models in Cybersecurity Tests: US CAISI, UK AISI

Illustration showing China's Kimi K3 alongside Anthropic's Claude Fable and OpenAI's Sol, the frontier AI models referenced in the UK-U.S. cybersecurity evaluation.

The preliminary US-UK joint assessment found Kimi K3 performed below the most recent frontier cyber-capable models on several offensive cybersecurity tasks and failed to achieve arbitrary code execution in ExploitBench tests. The evaluation comes amid growing U.S. scrutiny of China’s latest open-weight AI model.

Legal AI Lacks ‘Legibility,’ Stanford Researchers Call for Public Benchmarking

A Stanford study calls for independent public benchmarking of legal AI systems, arguing that greater transparency is needed to help legal professionals assess the performance, reliability

Beyond technical evaluations, the researchers argue that building trustworthy legal AI requires independent, community-driven benchmarking supported by the right institutions.

EU Prepares for Aug 2 with AI Act Transparency Guidelines; Over 100 Experts Share Frontier AI Findings

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. The Commission has published guidelines to help AI providers and deployers comply with the transparency obligations under the EU AI Act, which take effect on August 2, 2026.

The guidance sets out transparency requirements for AI providers and deployers, explains exemptions, and clarifies obligations for interactive AI systems, deepfakes and AI-generated public-interest content under the EU AI Act.

Deloitte Unveils Claude-Powered Platform to Bridge Gap Between Vulnerability Discovery and Remediation

Anthropic's Claude AI models power Deloitte's new platform for software vulnerability remediation.

While vulnerability detection has become easier, patching and remediating software flaws remain slow and resource-intensive challenges for enterprises.