Data is the new science. Big Data holds the answers. Are you asking the right questions?"
— Patrick P. Gelsinger
Despite billions in US investment and China’s domestic chip push, Taiwan remains the chokepoint in the US-China AI race, with advanced chips, compute infrastructure, and semiconductor power still running through the island.
Singapore is testing whether AI adoption and worker protection can advance together as governments worldwide grapple with the economic risks of automation, with Parliament backing a “no jobless growth” transition before AI-driven labor disruption fully accelerates.
Singapore has announced plans to form the Tripartite Jobs Council to manage AI-driven job disruption through job redesign, workforce training, and support for at-risk workers, choosing to act before the layoffs arrive.
India is deploying an AI-powered chatbot in Maharashtra to streamline access to skills training, jobs and apprenticeship pathways for its large youth workforce.
OpenAI has five principles and one mission: AGI for all of humanity. The harder question is whether a company of its size and influence can democratize what it is also commercializing.
Delhi, India plans two AI Centres of Excellence under the IndiaAI Mission to support around 100 startups, train over 7,000 individuals, and generate up to 1,000 jobs.
UAE sets a two-year deadline to move half of its government functions to agentic AI, positioning AI as a core execution layer in governance.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT may have advised the gunman in the April 2025 Florida State University (FSU) mass shooting that killed two people and injured six others.
The UK government warns that AI is increasing the speed and scale of cyberattacks while lowering the barrier to carrying them out – bringing more actors into play, faster than many organizations can realistically respond.
In a rare same-day shift, three top OpenAI executives stepped away, signaling deeper changes as the company sharpens its focus amid rising competition and internal pressure.
