Amazon has blocked Meta's Muse artificial-intelligence agent from browsing and making purchases on its retail site, sharpening a dispute over who controls the customer relationship in automated shopping. Muse was introduced this month to help users complete tasks including purchases and appointments. Amazon said third-party agents should operate openly and respect a retailer's decision about participation. Meta had not provided a public response in the initial report.
A severe retreat in artificial-intelligence investment could put about 32% of Singapore-listed companies at risk under a stress scenario designed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Those firms represent roughly 16% of overall corporate debt. The result is not a forecast that one-third of companies will fail. It is a conditional assessment of how balance sheets could respond if AI-linked revenues weaken and borrowing costs rise sharply.
OGX Group has entered Malaysia’s renewable-energy market through a HYXI distribution appointment, targeting battery storage, inverters and data-centre customers.
TP-Link Malaysia and TAR UMT have signed a three-year partnership to give students hands-on enterprise networking exposure, certification pathways and internships.
A criminologist has proposed a national police AI command centre as scam losses mount, but any technology rollout would require policy, funding and safeguards.
Asian technology shares advanced in early trading as crude eased, though a firmer dollar and rate expectations kept the durability of the rally in question.
UN panel members called for a more nuanced AI-risk debate, with investors watching how scientific evidence shapes safeguards and commercial adoption.
TNG Digital reports 8.5 million GOfinance users, but investors still need evidence that engagement and cross-selling translate into durable returns.
China is making intelligent connected new-energy vehicles a central part of its next industrial upgrade, with a government plan spanning 2026 to 2030.
Frontken Corporation Bhd is expanding its physical footprint in Taiwan through a RM118.16 million acquisition of industrial land and existing factory buildings in Tainan.
