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President Donald Trump has pushed back against calls to slow frontier artificial-intelligence development, arguing that the United States must preserve its lead over China. He acknowledged that guardrails could be introduced but offered no specific framework, placing competitive speed at the centre of policy as researchers and industry leaders raise more urgent safety concerns.
Hong Kong’s latest international student assessment has intensified concern about the city’s long-term talent pipeline after results fell across mathematics, reading and science. The 2025 scores were the lowest recorded for the three core subjects and extended a negative trend that began after 2012, despite performance remaining above the international average in several areas.
Malaysia’s content-governance body has opened a 45-day nationwide public consultation on proposed guidelines for influencers and brand collaborations, responding to the expanding commercial power of content creators. The initiative seeks clearer standards as influencer marketing moves beyond conventional advertising and creates more complex questions around disclosure, responsibility and consumer protection.
China’s Ligent Technologies is seeking up to US$723 million in a Hong Kong IPO, giving investors exposure to optical communications hardware used in AI and cloud data centres.
OpenAI will not go public in 2026, with Sam Altman signalling that AI safety and governance concerns take priority over one of the technology sector’s most anticipated IPOs.
Malaysia's technology rally offers structural AI and semiconductor opportunities, but elevated valuations make order conversion, margins and cash flow decisive.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is urging the AI industry to slow the pace of frontier-model development to give safety systems, governance and human oversight more time to catch up.
Unauthorised crypto account access through compromised email highlights hidden forwarding rules, recovery-channel risks and the need for layered custody controls.
A disclosed AI misuse case involving weapons design in Yemen highlights the need for behavioural detection, auditability and stronger provider controls.
A contained intrusion at Duopharma may have exposed personal data, putting cyber governance, disclosure quality and operational resilience in focus.
