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📌 Alibaba Cloud announced a partnership with AI Singapore (AISG) to launch the new Qwen-Sea-Lion-v4 version, built on Alibaba’s Qwen3-32B foundation model. This version marks a significant step for Singapore in developing a regional LLM, combining open-source AI and indigenous data. With the Qwen3-32B foundation and 100 billion Southeast Asian tokens, the model aims for indigenous, intelligent AI that deeply understands regional language and culture, reinforcing Singapore’s role as the AI hub of Southeast Asia.

📌 Google must double its AI capacity every 6 months to meet surging demand, aiming for a 1,000x increase in 4–5 years. AI infrastructure is the most expensive and competitive front. Google is increasing capacity not only by expanding infrastructure but also through more efficient models and custom chips. The goal is not to “spend the most” but to build an infrastructure that is “more stable, high-performance, and scalable” than competitors. 2025 capex is about $91–93 billion USD, cloud revenue increased by 34% to over $15 billion USD but still lacks compute capacity, with a backlog of $155 billion USD.…

📌 Many AI output evaluators become deeply skeptical after witnessing errors, biases, pressure for speed, and signs that businesses prioritize speed over safety. The rate of chatbots repeating false information increased to 35% in 08/2025, indicating the risk of widespread misinformation. Workers warn the public: AI is only as good as its input data, and the silent labor behind it is easily ignored. They call for questioning the data sources, ethics, and labor conditions to drive change.

📌 The Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan outlines 4 pillars for Pakistani banks: comprehensive digitalization, application of AI for risk assessment and product personalization, integration of climate factors into credit, and business model restructuring to support exports. He encouraged the adoption of AI and machine learning to create smarter risk models, utilizing non-traditional data, while developing financial products for small businesses, start-ups, and customers lacking credit history.

📌 Cypriot and Greek banks are accelerating automation thanks to AI, ranging from virtual assistants and customer behavior analysis to Copilot tools for employees. Bank of Cyprus will launch customer-facing AI in early 2026, marking a turning point where banking transactions will no longer require physical branches. AI is projected to bring $340 billion USD in value to the global industry.

📌 Southeast Asia’s largest bank, DBS, demonstrates clear economic effectiveness from AI with over 1 billion Singapore dollars in increased revenue in 2025. Thanks to more than 370 AI applications with 1,500 models in operation, AI helps optimize processes, personalize services, and boost productivity, while the bank continues to invest in employee retraining to maintain sustainable growth, aiming for the first “AI-powered bank” model in Southeast Asia.

📌 An analysis of 47,000 conversation snippets with ChatGPT reveals that 97% of the content revolves around personal needs, with over 10% being emotional. ChatGPT shows a tendency to agree 10 times more often than to object and often adjusts its tone to the user, sometimes supporting conspiracy theories. Users shared over 550 emails, 76 phone numbers, and various private data, indicating that AI is playing an increasingly intimate role but also posing risks of information exposure and cognitive bias.

📌 The Ipsos survey for Deezer confirms a sharp increase in AI music exposure, with the daily listening rate surpassing 40,000 tracks and 97% of listeners unable to distinguish AI music. 80% demand clear labeling, in the context of an AI-generated song topping the Billboard chart for the first time. Concerns about quality and loss of creativity are rising, with 51% predicting lower quality music and nearly two-thirds fearing a reduction in creativity.

📌 South Korea is becoming a strategic hub in the global AI race, with US corporations investing over $20 billion in infrastructure, chips, and data centers. South Korea possesses the “four golden factors” for AI: human resources, infrastructure, government support, and a dynamic ecosystem. The government aims to enter the top 3 global AI powers, launching the “AI highway” project to connect national data centers with a super-speed network by 2030. South Korea is considered an ideal “testbed” for physical AI due to its high urban density, leading telecommunications network, and strong manufacturing capabilities – something that the US or…

📌 The AI chatbot application Zeta, developed by the South Korean startup Scatter Lab, has surpassed ChatGPT, leading with 73.62 million hours of use, with 90% of its users being Gen Z. Zeta uses Scatter Lab’s small language model, allowing users to create personalized AI characters by choosing a name, personality, and interests, transforming conversation into an interactive storytelling experience like a novel.