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University approves AI, digital governance task force
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (312+ words) National Taiwan University (NTU) has approved the creation of an AI and Digital Governance Strategy Task Force to address challenges posed by the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI). Backed by NTU president Chen Wen-chang () and approved at a university…...
Record lobby cash shapes EU pro-business agenda
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (679+ words) The corporate titans of the tech, energy and chemicals industries are spending more than ever to influence EU decisionmakers, determined to see more business-friendly policies " and it is paying off, campaigners said on Thursday. Lobbying is big business in Brussels,…...
Indian workers training AI robots to take their jobs
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (770+ words) With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train artificial intelligence (AI)-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future. Earning just over US$2 for an hour of video, her…...
In aging South Korea, AI dolls care for the elderly
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (800+ words) In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike artificial intelligence (AI) doll she says she prefers to people. The doll greets Bang when she returns home, sings to…...
Financing program starts
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (424+ words) Taiwan has launched a financing guarantee program with an initial US$1. 38 billion pool to support companies expanding overseas " particularly into the US " as it seeks to improve supply chain ties amid global realignment and surging artificial intelligence (AI) demand. The…...
Infineon to open chip fabrication plant in Germany
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (356+ words) Infineon Technologies AG is preparing to open its largest single investment, a 5 billion euro (US$5. 8 billion) semiconductor factory built with the help of EU subsidies, as the bloc seeks to boost chip production. The power chip fab, which is an…...
CLPT sees 30% revenue growth on rising demand
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (316+ words) The artificial intelligence (AI) boom "is driving demand for chip testing and packaging services, as well as demand for related inspection tools," CLPT president Lin Chia-chien () told an event in Taipei. "We have secured orders to supply linear sensors used…...
First case of AI glass cheating caught in NTU entrance exams
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (619+ words) National Taiwan University (NTU) yesterday said it disqualified a person from an entrance examination for using AI smart glasses to cheat, along with two others for making untruthful statements in their curriculum vitae. The three applicants were given null scores,…...
PRC AI propaganda fomenting dissent over Trump policies
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (418+ words) Chinese propagandists have been trying to use Open AI's flagship chat to increase opposition to US President Donald Trump's tariffs, and intervene in debates over data centers and artificial intelligence (AI) in the US, the Chat GPT maker said in…...
Securities transaction tax revenue rockets 288. 95%
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (430+ words) Tax revenue from securities transactions last month surged 288. 95 percent from a year earlier to NT$70. 4 billion (US$2. 23 billion), rising on an annual basis for the 10th consecutive month and representing a record monthly figure as Taiwanese shares and market turnover continued…...