Technology

This illustration photograph taken on 30 October 2023, shows the logo of ChatGPT, a language model-based chatbot developed by OpenAI, on a smartphone. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP)

Will AI reshape the translation industry? Insights from a seasoned educator

Translation studies professor Xiao Weiqing says that large language models will raise the bar for translation, squeezing the survival space for junior and intermediate-level translators and potentially edging them out of the industry. But all is not lost.
A scene from Poems of Timeless Acclaim. (Screen grab from CCTV)

[Video] China’s first AI-generated animated series

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising China's animation industry by cutting production times and generating culturally distinct content. The first episode of Qianqiu Shisong (《千秋诗颂》), China’s first AI-generated animated series, was aired on Chinese state television on 26 February 2024. The series was produced with the help of CMG Media GPT, a generative AI model co-developed by Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and state broadcaster China Media Group.
This photo taken on 2 February 2024 shows the head of Product Management and Operations of Wantalk, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by Chinese tech company Baidu, scrolling through virtual character profiles on her phone, at the Baidu headquarters in Beijing, China. (Jade Gao/AFP)

With Sora, is China’s AI falling further behind?

Technology expert Yin Ruizhi takes us through the latest development in generative AI technology: Sora, OpenAI’s new video creation software. How will this change the landscape, and how far will China fall behind in the AI race?
A shot of the Tianlong-2 rocket launched by Space Pioneer in April 2023. (Photo provided by Space Pioneer)

[Big read] Can China have its own SpaceX?

Amid China-US competition, one area of interest is the commercial aerospace industry, where China is preparing to develop its own capabilities. Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Wong Siew Fong explores the issue.
The Philippines has to be alert to state-sponsored cyber threats. (iStock)

Made in China? The challenge of state-sponsored cyber intrusions in the Philippines

Apart from security challenges associated with regional geopolitical tensions, the Philippines must address its vulnerability against state-sponsored intrusions into its cyberspace.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as they meet at the 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, southern Germany, on 16 February 2024. (Wolfgang Rattay/AFP)

The 'small yard, high fence' mirage: Why China-US tech competition will not be contained

The US’s “small yard, high fence” strategy of restricting key technologies from China would be difficult to effect in practice. The fact is that products such as semiconductor chips from China are essential in many downstream industries such as the automotive industry, and even security concerns would not stop their use.
In this photo illustration, a video created by OpenAI's newly released text-to-video Sora tool plays on a monitor in Washington, DC, on 16 February 2024. (Drew Angerer/AFP)

OpenAI's Sora causing 'AI anxiety' in China

With the advent of AI text-to-video model Sora developed by OpenAI, it seems that China’s tech sector is getting nervous and looking at how to close the gap with the US, which is set to get bigger if China is unable to create its own similar technology.
A chip is pictured at the Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) at Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on 16 September 2022. (Ann Wang/Reuters)

Taiwan’s crucial role in Southeast Asia’s semiconductor rush

Southeast Asian countries like Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore are welcoming shifts in the semiconductor supply chain with Taiwan’s TSMC at its heart. Academics Karl Lee Chee Leong and Nur Shahadah Jamil examine the issue.
AI expert Lee Kai-fu, chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures. (Photo provide by interviewee)

[Video] Future 365: Lee Kai-fu on AI — Painting humanity’s future

In the first of Lianhe Zaobao’s Future 365 interview series, Lianhe Zaobao executive editor Han Yong May speaks to chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures Lee Kai-fu, who gives his take on the future of AI and how he thinks it will impact our lives, given the improvements seen over the past decade.