Australia’s cyber chief warns AI agents could expose vulnerabilities in aging technology and calls for an AI early warning system.

Japan’s GMO is launching a mobile humanoid repair service as businesses test robots in airports, stations, and other real-world workplaces.

Philippine surgeons completed historic robotic telesurgeries across a reported 1,380 km, showing the potential of long-distance remote surgery.

OpenAI is expanding its AI infrastructure footprint in Malaysia through a Firmus deal for two data centers deploying Nvidia Vera Rubin systems.

South Australia is launching an AI royal commission to examine how the technology is reshaping work, public services, and the economy. Businesses should expect greater scrutiny of AI governance, privacy, workforce use, and accountability as separate federal standards and privacy rules move forward.

Australia and Singapore are expanding cooperation on AI safety, cybersecurity, digital infrastructure, and subsea-cable resilience through their first Cyber and Digital Senior Officials Dialogue.

Taiwan’s Solomon demonstrates AI vision that helps humanoid robots identify objects, adapt to changes, and complete tasks with less pre-programming.

Microsoft has opened its largest India cloud region in Hyderabad as it expands AI infrastructure and competes with Google and Amazon for enterprise demand.

Google is expanding Gemini Spark to India and other markets, bringing background task automation and Chrome browsing to eligible Pro and Ultra subscribers.

Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 reportedly found Redis flaws and built RCE exploits, raising urgent patching and AI security concerns.

Chinese AI models now lead U.S. business usage on OpenRouter, creating cost advantages for companies and a difficult policy challenge for Washington.

Unitree has unveiled UnifoLM-OminiA-0.3, a unified embodied AI model designed to help humanoid robots perform household and care-related tasks.

Chinese AI models are gaining business interest as companies weigh lower costs, open-weight flexibility, performance trade-offs, and enterprise risks.

China’s new AI companion rules restrict emotional dependency, require crisis protections, and impose safeguards for children and user data.

Hyundai workers in South Korea strike over pay and job protections as the automaker plans to deploy Atlas humanoid robots across Hyundai and Kia factories.

Nvidia is partnering with Japan’s robotics leaders to develop smarter factories using physical AI, new models, and domestic computing infrastructure.

Xiaomi says its humanoid robot achieved a 98% success rate on a task at an EV factory, narrowing the gap with human operators.

Apple has reportedly secured approval to launch Apple Intelligence in China with help from Alibaba and Baidu, raising new geopolitical questions.

US regulators cleared ZTE and Maginfra to buy Nvidia H200 chips, while a Kingsoft Cloud subsidiary received approval for AMD chips.