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.

China unveiled measures to embed AI across consumer products, services, retail, logistics, and elderly care as it pushes nationwide AI adoption.

FIFA and Hyundai are using Boston Dynamics Spot robots for patrols, inspections, and risk detection at select 2026 World Cup venues.

Hong Kong plans a 24-hour convenience store run by Galbot’s Xiao Gai humanoid robot, bringing embodied AI into public retail and customer service.

Humanoid robots joined human models on a Seoul runway, highlighting how robotics is moving into fashion, entertainment, and public culture.

China’s robot schools are training humanoids through repetition, VR-guided demonstrations, and shared data to prepare them for real-world work.

Alibaba launched Qwen Robot Suite, its first suite of AI models designed to help robots navigate, manipulate objects, and predict physical outcomes.

Neura Robotics raised up to $1.4 billion as the German startup tries to scale humanoid robots and physical AI against China and US rivals.

XPENG CEO He Xiaopeng will personally lead the robotics unit as the company pushes IRON humanoid robots toward mass production.