Startup News Asia

ICYMI: "Microsoft, BlackRock and partners unveil $30BN fund for AI infrastructure expansion. The partnership aims to mobilise up to $100BN in total investments, focusing primarily on data centre development in the US." https://lnkd.in/g3DKAEs5 #AI #technologynews #datacenters #cybersecurity #technews #bigdata #genAI

Thailand's Krungsri and parent firm, Japan's MUFG, ink MoU with Vietnam's VietinBank, Indonesia's Bank Danamon and The Philippines' Security Bank to coordinate market entry for Thai firms across ASEAN https://lnkd.in/gWcGDQCa #thailand #japan #vietnam #indonesia #philippines #startups #techstartups #asean #asiatechnews

Taiwan's National Development Fund and Japan's Kyoto University Innovation Capital ink MOU to boost talent pool in a range of deep technology fields https://lnkd.in/gX9jCxQY #taiwan #japan #deeptech #asiatechnews #criticaltechnologies #techstartups #startuptaiwan #startupjapan

Japan: An overview of Hokkaido's moves into semiconductor manufacturing, touching on the Rapidus-IBM partnership for a 2nm semicon fabrication plant. "The Hokkaido plant is expected to employ around 1,000 people by 2027, and is backed by major Japanese companies like Toyota and Sony." "The Japanese authorities have pledged around $27bn in investment in technology development and research over the next three years." https://lnkd.in/gd2AnVJP #japan #semiconductors #asiatechnews #technologynews #criticaltechnologies #deeptech #supplychains

Available now: Asia's Tech News, Weekly to September 18th 2024 In this edition of the weekly tech newsletter from Startup News Asia: • India's BHASKAR startup ecosystem platform; • Digital tech support for Pacific Island nations from Japan & Australia; • China's goals with nuclear energy; • Taiwan's finance sector hit by denial-of-service cyber-attack; • South Korean tech startups explore United Arab Emirates opportunities; • Australia's sustainable lithium producer, Electralith; • Vietnam Private Capital Agency launches to boost investment; • A look through Singapore's AI-powered smart glasses; and many more. Hit the link below to read the September 18th weekly round-up of Asia's technology news, in full on LinkedIn; or check the comments section for a link the this edition, published over on Substack. . . . #technology #techstartups #asiatechnews #asiapacific #startupaustralia #startupindia #pacificislands #cybersecurity #chinatech #wearabletech #AI #artificialintelligence #technews #nuclearpower #spacetechnology #driverless #datacenters #energytech

ICYMI: Google will flag AI-generated and -edited images in Search, Lens, and Android, with similar flags likely rolling to other Google platforms - but only referring to loose C2PA standards. "Moreover, C2PA metadata — like any metadata — can be removed or scrubbed, or become corrupted to the point where it’s unreadable. And images from some of the more popular generative AI tools, like Flux, which xAI’s Grok chatbot uses for image generation, don’t have C2PA metadata attached to them in part because their creators haven’t agreed to back the standard." https://lnkd.in/e5EHbVtF #AI #genAI #technologynews #disinfo #fakenews #c2pa #generativeai #socialimpact #webdev #SEO

Download: 'The Dawn of the AI Era - Teens, Parents, and the Adoption of Generative AI at Home and School' "About two in five (41%) teens who used gen AI to help with schoolwork did the most recent assignment with their teacher's permission. Almost the same proportion of teens, 46%, used gen AI for the assignment without the teacher's permission." "More than two in five (43%) teens have not  checked other sources to verify the accuracy of  generative AI outputs for school assignments." https://lnkd.in/gHuTbgRQ #genAI #AI #socialimpact #technologynews #education #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #technews

Australia: An intro to the 4 tech startups selected for cohort 2 of the AWS Global Generative AI Accelerator program, working on AI applications in music and gaming, workflow automation, voice assistants and AI modeling. https://lnkd.in/gDjeC_nY #australia #genAI #AWS #startupaustralia #techstartups #technologynews

Australia: A brief intro to the 8 Australian tech startups selected for cohort 1 of the Google for Startups AI First Accelerator, working in assets management, online communities, customer insights and more https://lnkd.in/gRPpkhB3 #australia #startupaus #techstartups #technologynews

Meet the Asia Pacific cohort of tech startups selected for the AWS Generative AI Accelerator https://lnkd.in/gts-rE9x #AI #AWS #asiapacific #techstartups #generativeAI #deeptech #asiatechnews