Some professional news!.Bloomberg has named me Asia AI reporter to cover startups, innovation, big enterprises, regulation & entire gamut of AI in India, China, Japan, S Korea. Do share this in your AI circles as I broaden my networks around Asia. Leads SRai33@bloomberg.net

China Vies to Unseat US in Fight for $4.8 Trillion AI Market.China is proposing a World AI Cooperation Organization, convening countries to set new rules for the AI age.My story from Shanghai @business w/China team.Gift link (free to read until Aug 7).#AI

RT @SpirosMargaris: China’s Premier Takes Aim at AI ‘Monopoly’ . as US Effort Quickens . @business.

In Shanghai, the march of China's humanoid robots. Hundreds of rock guitar strumming, mahjong playing, popcorn & soda dispensing humanoids ruled at China's largest AI show, WAIC 2025 Shanghai.@business .#AI

China robot maker Unitree unveils AI-powered humanoid at starting price of ~$6,000, breaking the price barrier. The R1 has 26 joints, weighs 25 kg, capable of voice & image recognition.@business w/China colleague. Gift link (free to read until Aug 02).#AI

China's most influential AI event is happening this week in Shanghai. In the year of DeepSeek, AI giants, upstarts, academics, Beijing officials all at WAIC 2025. Event comes at critical juncture of US-China AI rivalry .My piece for @business w/ team.#AI

📢 Please share widely! .I’ll be in Shanghai & Beijing next week thru Aug 7, diving deep into the AI scene. In Shanghai mainly at World AI Conference, then Beijing. If you know someone doing exciting AI work - or if that’s you - please DM.Or email SRai33@bloomberg.net

Manus, the AI agent startup, is shifting from China: laying off employees and shrinking operations in Beijing & Wuhan, while ramping up hiring in Singapore and elsewhere @business @technology .My story with China colleagues (free to read until Jul 17).#AI

RT @business: Manus is hiring more than 20 people for Singapore while shrinking its operations in Beijing and Wuhan, months after the Chine….

An influential AI voice questions Zuckerberg's Superintelligence group spending spree. Helen Toner, former OpenAI board member - .Q: Can this turn around Meta’s fortunes, turn it into a real AI juggernaut? .A: It’ll be difficult.@business @haslindatv .#AI

Fist-pumping humanoid robots tottered along in a robot soccer game, sometimes colliding or falling on each other. The weekend game at a Beijing industrial zone was a breakthrough for humanoid robots & the AI powering them.@business @technology .#AI

RT @business: 🎙 Who's winning the global race for dominance in AI — China, or the US?. Bloomberg reporters will be taking your questions fr….

Homegrown AI in unlikely places!. A tiny startup called Egune builds indigenous AI model in and for Mongolia, in a bid to escape US-China AI dominance. Gift link 🎁 (free to read until Jun 25). @business @technology #AI .#AI

RT @Techmeme: Chinese startup Butterfly Effect's Manus launches text-to-video generation tool in early access for paid users, with plans to….

Manus AI agent adds video-making capabilities, taking head on the likes of OpenAI's Sora. China-origin Manus is offering text-to-video service to paid users but says will roll out to all users soon. @business @technology .#AI

Am doing this Bloomberg Live Q&A tomorrow on China's Humanoids makers .More details in the link: .w/@its_soojin @BelleDroulers @luzdingyu . #AI #Robotics #humanoid

RT @kyleichan: Big read of the weekend from @business. “China’s Startups Race to Dominate the Coming AI Robot Boom”. Bloomberg: https://t.c….

RT @SarithaRai: Why the rise of China's humanoid AI robots boom is worrying Elon Musk!.My article (with a colleague) on China's startups an….

Why the rise of China's humanoid AI robots boom is worrying Elon Musk!.My article (with a colleague) on China's startups and tech giants race to dominate the global AI robot race @business @technology.Gift link (valid for 7 days). #AI #Robotics #humanoids

RT @Techmeme: A look at Sea-Lion, a $52M Singapore government-backed AI initiative developing LLMs attuned to the societal and cultural nua….

In the US-China race to dominate the world with their own AI technologies, Singapore's Sea-Lion AI model effort is to build small, custom, culturally-aligned models for 11 countries in Southeast Asia .@business @technology .#AI