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Tencent’s chief AI scientist dismisses lag concerns, says race a ‘long-term game’

Yao Shunyu, the former OpenAI researcher now leading Tencent Holdings’ artificial intelligence model development, pushed back against concerns that the tech giant is slow in AI, arguing that the race is just beginning with massive untapped opportunities in coding agents and embodied intelligence. “AI is a long-term game, with the second half of the race just starting,” said Yao, chief AI scientist at Tencent, comparing the current state to the development of personal computers in the 1970s.

China poaches more AI talent from the U.S. as it eyes the next 'super-app'

BEIJING — A former OpenAI researcher is now chief AI scientist for Tencent in China, and wants to build artificial general intelligence. It's a sign of a shift in the U.S.-China tech race. AI with human-level or above capabilities (AGI) has long been the goal of U.S. companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Alphabet, which acquired British startup DeepMind.

Snark subreddits: Why do we spend so much time on people and things we cannot stand?

Snark subreddits: Why do we spend so much time on people and things we cannot stand? After spending some time on them and talking to users, CNA Lifestyle's Izza Haziqah finds out what these online spaces reveal about fandom, criticism and collective dislike of celebrities or influencers. When BTS’ new album Arirang came out, a group of strangers on the internet gathered in high anticipation.

How US immigration policy change may 'trouble' Apple, Google, OpenAI & other tech giants

The AI race between the US and China has entered a new phase, shifting from a battle over microchips to a war for top artificial intelligence (AI) talent. Tightening US immigration policies appears to be stinging Silicon Valley as top American tech giants, including Apple, Google, OpenAI and Microsoft, face a trend of brilliant Chinese scientists increasingly opting to return home, taking Washington’s ambitious AI visions back to Beijing. For years, American tech hubs held a massive...

Scientists mapped every neural connection in a fruit fly and found a surprise

Doctors thought this kidney drug helped some patients. It may help millions more.

Doctors thought this kidney drug helped some patients. It may help millions more. - Date: - June 8, 2026

Loh Kean Yew falls to Alex Lanier, misses out on Singapore Badminton Open title

Loh Kean Yew falls to Alex Lanier, misses out on Singapore Badminton Open title Loh was the first Singaporean to make the men's singles final at the tournament since Ronald Susilo in 2002. The long wait for a Singaporean to win the Singapore Badminton Open men's singles title will go on after Loh Kean Yew lost to France’s Alex Lanier in the final on Sunday (May 31). At the Singapore Indoor Stadium, world-ranked 9 Lanier beat Loh 17-21, 21-15, 21-14.

Alpine Linux 3.24.0 Released

Released We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.24.0, the first release in the v3.24 stable series. Highlights Significant changes Python setuptools 82.0.0 removed pkg_resources py3-setuptools has been upgraded to 82.0.0, which removed the deprecated pkg_resources module. Projects that still depend on it will no longer work and should migrate to its successors.

Show HN: Tired of duct-taping access control into agent prompts. Here's the fix

Cast is an open-source harness for multi-user, multi-agent systems. Self-hosted, MIT, runs on a Mac Mini. The access rule is a sentence in the prompt.

PolyU Faculty of Business celebrates 30th anniversary of its DBA programme, with over 400 academic and industry leaders gathering to explore new trends for scholar-leaders in AI era

Advertisement PolyU Faculty of Business celebrates 30th anniversary of its DBA programme, with over 400 academic and industry leaders gathering to explore new trends for scholar-leaders in AI era Paid Post:PolyU Business School 2-MIN READ2-MIN [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] The Faculty of Business at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) hosted a grand dinner on 14 May to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its Doctor of Business...