The acquisition of a legacy platform like AOL by Bending Spoons shows the latent value of long-standing digital ecosystems. AOL’s 30 million monthly active users represent an enduring brand and a data-rich resource that can be used in AI-driven services. That statement is true only if…
The Sequence Opinion #746 : Could OpenAI Issue Its Own Crypto Token?
Is crypto finance an option for the AI giant?…
Inside Samsung’s semiconductor recovery: How AI demand reversed four quarters of decline
Samsung’s semiconductor recovery has materialised during the third quarter of 2025, with the South Korean tech giant posting an operating profit of KRW 12.2 trillion (US$8.6 billion) – more than double the previous quarter and ending a streak of four consecutive quarterly declines in its chip…
Thailand becomes one of the first in Asia to get the Sora app
Citizens of Thailand can now access the Sora app, giving local creators an early look at OpenAI’s new AI video tool in Asia. Thailand already has an active creative scene, and this launch is meant to support more visual storytelling from the region. The app’s rollout…
Cursor 2.0 pivots to multi-agent AI coding, debuts Composer model
Cursor has released its latest AI software development platform with a new multi-agent interface and the debut of its coding model, Composer. The new Composer model is described as a “frontier model”. Cursor claims it is four times faster than other models of similar intelligence. The…
Migrating AI from Nvidia to Huawei: Opportunities and trade-offs
For many years, Nvidia has been the de facto leader in AI model training and inference infrastructure, thanks to its mature GPU range, the CUDA software stack, and a huge developer community. Moving away from that base is therefore a strategic and tactical consideration. Huawei AI…
Why AI startups should bet big on privacy
Smart AI startups are turning privacy from a roadblock into their biggest competitive advantage. Here’s how they’re doing it….
Counterintuitive’s new chip aims escape the AI ‘twin trap’
AI startup company, Counterintuitive, has set out to build “reasoning-native computing,” enabling machines to understand rather than simply mimic. Such a breakthrough has the potential to shift AI from pattern recognition to genuine comprehension, paving the way for systems that can think and make decisions –…
OpenAI unveils open-weight AI safety models for developers
OpenAI is putting more safety controls directly into the hands of AI developers with a new research preview of “safeguard” models. The new ‘gpt-oss-safeguard’ family of open-weight models is aimed squarely at customising content classification. The new offering will include two models, gpt-oss-safeguard-120b and a smaller…
Top 5 AI compute marketplaces reshaping the landscape in 2026
With AI workloads becoming more computationally demanding, organisations across the globe are fast realising that traditional centralised providers aren’t always the answer to their burgeoning needs. And while compute giants (like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure) continue to capture the limelight when it comes to AI…