Tokyo has given the go-ahead for the world’s first 'zeta-class' supercomputer which would be 1,000 times more powerful than today's fastest machines

As well as market volatility, investors were also spooked by the prospect of Donald Trump’s possible return to office and a likely US-China trade war

Vice-presidential candidate JD Vance has backed the break-up of Google, citing its "monopolistic control of information”

Companies are turning to private security firms to vet their employees, including by using artificial intelligence

AI Steve, an artificial intelligence-powered candidate is running for the UK Parliament while a YouTube prankster says he's running for PM in 11 constituencies

The study comes at a time when fears are mounting of widespread job losses across a multitude of industries, ranging from Hollywood to web development

A return to profit could ease pressure on SoftBank founder and CEO Masayoshi Son, who revealed in June plans to shift to "offence mode" amid excitement over advances in AI

Geoffrey Hinton said he regretted his role in driving the development of AI, saying it could flood the internet with false information, destroy the global job market and also lead to the creation of autonomous weaponry

Baidu will launch the chatbot as a standalone application and will gradually merge the service into its search engine

The 1784 office in the tech hub of Pangyo, near Seoul, has about 100 robots that perform menial tasks such as deliveries of food, beverages, parcels and documents

The Open Network for Digital Commerce, launched in April, will allow customers place orders for goods and services and wants banks, venture capitalists and telecos to sign up

The JD Technology IPO is a $2-billion listing planned for Hong Kong later this year, but it has been held up by CSRC concerns over its consumer fintech business.