Meta’s Zuckerberg woos big tech in Asia to double down on AI chips

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is touring Asia countries this week, said in a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday that Meta wants to beef up its cooperation with Samsung Electronics for AI chips to offset geopolitical risk issue in Taiwan, where TSMC, the world’s biggest contract chip manufacturer, is headquartered. … Read more

Microsoft’s Nadella woos Indian developers to the company’s AI tools

BENGALURU, India — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella urged in a speech to more than a thousand Indian computer code developers on Thursday that they use the company’s artificial intelligence tools being deployed across its products. Speaking in Bengaluru, India’s “Silicon Valley,” Nadella noted that more than 13.2 million Indian developers are currently on GitHub, an … Read more

Alibaba’s Lazada woos sellers affected by Indonesia’s e-commerce ban

Lazada is the third-largest e-commerce player in Indonesia, after Sea Limited’s Shopee and Tokopedia, according to Momentum Works. Matt Hunt | Lightrocket | Getty Images Lazada, a Southeast Asian e-commerce marketplace owned by Alibaba, is courting sellers affected by Indonesia’s latest e-commerce regulation, its Indonesia CEO James Chang told employees in a town hall meeting … Read more

In San Francisco, Kenya’s president woos American tech corporations regardless of rising taxes at dwelling

Kenya’s president is wooing American tech corporations, promising a business-friendly surroundings — despite the fact that he has raised taxes on companies at dwelling ByEVELYNE MUSAMBI Related Press September 15, 2023, 3:46 PM Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, M-Pesa CEO, speaks throughout a U.S.- Kenya Enterprise Roadshow hosted by Prosper Africa, a U.S. Commerce and Funding Initiative, in … Read more

OpenAI CEO woos lawmakers forward of first testimony earlier than Congress

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman spoke to an engaged crowd of about 60 lawmakers at a dinner Monday in regards to the superior synthetic know-how his firm produces and the challenges of regulating it. The wide-ranging dialogue that lasted about two hours got here forward of Altman’s first time testifying earlier than Congress at a Senate … Read more