Artificial intelligence and the global race to build data centers to power it have enchanted investors, but questions are being asked regarding how long the boom can last. (Source photos by Reuters)
Tech Asia
Artificial intelligence remains the key focus for industry, investors and analysts in the new year
Nikkei staff writers
January 7, 2026 06:00 JST
AI dictation apps have come a long way in a short time. For years they were slow and inaccurate — unless you spoke with a particular accent and enunciated clearly. Advances in large language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have changed that, producing systems that can decipher speech more accurately while retaining enough context to…
A hand cursor clicking a button on screen that says “AI slop” AI generation concept getty More than half of small businesses (around 58%) have already implemented some form of generative AI, as reported by the United States Chamber of Commerce. In comparison, last year less than a quarter used generative AI. While the number…
The Western Intergovernmental Child Support Engagement Council (WICSEC) is a non-profit group consisting of public and private child support enforcement agencies, as well as individual professionals working with states, tribes, and territories west of the Mississippi River. The organization operates with several missions in mind, with an overriding goal of improving interstate and intergovernmental collaborations…
The Australian Electoral Commission will have a draft strategy and roadmap to accelerate its adoption of generative AI by mid-June. The commission will outsource the work, including a “business case that sets out the investment required to deliver on the roadmap”, according to tender documents. It will allow up to 16 weeks for the drafts…
Niger is validating a national digital development strategy covering 2026–2035. The plan focuses on expanding fiber infrastructure, digital governance, and startups. It aims to address a large digital divide, with about 70% of the population still offline. Niger’s government has begun validating a new national strategy aimed at structuring and expanding the country’s digital economy….
Credit: Laila Milevski / Cornell University. Large numbers of college students are now using artificial intelligence to complete—and cheat on—their assignments, suggesting that colleges and universities need to change how they are evaluating students, finds new Cornell research. An analysis of survey responses from more than 95,000 students at 20 public research universities in the…
