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Asian AI 2026

A top-layer page for the main strategic pattern across policy, companies, infrastructure, and deployment in Asia this year.

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AI in China 2026

A recurring state-of page for China’s AI system this year across policy, domestic models, chips, cloud, and industrial deployment.

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AI in South Korea 2026

A recurring state-of page for South Korea’s AI posture this year across sovereign AI, platform companies, industrial deployment, and alliances.

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Sovereign AI quarterly

A recurring page for the quarter-by-quarter movement in sovereign AI programs across Asia.

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Asia-wide regional briefing

Read the Asia-wide AI thesis across policy, companies, infrastructure, and strategic divergence.

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AI in Asia homepage

Start with country briefings, topic hubs, trackers, company pages, and the latest AI reporting across Asia.

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AI compute in Asia

A comparison page for AI compute in Asia, including national compute access, shared GPU programs, domestic chips, and public infrastructure models.

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AI governance

A comparison page for how different markets balance innovation, coordination, oversight, and public trust in AI governance.

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China vs South Korea AI

A comparison page for the two most active near-term traffic clusters on the site: China’s scale-first buildout and South Korea’s sovereign-AI acceleration push.

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Multilingual models

A comparison page for multilingual models, national language priorities, and the institutions building them.

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Robotics and embodied AI

A cross-market page for the regions where robotics, industrial AI, and embodied systems already have strong institutional support.

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Sovereign AI

A cross-market page for comparing how different Asian governments define and operationalize sovereign AI.

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AI policy timeline

A tracker page for policy moves, state coordination changes, and governance milestones across Asian AI ecosystems.

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China AI policy tracker

A dedicated tracker for China’s AI policy sequence, coordination moves, and institutional changes.

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Funding and partnerships tracker

A tracker page for major AI funding rounds, alliances, and strategic tie-ups across Asian markets.

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National compute tracker

A tracker page for public compute, domestic chip programs, cloud infrastructure, and strategic GPU access.

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South Korea sovereign AI tracker

A dedicated tracker for South Korea’s sovereign-AI movement across state ambition, national models, alliances, public programs, and industrial deployment.

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Sovereign model tracker

A tracker page for national-model efforts, domestic champions, and sovereign-language-model programs across Asia.

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Finance

A sector page for AI in banking, capital markets, fintech infrastructure, and high-trust financial workflows.

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Manufacturing and robotics

A sector page for the markets where AI is entering factories, robots, autonomous systems, and industrial workflows.

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Public-sector AI

A sector page for AI inside government, public services, civic systems, and state-linked operating environments.

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Healthcare

A sector page for AI in diagnostics, hospital systems, preventative care, and clinical-adjacent workflows.

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Semiconductors and compute

A sector page for chips, compute stacks, cloud capacity, and strategic hardware constraints.

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AI companies and leadership

Profiles, executive context, and company strategy for the organizations and people shaping AI execution across Asia.

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AI investment and partnerships

Funding rounds, alliances, strategic tie-ups, and the capital layer behind AI expansion.

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AI models and infrastructure

Language models, compute layers, chips, and the infrastructure choices shaping capability across the region.

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AI policy and state strategy

Policy moves, government coordination, and state-led AI programs across Asian markets.

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East Asia

2 archive entries tied to East Asia, including Sailor2: Advancing Inclusive Multilingual Large Language Models for Southeast Asia.

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Southeast Asia

2 archive entries tied to Southeast Asia, including Sailor2: Advancing Inclusive Multilingual Large Language Models for Southeast Asia.

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AI ethics and social impact

How AI intersects with governance, public trust, civil society, and social consequences.

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Applied AI deployment

Where AI is moving from models into operations, products, and sector-level deployment.

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Asia-wide

1 archive entry tied to Asia-wide, including The Digital Agora and the Asian Church: A Nuanced Analysis of the FABC-OSC Bishops' Meet 2025 on Artificial Intelligence and Pastoral Resilience.

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China

Archive entries tied to Chinese AI policy, firms, infrastructure, and state strategy.

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External context

Contextual pieces that shape how Asia's AI landscape is interpreted alongside wider global developments.

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India

Reporting on India's AI mission, public infrastructure, language work, and policy posture.

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Indonesia

A topic hub for Indonesia's roadmap status, sovereign infrastructure push, and local-language AI buildout.

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Singapore

A topic hub for Singapore's governance stack, research infrastructure, finance-sector AI, and state capacity questions.

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Taiwan

A topic hub for Taiwan's sovereign data, public compute, semiconductor leverage, and localized model work.

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Thailand

A topic hub for Thailand's governance tooling, Thai-language models, public pilots, and adoption signals.

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Exploring Cultural Bias in AI-Generated Images of East Asian Women: Methodology, Findings, and Implications

Generative artificial intelligence (AI)—particularly image-generating models—has come to play a significant role in shaping visual representations across digital media.

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Sailor2: Advancing Inclusive Multilingual Large Language Models for Southeast Asia

Sailor2 is a pioneering family of multilingual large language models (LLMs) specifically crafted for Southeast Asian (SEA) languages.

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Xing Xie: A Seminal Figure in Responsible AI, Data Mining, and Social Computing in East Asia

Among the ranks of global AI research leaders, Dr. Xing Xie stands out as an intellectual architect shaping the fabric of modern data mining, social computing, and.

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Chan Tsan and Lim Kian Boon Recognized for AI Leadership in Singapore

The recognition of Chan Tsan, Chief Executive of Singapore’s Home Team Science & Technology Agency (HTX), and Lim Kian Boon, Deputy Chief AI Officer at HTX, at the Asia.

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Research Teams Behind Sailor2 Multilingual LLMs

The Research Teams Behind Sailor2 Multilingual LLMs: Institutions, Contributors, and Collaborative Structure.

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The Digital Agora and the Asian Church: A Nuanced Analysis of the FABC-OSC Bishops' Meet 2025 on Artificial Intelligence and Pastoral Resilience

The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC), through its Office of Social Communications (FABC-OSC), convened the Bishops' Meet 2025 in Hong Kong from December.

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China

Start here for China’s AI policy stack, compute constraints, major companies, and strategic posture.

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India

Use this briefing for IndiaAI Mission, shared compute, multilingual infrastructure, and applied AI deployment.

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Indonesia

Start here for Indonesia’s roadmap status, sovereign infrastructure push, local-language models, and state-capacity buildout.

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Singapore

Use this briefing for Singapore’s national AI strategy, governance stack, research infrastructure, and workforce buildout.

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Taiwan

Use this briefing for Taiwan’s sovereign-data stack, national compute, semiconductor leverage, and localized models.

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Thailand

Start here for Thailand’s governance tooling, Thai-language models, public-sector pilots, and adoption signals.

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Hong Kong

Use this briefing for Hong Kong’s compute buildout, finance-sector AI rollout, public deployment, and Greater Bay Area role.

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Japan

Use this briefing for Japan’s governance model, research depth, industrial adoption, and sovereign-compute push.

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State of AI

Browse state of ai built to capture recurring AI questions across Asia.

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AI sectors

Browse ai sectors built to capture recurring AI questions across Asia.

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AI trackers

Browse ai trackers built to capture recurring AI questions across Asia.

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Compare AI strategies

Browse compare ai strategies built to capture recurring AI questions across Asia.

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Mitesh Khapra

A people hub for India's language-AI depth and institutional research capacity.

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Yejin Choi

A people hub for one of the most recognizable South Korea-linked figures in frontier AI research and public visibility.

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Moonshot AI

Leadership, funding, model strategy, and China context for one of the clearest company stories in the current Chinese model race.