Now it’s China’s experts who are gig workers training AI
Rest of Worldby Viola Zhou9 Sept 2026
As a Shenzhen-based architect in her 40s, Cuicui has vast experience designing public stadiums, schools, and hospitals at an architecture firm.
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top 96%Think your EV holds its value? China has some bad news for you
Rest of Worldby Indranil Ghosh8 Sept 2026
China’s used car dealers have set an expiry date for electric cars. About four out of five used car dealers in China refuse to accept a fully electric vehicle older than five years, over worries...
Chinese businesses are giving away AI tokens with coffee, credit cards, and dumplings
Rest of Worldby Kinling Lo4 Sept 2026
Artificial intelligence tokens — once a term familiar only to techies — are rapidly entering everyday life in China.
I refused to train the AI that could replace me
Rest of Worldby James Maisiri3 Sept 2026
After completing a Ph.D. earlier this year on technologies such as artificial intelligence reshaping agricultural work in South Africa, I was ready to start an academic career.
Taiwan’s six-year hunt for China’s undercover chip labs
Rest of Worldby Kinling Lo2 Sept 2026
In the spring of 2020, a Taiwanese engineer felt “extremely lucky” to be offered a job as a chip designer at Blue Ocean Smart System, an American company based in his hometown Hsinchu, the heart of...
AI safety is designed in the West, and failing users everywhere
Rest of Worldby Rina Chandran1 Sept 2026
Last month, OpenAI became the first major artificial intelligence company to voluntarily pause training on a model because of safety concerns.
Meta accepts U.S. safety rules while pitching softer tools abroad
Rest of Worldby Ananya Bhattacharya31 Aug 2026
In June, Indian actor Hiten Tejwani told his 732,000 followers that “Instagram is okay” in a reel promoting Meta’s Teen Accounts.
I went to China to see a different AI future. It looked familiar
Rest of Worldby Gordon Saft28 Aug 2026
Gordon Saft is the Publisher of Rest of World. Last week, he returned to New York from a trip to China with a delegation of leaders from across media, technology, public policy, and finance to gain...
India’s data center boom is leaving the people it displaces with nothing
Rest of Worldby Ananya Bhattacharya27 Aug 2026
When Osama Manzar started the nonprofit Digital Empowerment Foundation in 2002, just 1.2% of India’s population was online. Now, more than 70% is.
Why the global push to break free from Big Tech keeps falling short
Rest of Worldby Cecilia Rikap26 Aug 2026
In mid-2024, a cybersecurity partner’s mistake led to a global Microsoft Windows outage. It affected 8.5 million Windows devices.
The UAE is fighting AI hackers with AI of its own
Rest of Worldby Divsha Bhat24 Aug 2026
Missiles crossed the Gulf in February, and hackers armed with artificial intelligence followed. The United Arab Emirates has detected and contained coordinated cyberattacks on the aviation, energy...
A dumpling shop becomes a poster child of AI adoption in China
Rest of Worldby Viola Zhou21 Aug 2026
If you have an AI agent, you can tell it to build a website, make a slideshow, or get you a table at a popular dumpling shop in Beijing.
“It’s laughable”: Global AI experts challenge Zuckerberg’s “AI for everyone”
Rest of Worldby Ananya Bhattacharya20 Aug 2026
On August 10, Mark Zuckerberg published a letter titled “The Future for Everyone,” a manifesto laying out his vision for how superintelligence could improve people’s lives, expand human capability...
Chinese carmakers now sell one EV abroad for every two at home
Rest of Worldby Indranil Ghosh18 Aug 2026
Chinese electric-vehicle makers have lost buyers at home and found new ones in Brazil, Thailand, and the Gulf.
Ban on Chinese robots leaves U.S. startups stranded
Rest of Worldby Viola Zhou17 Aug 2026
The U.S. government is forcing a rapid onshoring of robotics through a sweeping ban on foreign-made robots, even before an American supply chain exists, putting at risk the very robotics startups...
The online shopping trend where you buy nothing
Rest of Worldby Itika Sharma Punit14 Aug 2026
This week, I placed orders for a $44,860 Patek Philippe hand-engraved watch, a $12,500 Hermès handbag, a $9,800 Tiffany diamond ring, and a $7,350 Cartier Love bracelet in yellow gold.
Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet
Rest of Worldby Itika Sharma Punit13 Aug 2026
For decades, Mozilla has been one of the strongest advocates for an open internet. Today, as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly central to how businesses and governments operate, the...
Why we should all be worried about AI in elections
Rest of Worldby Lisa Poggiali and Samson Itodo12 Aug 2026
Last month, all 193 United Nations member states gathered in Geneva for the inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
How one VC burns through hundreds of millions of tokens a day to find the next unicorn
Rest of Worldby Ananya Bhattacharya11 Aug 2026
Artificial intelligence is forcing venture capitalists to rethink how they invest. For decades, investors backed startups by judging founding teams, products, and markets.
Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers
Rest of Worldby Kinling Lo10 Aug 2026
For a week in July, 21-year-old college student Bagel Su cried every day as she counted down to the loss of her boyfriend.