Month: June 2025

China’s Next AI Breakthrough – Physical AI

China's $138 billion government investment in Physical AI and claimed 70% global market share in embodied robotics positions it as a formidable force reshaping Southeast Asia's technological landscape. Chinese companies like Unitree are delivering cost-effective humanoid robots and industrial automation systems that could accelerate regional adoption while potentially displacing local manufacturers. For SEA, this presents both opportunities—access to affordable AI robotics for manufacturing and agriculture—and challenges, as regional economies must compete with China's state-backed AI ecosystem while developing their own indigenous capabilities to avoid technological dependence.

【人工智能】软件3.0时代到来

软件3.0时代的到来对东南亚软件工程师带来双重影响:一方面,传统低端编码工作面临AI替代威胁,初级开发者就业压力加大;另一方面,AI工具的普及大幅提升开发效率,降低了技术门槛和创业成本。关键在于主动转型:掌握AI编程工具、提升英语能力、培养业务理解力。那些能与AI协作的开发者将获得更大发展机遇,甚至可能实现技术跃升,在全球市场中获得竞争优势。

Andrej Karpathy: Software 3.0

Software 3.0 represents a revolutionary programming paradigm where developers use natural language prompts instead of traditional code, as popularized by Andrej Karpathy in 2025. Southeast Asia is emerging as a major AI hub, with potential to add $1 trillion to regional GDP by 2030. The region attracts record investments exceeding $30 billion in AI infrastructure, while facing challenges including talent shortages and employment displacement concerns.

MiniMax M1: New Open-Source AI Model From China SHOCKS The Industry

MiniMax M1 is a revolutionary open-source AI model featuring a 1 million token context window and Lightning Attention mechanism. Trained for just $535,000 versus GPT-4's $100+ million cost, it delivers competitive performance while consuming 75% less computational power than rivals like DeepSeek R1. Released under Apache 2.0 license, democratizing frontier AI capabilities.

Luanna delivered the student commencement address at Harvard’s 2025 University-wide graduation ceremony

"If we still believe in a shared future, let us not forget those who were labeled as enemies. They too are human. In seeing their humanity, we find our own. We do not rise by proving each other wrong. We rise by refusing to let one another go, bound by our shared humanity."