The Drop

The Drop

AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S.

AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S.

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Headlines

AI optimism surges in Asia, unlike in the U.S.
Rest of World — Key narrative — Asia vs US AI sentiment

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars
TechCrunch — AI policy milestone

Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions
TechCrunch — Meta + humanoid robotics (Assured Robot Intelligence)

GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage
Ars Technica — Usage-based pricing shift

Allbirds abandons clothes, pivots to AI compute infrastructure
Ars Technica — Bubble watch — fashion to AI compute

Anthropic tested removing Claude Code from the Pro plan
Ars Technica — Claude pricing experiment

Coatue has a plan to buy up land for data centers, possibly for Anthropic
TechCrunch — VC + AI infrastructure land grab

Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees' mouse, keyboard use
Ars Technica — Employee surveillance for AI training

AI agents didn't change how I write, they changed when I could start publishing
e27 — Founder essay — AI agents for content ops

The rise of agentic work: Can AI replicate a team, not just a person?
e27 — Agentic teams trend

I got stood up by an AI agent, tracked down its human owner in China
Rest of World — Chief editor pick — one-person AI companies in China

Study: AI models that consider users' feelings are more likely to make errors
Ars Technica — Emotional AI accuracy tradeoff

Ubuntu services hit by outages after DDoS attack
TechCrunch — Infrastructure/security

UK gov's Mythos AI tests help separate cybersecurity threat from hype
Ars Technica — AI cybersecurity evaluation framework

Funding Tracker

Gold jewelry demand hits record $472M
[Source: VnExpress]

Vietnam Airlines Q1 profit soars by 30% to $171M
[Source: VnExpress]

Vingroup profits jump 150%
[Source: VnExpress]

Launches

Southeast Asia's AI agent opening is in messy workflows
[Source]

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