ByteDance's new video AI ignites the internet, China's tech veterans return with startup ambitions, and Anthropic lands in hot water in India. Read from your browser The Prompt Welcome to The Prompt, your Monday dive into the world of AI that puts Asia front and center. From Big Tech's power players to the region's scrappy disruptors, we cover it all. Subscribe to get full access to our AI reporting. Ensure our articles appear in your Google searches: Hello Betamax, Seedance 2.0 , a new video generation model from ByteDance, has been taking over the internet this past week. In one instance, the model was used to recreate an old meme of actor Will Smith eating spaghetti - only now, he's fighting a spaghetti monster like in an action movie. Another user created a video showing a battle between a giant cat and Ultraman above a city. The cat won. Not to mention there have been whole movie scenes reimagined using Seedance. They look so real that they seem to c...
India's tech sell-off is a sobering reality check. Meanwhile, a former Anthropic researcher is warning that AI risks are accelerating. Read from your browser Sunday Newsletter Welcome to Tech in Asia's Sunday newsletter, your weekend brief on the biggest moves in Asia's tech and startup world. Subscribe to this newsletter or send story tips to editors@techinasia.com . Ensure our articles appear in your Google searches: IN FOCUS Scott Shuey on the wake-up call for anyone who thinks they're "safe" from AI Eyes over ears: the AI firm betting on vision The digital bank dilemma in the Philippines Hello Betamax, Recently, I've been listening to a lot of Rage Against the Machine, and while the song Wake Up has nothing to do with AI, I can't think of a more apt call to arms from our top story this week. This week, my colleague Samreen wrote about the ongoing tech stock meltdown in India. The trigger - a new web tool by Anthropic designed to hel...