AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoEV Market Trust-Building: BYD Sime Motors launched “BYD Certified,” its official certified pre-owned EV program in Malaysia, with professional inspections, verified battery health, warranty, financing and aftersales support. AI in the Real World: China’s embodied AI push is spotlighted by Xi’an Jiaotong University’s robotics work, combining multimodal foundation models with edge-based control for humanoids and industrial robots. Autonomous Flight Milestone: Merlin completed what it calls the first autonomous landing of a conventional fixed-wing aircraft at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh using its Merlin Pilot AI autonomy platform. Cloud AI Hardware Push: AMD and Microsoft expanded their Azure partnership, with Microsoft deploying AMD Helios rackscale for frontier model inference and adding EPYC “Venice” VMs plus Pensando DPUs. Cybersecurity Risk: UK health tech firm Craneware said a “significant volume” of file names and some employee/customer data were accessed and exfiltrated in a contained incident. Fintech Regulation: Michigan AG Dana Nessel joined a coalition urging US regulators to deny national banking charters to high-risk fintechs without safeguards. AI for Small Business Lending: The Philippines’ DICT and Land Bank will build AI-enabled tools to help MSMEs improve creditworthiness and streamline loan applications.
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