☕️ Good morning, dear human and artificial friends,

A good friend of ours is a successful businessman.

Whenever his colleagues run into smaller or bigger problems these days, his answer is always: “Just do something with AI.”

Since the start of this year, the buzzword artificial intelligence has been everywhere.
Whether you’re heartbroken or looking for a healthy dinner recipe — AI is right there to help. (yes, we incorporated the em dash on purpose 😉)

But AI is more than your hobby therapist or cookbook. We are in the middle of a global revolution. And as with every revolution, some dive in with energy and optimism, and others fear the change and see only the downside.

We count ourselves among the “optimistic realists”: artificial intelligence will change the world, but it won’t take it over. It carries risks, but it has to be understood and used wisely.

That’s precisely what we did with this report. We analyzed more than 35,000 news on AI and Asia.

We’ve broken them down for you, so you already know today what the world will be talking about tomorrow.

P.S. Even Kim Jong Un supports this trend. He’s declared AI-powered military drones a top priority. If that’s not proof we’re right…

As 2025 began, an obscure Chinese AI startup called DeepSeek suddenly grabbed global attention with a breakthrough that upended assumptions in the tech world. In a matter of months, DeepSeek went from unknown to a frontrunner in artificial intelligence, sparking excitement, fear, and swift responses around the world.

🚀 January Launch: DeepSeek rolled out a free chatbot in Hangzhou, designed …