Asian tech roundup: Regulators crack the whip on AI

Plus: A homegrown ERP and carbon-friendly cryptomining

Chatbots in China must follow the Communist Party's strict censorship rules around what can and cannot be displayed and discussed online, According to draft rules published by the Cyberspace Administration of China. Chatbot content will have to display "socialist core values" and avoid information that undermines "state power" or national unity. Source
China's State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS) has allegedly given control of a satellite over to AI. According to a report, the AI directed Qimingxing 1 to look at parts of India and Japan with military links. Source 1 Source 2
Huawei is replacing internal systems it once sourced from US vendors with its own self-developed 'MetaERP', which it has rolled out to 80% of its business. Huawei has been cut off from US systems - it was an Oracle customer - since 2019, when the US added the firm to a trade blacklist. Source

Apple has opened its first retail stories in India, in Mumbai and Delhi. CEO Tim Cook travelled to the country to discuss his expansion plans with Indian ministers. Source
US crypto exchange Gemini has opened an engineering hub in Gurgaon, India, and named Pravjit Tiwana as its APAC CEO. Tyler and Cameron Winkelvoss (yes, the Winkelvoss twins who sued Mark Zuckberg), Gemini's founders, said the exchange has "big plans" for growth in the region this year. Source

Singapore's Bitdeer Technologies Group has established a partnership with Bhutan's Druk Holding & Investments, the commercial arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan, to develop environmentally sustainable cryptomining in Bhutan. Source
Google Cloud has appointed Patrick Wee as its new Country Manager in Malaysia. Wee joins from Zoom, where he was Head of its Malaysia business; and prior to that was Head of Enterprise Business for Malaysia at AWS. Source
Group-IB, which has been headquartered in Singapore since 2019, has officially exited its original home market of Russia. The cybersecurity firm has sold the standalone Russian business to local management, and it will operate under a new brand called F.A.C.C.T. Source
eBay has promoted Vidmay Naini, former lead of the company's Southeast Asia and India business, as its new head of emerging markets. As well as Southeast Asia and India, Naini will cover growth in Eastern Europe, Israel, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Source
South Korea has restored Japan to the countries it gives preferential treatment to in trade. The move comes three years after the countries downgraded each other's trade status amid a diplomatic row. Source