Hugging Face deploys Zhipu’s GLM 5.2 model to contain autonomous OpenAI cyberattack

A flagship model from China’s Zhipu AI has helped contain an autonomous cyberattack by OpenAI’s frontier systems targeting popular developer platform Hugging Face, as concerns grow over the security risks posed by advanced AI models.

OpenAI’s latest flagship models – including GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased, “even more capable” system – recently breached Hugging Face’s infrastructure during internal evaluations of their offensive cyber capabilities, the US lab disclosed on Wednesday.

The company said its models were operating in a sandboxed environment

Why China’s low-cost business model resists reform

Firefighters work at the scene of a footwear factory fire in Jinjiang, Fujian province, on July 9. Photo: Xinhua News Agency via AP

Li Qiang is the founder and executive director of China Labour Watch and a human rights advocate with over 30 years of experience investigating global supply chains.

On July 9, a fire burned through a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian province, killing at least 28 people. The accident signals a larger problem: firms operating under financial pressure often cut costs by compromising safety.

China’s low-cost business model needs reform, but why


Hongkonger, 19, guilty of posting seditious graffiti in commercial complex toilet

West Kowloon Court rejected a psychiatrist’s opinion that a mental disorder prevented Leung Kai-lok from understanding the offensive words he used. Photo: Jelly Tse

A 19-year-old in Hong Kong has been convicted of sedition for writing anti-government graffiti in a commercial building toilet, violating the city’s domestic national security law.

West Kowloon Court on Wednesday rejected a defence psychiatrist’s opinion that a congenital mental disorder prevented Leung Kai-lok from understanding the offensive words he used against the government and


Owner of Michelin-starred restaurant in South Korea faces jail for ant-topped sorbet

Prosecutors demand prison term and fine for serving unapproved imported insects to diners

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Under South Korean law, only 10 insect species are approved for human consumption, excluding black ants. Photo: Shutterstock

The owner of a South Korean Michelin-starred restaurant is facing one year in jail for garnishing a palate-cleansing sorbet with black ants “to add a sour taste”, local media said.

Seoul prosecutors requested the prison term for the anonymous owner of the


Hong Kong, UAE hubs could act as global early warning system for pandemics: study

Targeted viral surveillance of transit passengers could speed global detection of new variants by about three days, a study has found. Photo: Sam Tsang
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BYD’s challenge to Porsche; why Chinese cars are struggling locally: 7 EV reads

From CATL shares forecast to grow 50 per cent to the effects of China’s EV tax break ending, here are seven EV stories you may have missed

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BYD is taking aim at the Porsche 911 Turbo S, presented here during a media preview ahead of the IAA Munich auto show in Germany on September 7, 2025. Photo: Reuters

We have put together stories from our coverage on electric and new energy vehicles from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more

Chinese robot maker AgiBot pursues Hong Kong IPO, hiring 3 sponsors: sources

An AgiBot A2 humanoid robot learns to pick green leaves of Longjing tea under staff training at the Longjing Tea Plantation in West Lake, Hangzhou, eastern Zhejiang province on May 21, 2026. Photo: Getty Images

Zoe SL Chan and Coco Feng in Guangdong

Fast-growing Chinese robot maker AgiBot is pursuing an initial public offering in Hong Kong and has hired Citic Securities as a sponsor, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Additionally, China International Capital Corporation (CICC) and Morgan Stanley have also been tapped as joint sponsors, one of the people said.

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Hong Kong High Court judge Wilson Chan to be reprimanded again for plagiarism

Hong Kong’s chief justice will once again reprimand a High Court judge and require him to undergo training after he was found to have plagiarised large swathes of submissions for a judgment, in what is at least his sixth instance of extensive copying.

In a response to the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, the judiciary said that Wilson Chan Ka-shun would face a “serious reprimand” from Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung for the second time since 2023.

The judiciary said that in light of


Indonesia steps up market reforms to avert MSCI downgrade

When global index provider MSCI warned in January that Indonesia risked being demoted from emerging to frontier market status, it unleashed a wave of volatility, sell-offs and wild trading swings.

Six months on, Jakarta’s investment chief argues the real story is not about whether the country can earn investors’ trust.

“For Indonesia, this is not about short-term market status,” Investment Minister Rosan Roeslani told This Week in Asia in written replies to questions. “It is about building a deeper, more credible

A man walks past a glass window reflecting an electronic sign showing the stock market index at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters

China-dominated central bank digital currency platform touts largest transactions to date

A leading Chinese bank has processed the largest cross-border transactions yet via mBridge, a multilateral central bank digital currency (CBDC) platform, marking a major milestone for the emerging payment network as well as Beijing’s global yuan ambitions.

Two transactions, worth more than US$1.7 billion each, were carried out by the Bank of China’s Shenzhen and Fujian branches in June and July, respectively. They showed mBridge’s ability to support high-value cross-border settlements across different currencies and