China’s top chipmaker has warned that breakaway spending on artificial intelligence chips is bringing forward years of future demand, raising the risk that some data centers could sit idle.

Europe’s software companies are set for slower earnings growth than their hardware counterparts this year, compounding fears in global markets that artificial intelligence will reshape software firms’ business models.

Ant Group, the company behind payments platform AliPay, is investing heavily in healthcare powered by AI to fuel its next growth phase. The Jack Ma-backed firm plans to reach most of China’s 1.4 billion people with its AI-powered health services within three years. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bullish CEO Tom Farley says 2026 will be a year of consolidation for crypto assets. He tells Bloomberg about his outlook for Bitcoin amid the recent slump. He speaks from the sidelines of “Consensus Hong Kong” with Bloomberg’s Annabelle Droulers. (Source: Bloomberg)

Rising fears about artificial intelligence are affecting the shares of companies at risk of being disrupted by it, from small software companies to big wealth-management firms. Bloomberg's Stephanie Hughes explains. (Source: Bloomberg)

Samsung Electronics Co. is back at the top of the memory industry with its new HBM4 technology, President and chip division Chief Technology Officer Jaihyuk Song said on Wednesday, erasing a drop in the company’s shares.

An AI tool aimed at creating tax strategies sparked a selloff in wealth-management stocks as investors fear the business could be at risk from automated advice. Despite the turmoil, JPMorgan Asset Management Global Market Strategist Kerry Craig says there are still opportunities for traders to make good investments in the AI and tech sectors. (Source: Bloomberg)

In what is shaping up to be another blockbuster year, Asia’s markets are outpacing peers in the US and Europe, drawing global investors as extreme swings rattle assets from tech stocks to metals.