By skyforbes 
As the pace of AI innovation accelerates, we’re here to bring you the most significant developments shaping the future of technology across Asia. Join us as we explore the most compelling stories driving AI progress in the region.
- Google is set to invest US $15 billion over five years to build a major AI/data-centre hub in India, its largest commitment in the country to date. Google parent Alphabet Inc counts India as a key growth market where its YouTube video services has most users, and Android phones dominate smartphone usage.
- OpenAI is rolling out its affordable ChatGPT Go plan across 16 new Asian countries, priced under $5 to broaden adoption. According to OpenAI, the expansion comes as the company has seen its weekly active user base in Southeast Asia grow by up to 4x.
- Anthropic is expanding its footprint in Asia by opening an office in Bengaluru, India in early 2026 — its second Asia-Pacific hub after Tokyo — to serve growing enterprise demand for its Claude models. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei also met with India’s PM Modi in New Delhi to discuss expanding Anthropic’s presence in India and advancing responsible AI practices.
- Bank of Singapore has launched an agentic AI tool that drafts “source of wealth” reports in about 1 hour, dramatically cutting the previous 10-day manual process.
- At the G20 finance ministers’ meeting, South Korea’s Finance Minister urged member nations to prioritize AI and high-productivity sectors as part of a broader “AI Transformation” strategy. He also pushed for increased cooperation on managing AI-driven financial crime, debt transparency and blended finance to attract private investment.
- Cardano Co-Founder Charles Hoskinson visited Seoul to engage with Korean tech leaders about combining blockchain with AI, in light of South Korea’s $70B national investment plan in AI.
- Japan will include a push for domestic AI development in its upcoming national strategy to reduce dependence on foreign technology and strengthen national security.
- Japan’s government has formally asked OpenAI to refrain from using Japanese manga and anime content in ways that could infringe copyrights, citing those works as “irreplaceable treasures.”
- Singapore’s National Cancer Centre has launched an AI-driven drug discovery facility to mine botanical biodiversity and accelerate novel therapies using genomic and biochemical data. Meanwhile, in India, the OB-GYN society (FOGSI) is opening a digital maternal care AI center to embed AI in clinical practice and proactively identify pregnancy risks.
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