AI Expo 2025: Trend Micro warns of AI security risks, highlights ‘grandma prompt’ threat

At the AI Expo hosted by DIGITIMES, Trend Micro’s general manager for Taiwan and Hong Kong, Bob Hung, has identified prompt injection as a growing cybersecurity risk associated with large language models (LLMs). He also warned that users are increasingly manipulating AI through sentimental narratives and role-playing techniques, such as the “grandma prompt,” to bypass content restrictions and generate prohibited material.

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Risk-taking backfires: How Intel’s missteps paved the way for TSMC’s supremacy

Former TSMC co-CEO Shang-yi Chiang and renowned immersion lithography expert Burn Lin have weighed in on TSMC’s dominance in the global semiconductor market. Chiang noted that competitors have repeatedly faltered over the years, enabling TSMC to secure over 60% of the foundry services market, which he attributed not to extraordinary achievements but competitors’ missteps.

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Chinese expansion floods global UV curing materials market

Chinese manufacturers continue expanding production capacity for UV curing materials, creating market oversupply and triggering intense price competition across global markets. Despite these short-term challenges, industry leaders Eternal Materials and Qualipoly Chemical (QPC) remain optimistic about long-term prospects, citing the technology’s energy efficiency and environmental advantages.

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