Silicon Motion, a NAND controller provider, reported that its first-quarter revenue and profit almost met the high end of prior forecasts, largely due to increased demand for AI inference applications despite macroeconomic challenges. The company anticipates a strong recovery in the consumer market by the latter half of 2025, which is expected to sustain growth into the second quarter.

A former Meta executive has alleged that the company cooperated with the Chinese government to suppress dissent—including in Taiwan—by developing censorship tools and sharing user data. Meta has strongly denied the claims, stating that it has never worked with Chinese authorities to censor Taiwanese content and remains committed to protecting freedom of expression and user privacy in Taiwan.

OpenAI is making a decisive push into Asia, with Singapore emerging as a focal point for its regional ambitions. The AI giant is aggressively hiring across a wide range of functions, from engineering and business development to legal, product management, and marketing. The move underscores Singapore’s growing clout as a strategic operational hub, positioning the city-state as OpenAI’s de facto Asia-Pacific headquarters and a rising force in the global artificial intelligence race.