Following the Wang Fuk Court fire on November 26, which affected seven towers and resulted in at least 128 casualties , TheDayAfterAI utilized the AI assistant Claude to examine the event through fire science principles. The resulting analysis addresses the public debate regarding the roles of bamboo scaffolding versus plastic safety nets , suggesting that a combination of factors, including the "chimney effect" and specific material properties, contributed to the disaster.

As the death toll rises to 128 in Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court fire, investigators focus on flammable bamboo scaffolding and faulty safety systems. Police and the ICAC have arrested 11 suspects connected to the estate’s ongoing renovation works, while search operations for approximately 200 missing residents continue.

Despite major 2025 upgrades from OpenAI and Google, Hong Kong users face restricted access to global chatbots due to regulatory friction and corporate geoblocking. This report examines the impact on local businesses and the city’s strategic pivot toward developing sovereign AI models like HKChat.

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, codenamed "Nano Banana," has emerged as a market leader for generating legible text within images. Independent testing indicates the model achieves a 94% success rate on typography prompts, significantly higher than Midjourney’s 71%. This article analyzes the technical shifts enabling this accuracy, details the token-based pricing structure, and outlines the capabilities of the recently released Nano Banana Pro.

With over 1,900 AI avatars and rapid adoption in the education sector, Vidnoz AI has established itself as a major player in synthetic video creation. However, the platform’s pricing structure, defined by rigid monthly minute caps that do not roll over, is generating friction among freelancers and small businesses. As competitors move toward unlimited billing models, users are increasingly debating whether Vidnoz's expiring credit system remains viable for professional content workflows.

Autonomous agent platform Manus is receiving sustained criticism over its credit-based pricing, which users claim is unpredictable and too restrictive for serious development work. The report examines the platform's economics, the $75 million funding round led by Benchmark, its technical architecture using models like Claude 3.7 Sonnet, and how its variable cost model contrasts with the predictable subscription pricing of competitors like GitHub Copilot.

Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.5 on Nov 24, 2025, featuring "Infinite" context compaction and a 200K token window. The flagship model scores 80.9% on SWE-bench Verified and drops API input pricing to $5 per million tokens, challenging GPT-5.1. Adopted under the ASL-3 safety standard, Anthropic holds a 32% enterprise market share.

Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.5, a new frontier model engineered for complex coding and agentic workflows. Achieving a record 80.9% on the SWE-Bench Verified benchmark, the system outperforms key rivals while introducing variable "Effort" settings that can reduce token consumption by up to 76%. With API pricing lowered to US$5 per million input tokens, Opus 4.5 targets heavy enterprise adoption across major cloud platforms including AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure.

Even Realities has released its second-generation smart glasses, the Even G2, priced at US599, alongside the US249 R1 smart ring. Weighing just 36g, the camera-free G2 utilises a monochrome micro-LED display for privacy-conscious users, offering tools like live translation and teleprompting. A launch promotion offers the ring at 50 per cent off when bundled with the glasses through 26 December 2025.

A review of research published between mid-2024 and late-2025 highlights persistent political and social biases in large language models. Studies from Stanford and other institutions show how training data and safety filters shape model outputs, potentially influencing public opinion and automated decision-making in sectors like recruitment.

Adobe has integrated Topaz Labs’ AI models directly into Photoshop 2026, allowing users to access Gigapixel upscaling and AI sharpening tools without external plug-ins. As part of the new partner program, these premium features utilize Adobe’s generative credits to power high-resolution enhancements and creative upscaling within the native interface.

Google has updated its open-source Agent Development Kit (ADK) to include fully documented bidirectional streaming capabilities, enabling developers to build real-time, multimodal agents that utilize Gemini Live. Now supporting Python, Java, and Go, the framework allows for low-latency interactions such as user interruptions during voice sessions. This development aligns with broader industry trends, as Gartner forecasts a significant rise in enterprise agent adoption over the coming years.

In late 2025, artificial intelligence has shifted from a background tool to a central driver of financial crime. With global crypto scam losses reaching US$4.6 billion and deepfakes accounting for 40% of high-value fraud, this report analyzes the mechanics behind artist "proof sketch" theft, celebrity deepfakes, and "digital arrest" schemes, while outlining practical defenses for creative professionals and investors.

Google is shifting from a list of blue links to a conversational assistant with the global rollout of AI Mode. Building on AI Overviews — now reaching 1.5 billion users — the feature uses Gemini models to answer complex questions directly. However, the shift faces mounting legal and industry scrutiny over its impact on publisher traffic and the "zero-click" economy.

Facing record-breaking barrages of Russian loitering munitions, Ukraine has accelerated the production of low-cost, AI-assisted interceptor drones. Systems such as STING and Octopus are now being fielded to protect airspace and conserve high-value missiles, addressing the critical cost imbalance of modern air defense.

Artificial intelligence is transforming broadcast radio, enabling stations to generate 24/7 content using tools that scan 250,000 real-time sources. While supporters argue this efficiency ensures survival in a rapidly growing $2.8 billion market, critics warn it risks eroding the spontaneity and empathy that distinguish radio from streaming algorithms.

XRP Healthcare M&A Holding Inc. has introduced a Vitals Dashboard to its XRPH AI mobile application, enabling manual tracking of health metrics for users across Africa and North America. This update supports the company's hybrid strategy of combining digital triage tools with its physical pharmacy network in Uganda and proposed TSX Venture Exchange listing.

Launched in late 2025, Grokipedia utilizes the Grok language model to generate over 1 million articles as a proposed alternative to Wikipedia. This report examines the platform’s automated structure and rapid growth alongside independent analyses highlighting its reliance on low-credibility sources and distinct ideological framing compared to traditional human-curated encyclopedias.

In a September 2025 study, scientists from Stanford University and the Arc Institute demonstrated that artificial intelligence can design fully functional viral genomes. Using the Evo 2 large genome model, the team synthesized 302 unique DNA sequences, resulting in 16 viable bacteriophages capable of infecting and lysing E. coli bacteria.

On November 6, 2025, Moonshot AI introduced Kimi K2 Thinking, a 1-trillion-parameter open-weight model designed for complex reasoning and tool use. With a reported 44.9% score on Humanity’s Last Exam and highly competitive inference costs, the model offers a new alternative to proprietary systems like GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 for agentic workflows and data analysis.