A column article by Prof. Michael EDESESS, Adjunct Professor in the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), on the regulation of AI. He discussed the current challenges in governing AI, using the recent HK Global AI Governance Conference and the emergence of Anthropic’s Mythos model as key case studies.

An article by Prof. Christine LOH Kung-Wai, Chief Development Strategist in the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), exploring Hong Kong’s strategic evolution amidst a shifting and increasingly fragmented global order, bridging global and Chinese Mainland financial systems

HKUST received a gold medal with its UAV first-responder system "AeroRelief" at the 51st Geneva Inventions Expo. The system makes good use of AI analysis and automatic planning to quickly deliver supplies such as AEDs and address "blind spots" in suburban areas, which will improve the rescuing capacity in emergency response in severe weather in the future. Jimmy HU, BSc in Innovation, Design and Technology (IDT) graduate, explained how the system ran on a radio program.

A column article by Adjunct Professor in the Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD) Prof. Erwin HUANG on how he transitioned from relying on human assistants to AI agents. He remarked that the future of work is moving away from a simple "man vs. machine" divide toward "man-machine collaboration," where the true revolution lies in the seamless, almost "human" interaction between the user and their digital partners.

HKUST and Goldwind Science & Technology entered into a strategic partnership on Apr 20, 2026, announcing plans to promote the deep integration of "AI meteorology + new energy". The collaboration will focus on industry issues such as numerical weather prediction, extreme weather warnings, and AI meteorological models. Prof. Alexis LAU, Head of Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR) and Director of Institute for the Environment (IENV), signed the MoU on behalf of HKUST.

A study by MMLab@HKUST, which led by Prof. RAO Anyi, Assistant Professor in the Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC), has uncovered the phenomenon of pseudo-unification in AI models, revealing that text and image generation remains unintegrated. It has developed a new tool for analyzing and improving the integration capabilities of mainstream multimodal models.

In an article on whether AI makes or breaks the film industry, it was mentioned that the first 100% AI-focused film festival in Greater China was curated by Prof. RAO Anyi, Assistant Professor in the Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC). During a media interview, Prof. Rao noted that controlling the spatial and temporal consistency is one of the key challenges in the video generation process.

A column article by Prof. Christine LOH Kung-Wai, Chief Development Strategist in the Division of Environment and Sustainability (ENVR), on the necessity for HK to evolve from a traditional, "siloed" administrative model to a mission-oriented governance as the city is preparing its first five-year plan. To succeed in a complex global environment, Prof. Loh noted that the government needs to act as a transforming systems architect rather than just a regulator.

In a column article, Prof. Erwin HUANG, Adjunct Professor in the Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD), challenged the traditional "linear logic" of Hong Kong’s education and career planning – focusing on stable professions like finance or medicine – arguing that this model is becoming obsolete in the face of rapid global change.

In an article on HK's baby bonus scheme, Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN, Professor in the Division of Public Policy (PPOL), was quoted as saying that the scheme should be maintained with its rationale reframed. He suggested that the Government should pitch the subsidy as a means of easing the burden of raising a child, rather than resolving the shrinking population problem.