{
  "id": 659433,
  "title": "Tech innovator uses AI to rebuild David Webb’s Hong Kong database",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/tech-innovator-uses-ai-to-rebuild-david-webbs-hong-kong-database-659433",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-12T11:29:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3363803/tech-innovator-uses-ai-rebuild-david-webbs-hong-kong-database"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tech entrepreneur Keith Li King-wah has announced plans to rebuild the free database created over 27 years by the late Hong Kong corporate governance activist David Webb, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to bring the project into the modern era. Webb, who passed away at the age of 60 in January, had requested that his website, webb-site.com, be discontinued to prevent potential corruption and misuse of the information. Li, co-founder and principal trainer of Allytic AI, stated that he would rebuild the database from scratch, retaining only the site's underlying logic while rewriting the rest of the data using AI. The database contains a wide range of publicly available information, including board compositions, reporting speed of listed companies, Hong Kong consumer prices, and energy consumption trends. Li noted that he would need approximately six more months to complete the project, which he began entirely on his own using AI without writing a single line of code. The site, launched by Webb in 1998 at the age of 32, was a single-handed platform that provided free access to Hong Kong's corporate and economic governance, business, finance, investment, legal, and regulatory affairs. Despite receiving over 100 offers to continue his site, Webb turned them all down, focusing solely on maintaining the integrity of the database.",
  "summary": "A tech entrepreneur has pledged to rebuild a free database created over nearly three decades by the late Hong Kong corporate governance activist David Webb, bringing it ‘into the modern era” with the help of AI. Keith Li King-wah, co-founder and principal trainer of Allytic AI, announced on his Facebook page on Wednesday that he would rebuild Webb-site’s database of 27 years with the use of…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hong Kong Free Press",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/hong-kongs-tech-index-plans-expansion-with-ai-and-robotics-themes",
        "published": "2026-08-12T05:54:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SCMP Business",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/hong-kong-seeks-tech-exposure-to-take-on-nasdaq-amid-beijings-rising",
        "published": "2026-08-12T06:00:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}