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TREE NEWS update: US Senate Democratic Leader is demanding that the Trump administration provide a classified briefing on artificial intelligence to all senators. The request covers the full Senate, not just committee leaders. No date or administration response was given.

TREE NEWS update: Olas, formerly Autonolas, now lets newcomers spin off self-custodial AI agents to trade prediction markets, co-founder David Minarsch said. The customizable local agents can draw on specialized agents, including frontier models from labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI, on a pay-as-you-go basis. Minarsch described the setup in an interview.

TREE NEWS update: Olas, formerly Autonolas, now lets newcomers spin off self-custodial AI agents to trade prediction markets, co-founder David Minarsch said. The customizable local agents can draw on specialized agents, including frontier models from labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI, on a pay-as-you-go basis. The setup is aimed at giving retail users an edge in prediction markets.

TREE NEWS update: Xingyun Technology said its order book for five-year long-term compute framework contracts reached RMB 16.004 billion as of Sept. 8, 2026. Clients include listed central state-owned enterprises and leading large-model developers, the company said, adding that three core orders completed price adjustments and capacity expansion in July.

TREE NEWS update: Xiangshan Co. plans to acquire 100% of Wuluo Smart via share issuance and cash for a provisional total consideration of RMB 800 million, plus supporting fundraising. The target develops and sells AI compute equipment. After the deal closes, Xiangshan will add an AI compute business alongside its existing auto parts operations, forming a dual-driver structure. The sellers have committed cumulative non-GAAP net profit of no less than RMB 400 million for 2027-2029.

TREE NEWS update: The Guangzhou municipal government has issued its 15th Five-Year Plan for the marine economy, calling for accelerated development of the marine pharmaceutical and biological products industry. The plan includes building a gene and information bank for South China Sea drug-source organisms and an “AI + marine drugs” intelligent development model, targeting extraction of fish oil, fish collagen, chitosan and algal polysaccharides to create a “South China Sea medicine vault.”

TREE NEWS update: China’s Cyberspace Administration registered 124 new generative AI services between July and August, including seven that provide on-device generative AI services on mobile phones, bringing the cumulative total to 1,112 filings as of August 31. An additional 133 generative AI applications or functions that call already-registered model capabilities via API or other means completed local registration, for a cumulative 731.

TREE NEWS update: OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman said any slowdown in AI development should be limited to companies building the most powerful models, such as his own. “A lot of people ask, ‘Can I keep working on my open-source model? Can I keep working on my hobby project?’ The answer should be, of course,” Brockman said. “When we talk about pacing, we’re really talking about the frontier of the field — these giant supercomputing models that cost hundreds of billions of dollars.”

TREE NEWS update: Jucan Optoelectronics has delivered its first batch of co-packaged optics (CPO) chip samples to a key customer, with the prototype delivery milestone met on schedule, the company said. The samples mark a step in commercializing CPO, an optical interconnect technology for high-speed data transmission in AI and data-center hardware.

TREE NEWS reports: Oracle shares opened 7.5% higher at $164.43 on September 11, the first session after its fiscal 2027 Q1 results, then reversed to close down 1.74% at $150.28, a swing of more than 10%. Suppliers rallied on the company’s $90-95 billion full-year capex guidance: Hewlett Packard Enterprise rose 12.44% and Dell 11.98%, leading the S&P 500, while Super Micro gained 7.28% and Arista 5.61%.

TREE NEWS update: Xinqi Micro Equipment chairman Cheng Zhuo said at the company’s 2026 half-year results briefing that high-end PCB equipment order deliveries will remain full in the second half, with advanced packaging equipment entering verification and deployment. He added that AI servers, related substrates and advanced packaging capacity expansion will bring further equipment demand next year. The company’s second-phase plant ran at high utilization during its first-half ramp-up and will enter full release in the second half.

TREE NEWS update: Unitree Robotics announced today that its G1 humanoid robot has been fully upgraded with the launch of the G1+. The G1+ brings six improvements across motion performance, perception and interaction, and intelligent experience, strengthening neck flexibility, joint motor output and thermal management, visual and tactile sensing, power endurance and far-field voice interaction while keeping the G1’s cost-effective positioning. The standard G1+ is priced at 95,000 yuan including tax; pricing for the G1+EDU, aimed at research and deep development, has not been disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Unitree Robotics announced today that its G1 humanoid robot has been fully upgraded with the launch of the G1+. The G1+ brings six improvements across motion performance, perception and interaction, and intelligent experience, strengthening neck flexibility, joint motor output and thermal management, visual and tactile sensing, battery life and far-field voice interaction while keeping the G1’s cost-performance positioning. The standard G1+ is priced at 95,000 yuan including tax; pricing for the G1+EDU, aimed at research and deep development, has not been disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on September 14 that spreading threat narratives about artificial intelligence and pursuing confrontation and malicious competition will only disrupt the global AI governance process. Responding to a question about US AI companies calling China’s AI development a threat to the United States, Guo said AI development concerns the common welfare of all humanity and all parties should work toward open, inclusive, beneficial AI.

TREE NEWS update: The 2026 National Cybersecurity Week opened on Sept. 14 in Jinan, Shandong province. At the opening ceremony, a series of cybersecurity achievements were released, including version 3.0 of the Artificial Intelligence Security Governance Framework, the 2026 test results on AI-enabled cybersecurity applications, and consumer networked camera cybersecurity labeling registration products.

TREE NEWS update: Shanghai’s financial regulator issued an opinion on improving tech-finance services across the city’s banking and insurance sectors, encouraging qualified institutions to build enterprise-level AI platforms. The guidance calls for applying big data, blockchain, IoT and quantum computing to product development, business decisions and risk management. The regulator said the aim is to raise the digital and intelligent operating level of tech finance.

TREE NEWS update: China’s National Medical Products Administration approved a new brain-computer interface medical device standard on the 14th, the country’s third such standard and the world’s first to use artificial intelligence to process EEG data. The standard, effective September 1 next year, sets technical requirements and test methods covering data collection, processing, labeling, storage and access across the full BCI device workflow.

TREE NEWS update: European Union official Albuquerque said AI risks are difficult to assess comprehensively and that such risks will only keep growing. Albuquerque said preparation is the best way to respond to AI. No specific policy measure or timeline was announced.

TREE NEWS update: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Sunday he supports the idea of slowing AI development so frontier models do not outpace humans’ ability to maintain control. Altman echoed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, saying a pivot to safety carries costs but is worth it to sustain confidence that US companies develop increasingly capable AI responsibly. “When we talk about ‘slowing down,’ we don’t mean ‘stopping,'” he wrote.

TREE NEWS update: King Charles is set to host a gathering of AI industry chiefs, days after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called for greater restraint at the AI frontier. The two executives warned that rapidly improving systems could pose increasingly difficult-to-control risks. No date or venue for the meeting was given.