TREE NEWS reports: Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said the company can secure chip supply for 2027 and is currently finalizing supply for 2028. The remarks highlight strong demand for its custom AI accelerators and networking chips. Tan’s comments came during an earnings call, signaling continued tight supply in the AI chip market.
TREE NEWS update: India is preparing for the next big leap in finance, driven by AI, following its digital payments boom. AI will aid in tasks like borrower assessment and fraud detection. The Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai will discuss risks such as algorithmic bias, fraud, cybersecurity, and data privacy, and will assess the impact of agentic AI, tokenization, and quantum technology.
TREE NEWS update: Meta Platforms unveiled Muse, a new AI agent designed to handle personal tasks for users. Initially available to US users, Muse automates shopping, ticket purchases, scheduling, and form-filling. Meta aims to eventually offer free and paid versions to billions across Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp.
TREE NEWS update: Anthropic has severed its relationship with the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), a major tech advocacy group. The AI company’s departure from the council marks a notable split amid ongoing policy debates. Axios reported the move, which adds to growing tensions between AI firms and industry associations over regulatory stances.
TREE NEWS update: OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.5, the DALL·E 2.5 image model, now available to all ChatGPT, ChatGPT Enterprise, and Codex users across desktop, mobile, and web. For developers, OpenAI will introduce two new API models: GPT-IMAGE-2.5 FLARE and GPT-IMAGE-2.5 SUNBURST.
TREE NEWS reports: OpenAI’s Chief Financial Officer declared the company’s enterprise business ‘unstoppable,’ citing strong demand for its AI tools among corporate clients. The remarks, reported by CNBC, underscore OpenAI’s growing focus on enterprise revenue as it competes with tech giants in the AI market.
TREE NEWS update: AI startup Cognition has raised more than $2 billion in a funding round that values the company at $48 billion. The deal underscores surging investor appetite for AI ventures. No further details on investors were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Mistral announced that Samsung has led its Series D funding round, making Samsung a shareholder in the company. Samsung will integrate Mistral AI across its semiconductor operations.
TREE NEWS update: OpenAI has pledged $5 million to support independent research focused on teenagers. The commitment aims to fund studies that examine the impact of AI on youth. This initiative underscores OpenAI’s efforts to engage with external researchers on matters concerning younger users.
TREE NEWS reports: CoreWeave (CRWV) shares jumped 15.17% intraday to $102.37 on Binance. The move reflects strong investor interest in the AI cloud provider, which recently listed on the Nasdaq.
TREE NEWS update: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said hyperscale cloud providers have done a poor job communicating on AI-related matters. His remarks came during a discussion on AI’s economic impact and regulatory approach. Bessent’s comments highlight growing government attention to AI infrastructure and its market implications.
TREE NEWS update: On September 8, 2026, HiDream.ai globally launched its video agent vivago R1, along with a domestic version called ‘够搭’. The product breaks through the industry’s 15-second generation limit, enabling stable output of 5-minute videos in a single run.
TREE NEWS update: Network chip maker Celero Communications raised $275 million at a valuation above $3 billion to meet demand for improved efficiency in AI data centers. The round was led by Alphabet’s CapitalG, Atreides Management, and Valor Equity Partners.
TREE NEWS update: Qualcomm shares rose nearly 10% in premarket trading after the company announced a multi-generational agreement with Amazon to produce custom chips for large-scale AI data centers. The two firms will jointly advance AI inference technology, with production aimed at meeting growing demand.
TREE NEWS update: NetEase Youdao has officially launched its first AI-native voice agent, ‘Bage Shuo’ (网易叭哥说), available for free. The agent claims voice input is five times more efficient than typing on a keyboard, with automatic polishing and understanding of spoken intent. For privacy, it retains no voice or text data in the cloud, eliminating risks of raw data leakage and returning data sovereignty to users.
TREE NEWS reports: On the evening of September 3, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok experienced simultaneous outages, leading many to suspect Cloudflare. However, Cloudflare’s status page showed no global incident, and no evidence suggests a common cause. The incident highlights Cloudflare’s critical role as internet infrastructure, often blamed during outages even when not at fault.
TREE NEWS update: Honor will release MagicOS 11 on September 15, becoming the first smartphone OS to commercially deploy a system-level Agent Harness. The new Magic9 series will debut with the OS. Honor has completed development and testing and is pursuing certification, aiming to support the feature on RobotPhone and Magic9 devices once approved.
TREE NEWS update: DeepSeek announced via a WeChat group that it has begun internal testing of its V4.1 Flash natively multimodal model, which features a new architecture aimed at improving speed and reducing costs. The company did not disclose a public release date or additional details.
TREE NEWS update: On September 8, Xiaomi MiMo began open beta testing of its desktop client preview, marking the first AI desktop application for individual users. The preview is now available for invited users to test.
TREE NEWS update: On September 8, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular press conference that China is willing to work with all parties to ensure artificial intelligence generates sustained value. She confirmed that a new AI capacity-building seminar hosted by China has opened in Beijing, responding to a question about the initiative.
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