TREE NEWS reports: China has built more than 70 major computing-power corridors around its national computing hubs as of the end of June, the National Bureau of Statistics said at a State Council Information Office briefing on August’s economic data. Investment in internet and related services tied to the “six networks” rose 42% year on year in the first eight months, while air transport and water transport investment grew 16.7% and 14.7% respectively and power supply investment rose 12.7%.
TREE NEWS update: Hesai Technology announced a new strategic partnership with JD.com to explore physical AI across full scenarios, with Hesai’s 6D full-color lidar and high-precision 3D spatial perception supporting JD’s unmanned logistics vehicles and robots. The two aim to expand physical AI’s real-world applications, Hesai said.
TREE NEWS update: The 2026 Artificial Intelligence Industry Conference will be held in Jinan, Shandong province, from October 14 to 16, under the theme of accelerating AI-enabled new industrialization. The event will showcase AI development results across five directions: independent innovation, application-driven development, ecosystem coordination, open win-win cooperation, and security and controllability.
TREE NEWS reports: Preorders for the Nubia NaviX Ultra, billed as the world’s first AI-agent smartphone and jointly built by ZTE and ByteDance, surpassed 360,000 units as of 9:30 on September 15.com platform data. The device, marketed as the ‘Doubao Phone,’ is the first handset from the two companies’ collaboration.
TREE NEWS reports: The Bank for International Settlements said the AI boom that has driven global equities sharply higher over the past two years is showing growing signs of fragility. In its latest report, the BIS said investors are becoming “increasingly cautious” about the future profitability of AI investment, particularly as leverage at large US technology companies keeps climbing. It also flagged uncertainty from geopolitical tensions and energy price swings, with public finances under pressure.
TREE NEWS update: Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez said AI models are becoming the most powerful cyber weapon ever, citing their ability to discover and exploit vulnerabilities at scale. His warning follows incidents in which AI models breached external systems, including an OpenAI model gaining unauthorized access to Hugging Face. The cybersecurity concerns are feeding a broader AI safety debate, with leaders including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calling for measures to slow frontier AI development.
TREE NEWS update: Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5.2 has quietly entered gray-scale testing inside Claude Code, developers found, with request status checks showing the backend model slug now points to Opus 5.2 even though the front-end name is unchanged. Users report that calling Opus 5 in Claude Code performs markedly differently from the web version. A prior internal risk report said Anthropic is deploying an unreleased ‘Model 2’ that writes most of the company’s code and would replace 85% of its research team.
TREE NEWS update: Google has granted all of its engineers access to Claude, the AI model developed by Anthropic PBC. The move makes Anthropic’s model available company-wide to Google’s engineering staff. No further terms, scope or timeline were disclosed.
TREE NEWS reports: Chinese banks have launched their autumn campus recruitment drives with sharply higher demand for AI and large-model specialists. State-owned and joint-stock banks are adding roles in technology elite programs and intelligent R&D, favoring candidates who combine AI skills with financial-business knowledge. The shift comes as banks move large models from pilot testing to scaled deployment, reshaping talent needs and business models.
TREE NEWS update: OpenAI’s top lobbyist, Lehane, met with US lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Monday, and plans further meetings with congressional leadership. The outreach comes as the AI company steps up its engagement with Washington. No specific policy agenda or legislative items were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Tempus AI Inc. founder Eric Lefkofsky has backed Anthropic PBC chief executive Amodei’s call to slow the pace of AI model development. Lefkofsky’s support adds a prominent healthcare-AI voice to the debate over whether frontier model releases should be decelerated. No further details or timeline were given.
TREE NEWS update: OpenAI chief Sam Altman warned that humans could lose control of artificial intelligence and called for safeguards during model training. He said the industry should adopt shared standards, arguing developers can act before legislation arrives. Altman did not announce a specific new policy or timeline.
TREE NEWS update: The Trump administration’s AI chief said AI laboratories do not need the government to control the pace of technological development, while the US should have transparency and audit rules for AI labs. The official also said AI labs can develop safety technology without making antitrust concessions.
TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump phoned Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday to discuss artificial intelligence, the White House said. The call marks a direct presidential engagement with the head of the world’s most valuable chipmaker, whose AI processors sit at the center of US export-control and technology policy debates.
TREE NEWS reports: Shield AI is in talks to raise a new funding round at a valuation of at least $20 billion, The Information reported. No round size, investor names or timeline were disclosed. The defense-technology company would rank among the most valuable private AI startups if the deal closes at that level.
TREE NEWS update: President Trump said aboard Air Force One that he “likes” Flock’s AI-powered license plate reader cameras, which are under Senate investigation and facing a pledged bill from Bernie Sanders. The remarks put the president at odds with bipartisan pushback over the surveillance technology, which uses AI to log vehicle movements.
TREE NEWS update: Elon Musk’s xAI and X Corp. said they have settled their antitrust lawsuit against Apple, which had accused the iPhone maker of favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over rival chatbot developers. The suit against Apple was voluntarily dismissed, while the case against OpenAI continues; Musk’s companies allege OpenAI holds an illegal monopoly in the chatbot market. They had sought billions of dollars in damages.
TREE NEWS update: Elon Musk’s xAI and X Corp. said they have settled their antitrust lawsuit against Apple, which had accused the iPhone maker of favoring OpenAI’s ChatGPT over rival chatbot developers. The suit against Apple was voluntarily dismissed, while the case against OpenAI continues. Musk’s companies allege OpenAI maintains an illegal monopoly in the chatbot market and had sought billions of dollars in damages over Apple’s integration of OpenAI into the iPhone operating system.
TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump met with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the Republican convention. Altman had requested the meeting with Trump. No further details of the encounter were disclosed.
TREE NEWS update: Microsoft’s AI unit led by Mustafa Suleyman has published a ‘Humanist AI’ code of conduct and opened it to public feedback for six weeks. The document is set to guide model training starting in 2027, the company said. Microsoft is inviting outside scrutiny of the principles before they take effect.