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TREE NEWS update: BYD has been granted a design patent for an embodied AI robot, according to a filing published on October 9 by China’s National Intellectual Property Administration. The patent, authorization number CN310247768S, was formally approved on October 6, 2026. Drawings show a minimalist black-and-white humanoid with rounded head lines and multiple high-precision joints, intended for walking, balance and interaction in service, education or industrial settings.

TREE NEWS reports: Dragonfly partner Qureshi pushed back on what he called ‘bunker mode’ doomerism over AI models breaking cryptographic signatures, arguing that migrating assets elsewhere is not a real solution. He urged blockchains to adopt proactive measures instead.

TREE NEWS reports: Dragonfly partner Qureshi has pushed back against what he calls ‘bunker mode’ pessimism about AI models potentially breaking cryptographic signatures, arguing that moving assets elsewhere is not a real solution. He calls for blockchains to adopt proactive measures instead.

TREE NEWS update: Dragonfly partner Qureshi pushed back against the pessimism he calls “banker mode” regarding the possibility of AI models breaking cryptographic signatures, arguing that moving assets elsewhere is not a real solution. Instead, he called on blockchain to take proactive measures.

TREE NEWS reports: Dragonfly partner Qureshi pushed back against what he called the “banking mode” pessimism regarding AI models’ ability to break crypto signatures, arguing that moving assets elsewhere is not a real solution. Instead, he called on blockchains to take proactive measures.

TREE NEWS reports: SoftBank is planning to raise $100 billion from Gulf-region investors as it escalates its bet on artificial intelligence. The fundraising plan was reported Friday, with no lead investor or closing date disclosed. Earlier the same day, OpenAI clarified its annualized revenue stood at about $50 billion as of end-September, against a year-end target of $70 billion.

TREE NEWS update: Guangdong Party Secretary Huang Kunming said on October 9 at the province’s advanced manufacturing conference in Guangzhou that the province will focus on cultivating and opening application scenarios and building new infrastructure including computing networks. He said the aim is to make Guangdong the preferred base for new technologies to scale from breakthroughs to broad application, supported by basic research, core technology breakthroughs and commercialization.

TREE NEWS update: GlobalFoundries has introduced its FDX Fusion FD-SOI platform, targeting physical AI applications, with production planned to begin in Dresden, Germany, in 2028. The platform is aimed at chips that combine sensing and computing for physical AI workloads. No financial terms were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Traders on prediction market Kalshi now assign a 75% probability that more than 5,100 AI data centers will be planned or operating worldwide by 2027, up from 60% two weeks earlier. The contract will be verified by data center tracking platform Data Center Map, which counts over 4,700 operating or planned US data centers, led by Virginia with more than 670, Texas with over 537 and California with over 200. Expansion has drawn local opposition over power costs and water use.

TREE NEWS reports: CrowdStrike found attackers had embedded agentic AI into their pipeline during an investigation into attacks on South Korean financial institutions in early October, using DeepSeek, GLM and Grok models for penetration testing and attack execution. Anthropic’s September threat intelligence report said multi-agent frameworks have been used for reconnaissance, exploitation and data theft. On September 13, Vitalik Buterin proposed adversarial governance mechanism design as a possible AI safety application.

TREE NEWS reports: OpenAI and Anthropic are hiring former officials from the Trump administration, CNBC reported. The two leading AI developers are adding government-experienced personnel as Washington weighs policy and regulation for artificial intelligence. No further details on the specific hires or their roles were given.

TREE NEWS update: China’s National Development and Reform Commission said artificial intelligence is the core support for developing new quality productive forces and building a modern industrial system, in a Q&A on the Opinions on Developing New Quality Productive Forces. The commission said the Opinions stress fully implementing the “AI+” initiative to deepen AI’s integration with the real economy and upgrade traditional industries. It cited autonomous driving, humanoid robots, autonomous drones and brain-computer interfaces as emerging tracks.

TREE NEWS reports: Samsung Electronics guided to a record third-quarter 2026 operating profit of about 107.4 trillion won, up 782.5% year on year, on consolidated sales of about 195 trillion won, the first time a Korean company has topped 100 trillion won in quarterly operating profit. Shares closed at 262,000 won on October 8, down 2.42%, roughly 30% below the June 18 intraday high of 374,500 won, as revenue and profit both came in about 1% below consensus.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Communist Party Central Committee and State Council issued a document on developing ‘new quality productive forces,’ calling for the full implementation of the ‘AI Plus’ initiative. The plan pushes AI adoption across traditional industries, including intelligent connected new energy vehicles, AI phones and computers, and humanoid robots, and pledges stronger supply of computing power, algorithms and data. It also calls for monitoring, risk-warning and emergency-response systems to keep AI safe, reliable and controllable.

TREE NEWS update: WEEX served as a platinum sponsor at TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026, held October 7-8 at Marina Bay Sands, where it demonstrated AI trading tools and ran a live link to its Dubai team’s planned Trading House. The exchange says it now serves over 10 million users across 170+ countries, offering 2,700+ tradable markets spanning crypto spot and derivatives plus 400+ TradFi products including stocks, ETFs, gold and crude oil.

TREE NEWS reports: Executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios in which a catastrophic AI incident triggers public and political backlash against the industry. The internal exercises are aimed at anticipating how governments, users and the wider public might react if an AI system causes serious harm. No specific incident or company statement was disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology has launched trial operations of its Agent Identifier and Identity Network and opened it to public access. The network, built on trusted agent interconnection centers in Beijing and Xiamen, offers agents identifier registration, identity verification, addressing resolution, capability discovery and collaborative verification, enabling trusted access and cross-domain collaboration for agents from different platforms and operators.

TREE NEWS update: The Shenzhen Stock Exchange issued a letter of concern to Chinese Online over its plan to issue A-shares to no more than 35 specific investors, raising up to 2.83 billion yuan. Proceeds would fund digital copyright content upgrades, IP derivative development, AI large-model R&D, an AIGC multimodal content platform and an intelligent mid-platform. The exchange asked the company to justify the projects’ commercial rationale, technical feasibility and projected returns.

TREE NEWS update: OpenAI said last week it ended its collaboration with three researchers after an internal investigation found they violated its sensitive information handling policy. The company said the dismissals were not because the researchers raised safety concerns or spoke publicly, and that the breaches of trust went beyond what was described in their public letter. OpenAI added it is finalizing contracts with third-party safety evaluators and will share details in the coming weeks.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese A-share film, media and AI short-drama concept stocks extended gains on the afternoon session, with several shares hitting the daily limit up. Chinese Online, Shanghai Film, H&R Century, Jishi Media and Zhangyue Technology were among the stocks that closed at their upper price limits. The rally reflects continued momentum in the AI short-drama theme on the mainland exchanges.