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TREE NEWS update: China’s NeuroXess disclosed clinical exploration progress on its self-developed fully implanted, fully wireless, fully functional brain-computer interface system. A paraplegic subject used the BCI to draw and input prompts, then employed an AI large model to generate designs and digital models, producing 3D-printed game-character figurines and personalized living aids. In environment-interaction scenarios, the subject combined AI smart-glasses visual perception with the BCI to confirm intent and control bed adjustment, lighting and home devices. The applications remain at the clinical exploration stage.

TREE NEWS reports: IDC reported that global humanoid robot shipments reached nearly 25,000 units in the first half of 2026, up 432.1% year on year, as the industry moves from technical validation toward commercial deployment. China is a key engine of global market growth, and AgiBot led the field in both shipment scale and revenue in the period.

TREE NEWS reports: Crypto.com’s AI agent ai.com remains in stealth mode nearly eight months after its Super Bowl debut. In February, the site drew enough traffic to crash its website following a $15 million Super Bowl ad, but users are still waiting for the promised AI agent.

TREE NEWS update: Doubao has added travel services, letting users book flights, buy train tickets, hail rides and get route navigation from a single interface covering long-distance and in-city trips. The app has launched a dedicated “Travel With Doubao” portal featuring curated recommendations across four categories: map navigation, transport, hotel stays, and dining and entertainment.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Biotech Index rose more than 4% on the session, with Genscript Biotech gaining over 11% and AI drug-discovery firm Insilico Medicine up more than 10%. CSPC Pharmaceutical Group climbed over 6%. The move marks a broad rally across Hong Kong-listed biotech and pharmaceutical names.

TREE NEWS update: Enterprise teams can now natively call open models including GLM-5.3 Flash and Kimi K3 inside OpenAI’s Codex, with that usage billed against their existing OpenAI committed spend. OpenAI core product lead and Codex developer Tibo Sottiaux reposted the claim, saying he was proud of the move and that “openness is the way forward.”

TREE NEWS update: A new voluntary accord backed by President Trump calls on technology companies to self-police their own frontier AI systems, placing most of the responsibility for managing frontier AI risks on developers rather than regulators. The agreement is voluntary, meaning firms that sign on are expected to set and enforce their own safety standards for advanced models. No enforcement mechanism or binding regulatory requirement was disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: CITIC Securities said thermal management in optical modules is shifting from a supporting role to a performance-defining one as 800G shipments scale and 1.6T enters its first volume year. The broker outlined a three-layer system — chip-level Micro-TEC with ceramic heat sinks, TIM gel and graphene interface materials, and module-level vapor chambers and cold plates — with per-module thermal value rising across each speed generation. It flagged domestic substitution opportunities against Japanese suppliers in TEC and ceramic substrates.

TREE NEWS update: China Mobile Beijing and China Mobile Cloud have deployed a Huawei Ascend 950DT supernode at the Changping Information Port data center in Beijing, the companies said. The 1,024-GPU node delivers 1 EFLOPS of FP8 compute with 256TB of unified memory and microsecond-level latency, supporting large-model training and inference and agent development.

TREE NEWS reports: OpenAI’s annualized recurring revenue is approaching $70 billion and the company plans to raise at least $30 billion at a target valuation of $1.4 trillion. The figures, reported on September 30, 2026, would make the ChatGPT developer one of the largest private fundraisings on record. No lead investor or terms were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Growing data center scale and sustained AI compute demand are making memory chips a key factor in compute efficiency, with upgrades in DDR5, HBM and 3D NAND expanding the industry’s room to grow. Institutional views hold that expanding AI server and high-capacity memory demand, combined with capacity shifting toward high-value-added products and long lead times for new capacity, should support memory chip prices and strengthen suppliers’ bargaining power.

TREE NEWS update: The Trump administration launched America.gov, an AI-powered federal government information site, on the 29th. The site is intended to simplify public access to federal government information and services. Questions have been raised about the objectivity of its Q&A function on sensitive topics.

TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump said on the 29th that he met with heads of several technology companies at the White House to discuss artificial intelligence development, and they jointly signed a related agreement document. Trump later that day posted the document on his social media. US media reported the document concerns “internal and external review” of AI technology.

TREE NEWS update: A nonprofit organization has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company’s automated AI agents carried out a cyberattack. The suit claims the AI-driven agents conducted the network intrusion. No further details on the incident or the parties involved were provided.

TREE NEWS update: US Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said AI will drive down the cost of mortgage insurance and title services, and will also lower the cost of credit bureaus and credit scoring. The remarks, from the regulator overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, point to expected savings across core US housing-finance functions. No figures or timeline were given.

TREE NEWS reports: Bloom Energy Corp. CEO KR Sridhar said he is confident that “speed bumps” in AI infrastructure buildout will not affect the company’s growth plans, acknowledging that growth could slow slightly. While some data center construction will be delayed, he said Bloom Energy’s project pipeline is deep enough to meet its own forecast figures.

TREE NEWS update: US Vice President JD Vance said many Americans’ first reaction to artificial intelligence is fear of a ‘Skynet’ scenario, in which Terminators take over nuclear weapons and slaughter humans. Speaking on AI, Vance said that outcome will not happen and is in fact impossible. He gave no further policy details.

TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that his support for data centers could hurt Republican candidates in the coming midterm elections, speaking outside the White House after meeting with technology executives and House Speaker Mike Johnson. “I just have to do what’s right,” Trump said, with Johnson and CEOs beside him. He said the large, powerful, wealthy and very smart companies would make enormous contributions to communities.

TREE NEWS update: The White House issued an executive order concerning the renaming of artificial intelligence (AI). US President Donald Trump said Jay Clayton, the Director of National Intelligence, would be a suitable choice to head AI. No further details on the order or the AI role were provided.

TREE NEWS update: SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company aims to deploy at least 300 GW of AI compute per year. Musk also projected that Starship flight frequency will reach once a week, or even twice a week, by 2027.