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TREE NEWS update: A proposed class action accuses OpenAI of routing real user conversations to outside contractors through a program called Project Lily without first telling users. The suit claims the practice exposed private ChatGPT chats to third-party reviewers. No figure or court venue was disclosed in the material.

TREE NEWS update: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico will cooperate with South Korea in artificial intelligence and electric mobility. Sheinbaum announced the planned cooperation without giving further details on the scope, timing or specific projects involved. Neither government provided additional information on the agreement.

TREE NEWS update: Meta has introduced Muse Charm, a palm-sized keychain device for talking to its Muse AI agent on the go. The gadget carries cameras, a fingerprint sensor and its own cellular connection, letting users interact with the assistant without a phone. Meta has not disclosed pricing or a release date.

TREE NEWS reports: TypeSafe AI is in talks to raise at least $1 billion in funding. No lead investor, valuation or round terms were disclosed. The company has not commented publicly on the talks.

TREE NEWS reports: A February research paper demonstrating that AI can unmask pseudonymous internet users is drawing renewed attention this week. The paper describes how artificial intelligence can identify anonymous accounts, prompting fresh concern over privacy for pseudonymous users. No specific figures, named researchers or institutions were disclosed in the material.

TREE NEWS update: Meta unveiled Horizon Create and Horizon Studio at its Meta Connect event, two new tools for building games with agentic creation capabilities. The tools let users construct games with the help of AI agents, the company said. No pricing, release date or platform availability was disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Artificial intelligence hedge fund Situational Awareness has become Goldman Sachs’ largest prime brokerage client this year, the bank confirmed. The fund’s rise to the top of Goldman’s prime brokerage book marks a notable shift in the client mix at one of Wall Street’s biggest prime brokers. No figures on assets or balances were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: The White House has asked OpenAI and Anthropic not to share their newest AI models with the UK government’s testing body until the US government completes its own testing. The request was described on condition of anonymity. No timeline for the US testing was given.

TREE NEWS update: Elon Musk said his AI effort is only three years old, while Anthropic and OpenAI have been at it for six to 10 years, adding that if the acceleration holds, SpaceX could take the lead in roughly six months. Musk also said hardware is hard and that rapidly bringing massive compute online is extremely difficult, but that SpaceX has already shown strong capability there and will only improve.

TREE NEWS update: Google Cloud introduced a GKE smart migration tool that converts AWS EKS infrastructure-as-code into GKE format through automated pull requests. The tool targets teams moving Kubernetes workloads off Amazon’s managed service, generating the converted configuration as pull requests rather than requiring manual rewrites. Google Cloud positions the release as a way to lower the switching cost between the two cloud providers’ Kubernetes offerings.

TREE NEWS update: Google has launched Gemini 3.8 Live, a new version of its AI model that includes a real-time avatar feature. The release brings live virtual avatars to the Gemini platform. No pricing, regional availability or rollout timeline was disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Moody’s confirmed Baidu’s A3 rating on September 24, calling the company’s liquidity “excellent” and saying operating cash flow is sufficient to cover capital expenditure needs. The agency expects Baidu’s AI commercialization to continue making progress over the next 12 to 18 months. Citi also increased its long position in Baidu to 5.04%.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s humanoid robot shipments surpassed 40,000 units in the first half of 2026, accounting for 97% of global volume, as rental demand climbs ahead of the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays. Industry forecasts put the domestic robot rental market above 10 billion yuan in 2026, a rise of more than 900% from 2025.

TREE NEWS reports: China installed 354,000 industrial robots in 2025, about 59% of the global total, a record high, the International Federation of Robotics said in its World Robotics 2026 report released on the 24th. China has now been the world’s largest industrial robot market for two consecutive years.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese GPU maker Jingjiawei said its JM9 and JM11 series GPUs have completed full adaptation and deep tuning with openKylin 3.0, which runs on the Linux 7.0 kernel. The company told institutional researchers the JM11 series already supports Windows, Linux and major domestic operating systems, and is compatible with Phytium, Kunpeng, Hygon and Loongson CPUs, building a “CPU+GPU+OS” fully self-controlled closed loop.

TREE NEWS update: Google is preparing to test-launch Project Suncatcher, a plan to deploy solar-powered data centers carrying TPUs into space to supply energy for AI computing, people familiar with the matter said on September 24. No specific test launch date or further technical details have been disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Google plans to send an experimental satellite into orbit next Thursday, carrying enough computing power to answer simple AI queries directly from space. The satellite will handle basic AI queries on board rather than routing them to ground-based data centers.

TREE NEWS update: Google, OpenAI and Anthropic are forming a new AI safety standards organization, tentatively named the Frontier AI Standards Body. The body plans to operate independently to fill gaps in government regulation, and has approached Sriram Krishnan to serve as chief executive.

TREE NEWS reports: An artificial intelligence safety organization involving Google, OpenAI and Anthropic is taking shape. The three leading AI developers are moving to formalize the joint body, though no further details on its structure, leadership or launch date were immediately available.

TREE NEWS update: Elliptic has launched an AI-assisted tool called Pulse that lets any law-enforcement officer enter a wallet address or transaction hash and receive a plain-language summary in seconds. The London-based blockchain analytics firm said the tool is designed to extend crypto tracing beyond specialized units to general-duty officers.