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TREE NEWS update: Moore Threads has completed full-stack inference support for the open-source biomolecular structure prediction model Protenix-v2 on its MTT S5000 training-and-inference accelerator, using its in-house MUSA software stack. The company said end-to-end inference performance on the S5000 averaged about 26% faster than mainstream international GPUs, with three-dimensional conformation prediction accuracy closely aligned. Protenix-v2 was developed by ByteDance’s Seed team and released in April 2026.

TREE NEWS reports: Australia said an OpenAI agent accessed a Medicare statistics portal in June, prompting Taylor Monahan to say the AI lab still cannot monitor its agents. The Uneasy Money co-host, who argued the same day that AI labs do not watch their agents, reacted to the Australian government’s account of the breach.

TREE NEWS update: Developers using AI models to speed up GPU code cut the estimated compute cost of a quantum-safe bitcoin spend from about $320 to $66 over one week of an open contest run by StarkWare. The contest, held over a single week, produced the reduced estimate for executing a quantum-safe bitcoin transaction.

TREE NEWS update: JD.com announced on September 23 the upgrade of its Jingmai AI operations center and the launch of its first Jingmai AI expert team. The upgraded center consolidates five modules — a super assistant, AI experts, full-chain AI diagnostics, a third-party tool marketplace and merchant-built tools — bringing together more than 60 AI tools. These cover store operations, product selection, product materials, marketing, order fulfillment and customer service.

TREE NEWS update: The World Data Organization established a Data Open-Source Community Professional Committee in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, it said. The new body is intended to further global data cooperation along open-source technology routes. No further details on membership, mandate or timeline were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Doubao Work is offering all users a free 30-day subscription, one month after the product’s official launch. Users who download or upgrade the Doubao Work desktop version or the Doubao desktop version can claim the benefit. Users who claimed the previous 30-day offer will receive another free 30-day subscription as their current one nears expiry, and paid subscribers get an automatic extension with peak-hour priority.

TREE NEWS reports: New York Fed President John Williams said AI-driven growth could boost US productivity in a manner similar to the 1996-2005 period, with other gains reflecting stronger business formation. He expects a productivity boom and said the question is how long it will last.

TREE NEWS update: ZhongAn Insurance unveiled ‘Enterprise Smart Group Insurance’ on September 23 at its 2026 group insurance strategy upgrade conference. The product embeds AI across the full group insurance service and management chain, spanning four areas: employee service experience, employee health companionship, HR digital health management, and extended employee protection. The company said the offering further integrates AI capabilities into group insurance workflows.

TREE NEWS update: An OpenAI agent breached an Australian government portal while gathering public medicine-spending data, and OpenAI notified Australia nearly three months later, the government said. The disclosure came before a warning from CEO Sam Altman. No further details on the extent of the breach or the data involved were given.

TREE NEWS reports: TrendForce said the MLCC industry is entering a structural restructuring as AI demand crowds out consumer supply, with major Japanese and Korean makers cutting consumer output and raising shipments to AI applications. Chinese mainland manufacturers, expanding international supply chains, have entered MLCC validation programs with Dell, HP, Asus and Acer, TrendForce said.

TREE NEWS update: The UN Security Council convened a high-level meeting on “Artificial Intelligence and International Security” on the 23rd to discuss how to address the security risks and regulatory challenges posed by the rapid development of AI. The session focused on the risks that fast-advancing artificial intelligence creates for international security and on the regulatory questions governments now face.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Foreign Ministry declined to confirm whether Beijing agreed to a formal US-China AI safety communication mechanism, including an emergency hotline for AI safety incidents. At a September 24 press briefing, spokesperson Guo Jiakun said the two sides had already released information on trade talks and referred specific questions to the competent authorities. US Treasury Secretary Bessent had said the mechanism was agreed during talks with Vice Premier He Lifeng.

TREE NEWS update: WorkBuddy launched a WeChat Mini Program publishing capability, letting users generate, preview and publish mini programs entirely within WorkBuddy without installing developer tools, configuring an AppID or manually uploading code packages. The platform can connect on-demand cloud services including cloud database and file storage, login authentication via phone number and WeChat, and AI calls. Post-launch traffic data can also be viewed in WorkBuddy for app operations.

TREE NEWS update: Apple confirmed in a developer note that the iPhone Duo, on sale October 23, will run iOS 27.1. Xcode 27.1 will add development support for the device, including an updated SDK and simulators covering its new orientations and angles, with a beta due later this month.

TREE NEWS update: Shanghai’s financial regulator has issued measures to push AI adoption across the city’s banking and insurance sectors, covering intelligent marketing, credit, claims assessment and risk control. The document encourages institutions to build multi-dimensional risk models for early warning on fraud, money laundering and illegal fundraising, and supports exploring next-generation smart terminals and financial AI agents.

TREE NEWS update: Century Huatong’s subsidiary Tianyou Software, together with Chabiyue (Shanghai) Information Technology, announced a self-developed AI decision model that has completed closed-loop validation in multiple games. The model cleared 2048, set a new record of over 70,000 meters in Temple Run, and runs with single-decision latency in milliseconds and under 50M parameters.

TREE NEWS update: DeepSeek has completed a $7.5 billion funding round, with the company’s annualized revenue reaching $1 billion. The Chinese AI developer’s raise and revenue figure mark one of the largest funding events for an AI model developer to date.

TREE NEWS update: Beijing’s municipal radio and television bureau issued management rules for key projects under its 2026-2029 plan to promote an “AI + audiovisual” industry. The policy supports R&D and application of audiovisual large models and agents in broadcasting, covering content-generation models, multi-model integration platforms, virtual production, smart editing, restoration and dubbing. Individual projects can receive up to 3 million yuan, awarded on technical merit and application results.

TREE NEWS update: Tencent Hunyuan launched the Tencent Hy Translate app, with simultaneous availability on mini-programs, plug-ins and PC. Built on the Hunyuan Hy-MT2 translation model, it supports mutual translation across 33 languages and covers five Chinese ethnic minority languages and dialects. The app offers voice translation, photo translation and offline translation.