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TREE NEWS update: DeepSeek released a technical paper detailing DSec (DeepSeek Elastic Compute), its agent-training sandbox platform, with founder Liang Wenfeng among more than 130 listed authors. One production unit comprises about 160 CPU nodes, 30,000 cores and 250TB of memory, hosting petabyte-scale images. The platform serves roughly 3 million sandboxes per day, peaks above 380,000 concurrent sandboxes, creates over 5,000 per second, and can spin up as many as 32,000 sandboxes for a single training task.

TREE NEWS update: Supermicro has begun shipping NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin NVL72 racks, the company said. The NVL72 is a rack-scale system built around NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform. No shipment volumes, customer names or delivery schedule were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Verizon announced an additional $50 million for its “Verizon AI Skills for America” program, bringing its total investment in nationwide AI skills training to $70 million. Training partners include IBM, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, Coursera and OpenAI, with free participation for learners.

TREE NEWS update: SoftBank launched a high-yield bond offering of more than $11 billion to fund its expansion in artificial intelligence. The move comes as the company’s SB Energy unit delayed its IPO amid doubts over a $50 billion valuation, with financing for the world’s largest data center said to have hit obstacles.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will push forward the integration of artificial intelligence with information and communications technology, Vice Minister Yu Xiaohui said on September 23 at the opening of the 2026 China International Information and Communication Exhibition. Yu said the ministry will assess in advance and respond to AI’s transformative impact on communications network systems, and accelerate the intelligent upgrade of networks and industries.

TREE NEWS update: Qualcomm has agreed to acquire Picknik, a US-based embodied AI company. The deal was announced without disclosed financial terms. Picknik develops software for robot motion planning and control, a field known as embodied intelligence. Qualcomm has not stated a closing date for the transaction.

TREE NEWS update: Chengdu unveiled its first Token public service platform, the “Tianfu Token Smart Factory,” at a launch event in the city, built with China Telecom on a fully domestic IT stack. Positioned as the core vehicle for the city’s computing-power scheduling and token hub operations, it integrates computing, models and applications into one on-demand token service platform, shifting computing supply from cabinet leasing toward tokenized, on-demand delivery.

TREE NEWS update: Alibaba Cloud has signed a strategic partnership with Beijing-based model aggregation and routing platform TokenRhythm, the two said. The collaboration covers the Qwen model series, cloud computing infrastructure and MaaS services, with joint model testing and optimization for Agent scenarios. TokenRhythm was founded in April this year; its TokenRhythm API already connects to multiple models and handles more than 500 billion token calls per day.

TREE NEWS update: Xingyun Technology said its wholly owned subsidiary Changsha Xiangshuyun Technology signed a five-year smart-computing resource leasing contract with a VE client, worth 872 million yuan including tax. Server procurement for the contract is complete and the equipment is being received and inspected, with delivery to the VE client expected before September 30, 2026.

TREE NEWS update: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will use a speech at the United Nations to push for the establishment of standards for artificial intelligence. The appearance places the company at the center of international efforts to shape rules for AI development. No further details of the address were given.

TREE NEWS update: Deepal Auto and Volcano Engine announced a partnership on Sept 23 to co-develop smart-cockpit features around the Doubao large model, with the results debuting in the new Deepal S07 AI Laser edition, which launches Sept 28. The cockpit uses One Agent as a unified entry point, letting users say “Hello Deepal” to reach vehicle controls, navigation and chat, and covering an emotion manager, voiceprint recognition, scenario blocks, multi-waypoint route planning and exterior voice control.

TREE NEWS update: Shanghai added two generative AI services to its filing registry as of Sept. 23, bringing the city’s cumulative total to 207 registered generative AI services. The update was issued by the Shanghai Cyberspace Administration. The registry covers generative AI services that have completed the required filing process in the city.

TREE NEWS update: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will use a speech at the United Nations to push for global AI standards. The address puts the head of the ChatGPT maker at the center of international efforts to set rules for artificial intelligence. No further details of the proposals or the timing of the speech were given.

TREE NEWS update: WorkBuddy now lets desktop users add B.AI models as custom providers through the OpenAI Chat Completions protocol, requiring a B.AI API key and the exact model ID from B.AI’s GET /v1/models endpoint. The setup runs on Windows 10+ and macOS 12.0+, and the client writes custom-model configs to a local .workbuddy/models.json file, so users must reconfigure on a new machine.

TREE NEWS update: Stripe held its first Stripe Tour event in China on September 23 in Shanghai, unveiling a series of updates to its underlying payments infrastructure aimed at Chinese companies expanding globally. The company said the number of AI companies newly onboarded in Greater China rose 78%.

TREE NEWS update: Ant Group’s Bailing large-model unit open-sourced the Ming-Image-0.1-Design series on September 23, releasing two 6B-parameter models. Ming-Image-0.1-Design generates UI, infographics, posters and full visual designs from text prompts, while Ming-Image-0.1-Design-Layer splits creative or design images into independently editable transparent layers.

TREE NEWS update: Kaiwang Data on September 23 launched the Beacon Plan, a real-world scenario data partner ecosystem program, recruiting partners across the embodied intelligence industry. The company aims to jointly build 1 million hours of real-world scenario data with 100 partners within three months, with data from leading scenarios already tied to confirmed client demand.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.45% to 27,244.28 on September 22, its second consecutive record close after jumping 2.26% the prior day to top 27,000 for the first time. The S&P 500 was nearly flat at 7,764.64 and the Dow fell 0.36% to 51,863.69, with gains in chip and AI infrastructure names offsetting declines in banks and energy.

TREE NEWS update: Mifeng Technology chairman and CEO Yao Maoqing unveiled Mifenghui, billed as the world’s first full-category high-quality physical AI data crowdsourcing platform, at a Shanghai launch event. Users download the app, take data-collection assignments and wear MEgo devices to perform specified tasks in retail, warehousing, manufacturing and home settings, earning pay based on audited valid data hours. A one-month beta drew 20,000 registered users and 13,000 submissions.

TREE NEWS update: Spring Airlines and Ant Group signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Shanghai, upgrading the carrier’s partnership with Alipay. The two sides will work on ‘tap-and-go’ contactless services and an expanded full-journey air travel ecosystem, aiming to build a next-generation smart travel service model combining AI and aviation.