AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

Andrew Ng discusses AI’s impact on software engineering in his article, noting that once software development becomes easier, product management becomes the bottleneck. He lists five major trends, believing that AI will increase the number of people involved in programming, that the customized software economy becomes viable, and that the importance of writing code decreases, among other points. Ng pushes back against the view that “AI will lead to unemployment” and emphasizes that engineering job openings are still growing. He raises key questions for the future of software engineering, including critical skills, curriculum changes, and competitive advantages.

Google AI developer relations lead Logan Kilpatrick announced the launch of a prompt auto-completion engine called “Tab Tab Tab,” aiming to improve developers’ interaction experience in the Vibe Coding interface of AI Studio. This feature uses Gemini to automatically suggest more complete instructions, enabling developers to express vague ideas more precisely, improving instruction quality, overcoming the bottleneck of humans providing instructions, and strengthening Google AI Studio’s competitiveness within the toolchain.

Economist Nouriel Roubini, speaking at a forum in Hong Kong, predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) will drive future economic growth and is not a bubble. He said AI and semiconductors will be the growth engines for the next 20 years and expects that by 2050, the United States could achieve an average annual GDP growth rate of 10%. Roubini emphasized that policy has limited impact in the short term, and that technological momentum is more important; he believes the United States and China have leading advantages in this area.

Meta Platforms is experimenting with AI to develop a new way for its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to communicate with his staff without being physically present. Summary Meta Platforms is developing a photorealistic AI-powered 3D version of Mark Zuckerberg to enable real-time interaction w

Gate News update: On April 14, Tom Duff Gordon, the international policy vice president at a certain CEX, has left the company and joined AI giant OpenAI, where he will serve as the policy lead for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Tom Duff Gordon held the role at the exchange for nearly four years; previously, he worked at Credit

The founder of Muddy Waters, Carson Block, after trying the AI tool Claude, shifted his view of the economic outlook from optimistic to pessimistic. He warned that AI replacing knowledge work will trigger a severe economic crisis, and has already started shorting ETFs in the credit market. He noted that 15% of knowledge work is about to disappear, and predicted it will lead to a contraction in consumption and a systemic crash. His move to restart the short-selling setup has drawn attention in the current market.

BlackRock strategists have again turned bullish on U.S. stocks, taking an overweight view. They believe the impact of the Middle East conflict on the global economy is manageable, and that corporate earnings forecasts are rising. The recent ceasefire and the resumption of shipping are seen as positive signals—especially with the technology sector performing strongly.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary and the Federal Reserve Chair convened top figures on Wall Street, warning that the AI model Mythos could pose systemic risk to the financial system. Mythos can autonomously discover large numbers of vulnerabilities; Anthropic chose to limit its public release and launched the “Glass Wings Initiative” to strengthen cybersecurity.

OpenAI founder Sam Altman was attacked twice over the weekend, and the Wyoming bunker built a decade ago became the last line of defense. (Previous recap: Suspicion of Sam Altman sexually abusing his younger sister as a child; the judge allowed the case to continue under the child abuse statute.) (Background add-on: A University of California study on the “AI brain fog” phenomenon: 14% of office workers are driven crazy by Agents and automation, and their likelihood of quitting is 40% higher.) In 2016, Sam Altman built a bunker underground in Wyoming. 1,200 square meters, a three-story structure, 500 kilograms of gold, 5,000 tablets of potassium iodide, 5 tons of freeze-dried food, 100k rounds of ammunition. That year, OpenAI had just been founded for one week. A decade later, the head of the most powerful AI company in the world was attacked on two consecutive weekends—first Molotov cocktails, then a shooting. In his own blog, he said he had seriously underestimated the “

The U.S. Treasury Secretary and the Federal Reserve Chair convened top executives on Wall Street, warning that the AI model Mythos could pose systemic risk to the financial system. Mythos can autonomously discover large numbers of vulnerabilities; Anthropic chose to limit its public release and launched the "Glass Wings Plan" to strengthen cybersecurity.

Grayscale's Q2 2026 “Assets Under Consideration” list highlights tokens from smart contracts, DeFi, AI, and utilities, indicating potential future investments. Notable inclusions show diverse interest, though not all assets guarantee imminent fund launches.

Gate News message: On April 13, according to the network status monitoring site DownDetector, users reported issues with the Claude AI service. Claude is an AI assistant product launched by Anthropic.

Introducing AI can significantly boost team productivity, but whether it causes unemployment depends on the creativity and the imagination of decision-makers. The article notes that historically, technological improvements have increased demand rather than reduced it. At the same time, technological revolutions will push human work levels upward into abstraction, compressing low-level tasks while strengthening high-level decision-making. In the future, an organization’s competitiveness will depend on the operational efficiency of agents. How to apply AI to expand capabilities rather than merely optimize costs will be the key to determining success or failure.

Nous Research is an open-source AI lab focused on the Hermes series of models. In 2025, it received a $50 million investment from Paradigm, valuing it at $1 billion. What makes it unique is that it develops AI technology with a crypto-native team and then integrates it with the blockchain. Its core product, the Hermes model, is designed around the goal of reducing the refusal rate, and its data sources rely mainly on synthetic data. At the same time, Psyche Network builds a decentralized AI training network on Solana, incentivizing participants through a token mechanism. Nous Research adopts an open-source and decentralized strategy, aiming to demonstrate its technical capability and feasibility.

Gate News, April 13, OpenAI praised its alliance with Amazon in a memo, saying that Microsoft "limits its ability to reach its customers." Denise Dresser, OpenAI's newly appointed Chief Revenue Officer, said in the memo that the alliance with Amazon is viewed as a key growth driver for OpenAI's enterprise business. So far, Microsoft has not responded to requests for comment on the matter. (CNBC)

Gate News message. On April 13, the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that it has signed with the National Internet Information Office a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation for the Development of Innovation and Technology, with the aim of promoting high-quality development of the digital economy empowered by technological innovation. The Memorandum of Understanding covers key areas such as artificial intelligence, cross-border data, and blockchain. The objective of the Memorandum of Understanding is to further implement the country’s national “15th Five-Year Plan”, support Hong Kong in building an international innovation and technology center, and promote the development of a new real-economy led by technological innovation.

Gate News message, according to a Gate official announcement on April 13, 2026 The Gate Stock Trading Zone will be available for the pre-market trading of five USDT-settled perpetual contract order books—OPENAI, ANTHROPIC, ANDURIL, KALSHI, and POLYMARKET—starting on April 13, 2026 at 20:00 (UTC+8). It supports 1x to 10x leverage for long and short positions. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory that has developed products such as ChatGPT and DALL·E. It is currently in the Pre-IPO stage. Anthropic is a large-model company founded by former core members of OpenAI, focusing on secure and reliable AI. Anduril Industries is an AI and autonomous defense technology company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus. Kalshi is a prediction market exchange regulated by the U.S. CFTC. Polymarket is the world’s largest decentralized prediction market. All contracts calculate prices using a valuation unit of $1 billion. For example, when a company’s valuation is $800 billion, the unit price is $800.

Byreal launched an on-chain AI trading assistant, RealClaw, on April 13. The tool is built on the OpenClaw framework, supports third-party skill extensions, and allows users to customize their trading strategies. It is currently in the Alpha testing stage and is only available to invited users.