AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

Grid Global Account integrates fiat currency, stablecoins, and Bitcoin into a single wallet, and uses AI agents to help manage and make payments, enabling a new model for cross-border transactions. Through a global payment network covered by Visa, it supports multi-currency exchange and instant transfers; businesses can use stablecoins/fiat as the underlying cash flow to maintain decentralization and neutrality.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared screenshots and a statement on X on April 29, and Codex is rolling out a new guided interface. When users enter for the first time, they must choose between two modes: Excelmogging and Codemaxxing. Codex’s current weekly active users have already exceeded 4 million, and its use cases have expanded from code generation to non-technical applications.

Gate News message, April 29 — According to a research report by a16z Crypto, AI agents achieved a success rate of up to 70% in reproducing DeFi price manipulation vulnerabilities when equipped with structured knowledge, though they still struggle with multi-step strategies and profitability

Gate News message, April 29 — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a redesigned Codex interface on X today, introducing two distinct modes for users. "Excelmogging" targets everyday office tasks with a simplified interface and the tagline "Same tools, simpler interface," featuring example tasks like

According to a report citing an insider, quoted by Axios on April 28, the White House is drafting guidance that would allow federal agencies to bypass Anthropic’s Supply Chain Risk Determination (SCRD) and introduce new models for government use, including Anthropic’s Mythos model. In connection with this, the White House issued an official statement saying that any policy statements would be released directly by the President, and that any other claims are purely speculation.

According to a report by National Public Radio (NPR) in the U.S. on April 28, the Parco Archaeologico di Pompei announced that researchers have for the first time used AI technology to create a digital reconstruction of the face of a man who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD; according to an announcement on the official website of the Parco Archaeologico di Pompei, the reconstruction work was completed in collaboration with the University of Padua.

According to a report by the BBC on April 28, American pop singer Taylor Swift has filed three trademark applications in the United States, covering sound audio clips and stage images. The purpose is to protect her voice and appearance from AI impersonation; trademark attorney Josh Gerben first disclosed the details of the above applications on his blog.

Gate News message, April 29 — The White House is drafting executive guidance that would allow government agencies to waive supply chain risk determinations for Anthropic and introduce new AI models including Mythos, according to sources familiar with the matter. The proposed administrative measure c

According to an article published on April 28 on the official Pi Network website, Pi Network announced that its decentralized workforce infrastructure has been completed by more than 1 million KYC identity-verified users with over 526 million verification tasks. The tasks are part of Pi’s native KYC system, and contributors are compensated with Pi tokens.

According to reports from OpenAI and Scientific American, 23-year-old amateur Liam Price, with help from GPT-5.4 Pro, solved the Erdős#1196 original set problem that had gone unsolved for 60 years. It took about 80 minutes of reasoning, 30 minutes to organize the results into LaTeX, and submit them to erdosproblems.com for review. The key is linking integer structures with Markov processes; Tao and Lichtman have expressed approval. It is still in the community verification stage and has not yet been completed for peer review. The information is available in ABMedia and the OpenAI 4/28 Podcast.

Gate News message, April 29 — US pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced on April 28 it signed a deal worth up to $2.25 billion with AI biotech startup Profluent to develop DNA-editing medicines. Lilly will receive exclusive rights to any medicines resulting from the partnership. The companies d

According to a report by Bitcoin Magazine, Lightspark CEO and former PayPal president David Marcus launched a new type of Bitcoin wallet on April 28 that allows AI agents to buy Bitcoin and carry out fund sending and receiving operations. Marcus confirmed that Lightspark’s Grid Global Accounts have officially gone live.

Gate News message, April 29 — Elon Musk took the stand Tuesday as the first witness in his lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that the company's conversion to a for-profit structure "stole a charity" and set "a precedent for looting charities across America if they succeed." Musk is seeking $150 billi

Gate News message, April 29 — Chinese printed circuit board supplier Victory Giant Technology reported a 40% year-on-year increase in net income to 1.3 billion yuan (US$190 million) in the first quarter, driven by surging demand for AI server components. Quarterly revenue rose 28% to 5.5 billion yua

Gate News message, April 29 — Taiwan and South Korea's semiconductor industries, which account for 60% of global chip manufacturing and 70% of the memory chip market respectively, face a critical energy vulnerability as oil and gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted since the st

Gate News message, April 29 — David Marcus, former PayPal president and CEO of Lightspark, announced the launch of a new Bitcoin wallet that enables AI agents to purchase BTC and execute fund transfers. The wallet integrates artificial intelligence capabilities, allowing autonomous agents to

Gate News message, April 29 — Amazon Web Services announced that its Bedrock platform now supports OpenAI's latest models, including Codex, alongside a new managed agent service. The move follows changes to OpenAI's agreement with Microsoft, which had previously granted Azure exclusive rights to

Partnership Announcement Blaize, a US AI computing company, announced on April 28 a three-way partnership with Nokia and PT Datacomm Diangraha, an Indonesian IT services firm, according to Blaize Holdings. The companies will deploy hybrid AI inference infrastructure in Indonesia and Southeast

Gate News message, April 28 — Seagate Technology, a US data storage hardware maker, raised its fiscal fourth-quarter revenue and profit guidance above estimates on April 28, citing strong demand from AI workloads. The company expects Q4 revenue of $3.45 billion (plus or minus $100 million) and

Gate News message, April 28 — OpenAI expects its cheaper, ad-supported subscription tier will not only attract new users but also prompt tens of millions of existing paid subscribers to downgrade. The company projects consumer subscription users will more than double this year to 122 million and