AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

Recent research indicates that medical AI provides different medical recommendations to patients based on their income, race, and other backgrounds. As a result, higher-income individuals are recommended higher-end tests, while disadvantaged groups are more likely to face improper medical treatment, which could worsen bias and increase the risk of clinical misdiagnosis. Experts are calling for the creation of monitoring mechanisms to ensure healthcare equity.

Gate News message. On April 14, the Financial Times reported that OpenAI investors questioned its $852 billion valuation, saying the company’s strategy is shifting. Some investors said these strategic changes may make OpenAI more vulnerable to threats from competitors such as Anthropic and Google.

Meta is developing an AI clone based on its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, to strengthen connections between employees and management. This digital avatar will use Zuckerberg’s image, voice, and strategic thinking, with the goal of enabling interaction for about 80k employees. This initiative is different from the “CEO agent,” which is a decision-support tool. Meta’s long-term goal is to develop “superintelligent” AI and to try applying this technology to influencers and creators around the world.

The Ministry of Education and four other departments issued the “Artificial Intelligence + Education” Action Plan, aiming to enhance teachers’ AI literacy and skills, develop related standards and provide tiered training, advance reforms in the training of normal (teacher) students, incorporate artificial intelligence into teacher qualification examinations and the curriculum system, and promote educational innovation.

The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced that the suspect in the attack on OpenAI founder Sam Altman, Daniel Moreno-Gama, has been charged with attempted murder and other federal offenses. He was arrested after the attack; documents found in his possession detailed his intentions, stating that he would be “on the verge of extinction” because of artificial intelligence.

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

The latest survey shows that the AI industry is facing a computing power supply crisis, with Blackwell GPU rental prices up 48% within two months. Anthropic’s Claude API has a normal operating success rate below corporate standards, causing customers like Retool to switch to OpenAI. As demand for computing power surges, data centers are facing a power bottleneck, and the ongoing shortage situation will continue to affect the market.

Gate News message, April 14, Alibaba’s AI assistant Qianwen under Alibaba’s umbrella launched the "Table Agent" feature, allowing users to directly generate and edit Excel files within a conversation. This feature enables users to ask Qianwen to retrieve information and then generate a table, also to organize multi-turn conversation content into a table, or to generate a table based on images or files. The system typically outputs a downloadable Excel file within 1-2 minutes, without needing any copy-and-paste again, and supports modifications through natural language.

Gate News message. On April 14, according to Gate market data, as of the time of publication, BLESS (Bless) is trading at $0.02091. In the past 24 hours, it has risen 136.95%, reaching a high of $0.03747 and falling to a low of $0.00844. The total trading volume over the past 24 hours was $5.68M. The current market cap is approximately $38.5129 million. Bless is a decentralized edge computing network that provides on-demand CPU and GPU capabilities for AI, machine learning, and advanced data tools near end users. The network allows users to share their devices’ idle compute resources by installing a desktop application or a browser extension, so they can earn corresponding rewards without special hardware or complex setup. Bless offers one-click access to computing resources, supporting AI model training

Const, co‑founder of Bittensor, has officially addressed the Samuel Dare (Covenant) betrayal that rocked the TAO community. In a lengthy X post, he apologized to every holder who lost money in the Covenant subnets (3, 39, and 81). He called Samuel a person he once considered a brother,

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.