AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to Jin10, on September 16, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU will invite major frontier AI laboratories to discuss industry efforts in advanced model development. Von der Leyen stated that as frontier models become increasingly powerful, risks are also

According to Preferred Networks, on September 16, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Tokyo-based AI company Preferred Networks announced a capital and business alliance signed on August 31. Under the deal, MHI will invest 10 billion yen ($64.6 million) in PFN through a third-party share allotment,

Cardano joined Mastercard's Crypto Partner Program, as announced on September 15, 2026, opening a channel for the blockchain network to explore payment and settlement applications with established financial infrastructure. The initiative connects blockchain networks and digital-asset companies with

According to a survey released by the UK's communications regulator Ofcom on September 15, approximately one-fifth of British adults used artificial intelligence applications or services to access news over the past month. ChatGPT emerged as the most widely used AI tool for news consumption among re

According to Lyon's monthly consumer survey released September 16, 36% of mid-income Chinese consumers who use AI tools weekly now pay monthly for AI services, up 4 percentage points from June. Among paying users, those

According to reports, Nubia's NaviX Ultra, the first mass-produced device powered by Baibao phone assistant, launches today starting at 5,999 yuan for the 12GB+512GB model, with the 16GB+1TB variant priced at 7,499 yuan. The AI phone operation feature achieves over 80% end-to-end task success rate a

According to BlockBeats, X-Agent released an article on September 16 discussing persistent runtime architecture for AI Agents executing tasks spanning hours or days. The framework addresses how Agents can save progress, wait for events, and recover after failures while users are offline. The

According to TypeSafe AI's blog on September 16, the company launched Jev, its first System One model, designed to output structured numerical values for classification, routing, and information extraction rather than text generation. The model delivers end-to-end response times of 70 to 500

According to ChainCatcher, software development company Factory announced the completion of a $200 million funding round, valuing the company at $5 billion. The company's total funding now exceeds $400 million, marking more than a threefold increase from its $1.5 billion valuation in April 2026.

According to BlockBeats, on September 16, Zhipu raised its annual recurring revenue (ARR) guidance to $3 billion for year-end, up from the previous target of $2.4 billion. The company's current full-business ARR has reached $1.8 billion. The increase is driven by newly signed revenue-sharing

Phemex CEO Federico Variola stated that AI has been a 'net negative' for the crypto industry during an interview on Cointelegraph's Chain Reaction. Variola said AI diverts capital away from crypto while empowering attackers and driving up cybersecurity costs for smaller teams, pressures that risk

According to PANews, Bilibili launched "AI Infinite Arena" evaluation platform on September 16, featuring over 30 evaluation topics and 100+ large language models, with cumulative views reaching 13.98 million. Based on the number of times each model ranked first across evaluation topics, GPT-6

According to Cointelegraph's Chain Reaction program, Phemex CEO Federico Variola recently stated that artificial intelligence has a net negative impact on the crypto industry. Variola cited multiple concerns: AI diverts funding away from crypto projects, enables attackers through social

According to Zhipu during an analyst call on September 16, the company completed a $5 billion funding round with a small equity, large debt structure to support AI computing capacity expansion. The funding

According to ChainCatcher, Zhipu (02513.HK) completed a $5 billion financing round on September 11 using a small equity, large debt structure. The funding is aimed at expanding computing capacity to support surging model usage demand following GLM-5's February

SUI token trades near $0.70 to $0.75, holding key support at $0.70 to $0.71 as traders focus on the $0.85 resistance level. A breakout above $0.83 to $0.85 could open pathways to recovery targets at $1.10, $2.00, and a more ambitious $4.50, though reaching higher levels depends on sustained market d

According to sources, on September 16, ByteDance completed a $290 million funding round for ANEW LABS, its AI-focused pharmaceutical unit that was recently spun off from the company.

According to Canadia Impact Fund, on September 16, the venture capital arm of Canadia Group invested an undisclosed amount in Newwave Tech Foundry's seed round. Founded in 2024, Newwave is a Cambodia-based AI company providing transformation and software development services to medium and large

According to Cloudflare's blog, the company has opened its 'block AI training' setting to all customers on September 16, enabling websites to retain search traffic while refusing their content for AI model training. Cloudflare established a 'responsible crawler operator' standard, requiring