AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

South Korean stocks fell sharply on the morning of the 24th, with the KOSPI dropping 159.20 points (2.24%) to 6,937.69 as of 9:08 AM, sliding below the 7,000 level. The decline followed a US tech sell-off

According to Wall Street Journal reports, on July 23, Nvidia unveiled detailed technical specifications for its Vera CPU architecture, featuring 88 custom Olympus ARM cores, 1.2TB/s memory bandwidth, and 3.4TB/s on-chip interconnect bandwidth. Nvidia positions Vera around single-thread latency and

According to CoinDesk, Coinbase has begun supporting enterprise customers in accepting payments from AI agents via the x402 protocol starting this week. Coinbase Business users can receive USDC payments from agents without additional setup, processed through Coinbase Payments. Developers can

According to Jin10, on July 22-23, AMD CEO Susan Gao announced the official launch of Helios, the company's first rack-level AI system, at the AMD Advancing AI conference in San Francisco. Gao stated that Helios has begun full production and will start shipping soon. Gao also projected that

According to Caixin Financial, OpenAI plans to partner with AMD to develop the MI500 series AI chips and subsequent products, as announced today (July 24). The company's infrastructure lead stated that OpenAI began deploying AMD Helios GPU racks three months ago and plans large-scale

According to Caixin, Alphabet Inc.'s stake in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC surged to approximately $124 billion as of July 24.

According to Intel, the company reported second-quarter revenue of $16.13 billion, up 25% year-over-year and exceeding analyst expectations of $14.43 billion. Data center and AI revenue reached $6.26 billion, surpassing forecasts of $5.54 billion. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $0.42,

Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman stated during a Q2 earnings call on the 23rd that the firm has been selective in AI infrastructure investments amid concerns of excessive enthusiasm in the sector. Schwarzman emphasized that Blackstone leverages its scale and knowledge advantages to carefully vet in

According to CCTV Finance, China's research team released a new electroencephalography signal acquisition device yesterday, achieving cross-regional synchronized collection from over 1,000 users for the first time globally. The team overcame two key technical challenges: maintaining signal

According to Odaily, Stripe is in talks to acquire OpenRouter, a startup helping developers choose between various artificial intelligence models, with sources indicating a potential valuation around $10 billion. The deal could be announced soon, though negotiations could break down or attract

President Lee Jae-myung embarks on a 7-night 11-day diplomatic tour beginning on the 24th, visiting the United States, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Germany. This marks his longest overseas schedule since taking office, focused on strengthening artificial intelligence cooperation with global tech le

Black Forest Labs launched FLUX 3 on Thursday, marking the first time the company's flagship model generates video instead of still images. The German AI lab, known for its FLUX line of image generators, trained the new system on images, video, and audio simultaneously within one shared system.

Black Forest Labs released FLUX 3 on Thursday, its first model to generate video alongside still images. The system produces clips up to 20 seconds long with synced audio, including dialogue and sound effects. According to early evaluations, FLUX 3's output was preferred over Runway Gen-4.5 in 77% o

US stocks fell across all three major indices on April 23 (local time), with the Nasdaq declining 2.15%, the S&P 500 dropping 1.21%, and the Dow slipping 0.97%. The decline was driven by renewed concerns over AI investment bubbles and escalating fears of a wider Middle East conflict. Investor

According to a Thursday announcement, Coinbase Business users can now accept USDC payments from autonomous AI agents through the x402 payment standard, which Coinbase introduced in May 2025 to enable stablecoin payments over HTTP for AI agents, applications and APIs. The company also launched AI tr

According to the Wall Street Journal, Stripe is in talks to acquire OpenRouter, with an announcement of the potential deal expected soon. No financial terms have been disclosed.

US Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) introduced the AI Kill Switch Act today (July 23), which would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to order the shutdown of AI systems that pose catastrophic risks. The bill would require AI developers to deploy technical

According to Bloomberg, Alphabet Inc.'s stake in AI startup Anthropic was valued at approximately $124.3 billion as of June 30. The Google parent company disclosed the valuation in a filing on Thursday, noting that the value of its unnamed private company investments was driven "primarily" by this s

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna stated on Thursday that only 2% of the company's software could be replaced by AI applications, following disappointing second-quarter results. Krishna made the remarks to CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' as IBM shares have declined 30% this year amid Wall Street concerns that AI

According to CNBC interview on Thursday, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna claimed that only 2% of the company's software could be replaced by artificial intelligence applications, as he sought to reassure investors following disappointing second-quarter results. Krishna told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" that