AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to CrowdStrike's report released on May 14, intrusions against financial institutions rose 43% globally over the past two years. North Korea-linked hackers stole US$2.02 billion in digital assets in 2025, partly leveraging AI-based deception techniques. The report noted that 423 financial

According to Beating, Resemble AI released DramaBox, a speech generation model, on Hugging Face today. The model features director-level controllability through separated prompt syntax—users input dialogue in quotation marks while specifying stage directions like sighing, pauses, or whispers

Well-known AI company Anthropic said in its latest published research report that ensuring the United States and its democratic allies maintain leadership in the AI field is key to preventing authoritarian regimes from using advanced technology for large-scale surveillance and military expansion. Anthropic urged the U.S. government to immediately patch loopholes in existing chip export controls and strongly counter China’s theft of R&D achievements through “model distillation” technology, so as

On May 15, OpenAI announced the launch of new safety features to improve ChatGPT’s ability to recognize early warning signals related to suicide, self-harm, and potential violence. The new feature uses a temporary “safety summary” mechanism, analyzing the context that forms over time in a conversation rather than handling each message in isolation. Alongside this update, OpenAI is also facing multiple lawsuits and investigations. Confirmed technical specifications for the “safety summary” featur

According to Guru Club, on May 15, Zhejiang's Emergency Management Department released two artificial intelligence application scenarios: 'AI+Mining Monitoring and Early Warning' and 'Embodied Intelligence (Reconnaissance Communication 1.0)'. The AI+Mining Monitoring system addresses fragmented

The Legislative Yuan’s full-house committee reviewed President Lai Ching-te’s impeachment case. Kuomintang legislator Ko Ju-yun criticized that the Lai government’s progress in fulfilling campaign promises, the energy transition, national security, economic and trade diplomacy, traffic safety, and AI equality has not met expectations. In his remarks, Ko Ju-yun said that during Lai Ching-te’s campaign he put forward 227 policy pledges, but so far only 2 have been actually implemented, while most

Anthropic launched “Claude for Small Business” on May 13, allowing small and mid-sized business owners to integrate Claude into existing applications, supporting QuickBooks, PayPal, and more, and automating everyday operational tasks. The Register reported that Anthropic model training license permissions are enabled by default. CSB’s Features and Confirmed Integrated Platforms After users enable Claude Cowork and connect the supported platforms, they can perform common business operations such

According to Odaily, OpenAI confirmed that its internal environment was targeted by a supply chain attack involving a malicious NPM package linked to TanStack, affecting two employee devices. While user data and core code remain unaffected, attackers stole partial internal repository access

According to The Korea Times, SK Telecom signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea's Defense Ministry yesterday (May 14) to develop and test a defense AI model based on its A.X K1 foundation model under the country's national AI initiative. The partnership also includes GPU resource

According to Odaily, TermiX, an AI Agent commerce protocol, secured $1 million in seed funding from YZi Labs today. The funds will be used to accelerate development of its Agent Autonomous Commerce Protocol (AACP), expand its ecosystem, and deepen integrations with leading AI Agent frameworks and

Zhang Xiaoqiang, senior vice president and deputy chief operating officer at TSMC, said at TSMC’s annual technology forum on May 14 that the global semiconductor market is expected to reach $1.5 trillion by 2030, higher than the $1 trillion figure that the market had broadly expected earlier. He noted that over the past 10 years, the semiconductor industry was mainly driven by smartphones, but in the next 10 years the core growth momentum will fully shift to AI and high-performance computing (HP

Crypto data company Dune co-founder and CEO Fredrik Haga said in a post on X on May 14 that the company is laying off about 25% of its team. He said the job cuts are part of a business reorganization to “more sharply focus on the core data products” that thousands of customers in the Crypto industry rely on to survive. Haga also confirmed the company currently has sufficient funding and is fully investing in AI technology as well as into growing institutional interest in Cryptocurrency. Layoffs

According to Bloomberg, Mistral AI is in talks with European banks about a cybersecurity model to detect software vulnerabilities, as Anthropic's Mythos is largely unavailable in Europe. At a French National Assembly hearing on May 12, Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch said the company must help keep

According to The Economic Times, Agrani Labs, a semiconductor startup founded by four former Intel and AMD executives, is in early talks to raise approximately $100 million in Series A funding. The company, which raised $15 million from Peak XV in 2025 at a $36 million valuation, is developing AI in

US cybersecurity research company Calif researchers on the 15th confirmed that Anthropic’s not-yet-public AI model Mythos can bypass Apple’s macOS security mechanisms in unprecedented ways, successfully compromising Mac systems, drawing intense global attention to how AI technology could be used for cyberattacks. What is Mythos? The powerful AI model Anthropic dares not to disclose Mythos is an early version of Anthropic’s next-generation Claude AI model series and is not yet open to the public.

According to Bloomberg, Figma expects Q2 revenue of about $349 million, beating analyst estimates of $330 million after charging users for AI features beyond a usage limit since March. More than 75% of higher-tier customers who exceeded the limit purchased extra AI credits. The shares rose about 10%

According to a recent New York Times investigation by journalist Jasmine Sun, Silicon Valley AI professionals broadly agree that economic prospects for ordinary workers face significant headwinds, but lack consensus on solutions. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that 50% of entry-level

According to Reuters, Anthropic and the Gates Foundation committed on May 14 to invest $200 million over four years into AI public goods focused on health and education. Anthropic will provide technical staff and Claude usage credits, while the Gates Foundation will offer grants and program

According to CoinEdition, Pi Network’s on-chain block explorer PiScan went offline in early May due to an upgrade of the Pi Network protocol to version 23. It is expected to resume service on May 15, and the related indexing infrastructure and on-chain data analytics tools will be restored for use. The Pi core team confirmed that the KYC AI upgrade uses advanced AI models combined with live detection technology, shortening the manual verification queue by 50%. Why PiScan Went Offline and the May

According to CNBC, Cerebras Systems jumped 68% in its Nasdaq debut on May 14, closing at US$311.07 after pricing shares at US$185. The AI chipmaker was valued at roughly US$95 billion. The offering could reach US$6.38 billion if underwriters exercise the full greenshoe option. Cerebras