AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

According to a DigiTimes report on July 12, HBM4 prices may surge to $4-5 per gigabit or higher in the second half of 2026, up from current levels around $2, driven by surging AI demand and production bottlenecks. The price hike reflects HBM4's manufacturing complexity, including lengthy production

The Philippines' Social Security System (SSS) signed a memorandum of understanding and non-disclosure agreement with financial technology company Standard Economics on July 3 to explore development of LoanLite, a proposed digital microloan platform designed to provide members with faster, safer, and

According to the Social Security System (SSS) official announcement on July 12, the Philippine pension fund signed a memorandum of understanding and non-disclosure agreement with financial technology company Standard Economics on July 3 to jointly develop LoanLite, a digital microloan platform

According to Beating, Step has released Step Edge, an on-device model family supporting text, image, and voice processing for smartphones and vehicles. The model family includes base, audio, GUI, and generation models capable of screen understanding, speech recognition, interface operation, and imag

According to The Kobeissi Letter, on July 12, AI investments contributed over 25% of U.S. GDP growth, reaching a historic high. For every $4 of economic growth, over $1 now comes from AI-related spending. AI-related expenditures, including software, IT equipment, research and development, and data c

According to ChainCatcher, Vitalik expressed openness to AI slowdown or pause in a recent statement on X, proposing that the community could pre-set trigger conditions to enable coordination on initiating such measures in extreme scenarios. He also criticized the

BONDXID, a unified digital payments platform, announced a strategic partnership with Astarter, a Web4 artificial intelligence infrastructure provider, on July 10, 2026. The partnership aims to accelerate the development of autonomous financial services, cross-border payments, and scalable Web3

According to BONDXID's official announcement on July 10, the unified digital payments platform partnered with Astarter, a Web4 artificial intelligence infrastructure provider, to advance autonomous financial services and cross-border payments. The collaboration integrates BONDXID's expertise in digi

According to Morgan Stanley's latest industry report, supply chain signals indicate sustained artificial intelligence demand despite market debate over potential overheating. The firm estimates that the top 14 global cloud service providers will commit nearly $1.3 trillion to cloud infrastructure ca

According to The Information, a deepening legal dispute between OpenAI and Apple is casting uncertainty over the company's first hardware device launch, scheduled for as early as February 2027. The litigation may also impact OpenAI's IPO

According to MoonPay's statement on X, the crypto payment company apologized for its AI internship program test failure and announced it has paused the initiative pending further optimization and repairs.

AI industry executives stated this week that demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure remains exceptionally strong, countering concerns triggered by recent chip stock volatility. Pat Gelsinger, former Intel CEO and now general partner at Playground Global, told CNBC on Wednesday that he thi

According to CNBC interviews this week, multiple AI and semiconductor executives stated that demand for artificial intelligence remains robust, even as enterprises move away from indiscriminate spending toward return on investment. Pat Gelsinger, former Intel CEO and now general partner at

According to Bloomberg and Apple's legal filing, Apple sued OpenAI on Friday (July 10) for allegedly stealing unreleased product secrets, including detailed hardware designs and engineering blueprints. The lawsuit names OpenAI's Chief Hardware Officer Tang Tan, a former Apple vice president of produ

According to Security Times, Wiz Technology, a Shanghai-based AI company, launched its Fidget spatiotemporal foundation model and Spatiotemporal Metaverse urban agent system in Zhangjiang, Shanghai. The model was trained on over 20,000 categories of multimodal data collected from the district,

According to Hankyoreh, KB Financial Group held its 2026 second-half executive workshop on July 10-11 at its training center in Sacheon, South Korea. The workshop focused on five strategic agendas: wealth management and pension business model redesign, competitive strengthening in small business

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum Foundation's protocol security team recently used AI agents to uncover a remotely-triggerable crash vulnerability in the gossipsub messaging system. The flaw allows attackers to force validator nodes into abnormal computation and automatic shutdown, taking them

According to Reuters, Meta plans to begin mass-producing its custom Iris AI chip as early as September, causing the company's stock to surge about 6% on Friday (July 11). The chip, designed by Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC, represents the first step in Meta's planned four-generation chip

According to BlockBeats, on July 12, bitcoin-reserve company Empery Digital (EMPD) disclosed that it liquidated 1,400 BTC over the past two months at an average price of $62,200 per coin, raising approximately $87.1 million. The proceeds are being deployed into an AI data center project investment a

According to a Reuters report, Nvidia shares surged 4% to $210.96 on July 10, climbing faster than the Nasdaq Composite's 0.3% gain, despite Meta announcing plans to mass-produce its self-developed AI chip Iris starting September. While Meta's self-designed Iris chip—developed with Broadcom and