AI Industry Development & Policy Dynamics

Researchers have discovered a new prompt injection attack called HalluSquatting that affects nine popular AI coding tools including Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI. The attack exploits large language models' inability to distinguish between legitimate and malicious instructions, combined

According to Guru Club, Quantum Strategy announced on Monday that it will exit U.S. tech giants and AI investments outside China, shifting capital toward Chinese AI-related stocks instead. The research firm stated it is withdrawing funds from major U.S. technology companies and turning more

According to Robbyant, an embodied AI company under Ant Group, the company upgraded and open-sourced LingBot-VLA 2.0 on July 8, while releasing LingBot-Depth 2.0 and LingBot-Vision on July 6. LingBot-Depth 2.0 was trained on 150 million samples and ranked first in 12 of 16 depth-completion

According to Beating monitoring, Perplexity is developing Teammate, an AI coding tool designed to compete with Cursor, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex. The tool has been in internal use among Perplexity engineers since May, targeting longer-cycle software engineering tasks including project

According to CNBC and China Central Television, Chinese AI large models are priced 60% to 90% lower than leading U.S. models from OpenAI and Anthropic as of July 2026, while maintaining a performance gap of only 6 to 9 months. The cost advantage has driven rapid adoption among American

Rebellions, a Samsung-backed AI chip firm, is targeting an initial public offering in South Korea in the first or second quarter of next year, CEO Sunghyun Park told CNBC exclusively on Wednesday. The company aims to capitalize on massive investor interest in AI chips as it now generates real

According to CNBC, Rebellions, a Samsung-backed AI chip startup, is targeting an initial public offering on South Korea's KOSPI in the first or second quarter of 2027. CEO Sunghyun Park said the company is leaning toward the KOSPI listing over alternatives, with JP Morgan and Samsung Securities

According to Foresight News, BitTorrent's BTTC Bridge closure plan (Sunset Program) has been completed. The BitTorrent team announced it will now focus on decentralized artificial intelligence development and maintaining the BitTorrent decentralized protocol. All user funds remain secure, and

Australian pension fund UniSuper stated it would buy US tech stocks on dips, with Chief Investment Officer (CIO) John Pearce telling Bloomberg on the 8th (local time) the fund would increase exposure if the sector falls 10%. The A$166 billion (~$115 billion) fund sees US tech firms positioned in the

OpenAI received U.S. government approval to broadly release its GPT-5.6 model family after an initial restricted rollout to vetted customers, according to reports. The approval came after additional testing, consultations with officials and a review of the model's safety profile. The clearance

Elon Musk announced that SpaceX's Grok AI will open Grok4.5 to the public tomorrow (July 9).

According to a Form 8-K filing dated June 26, 2026, Made in USA Inc. acquired a complete XRP Ledger technology stack from its affiliate Made in USA One LLC in exchange for 5 million restricted shares of common stock. The transferred assets include

According to Alipay's 2026 Ecosystem Conference, the company's "Tap" contactless payment feature has reached 400 million users, with over 30 million offline touchpoints deployed globally and more than 2,300 ecosystem partners integrated. Alipay plans to upgrade its offline points infrastructure wit

RENDER holds a major accumulation zone where buyers previously showed strong demand. Strong support keeps the bullish structure intact despite ongoing market uncertainty. A sustained rebound could open the path toward the $20 price target. Fear spreads quickly across the crypto market.

According to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), Claude Code (versions 2.1.91–2.1.196), an AI programming tool developed by U.S.-based Anthropic, contains a security backdoor vulnerability detected on July 8. The tool transmits sensitive user information, including

According to a social media post, Joshua Achiam, OpenAI's Chief Futurist, announced on Wednesday (July 8) that he will resign effective July 24, concluding a nine-year tenure with the company. Achiam stated that the decision was personal, noting the timing felt right and the idea had been

According to Axios, OpenAI received clearance from the US Department of Commerce this week to broadly release GPT-5.6 following additional testing and official meetings. The approval aligns with Executive Order 14409 issued on June 2, which establishes a voluntary prerelease framework for frontier A

BoCloud, a China-based cloud-native AI computing infrastructure software provider, completed a new funding round worth hundreds of millions of yuan on July 8, according to the company's announcement. The round was led by follow-on investments from Suzhou Oriza Holdings Corporation and Harvest

Current Pine AI Chief Scientist Li Bojie (once honored as Huawei "Genius Youth") stated on X on July 7, responding to ABCDE Capital partner Du Jun's accusations of "taking money and running, maliciously cutting off contact, and lacking contract spirit." Li claimed that under a $1.5 million investment agreement, ABCDE Capital only remitted $500,000, but the company's cap table recorded equity based on the full $1.5 million. Du Jun's Accusations vs. Li Bojie's Counterattack: Core Dispute Compariso

Kakao traded at 33,450 won as of 1:55 PM on the 8th, down 1,950 won or 5.51% from the prior day, as securities firms continued downgrading target prices. Year-to-date through the 7th, Kakao stocks fell 41.10% while the KOSPI index rose 81.68%, with the current price roughly half the prior high of 69