Global AI Models & Regulatory Updates

According to MS NOW, U.S. President Trump and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met privately on September 10 following the Republican National Convention. Three sources familiar with the matter said Altman initiated the meeting to discuss artificial intelligence and its rapidly expanding

According to BlackRock's strategy team on Monday, the asset manager recommended increasing allocation to emerging market stocks, betting that artificial intelligence-driven demand will push up valuations of scarce resources. South Korea and Taiwan sit at the core of semiconductor and chip supply

Bloomberg reported on Sept. 14 that Microsoft officially announced new principles for artificial intelligence (AI) development—a roughly 15k-word manifesto serving as a “constitution” to guide the development of cutting-edge AI models. The document took months to draft, and its core can be summarized in one statement: “Humans are more important than artificial intelligence.” Microsoft made clear in the document that its humanist AI concept rejects the race to create omnipotent superintelligence,

According to OpenAI, the company hired Sanjay Deshmukh as its first vice president of Asia Pacific sales, based in Singapore. Deshmukh, who previously served as vice president for Asia Pacific at Elastic and held regional leadership roles at Snowflake and VMware, will report to CRO Dali Rajic and le

According to Reuters, U.S. Senate negotiators are discussing legislation that would require artificial intelligence companies to demonstrate reasonable precautions against harmful use of their tools. The proposal would empower the Commerce Secretary to mandate developers provide proof of taking reas

According to MSX.COM data, U.S. stock indices fell at close on September 15, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average declining 0.29%, the S&P 500 dropping 0.48%, and the Nasdaq Composite falling 0.56%. The VIX volatility index rose 7.95%. AI-related stocks led the losses, with Teradyne declining 13.3%

According to Guru Club, China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and National Development and Reform Commission released the 15th Five-Year Plan for Electronic Information Manufacturing on September 15. The plan outlines priorities for advancing artificial intelligence chip design, in

According to The Information, NVIDIA, Palantir, and Booz Allen Hamilton recently restricted use of Anthropic's flagship Fable model following the company's June policy requiring 30-day data retention for safety reviews. NVIDIA adopted a tiered approach, limiting Fable to lower-sensitivity tasks

According to Nvidia, on September 14, the company expanded its open-source CUDA-Q quantum software platform with CUDA-Q Logical, an orchestration layer designed for developing fault-tolerant quantum computing applications by modeling algorithms, error correction, and hardware together. Fermi

According to The Information, AI drone company Shield AI is in talks to raise new funding at a valuation of at least $20 billion. This comes six months after the company closed its Series G at a $12.7 billion valuation. Shield AI projects revenue growth exceeding 80% this year, reaching at least $54

Wall Street analysts predict AI companies will not meaningfully slow development pace despite overnight tech stock declines, according to Business Insider. Marta Norton, chief investment strategist at Empower, stated the slowdown rhetoric contains a PR dimension, noting competitive pressures make ac

According to ChainCatcher, Anthropic is launching Claude for Financial Advisors, a specialized version of its AI assistant designed for wealth management professionals. The system combines Anthropic's chatbot with financial analysis and risk management tools developed by BlackRock, Vanguard, and

According to Cailianshe, Oracle began a new round of layoffs affecting sales, engineering, and security roles on September 11, as confirmed by the company's official statement. The company expanded its restructuring plan, allocating an additional US$700 million for severance and layoff-related

According to Reuters, on September 14, Temporal raised US$550 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, valuing the US-based software startup at US$12.55 billion, up from US$5 billion in February. Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, and Tiger Global co-led the rou

According to its latest report, the International Settlement Bank (BIS) warned that the artificial intelligence rally driving global stock gains over the past two years is showing increasing fragility. Investors are becoming more cautious about AI investment profitability, particularly as major U.S.

According to Omdia, global semiconductor sales exceeded $425 billion in the second quarter of 2026, surging 31.4% quarter-over-quarter and setting an all-time record. This marked the highest quarterly growth rate since Omdia began tracking the market in 2002. Memory chips, particularly DRAM and

According to TechCrunch citing The Wall Street Journal, OpenAI acquired Glass Imaging, a smartphone camera manufacturer, today (September 15) for over $300 million. Glass Imaging uses AI to overcome physical size limitations of smartphone cameras by generating better images at the moment of

According to TechCrunch, AI networking company Cornelis completed a $205 million funding round led by IAG Capital Partners. The company, spun off from Intel in 2020, develops Active Compute Fabric, a networking technology designed to improve communication efficiency between AI chips by enabling

According to Reuters, Firmus Technologies, an Australian AI infrastructure provider, is seeking to raise up to $5 billion in an initial public offering, with plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange as early as late October. The company, which builds AI data centers and related systems, v