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China emphasizes equally on AI development-security, backs UN-led governance: Foreign Ministry

China puts equal emphasis on development and security in artificial intelligence (AI) and has released an updated AI safety governance framework, its foreign ministry said.

GSK agrees to buy Chimagen cancer program in deal worth up to $750 million

GSK agreed to acquire global rights to a Chimagen multiple myeloma program in a deal with an undisclosed upfront fee and contingent payments totaling up to $750 million.

China’s AlphaPai raises $50M Series B for AI investment-research assistant

China's AlphaPai, an AI assistant for investment research, has raised $50 million in a Series B round backed by major Chinese financial institutions, its third funding round in a year.

China foreign ministry labels AI-slowdown suggestion ‘fear-mongering’ after Anthropic’s founder Amodei warns

China's foreign ministry warned against "fear-mongering" over AI after U.S. executives, led by Anthropic's Dario Amodei, called for slowing the technology's development and cautioned that a Chinese lead would threaten U.S. security.

Z.AI plans about $5 billion in share and bond financing

Z.AI proposes a Hong Kong share placement and a separate convertible-bond issue with combined gross proceeds of about $5 billion, subject to closing conditions.

Anthropic CEO Amodei calls for slowing AI development

Anthropic co-founder and chief executive Dario Amodei has called on the AI industry to "deliberately" slow the pace of developing models.

Anthropic reports AI-orchestrated attacks and model theft

Anthropic says it disrupted AI-orchestrated cyber operations and unauthorized attempts by labs to extract capabilities from Claude.

Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou retains top spot in WIPO innovation cluster ranking

Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou has retained the top spot in WIPO’s 2026 ranking of the world’s largest innovation clusters.

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Google says threat actors are shifting to agentic AI attacks

Google Threat Intelligence Group says attackers are beginning to use multi-agent AI systems to compress cyber operations, including a credential-harvesting campaign completed in under six hours.

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Tencent open-sources 770B-parameter Hy4 preview

Tencent has open-sourced Hy4 preview, a 770-billion-parameter model with 49 billion active parameters and a one-million-token context window.