Sakana AI shatters Japanese startup records by achieving a massive $2.6 billion valuation, officially becoming Japan's most valuable unicorn company and cementing its position as the nation's largest unlisted technology startup following its latest funding round worth approximately 400 billion yen.
Chinese state-sponsored hackers deploy AI system Claude Code to autonomously execute 90% of cyberattacks including reconnaissance and data theft, operating 24/7 at superhuman speeds while cybersecurity experts urgently call for AI-powered defenses to counter the escalating automated threat.
Baidu launches M100 and M300 AI chips set to debut in 2026 and 2027 respectively, directly challenging Nvidia's market dominance as China pushes for technological independence with domestic processors promising over 50% performance improvements.
Chinese AI lab Moonshot releases Kimi K2 Thinking, a free open-source reasoning model that reportedly outperforms GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 on major benchmarks while costing just $4.6 million to train, potentially disrupting the billion-dollar AI market and intensifying US-China competition.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns China is winning the AI race despite U.S. chip bans, citing that 50% of global AI researchers and most leading open source models come from China while Beijing subsidizes energy costs for local alternatives.
Alibaba-backed Chinese startup Moonshot unveils 'Kimi K2 Thinking' AI model that reportedly outperforms ChatGPT in autonomous task completion while costing just $4.6 million to train versus OpenAI's billions, as major U.S. companies like Airbnb embrace cheaper Chinese alternatives amid escalating global AI competition.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang dismisses national security fears while targeting China's $50 billion AI chip market, warning against underestimating competitor Huawei's capabilities and expressing hope for approval to sell advanced Blackwell GPUs despite current restrictions.
OpenAI warns the White House that China's massive lead in power generation—adding 429 gigawatts versus America's 51 gigawatts last year—creates an 'electron gap' that threatens U.S. AI dominance, urging 100 gigawatts of annual capacity increases to compete.
White House officials threaten Silicon Valley donors backing a new $100 million bipartisan AI super PAC for 2026 elections, calling the effort a 'slap in the face' and warning tech leaders including Marc Andreessen and OpenAI's Greg Brockman to avoid 'getting on the wrong side of Trump world.'
Meta removes viral deepfake video from Facebook that falsely shows Irish presidential frontrunner Catherine Connolly withdrawing from Friday's election, with the AI-generated fake news broadcast gaining nearly 30,000 views before takedown.