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Justin Sun: The BitTorrent team has completed the BTTC cross-chain bridge decommissioning plan, and all funds are safe.
PANews reported on July 8th that Justin Sun posted on the X platform: "The BitTorrent team has informed me that they have completed the BTTC Bridge Sunset Program. Going forward, the BitTorrent team will focus more on decentralized AI and the maintenance of the BitTorrent decentralized protocol. All funds are safe, and users can continue to deposit and withdraw BTTC Bridge funds through partner centralized exchanges."
South Korea plans to invest 5 trillion won in excess tax revenue from semiconductors to develop "sovereign AI" and purchase 10,000 GPUs to support a single team.
According to Beating's monitoring, the Korea Economic Daily revealed that South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT is in discussions with the Presidential Office and the Ministry of Finance, planning to utilize approximately 5 trillion won in excess tax revenue from the semiconductor industry to purchase about 10,000 of NVIDIA's most advanced Vera Rubin superchip GPU modules this year. This investment will be used to support elite teams developing world-class "sovereign AI" models. This decision stems directly from the sense of crisis caused by US export controls on cutting-edge AI models—Anthropic's Fable 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6 have been restricted from external access, forcing South Korean companies to urgently modify systems built on these models. The concept of "national strategic assetization" of AI models has thus become a reality. Currently, although four teams in South Korea—LG AI Research Institute, SK Telecom, Upstage, and Motif Technologies—are advancing independent basic model projects, each team only receives support from 700 to 800 GPUs. This dispersed investment makes it difficult to compete with globally leading models that utilize tens of thousands of GPUs. The government has therefore decided to shift to a "selection and concentration" strategy, allocating 10,000 GPUs to the best teams at once, and plans to include special funds in the supplementary budget for attracting top overseas AI talent. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung publicly stated last month that the GPU procurement pace was too slow and demanded that related funds be ensured when compiling the supplementary budget. The current global competitive window is extremely short, with companies like Anthropic and OpenAI iterating new models weekly. France, with its single-focus strategy, has surpassed Meta to become the seventh largest AI provider globally, thanks to Mistral AI. If South Korea cannot catch up in the short term, it risks becoming an "AI vassal state." The South Korean semiconductor academic community has given this positive feedback, believing that investing the funds gained from hardware prosperity into building software competitiveness is essentially an investment in the country's future. --------------------------------- Click the original link below to join the Beating · Lark AI news channel for 24/7 monitoring of global AI hotspots and news.
OpenAI's new method may improve the quality of AI-powered mental health recommendations; pre-release simulation testing is crucial.
BlockBeats reported on July 2nd that OpenAI's "Pre-Deployment Simulation" method promises to improve the performance of generative AI in mental health advice. This method tests new, yet-to-be-released models using real-world user dialogue samples from already deployed models, reviewing and optimizing their responses to identify and correct potential issues before official release. The report states that as more users seek mental health advice using large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok, which are not specifically designed for mental health scenarios, certain risks exist. The article argues that conducting pre-deployment simulation training for mental health scenarios can help improve the safety and effectiveness of model recommendations and reduce the risk of potential misleading information. --------------------------------- Click the original link below to join the Beating · Lark AI news channel and monitor global AI hotspots and news 24/7.
OpenAI plans to offer a 5% stake to the Trump administration; Altman encourages AI developers to follow suit.
According to a report by the Financial Times on July 2nd, BlockBeats reports that OpenAI has discussed offering a 5% stake to the US government. The $852 billion AI startup is attempting to overcome political obstacles by securing financial support from the Trump administration. According to two sources familiar with the matter, Sam Altman told senior government officials that allowing the public to hold financial shares in the company is the best way to share in the benefits of AI development, and proposed this percentage in early discussions with the government. Under the proposed arrangement, other US AI companies would also offer similar percentages of shares, but it is unclear whether other labs are willing to do so. Offering ownership to the government would help build a good relationship with the government and also marks an attempt to address political backlash by sharing the wealth created by AI with the public. The environment for AI labs in Washington is becoming increasingly challenging due to growing concerns among the American public and politicians about the construction of large-scale data centers and the impact of AI on jobs and cybersecurity. Sam Altman and other OpenAI executives have suggested that every leading AI developer in the U.S. should allocate 5% of its equity to an entity similar to the Alaska Permanent Fund—a sovereign wealth fund that invests a state's oil wealth in stocks and distributes dividends to state governments and residents. These companies could include Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, and others, but it is unclear whether any of these groups will agree to OpenAI's proposal. Sources familiar with the matter say that "conceptual" negotiations between the government and OpenAI are in their early stages, and any agreement may require congressional legislation to be implemented. However, these discussions reveal a potential mechanism for distributing the financial benefits of the technology.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to propose cryptocurrency rules as early as this month to streamline the fundraising process for startups.
PANews reported on July 8th that, according to CoinDesk, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has updated its agenda, indicating it plans to propose new cryptocurrency rules as early as this month. The rule would establish a temporary registration exemption for developers launching crypto investment contracts, allow for a certain amount of financing, and create a safe harbor for issuers exiting securities regulation. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated that this move aims to achieve the goal of "making the U.S. the global crypto capital," establishing clear rules for crypto asset financing, and providing clear guidance for the custody and trading of on-chain tokenized securities. This is the SEC's first major rule-making effort in the crypto space; previously, the agency had released a digital asset taxonomy and begun developing related plans to promote tokenized securities. The cryptocurrency rule is currently under review by the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
Analysis: The AI investment boom is cooling down, and the market is reassessing the sustainability of chip and data center spending.
According to Odaily Odaily, the AI infrastructure investment boom is cooling down, and the market is beginning to reassess the sustainability of chip and data center spending. As investors re-examine whether AI infrastructure investment can be sustained, "AI deals" covering the semiconductor, memory chip, and data center industry chain are showing signs of cooling. Recently, AI-related chip stocks such as Micron Technology (MU) and SanDisk (SNDK) have been under pressure. Samsung Electronics previously reported record second-quarter results, but revenue fell short of market expectations, causing its stock price to drop nearly 7%, dragging down the entire AI chip sector. Market concerns are growing that the current AI boom, driven by GPUs, high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and data center construction, may face repricing as cloud computing giants (Hyperscalers) may slow their investments in AI infrastructure. Meanwhile, South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix's stock price has fallen about 25% from its all-time high ahead of its US IPO, which is also attracting some funds away from existing chip stocks. Analysts point out that after SpaceX's massive IPO boosted valuations of AI-related assets, investors are reassessing the growth logic for the next phase of the AI market. If the AI investment fervor cools further, some funds may flow back from the AI industry chain to other risky assets, including crypto assets. (CoinDesk)