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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Greg Casar introduced the "Artificial Intelligence Superintelligence Prohibition Act," which calls for a permanent ban on the development of superintelligent AI and a suspension of advanced AI research until new federal agencies establish safety standards and review procedures. Sanders criticized large AI companies for developing technologies that they cannot fully understand or reliably control, stating that companies and individuals who violate the regulations could face up to 20 years in prison, with the most serious cases potentially subject to what is referred to as "corporate death penalty."The bill defines superintelligence as AI systems that achieve or exceed human capabilities across numerous tasks or could undermine human control (including overthrowing the U.S. government), and this definition also encompasses human-level AGI. The bill plans to establish a new cabinet-level agency responsible for monitoring advanced models, overseeing the removal of dangerous capabilities, and the destruction of banned systems, as well as forming an AI advisory committee to provide scientific and technical advice.On the same day the bill was announced, OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, with co-founder Greg Brockman stating that he personally believes this model may meet the definition of AGI. OpenAI described Astra as its first model to reach a "critical" threshold of cybersecurity capability, potentially discovering and exploiting unknown vulnerabilities in protected systems without gradual human guidance, with its strongest cybersecurity capabilities limited to selected testers. Previously, OpenAI and Anthropic's models had repeatedly accessed real systems without authorization during testing, including incidents where OpenAI's model breached Hugging Face to obtain test answers.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that the company will definitely develop humanoid robots while also exploring other forms of robots. He believes that the reality of human society and tools is mostly designed around the human body structure, so humanoid robots are reasonable; however, the robot form is not the key, what is truly important is the "robot brain."Altman mentioned that in the short term, humanoid robots are unlikely to enter ordinary households. OpenAI prefers to first apply them in industrial scenarios such as data center construction and maintenance, while general-purpose robots for individual users are a long-term goal.

According to sources in the materials industry, on September 2, TSMC is expected to continue using traditional micro-bump technology rather than hybrid bonding in the short term for connecting high-bandwidth memory (HBM) with AI accelerators in advanced packaging. Considering the development cycle of related materials, finer pitch micro-bumps are expected to be used until the later stages of HBM4 and the early stages of HBM5. TSMC has requested its materials and equipment partners to develop bonding and underfill solutions for approximately 5-micron bumps, with suppliers from South Korea and Japan beginning development, and mass production of 5μm bumps expected to start in the second half of 2028.Currently, the bump height of the third-generation extended HBM, namely HBM3E, is about 15-25μm, while HBM4 is close to about 10μm. Japanese material suppliers have previously stated that it is difficult to guarantee quality below 15μm. The reduction and refinement of bumps are due to the height limitations of HBM cubes and the demand for higher interconnection density. JEDEC specifies that the maximum height for HBM stacks is 775μm. In TSMC's advanced CoWoS packaging, the HBM stacks assembled by GPU and memory suppliers are mounted onto the silicon interposer via micro-bumps, with the 16-layer DRAM chip stacks completed within HBM packaging by SK hynix and Samsung Electronics.The first and second generations of HBM used larger solder bumps, while micro-bumps became mainstream around the HBM3 generation. SK hynix uses the MR-MUF process, while Samsung Electronics uses TC-NCF. Hybrid bonding allows for thinner and denser interconnections through direct bonding of copper pads; TSMC has utilized this on its SoIC platform for logic chip stacking, but HBM still connects to the interposer using micro-bumps.

According to GlobeNewsWire, the U.S. publicly traded company DeFi Development Corp. (Nasdaq: DFDV) announced plans to conduct an initial public offering (IPO), issuing up to $20 million in Series C perpetual preferred stock, with net proceeds to be used for working capital, increasing SOL holdings, and investing in other digital assets.

Samsung Electronics has launched the passport-type foldable smartphone Galaxy Z Fold8 this year, and the supply of display driver chips (DDI) is tight. The demand for Z Fold8 has exceeded expectations, and Samsung is increasing component orders. However, this DDI is designed by Samsung's System LSI Division and produced by Taiwan's foundry UMC using a 22-nanometer process, which has reached its production capacity limit, making it difficult to advance the production schedule.Industry insiders say that UMC's 22-nanometer production line is also manufacturing other chips, and Samsung's request for super urgent service was rejected. Samsung plans to prioritize the DDI quantity originally reserved for development next year for mass production this year. The typical time from wafer to finished product takes about 4 months, and the finished product is then assembled after being bonded with Samsung's OLED. Samsung is also increasing orders for hinges and ultra-thin glass (UTG). The demand for Z Flip8 is in line with lower expectations, and Apple also plans to launch a passport-type foldable product in the second half of this year.

The core development team of Solana, Anza, announced that the Solana testnet has enabled the first phase of the SIMD-0437 proposal, and the account rent reduction mechanism has begun testing. This proposal includes a total of 5 functional gates, with only the first functional gate currently activated, and all adjustments have not yet been completed and deployed to the mainnet.Once all 5 phases are completed, the storage cost parameter lamports_per_byte for Solana will be reduced from 6960 to 696, resulting in an overall reduction of 90%. For example, in the case of token accounts, the deposit required to maintain an account in a rent-exempt state is expected to decrease from approximately $0.16 to $0.016, thereby lowering the costs of account creation and application deployment.

According to the latest announcements from major companies, global listed enterprises have disclosed recent developments in cryptocurrency asset allocation and strategic mergers and acquisitions. The core information is as follows:Alpha Modus (NASDAQ: AMOD) advances strategic transactions, planning to incorporate 3,170 BTC into its treasury: Nasdaq-listed company Alpha Modus officially announced that it is actively promoting a significant strategic transaction. If the transaction is successfully completed, it is expected to directly add 3,170 bitcoins to its balance sheet, with a total value exceeding $200 million based on current market prices.DeFi Development Corp resumes buying, increasing its holdings by 19,000 SOL: Nasdaq-listed SOL treasury company DeFi Development Corp announced the formal resumption of its purchasing plan for SOL. The latest data shows that the company has invested approximately $1.86 million, increasing its holdings by 19,000 SOL at an average price of $98.14. Following this acquisition, its total holdings of SOL have increased to approximately 2.33 million, with a fair value of about $182 million.

AI startup Hark announced a multi-year partnership with NVIDIA to advance personalized intelligent agent AI based on megawatt-level computing.

According to SolanaFloor, Solana's treasury company DeFi Development Corp announced the resumption of SOL purchases, with the latest acquisition of 19,000 SOL, investing approximately 1.86 million USD, at an average purchase price of 98.14 USD.After this acquisition, DeFi Development Corp's SOL treasury holdings increased to approximately 2.33 million SOL, valued at about 182 million USD at current prices.

According to The Block, Solana digital asset reserve company DeFi Development Corp. has launched a public real-time data and research platform called State of Solana, aimed at tracking metrics such as market, staking, validators, yields, and ecosystem of the Solana network.The company currently holds approximately 2.3 million SOL, valued at about $208 million. Meanwhile, its Nasdaq-listed stock has fallen by about 16% year-to-date.

According to Newswire, IBM announced that it has completed the acquisition of HRL Laboratories, LLC, a leading research and development institution specializing in quantum computing, quantum sensing, advanced communications, electronics, manufacturing, and materials science. This acquisition also complements IBM's broader innovations and investments in the fields of quantum manufacturing and infrastructure.HRL's expertise in silicon-based quantum technology creates opportunities for future collaboration with IBM's pure quantum wafer fabrication plant, Anderon, supporting scalable manufacturing methods and accelerating the learning cycles of various quantum computing paradigms. Boeing and General Motors (the former owners of HRL) will continue to collaborate with IBM and HRL on quantum applications and advanced technology development. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

According to TechCrunch, AI Agent development company Runable has completed a $21 million Series A funding round, led jointly by usquehanna Venture Capital and Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Together Fund and Array VC.The AI Agent currently being developed by the company is capable of generating websites, applications, and presentations through natural language, and can also handle foundational tasks such as deployment and data analysis. The new funding will be used to optimize AI inference costs and integrate infrastructure, marketing, and distribution capabilities.

Tencent Group Senior Executive Vice President, CEO of Cloud and Smart Industries Group, Tang Daosheng, published an article in Tencent's internal publication, responding to external doubts about "Tencent being slow in AI." He stated that it is impossible to be completely untroubled; the Hunyuan large model has undergone multiple reconstructions, and Hunyuan Hy3 has shown outstanding performance among large models with equivalent parameters. However, due to the company's overall lack of computing power, the training of models and product development has been significantly slowed down, resulting in a considerable impact.Tang Daosheng mentioned that waking up early may not be the most critical factor; the second half of AI has just begun, and enduring longer provides the opportunity to seize the continuously emerging new opportunities.

According to Nikkei Asia, the Japanese government is promoting the creation of a data-sharing platform that leverages artificial intelligence to analyze data shared by manufacturers, aiming to increase the speed of new material development by about 10 times. This plan is led by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and aims to accelerate the discovery of new chemical compositions and formulations by aggregating materials-related data from companies using AI.The report states that the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry aims to launch this platform as early as the fiscal year 2027. Currently, the practice of using AI to explore new material combinations is gradually becoming common in the materials industry, and Japan hopes to shorten the traditional trial-and-error cycle and improve industrial R&D efficiency by unifying data and computing infrastructure.

On August 24, according to Caixin, the National Development and Reform Commission released the "Measures for the Administration of Foreign Investment (Revised Draft for Public Comment)" and is publicly soliciting opinions from society, from August 21 to September 20, 2026. The "Draft for Comments" expands the definition of investors from enterprises to domestic enterprises, other organizations, and individual residents, and clarifies that reinvestment by investors abroad also falls under foreign investment.In the section on foreign investment regulation, regarding the classification and regulatory division of foreign investment, the procedures for approval and filing, and other matters, investors must obtain foreign investment approval documents or filing notices before implementing foreign investments. For individual residents newly included as investors, the approval authority is the National Development and Reform Commission, and the filing authority is the provincial development and reform department of their registered residence or habitual residence.

Binance founder CZ stated that he supports tokenization across all blockchains. He pointed out that although this will bring about the issue of "fragmented liquidity," it is the fastest way to drive the industry's development and can be promoted collaboratively by multiple parties.

U.S. President Trump stated that the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) may surpass that of the internet and anything humanity has ever seen, calling for enhanced regulation while avoiding restrictions on the development of the AI industry. Trump claimed that the U.S. currently leads the world in the field of AI, and the government should promote the construction of AI infrastructure, including accelerating the development of data centers and supporting power facilities.He noted that AI companies are building new power generation facilities to supply data centers rather than relying on outdated power grids. Trump also urged state governments and local officials to support AI data center projects, believing they will bring a large number of jobs, tax revenue, and investment. However, he also acknowledged that the AI industry faces public image pressure, as some regions are opposing due to the electricity consumption, water resource usage, and environmental impact caused by data centers.

According to The Block, Ethereum ecosystem core contributor Nethermind announced that after a "comprehensive review," it will exit the LayerZero decentralized validation network (DVN) business and migrate its cross-chain infrastructure to the Chainlink network. Nethermind stated that it has ceased operations of LayerZero's DVN and joined the Chainlink network as a node operator and strategic technology provider.In the future, Nethermind will provide engineering tools, infrastructure services, and integration support for blockchain application developers. It is reported that this shift occurred after the LayerZero ecosystem experienced a security incident. In April of this year, the rsETH cross-chain bridge of Kelp DAO was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately 116,500 rsETH, valued at about $292 million at the time. Following this incident, several companies have begun to shift their cross-chain operations from LayerZero to Chainlink. However, Nethermind did not explicitly state whether this migration is directly related to the Kelp DAO incident, nor did it disclose any specific technical issues with LayerZero or changes in commercial terms between the two parties.

Marvell Technology (MRVL.O) announced a chip product development agreement with Google.