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AI News Flash: A study called ‘Emergence World’ lets 10 AI agents live autonomously in a virtual city for 15 days to verify if short-term testing can assess AI’s long-term behavior risks. Researchers point out that the industry currently uses an ’exam mode’ for testing AI agents—giving a single task in a clean environment and drawing conclusions within minutes. But real-world autonomous systems often need to run for weeks or even months, interacting with other AIs whose behavior isn’t controlled by a single operator…

AI News Flash: Softbank Group held a launch event in Tokyo on June 16, officially announcing an OpenAI-powered AI cybersecurity service for Japanese enterprises, with CEO Masayoshi Son presiding. The initiative aims to capture the rapidly growing market demand for AI defense capabilities by integrating OpenAI’s large language model capabilities into enterprise security detection and response workflows. Son issued a stark warning, comparing AI-driven cyber attacks to Japan’s historical ‘Black Ship’ incident…

AI News Flash: AI agents (Agentic AI) are breaking traditional boundaries between artificial intelligence and financial transactions. Previously, AI systems could only answer questions, organize files, or assist with programming - critical operations like account access and transfer confirmations were always performed by humans. Now, new autonomous agent architectures allow AI to set goals, call external tools and execute tasks on its own. Developers are actively exploring connecting these agents to crypto wallets. Once integrated with on-chain infrastructure, application areas will far exceed simply querying token prices. In theory, agents can monitor DeFi portfolios 24/7, automatically organize and rebalance required transactions, pay for digital services, search for yield opportunities, and even execute predefined financial commands when users are offline. The blockchain’s global openness, continuous operation, and programmable nature make it an ideal track free from business hours and geographic limitations. Notably, the first widespread crypto application of AI may not be trading but forming a new economic model where software purchases services from software - paying for APIs, cloud computing, and data set licenses directly.

AI news flash: The Trump administration recently made a decision to force Anthropic to delist its newly launched cybersecurity-related model, sparking widespread concern in the AI industry. Opinions on the motivation behind this decision vary—some see it as a policy-driven reactive move, others view it as politically motivated retaliation, and some analysis suggests both factors may be at play. However, regardless of the true intent, the signal sent by this incident is clear: the AI industry is not immune to government intervention…

AI News Flash: Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivered a commencement speech at his alma mater Stanford University, only to face a small-scale boycott. Reports indicate around 200 graduates walked out mid-ceremony, while others voiced discontent with loud boos. The protest centers on Google’s defense contracts, particularly the $1.2B ‘Project Nimbus’ carried out jointly with Amazon…

Grayscale researcher Pandl argues Bittensor represents a decentralized AI alternative akin to Bitcoin for open global AI access. As AI capabilities grow, governments and labs increasingly control who can access these powerful tools.

AI News Flash: Taiwan’s Foxconn and French electrical equipment giant Schneider Electric officially signed a cooperation agreement on June 15. Both parties announced joint development and manufacturing of AI data center-related equipment. The partnership covers three core areas: server hardware, power systems, and cooling solutions, fully addressing the main infrastructure needs for AI data center construction. The signing ceremony was attended by Foxconn Chairman Young Liu and Schneider Electric CEO Olivier Blum, demonstrating the significance both companies place on this collaboration. However, the original summary did not disclose specific investment amounts, production capacity, first product launch timelines, or detailed division of responsibilities in each area. For details, please refer to the original article link.

AI News: GitHub recently released a new open dataset licensed under CC0-1.0, designed for multilingual AI research and development. The dataset covers README files, Issues discussions, and Pull Request content on GitHub, enabling researchers and developers to more easily explore and access developer content from diverse linguistic backgrounds.

AI News Flash: GitHub Copilot CLI is GitHub’s AI assistant for the terminal, letting developers interact with AI directly in the CLI without switching to a browser or IDE. This beginner’s guide focuses on how to control Copilot CLI’s AI agent behavior using slash commands—quick commands that start with ‘/’…

AI News: Salesforce announced this week it will acquire AI customer service platform Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B. Fin’s core product is a cross-channel AI customer service agent that automatically handles customer queries across multiple channels including live chat, WhatsApp, SMS, phone, and Slack. Salesforce said the strategic goal of this acquisition is to integrate Fin’s technology and team into its existing enterprise AI platform Agentforce, strengthening the platform’s ability for enterprises to build automated AI agents.