1. Nvidia corrects erroneous wording in a technical paper, significantly reducing copper usage in data centers. 2. Nvidia invests in mathematical AI startup Harmonic. 3. Musk v. OpenAI to proceed to jury trial. 4. OpenAI expands its US supply chai

2026-01-16

1. Nvidia corrects erroneous wording in a technical paper, significantly reducing copper usage in data centers. 2. Nvidia invests in mathematical AI startup Harmonic. 3. Musk v. OpenAI to proceed to jury trial. 4. OpenAI expands its US supply chain, broadening its software and hardware footprint. 5. Ant Financial reaches cooperation agreement with Hangzhou Embodied Intelligence Pilot Plant to promote the commercialization of embodied intelligence. 6. Report: AI will drive semiconductor industry revenue to surpass $1 trillion for the first time in 2026. 7. Unitree Robotics wins bid for Huadian Electric Power Research Institute's humanoid inspection robot project. 8. BlackRock and Microsoft's AI collaboration has raised $12.5 billion to date. 9. Shenzhen: To cultivate over 1,000 high-growth AI startups by the end of 2027. 10. South Korea's sovereign AI competition shrinks, with teams from Naver and NCSoft eliminated. 11. Hangzhou's 15th Five-Year Plan recommends: implementing research and development plans for cutting-edge technologies in large-scale models, high-end chips, basic software, and model algorithms, and building an open-source artificial intelligence community. 12. Institution: By 2025, the global installed base of humanoid robots will reach 16,000 units, with mass production progressing significantly accelerated.