SoftBank Group has launched what could become one of the largest corporate high-yield bond deals on record, marketing a multi-part offering to fund its AI investments. The group is pitching a $10bn dollar tranche and a €1bn (~$1.1bn) euro tranche, with initial price guidance underway for the USD portion, aiming to raise more than $11bn in total. Proceeds are intended to help finance SoftBank’s near-$65bn commitment to OpenAI and to support further AI-related M&A; the issue is the latest in a ser

On Sept. 21, Shanghai’s municipal cyberspace office, together with the Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, the Shanghai Securities Regulatory Bureau and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, held the first multi-party forum on special online information governance for leading industries. The office said it will create more communication channels aligned with Shanghai’s leading-industry layout and intensify network governance focused on industry needs, lawfully handling illegal information, individual content creators and MCN entities to support high-quality development of integrated circuits, artificial intelligence and biopharmaceuticals.

Anthropic首席執行官將向聯合國安全理事會簡報人工智能相關事宜。