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Here’s your snapshot of the biggest tech, AI, and crypto developments shaping markets today.

What’s New Today:

China escalates the AI hardware race with a claimed optical chip breakthrough, while investors double down on AI-native startups and institutions quietly lock up Ethereum supply.

Fast-Track Insights:

From photonic computing and AI-first banking to space-era jobs, deepfake detection, and crypto supply shocks, today’s headlines show AI reshaping infrastructure, careers, trust, and capital.

Let’s dive deeper into what these shifts mean for technology, talent, and global markets today.

China Claims Breakthrough Optical AI Chip Amid Global Tech Race

According to Chinese scientists, a recently developed optical AI chip named LightGen has been found to be faster as well as more power-efficient in comparison to the Nvidia CPU in the context of generative processing of AIs. The research has been conducted in collaboration between Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tsinghua University. Read More…

Building AI-First Startups in 2026: An Investor’s View

Dmitry Volkov, one of the first investors in OpenAI, believes that by 2026, AI must be an infrastructure play, not a product feature. With his initiative, Molit.ai, he is banking on a product-centric approach for an AI-native banking system that relies on proprietary data and early monetization strategies. This marks a drastic change in expectations for investors. Read More…

Sam Altman Says AI Will Push Tomorrow’s Graduates Into High-Paying Space Jobs

According to Sam Altman, AI will create new jobs, although some jobs will become redundant, and this will happen in the next decade, perhaps in space exploration. The CEO of Open AI believes that the Gen Z generation will enjoy the most benefit from AI technology, which will change the way people work. Read More…

How Google Gemini Helps Spot AI-Generated Photos and Videos

Google’s Gemini service assists in identifying AI-created pictures and videos by detecting SynthID invisible watermarks in images. This service indicates regions in pictures that have been altered by AI, providing directions instead of definitive proof, particularly if the images are generated outside Google’s AI community. Read More…

Institutions Absorb 11% of Ethereum Supply as Exchange Balances Hit Record Lows

Ethereum is experiencing a supply bottleneck as institutional and spot ETFs currently possess close to 11% of the total circulating ETH. Exchange balances are at all-time lows because of staking and treasury accumulation, led by BlackRock, which is recrafting ETH into an infrastructure yield-bearing asset. Read More…

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