Meta has unveiled its Muse Spark AI model, its first since hiring former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang nine months ago. The launch is being watched as a potential variable in an AI model market led by OpenAI, Google and Anthropic, alongside Chinese firms. The article also tracks moves around AI-native infrastructure and robotics foundation models, plus new products and funding across OpenAI, Anthropic and a range of tech companies.

OpenClaw has surged in China as an AI-based trading tool, drawing attention after rapidly gaining popularity on GitHub. Developers have used it for investment-related functions, with hundreds of finance and trading skills listed on its marketplace and reports of rapid gains in some cases. Many users say results fall short, and security concerns have intensified after a supply-chain attack. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has urged stronger safeguards.