White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Feilan said bipartisan legislation may be needed in the next two years.

Beijing Economic‑Technological Development Area management committee issued measures to accelerate an open‑source domestic IT industry hub, supporting firms’ independent R&D in core hardware, basic software, industrial software and cybersecurity. The plan prioritises general‑purpose AI across foundational theory and applications — including algorithms, software frameworks, AI compute chips and new compute clusters, plus software, industrial, data and embodied intelligence — and accelerates deployments in quantum computing, 6G, brain‑computer interfaces and optoelectronics. Firms undertaking major tech projects in these areas can receive up to 1:1 government matching funds, with maximum annual support of 30 mln yuan per project.

The New York Times reports SoftBank is in talks to invest several hundred million dollars in OpenAI.