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1. 2h
   Top AI labs said to slow frontier R&D as focus shifts to apps and profit

   In early October 2026, Anthropic, OpenAI and other leading AI model developers advocated slowing frontier capability work, drawing market attention, according to DoNews. A CITIC Securities research note argues the move reflects not founders' moral considerations but a rational response to rising regulatory costs, a gap between model progress and real-world deployment, and mounting commercialization pressure. The note expects the industry's center of gravity to shift from large-model training toward inference optimization, deployment and monetization, favoring CSP providers, platform software vendors and selected semiconductor segments.

   DoNews · 🔥 9
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   CITIC Securities: AI industry focus shifting to inference and monetization

   A CITIC Securities research note says recent proposals by model makers such as Anthropic and OpenAI to slow frontier capability gains triggered sharp market swings and wide debate. The brokerage argues the move is less about founders' moral qualms than about shrewd business calculation and operating pressure at leading model makers, with rising regulatory costs actually favouring incumbents. It expects regulation to improve gradually and top firms to focus more on deployment to ease financial pressure, shifting the industry's centre of gravity toward inference and monetization, and remains bullish on CSPs, platform software vendors and selective hardware/semiconductor opportunities.

   36氪快讯 · 🔥 8
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   DeepSeek weighs upsizing new funding round to as much as $15B ahead of 2027 IPO

   DeepSeek is considering raising its latest funding round from an original target of about 50 billion yuan to at least 80 billion yuan, with signed term sheets pointing to a final total approaching 100 billion yuan, according to CNBC and Bloomberg; CNBC put the figure at as much as $14.9 billion. Tencent and CATL are the investors committing the largest amounts, and DeepSeek and Tencent did not respond to requests for comment, with terms still subject to change. The round is seen as paving the way for a potential IPO in early 2027, after a roughly 51 billion yuan first external round closed in June.

   CNBC Technology · 🔥 32

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