Daily AI RoundupsTuesday, 22 September 2026

David Cheng argues China’s AI price wars make overseas expansion essential as compute shortages and closed software ecosystems constrain frontier progress. SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.7 at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, Xiaomi open-sources MiMo-V2.6 with 1M context, and Alibaba unveils its Zhenwu V900 chip alongside a target of more than 20GW in global data-center capacity by 2032. The edition also covers OpenAI’s mathematics advisory group, Texas data-center permits, British Columbia’s lawsuit, FAA traffic management, Atlas training, Unitree’s Dex5-S hand, NVIDIA’s DSX Ready program and Verda’s $189M raise.

• China AI
• AI models
• open-source AI
• AI chips
• AI infrastructure
• AI policy
• AI safety
• robotics

Stories in this roundup

1. 01
   David Cheng argues China’s AI price wars make overseas expansion essential, while compute shortages and closed software ecosystems constrain frontier progressDavid Cheng
2. 02
   SpaceXAI releases Grok 4.7 for longer-horizon coding and knowledge work, starting at $2 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokensSpaceXAI
3. 03
   Xiaomi open-sources MiMo-V2.6 Pro and Flash with MIT-licensed multimodal weights, 1M context and the reinforcement-learning stack behind themXiaomi
4. 04
   Alibaba unveils its Zhenwu V900 AI chip and targets more than 20GW of global data-center capacity by 2032CNBC
5. 05
   OpenAI seeks independent mathematics advice after claiming its internal model resolved more than 100 open problemsOpenAI
6. 06
   Texas Governor Greg Abbott expands the data-center moratorium to environmental permits pending the state’s grid and water auditsOffice of the Texas Governor
7. 07
   British Columbia announces a California lawsuit against OpenAI over its alleged failure to report threats before the Tumbler Ridge shootingGovernment of British Columbia
8. 08
   FAA begins limited use of AI-supported SMART around Washington, with staff reviewing every traffic-management recommendationFAA
9. 09
   Boston Dynamics opens an Atlas training center inside Hyundai’s Georgia car plant, starting with parts logistics and sequencingBoston Dynamics
10. 10
    Unitree introduces the human-sized Dex5-S robotic hand with 22 degrees of freedom, starting at $6,500 before tax and shippingUnitree
11. 11
    NVIDIA launches DSX Ready to qualify AI-factory battery storage and liquid-cooling products, including offerings from Tesla, LG and VertivNVIDIA
12. 12
    Verda raises $189M to expand its AI cloud and compute capacity, including a Series B led by Emergence CapitalVerda