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• Lam Research (NASDAQ: LRCX) has announced plans to invest over $3 billion over the next five years to expand its global R&D lab network. • The investment aims to increase experiment capacity by more than 50% and compress product development cycles to better serve customer needs.

• A 153GB archive containing stolen corporate credentials from nearly 2,500 organizations has surfaced following a supply chain attack on LiteLLM. • The breach occurred when compromised LiteLLM packages executed malware that swept live environment memory and configurations for sensitive data.

• A new investment fund has been launched to target artificial intelligence, automation, edge computing, and data infrastructure. • While the fund's specific financial size remains undisclosed, it aims to support the growth of critical global connectivity and AI technologies.

• The 48th global edition of the World AI Show took place in Kuala Lumpur on August 13, 2026, highlighting artificial intelligence as a central pillar of Malaysia's economic strategy. • The event focused on the country's accelerated investments in AI infrastructure and the development of sovereign cloud capabilities to bolster digital ambitions.

• Southeast Asia is experiencing an AI boom, driving significant investments in cloud infrastructure, semiconductor production, and data centers across the region. • Malaysia has become the fastest-growing data center market, benefiting from a 2019 moratorium on new facilities in Singapore due to land and energy constraints.

• A CTO warns that AI code generation has hit a security plateau, meaning Large Language Models (LLMs) cannot yet guarantee the production of secure code. • Because LLMs are now deeply embedded in how developers write and refactor software, there is an increased risk of deploying vulnerable code into production environments.

• In March, a supply chain attack targeting LiteLLM compromised over 2,500 companies via "Sandclock" infostealer malware. • The malware escalated privileges to root on build systems to steal cloud keys, SSH keys, Kubernetes secrets, and AI provider API keys.

• Credit Default Swaps (CDS) for major tech giants are triggering warnings as investors grow concerned over the sustainability of massive AI-related spending. • The surge in these financial instruments reflects market anxiety regarding the high levels of debt being accumulated to fund AI infrastructure and development.

• Hyperight has identified the top seven AI conferences scheduled to take place across Europe in 2026. • These events will prioritize critical technical and strategic topics, including agentic workflows, compute infrastructure, sovereign AI strategy, and compliance with the EU AI Act.

• A new field called "tokenomics" is emerging as companies struggle to accurately measure the return on investment (ROI) for their AI spending. • The Linux Foundation's Tokenomics Foundation is working to establish industry-wide standards to help firms evaluate the financial impact of AI investments.

• Mistral is shifting its business strategy from being solely an AI model developer to becoming a comprehensive AI infrastructure provider to better compete with global industry leaders. • In a significant move, the European lab will now host open-weight models from third-party developers on its platform, starting with the GLM-5.2 model from Chinese AI lab Z.ai.