Goldman Predicts $1T Global AI Investment; OpenAI Lifts Text Limits for Free Users
快鲤鱼 · wechat · 2026-08-10
Global AI Investment: Goldman Sachs forecasts global AI investments will exceed $1 trillion by end-2026, with the US accounting for nearly $600 billion. US AI capex is expected to reach 2.8% of GDP by 2028.
LLM API Usage Surge: OpenRouter data shows global LLM calls hit 69 trillion tokens last week. Chinese models lead for the 15th consecutive week; DeepSeek-V4-Flash ranked #1 globally with 8.83 trillion tokens.
OpenAI Updates: OpenAI removed text conversation limits for Free and Go users, upgrading the default model to GPT-5.6Luna, though image and file uploads remain capped.
Other News: Doubao implements a 12% commission on hotel orders; Japan considers frontier AI for cyber defense; Baidu launches new AI productivity suites; Baihua Festival introduces an AIGC category.
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