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Answer a question: If AI makes you five times more efficient, do you want to cut costs by 80%, or do you want to do five times as much work?

Introducing AI can significantly boost team productivity, but whether it causes unemployment depends on the creativity and the imagination of decision-makers. The article notes that historically, technological improvements have increased demand rather than reduced it. At the same time, technological revolutions will push human work levels upward into abstraction, compressing low-level tasks while strengthening high-level decision-making. In the future, an organization’s competitiveness will depend on the operational efficiency of agents. How to apply AI to expand capabilities rather than merely optimize costs will be the key to determining success or failure.

Nous Research Deep Dive: A Decentralized AI Lab That Paradigm Invested in at a $1B Valuation, Comprehensive Breakdown of the Hermes Model and the Psyche Network

Nous Research is an open-source AI lab focused on the Hermes series of models. In 2025, it received a $50 million investment from Paradigm, valuing it at $1 billion. What makes it unique is that it develops AI technology with a crypto-native team and then integrates it with the blockchain. Its core product, the Hermes model, is designed around the goal of reducing the refusal rate, and its data sources rely mainly on synthetic data. At the same time, Psyche Network builds a decentralized AI training network on Solana, incentivizing participants through a token mechanism. Nous Research adopts an open-source and decentralized strategy, aiming to demonstrate its technical capability and feasibility.

OpenAI praised the Amazon alliance in a memo, saying that Microsoft limits its ability to reach customers

Gate News, April 13, OpenAI praised its alliance with Amazon in a memo, saying that Microsoft "limits its ability to reach its customers." Denise Dresser, OpenAI's newly appointed Chief Revenue Officer, said in the memo that the alliance with Amazon is viewed as a key growth driver for OpenAI's enterprise business. So far, Microsoft has not responded to requests for comment on the matter. (CNBC)

The Hong Kong Innovation and Technology Bureau signed a memorandum of cooperation with the National Cyberspace Administration of China, covering areas including AI, cross-border data flows, and blockchain.

Gate News message. On April 13, the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that it has signed with the National Internet Information Office a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation for the Development of Innovation and Technology, with the aim of promoting high-quality development of the digital economy empowered by technological innovation. The Memorandum of Understanding covers key areas such as artificial intelligence, cross-border data, and blockchain. The objective of the Memorandum of Understanding is to further implement the country’s national “15th Five-Year Plan”, support Hong Kong in building an international innovation and technology center, and promote the development of a new real-economy led by technological innovation.

Gate Stock Zone launches 5 Pre-IPO perpetual contracts from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others on April 13, offering 1–10x leverage trading

Gate News message, according to a Gate official announcement on April 13, 2026 The Gate Stock Trading Zone will be available for the pre-market trading of five USDT-settled perpetual contract order books—OPENAI, ANTHROPIC, ANDURIL, KALSHI, and POLYMARKET—starting on April 13, 2026 at 20:00 (UTC+8). It supports 1x to 10x leverage for long and short positions. OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory that has developed products such as ChatGPT and DALL·E. It is currently in the Pre-IPO stage. Anthropic is a large-model company founded by former core members of OpenAI, focusing on secure and reliable AI. Anduril Industries is an AI and autonomous defense technology company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus. Kalshi is a prediction market exchange regulated by the U.S. CFTC. Polymarket is the world’s largest decentralized prediction market. All contracts calculate prices using a valuation unit of $1 billion. For example, when a company’s valuation is $800 billion, the unit price is $800.

Astriax Obtains $50M Investment From Paradigm to Accelerate AI-Led Trading

Astriax has secured a $50M investment from Paradigm, positioning itself as a leader in AI-driven on-chain trading. This partnership enhances institutional credibility in DeFi, focusing on autonomous execution and advanced analytics to optimize trading strategies and improve liquidity management.