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1. Dark Side of the Moon to Complete $2 Billion New Funding Round, Valuation Exceeds $20 Billion

May 6th news: Kimi (Dark Side of the Moon) is about to complete a new round of financing of $2 billion, with a post-investment valuation exceeding $20 billion. This round of financing was led by Meituan Dragon Ball, with China Mobile, CPE (CITIC Private Equity Funds), and others participating. Dragon Ball alone invested over $200 million. In January and February of this year, Kimi just completed three rounds of financing, raising $500 million, $700 million, and $700 million respectively. Including this latest financing, in less than half a year, Kimi has raised over $3.9 billion, and its latest valuation has more than quadrupled compared to approximately $4.3 billion in November last year. To date, Kimi's total financing amount has exceeded 37.6 billion RMB, making it the company with the most cumulative financing among large-scale model startups.

2. National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Plans to Lead DeepSeek's First Round of Financing, Valuation Nearly $45 Billion

On May 6, it was reported that the China National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund (i.e., the National Big Fund) is in talks to lead DeepSeek's first round of external financing, valuing the company at approximately $45 billion. Just weeks ago, when negotiations began, the valuation was around $20 billion. Tencent and Alibaba are also in talks to invest, but the final participants have not yet been finalized. Founder Liang Wenfeng may participate in the investment in his personal capacity. He controls 89.5% of DeepSeek's equity through personal shareholding and related entities.

3. DeepMind UK Employees Vote to Form Union Over US Defense Contract

On May 6th, according to the Guardian, citing an internal employee letter, employees at Alphabet's Google DeepMind in the UK have voted to form a union due to ethical concerns about a newly established artificial intelligence agreement involving the US military. The report states that after completing the authorized vote in April, research staff demanded that management formally recognize two labor groups as joint representatives. Reportedly, the employees oppose the use of advanced systems in war and cited the collaboration with the Pentagon announced last Friday, as well as the company's existing arrangements to provide cloud computing services to the Israeli government.

4. Anthropic CEO Warns: AI Exposes Numerous Long-Hidden Software Vulnerabilities, Triggering Cybersecurity Crisis

On May 6th, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that AI has exposed a large number of long-hidden software vulnerabilities, posing a dangerous moment for global technology companies, governments, and financial institutions. They must patch these vulnerabilities within a limited timeframe, or face massive cybersecurity attacks and financial losses. Amodei pointed out that Anthropic's latest AI model, Mythos, discovered tens of thousands of software vulnerabilities during testing, some of which have existed for decades and involve critical foundational software systems. He stated that AI is significantly amplifying the scale of cybersecurity risks, and the number of vulnerabilities, intrusion incidents, and financial losses caused by ransomware to schools, hospitals, and even banks could all see a huge increase.

4. Multicoin Capital Co-founder: Multicoin has been heavily investing in Zcash since February

On May 6th, Tushar Jain, co-founder of Multicoin Capital, stated that Multicoin has been heavily investing in ZEC since February. Zcash returns to the core cyberpunk concept of cryptocurrency's origins.

5.Vitalik Supports Keyed Nonces as a New Ethereum Scaling Solution

On May 6th, according to Cointelegraph, Vitalik Buterin supported using keyed nonces as a new Ethereum scaling solution. This solution can achieve large-scale, privacy-preserving on-chain transaction processing while maintaining decentralization.