Raw1 AI Model Release News – September 13, 2026

Zhipu AI (maker of the GLM model family, one of China’s top AI labs) is pursuing a fresh Hong Kong fundraising round combining a share placement (~HK$15.7B / ~US$2B for ~22 million new H shares at HK$714 each) and a convertible bond issue (~RMB 20.1B / ~US$3B) — roughly $5B combined. This comes right after the 60-day lock-up from its July placement (HK$31.4B raised then) expired. Zhipu is clearly leaning on strong investor appetite to keep funding frontier AI development.

Sam Altman and Elon Musk have publicly backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to “slow the pace” of AI development, after Amodei warned an AI swarm could become capable of “taking over the entire internet” within a year. The Guardian calls it “a rare show of unity” among rival AI company leaders, following a string of warnings from AI researchers last week (including a resigning Anthropic researcher’s extinction-risk comments).

Barack Obama reportedly urged Democratic party leaders at a closed-door Manhattan fundraiser to prioritize a “public conversation” on AI management and safety, pushing for a sweeping framework covering everything from a safety “slow-down” to job losses and children’s wellbeing.

Follow-up coverage notes a largely negative/skeptical response from critics and the Trump administration to the safety push, calling it “too little, too late.”