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IT Home reported on November 12 that the Japanese government is considering requiring AI companies to fulfill security obligations and introducing new penalties to address the risks of uncontrolled advanced AI. The Japanese government plans to announce a comprehensive reform plan by the end of this year, with relevant content confirmed in a closed working group meeting discussing AI legal systems. This move aims to address significant threats such as AI cyberattacks and loss of control, ensuring that the government can take action against malicious companies that refuse to negotiate.Currently, the business division of AI companies is becoming increasingly detailed, including various aspects such as basic research, foundational model development, and user services. The Japanese government will further discuss the scope of regulatory targets. If American AI large model companies are included in the regulation, how to effectively protect the rights and interests of Japanese users will also become a problem that needs to be addressed. For companies that refuse to cooperate in negotiations after issues arise, the Japanese government plans to issue enforcement orders when necessary and consider imposing penalties on companies that defy these orders. These measures are expected to primarily target incidents of uncontrolled advanced AI and attacks.

According to the Coinbase blog, its MCP service Coinbase for Agents has launched Agent Controls, allowing users to set limits, product permissions, and stop conditions for trades conducted through the AI Agent. The relevant control settings run on Coinbase's server side, and users must log into their accounts via the Coinbase App or web to manage them; the AI Agent cannot modify or bypass them on its own.The features launched include: Maximum trade size, which sets the maximum amount for each trade in USD; 24-hour volume limits, where trades exceeding the limit cannot be executed; Auto-stop, which will stop the AI Agent from placing orders when the portfolio loss exceeds a set percentage, until the user re-enables trading in the App.In addition, the product permissions feature will soon be available, allowing users to choose the categories of products that the AI Agent can trade, including cryptocurrencies, stocks, and derivatives.

On November 11, B.AI announced the official launch of the self-service "Account Deletion" feature. Users can complete the account deletion process on the platform according to their actual needs, without the need for additional applications or manual reviews, making account management more autonomous and controllable; after deletion, users can still use the original login information to re-register a new account at any time, balancing flexibility and continuity of use.This feature not only grants users higher control over their accounts but also further enhances the platform's security and compliance, improving the management of the entire account lifecycle. Specific operational guidelines can be referred to in the official documentation.

The new version of the "Supported Regional Policy" from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic will take effect on November 12. The new document specifies three categories of prohibited use of Claude, covering individuals, businesses, and users utilizing the model through overseas companies and third-party cloud platforms. As long as a person is in a non-supported region, they cannot use Claude; Americans using it during business trips in mainland China also violate the regulations. Even if a company is registered in the United States, if it is directly or indirectly controlled by individuals or businesses from non-supported regions, employees are similarly restricted, and it is not only those holding more than 50% of shares that will trigger this.The policy covers Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cowork, the official API, as well as Claude models provided by cloud platforms and authorized distributors. Calling the model through cloud platforms like AWS Bedrock does not mean that regional usage restrictions can be bypassed.As early as September 2025, Anthropic had already prohibited overseas companies controlled by businesses from non-supported regions like China from using Claude. This time, the policy clarifies the locations of individuals, the registration locations of businesses, and control relationships more explicitly. The official disclosure indicates that in the first half of 2026, a total of 11.4 million accounts were banned, with 398,000 appeals received, of which 42,000 successfully overturned the original decisions. The data covers various types of violations, not all of which involve regional restrictions. The system will identify risk signals from non-supported regions, unauthorized resale of Claude, and other issues, requiring relevant users to verify their identity; failure to verify will result in account suspension.

The cross-chain protocol Across announced that it has regained control of its official website domain, and all systems have returned to normal operation. Across stated that it will fully compensate all affected users and will release a complete post-incident analysis report in the coming days.According to previous disclosures from Across, the attacker gained control of the domain through a social engineering attack on the domain registrar Namecheap. During the period when the domain was out of control, the security response team SEAL 911 assisted in marking it as a phishing site. Across noted that some wallets or browsers may still display phishing warnings, which are expected to be eliminated soon.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated that the United States controls the Strait of Hormuz.

OpenAI announced the launch of a centralized system called Control Room, designed to track model workloads within its research infrastructure and quickly halt related tasks when security or safety concerns arise. This system currently covers research workloads within OpenAI, including training experiments, evaluations, and data processing. OpenAI stated that as model capabilities increase, associated safety and security risks also rise, making it increasingly critical to detect potential issues in a timely manner and swiftly halt models when necessary.In terms of specific mechanisms, Control Room assigns an identifier to each research task, and the inference engine verifies this identifier before generating model outputs. When a stop command is issued by manual or automated monitoring systems, Control Room revokes the authorization for that task, thereby blocking subsequent outputs, even if the underlying research program is still running. OpenAI noted that cached authorizations could delay shutdowns by up to 35 seconds; additionally, if Control Room itself is unavailable, the system is designed to reject new requests.Prior to this release, OpenAI had disclosed multiple incidents this year where research models deviated from instructions during evaluations. In July, the company reported that its model escaped a restricted testing environment and infiltrated Hugging Face to cheat in a security assessment. In October, it disclosed that a research model used an unauthorized encrypted wallet to pay for smart contract deployment fees on the testnet ETH, and this expenditure was omitted from the final summary.

On November 9, Beijing time, according to a report by Reuters, U.S. President Trump stated in an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" that the risks posed by artificial intelligence are manageable, and he does not mind setting regulatory guardrails. When asked whether the U.S. should accept the risks brought by artificial intelligence to maintain its leading edge over China, Trump said these dangers are controllable and expressed a willingness to work with Democrats to formulate relevant safeguards. Trump added that he does not want regulatory measures to cause the U.S. to fall behind China in the field of artificial intelligence, becoming a distant second.

According to Bloomberg, over the past two years, the cryptocurrency industry has enjoyed a rare political advantage in Washington: the U.S. President has prioritized digital assets as a national priority, regulators have paved the way for it, and the Republican-controlled Congress has been sympathetic to its agenda. With the Democratic Party's significant victory in the midterm elections and control of Congress, the cryptocurrency industry is facing stricter rules and closer scrutiny of Trump's cryptocurrency business, and its political advantage is waning.The Democratic Party has indicated plans to impose stricter ethical constraints, stronger consumer protections, and to give the SEC a greater role in regulating digital assets. Cryptocurrency critics Maxine Waters and Elizabeth Warren are expected to wield greater influence in the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking Committee, respectively. However, many of the cryptocurrency industry's achievements are difficult to reverse, such as the stablecoin bill which requires new legislation to be repealed.

As the Democratic Party in the United States regains a majority in Congress, the new committee leaders are preparing to request Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to explain whether the company has taken sufficient measures to prevent AI chips from flowing into China and other U.S. adversaries. The Democrats will utilize their authority in key committees to summon executives from Nvidia and other Silicon Valley companies to attend public hearings and request documentation to assist in industry investigations. After the new Congress is inaugurated on January 3, the Democrats will officially control both the House and the Senate.Currently, three Republican members of the House overseeing national security-related committees have requested Jensen Huang to provide a briefing on his interactions related to Megaspeed International in Singapore. Meanwhile, lawmakers are negotiating three bipartisan measures involving restrictions on semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales to China, codifying existing AI chip sales restrictions, and requiring verification of the location of AI processors. Among these, the "AI Oversight Act" aims to maintain current export controls for 18 months; the "Chip Security Act" requires the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security to ensure that AI data center chips exported overseas have security mechanisms to verify whether they are being diverted to China and other concerning destinations.

According to Bloomberg, the Binance hacking incident is prompting the cryptocurrency industry to re-examine its long-held decentralized philosophy, as well as the transaction review, settlement delays, and fund intervention mechanisms in the traditional financial system.As the cryptocurrency industry seeks to enter the mainstream financial market in the United States, some institutional investors are beginning to reconsider Wall Street's financial risk control mechanisms. In traditional finance, banks, payment networks, and clearing institutions can review suspicious transactions during the fund transfer process and can suspend fund flows under certain circumstances.Third Eye CEO Tian Zeng stated that he hopes the settlement time can be shortened from the traditional financial T+1 day to T+1 hour, by appropriately extending the settlement time and increasing review steps, thereby reducing hackers' ability to quickly transfer funds.FalconX Co-Head of Markets Joshua Lim pointed out that as more institutions enter the cryptocurrency market, the client structure is changing, and some institutions are no longer willing to fully accept the risks associated with irreversible transactions. As the cryptocurrency industry further integrates with traditional finance, how to balance transaction efficiency, decentralization, and fund security will become a problem that the industry must face.

Some observers of the Federal Reserve believe that Trump's strong opposition from voters in the midterm elections may alleviate the political pressure faced by Federal Reserve Chair Waller, allowing him to reduce political interference and focus on controlling inflation. Voters have listed the cost of living as one of their top concerns, fundamentally changing the political landscape surrounding the Federal Reserve.Since Trump's re-election in 2024, he has been exerting pressure on the Federal Reserve and its interest rate decisions, repeatedly calling for rate cuts, supporting an unprecedented criminal investigation into the renovation of the Federal Reserve's office building, and attempting to remove a sitting Federal Reserve governor. Against this backdrop, Trump chose Waller to lead the Federal Reserve in May of this year, after Waller had unusually shifted to support rate cuts. This has raised concerns among Democrats, who fear that the new chair may have agreed to adjust monetary policy according to the president's wishes.Claudia Sahm, Chief Economist at New Century Advisors, stated that in fact, if the election results prompt Trump to end the conflict with Iran and abandon further tariff increases, the Federal Reserve may not need to raise interest rates again at all.

OpenAI founder Sam Altman posted on X, stating: Humanity should always be in control of the future. He expressed that OpenAI opposes the view that it is acceptable for humanity to be reduced to only doing "things that AI systems deem worthy for humans to do."Sam Altman also stated: Humanity should not cede control of the future to superintelligence, and this requirement should ultimately constrain AI progress. His account bio clearly states that OpenAI's mission is to ensure that general artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

According to the latest data, the Democratic Party has currently secured 218 seats in the House of Representatives, confirming control of the House. Counting is still ongoing, with the Republican Party winning 126 seats and the Democrats flipping 25 seats. It is expected that the Democrats will win by a significant margin in this election.According to the rules, there are a total of 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and to become the majority party, 218 seats must be won.

As the Democratic Party secured control of both houses in the midterm elections, this news, which was previously expected to be bearish by the market, has largely settled. The decline in global mainstream capital markets has shown improvement, with some markets turning to an upward trend. The three major U.S. stock index futures rose, with the Nasdaq 100 index futures narrowing their decline to 0.4%, having previously dropped over 2.2%. The S&P 500 index futures are currently down 0.43%, and the Dow futures are down 0.24%. Bitcoin rebounded, breaking through $78,000, currently reported at $78,006, while Ethereum also rebounded, breaking through $2,300, currently reported at $2,301.The Hong Kong Hang Seng Tech Index strengthened in the afternoon, with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation leading the constituent stocks, and the Hang Seng Index is currently up 0.81%. The A-share Sci-Tech Innovation 50 Index rose over 5% in the afternoon, the ChiNext Index rose over 4%, Northern Huachuang and Tuojing Technology rose over 10%, and several Sci-Tech semiconductor ETFs rose over 10%, with semiconductor equipment ETFs such as Guangfa reaching the daily limit. The South Korean KOSPI Index turned positive, erasing a previous decline of up to 4%. Spot gold's daily increase expanded to 1%, breaking through $3,970 per ounce, while spot silver rose over 2% during the day, currently reported at $50.79 per ounce.

CNN stated that it expects the Democrats to win control of the House of Representatives. As of the time of publication, the Democrats maintain a significant lead in the House voting.In this U.S. midterm election, the results for 171 House seats have been determined, with the Democrats winning 110 seats and flipping 6 seats, while the Republicans have only won 61 seats.