AI NewsWaveOct. 9 AI Briefing: Google's Agent, TSMC Earnings and Anthropic's Security Tool
Key points
- Google joins the race with an enterprise AI agent
- TSMC's third-quarter revenue hits a record on AI demand
- Nasdaq falls on weak AI stocks and higher oil prices
Google Cloud unveiled Gemini Agent, an AI agent for enterprise work, on Oct. 8 (local time). It handles email and document writing, scheduling and coding in one place, and has a multi-model structure that uses Anthropic's Claude alongside Gemini. It was described as an extension of the agent competition following OpenAI's Dot and Meta's Muse.
On Oct. 8, Anthropic released OSS Scanner, a free service that finds security vulnerabilities in open-source software. It is based on experience finding vulnerabilities with Claude in Project Glasswing, and helps open-source developers identify and respond to problems faster. Earlier, on Oct. 7, it also released Claude Haiku 5.5, a small model for repetitive tasks.
TSMC's third-quarter revenue this year reached a record 1.4942 trillion Taiwan dollars (about 62.87 trillion won). Newsis reported it was up 50.95% from a year earlier, while Chosun Biz put the increase at 50%. September revenue alone was 511.86 billion Taiwan dollars, up 54.6% from a year earlier.
U.S. stocks closed mixed on Oct. 8. The Dow rose 0.10%, but the Nasdaq fell 1.25%. Higher international oil prices and weakness in AI stocks weighed on the indexes.
Xenon, a generative AI solutions company, filed a securities registration statement with the Financial Services Commission on Oct. 8 and began the public offering process on the KOSDAQ. It is offering 2.2 million shares at a hoped-for price of 9,700 to 12,200 won.
Seoul AI Hub announced on Oct. 9 that it found 13 AI services that solve everyday problems together with citizens and developers. The results came from the hackathon and policy discussion event "AI IMPACT: AI for Good" held on the 18th of last month.