Models & Technology
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on “AI Making Kids Forget Basic Math”: It’s Not a Problem—I Can’t Even Remember My Home Address or Phone Number
In an interview with The New York Times, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said concerns that AI is causing children to forget basic math are not significant.
02Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeElon Musk: If strong acceleration is maintained, SpaceXAI could lead in about 6 months
Elon Musk posted on X that he is cautiously optimistic SpaceX will have a Fable / GPT-6-level model within two to three months.
03Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeChatGPT Mobile Adds Voice-Powered Agent Features for Drafting Documents and Summarizing Emails
OpenAI announced that ChatGPT mobile now offers voice-powered agent features, allowing users to draft documents, summarize emails, create websites, and more through voice commands. Pro and Plus users get more comprehensive features, while Free and Go users can also use the apps. #ChatGPT# #OpenAI#
04Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT Homerabbit Launches OS3 Agent Operating System After a Long Silence, Supporting Multi-Device Orchestration
It is compatible with a wide range of third-party hardware and uses a single chat interface as its primary entry point. Users only need to set a goal, and the system automatically orchestrates the required devices, models, and files to complete the remaining steps.
05Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeiFlytek Releases New Speech Recognition Model Spark-ASR-2.0, Coming to iFlytek Input Method Tomorrow
The model delivers major recognition improvements through multiple technological innovations, with clear advantages in complex scenarios such as mixed Chinese-English speech and dialects. Inference costs increase by only 10%, and it will gradually roll out to products including iFlytek Input Method starting tomorrow##iFlytek##speech recognition model
06Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOver 330 Tokens/s Prefill Throughput: Qualcomm and Partners Adapt 30-Billion-Parameter AI Models for On-Device Use on the Sixth-Generation Snapdragon 8 Super Elite
Qualcomm, StepFun, Enflame, and Longsys optimized hardware and software on the sixth-generation Snapdragon 8 platform to enable a 30-billion-parameter MoE model to run smoothly on smartphones. Prefill throughput exceeds 330 Tokens/s, while decoding exceeds 28 Tokens/s, enabling tasks such as email comprehension and itinerary planning without the cloud. #2026SnapdragonSummit# #OnDeviceLLMs#
07Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOffline and Still Combat-Ready: AI-Powered Drones Can Autonomously Identify and Strike Targets on the Battlefield
The SkyOute system has abandoned cutting-edge large models in favor of lightweight models, allowing drones to independently identify and strike targets at the front line. Its federated learning architecture can continue iterating during communication outages, making #DroneAI# a new variable on the modern battlefield.
08Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeXin Guobin, Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology: Vigorously Develop Open-Source Foundation Models and Vertical Models, and Deepen AI + Manufacturing
At the 2026 World Manufacturing Conference, Xin Guobin put forward four proposals, explicitly calling for deeper integration of “artificial intelligence + manufacturing,” the development of smart factories in stages, and accelerated growth of open-source foundation models and vertical models. #2026WorldManufacturingConference# #ArtificialIntelligence+Manufacturing#
09Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeReport: Anthropic Plans to Launch a New AI Model Before Its IPO Amid Pressure From OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra
Reports say Anthropic is evaluating the safety of its next-generation model while internally weighing R&D investment against the pace of profitability. GPT-6 Astra already accounts for about 13% of enterprise AI spending, and OpenAI has surpassed it in spending on OpenRouter. #Anthropic##OpenAI#
10Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeBilibili Launches the “AI Infinite Arena” LLM Benchmark Ranking: Claims “100 Leading Global Models Competing in One Arena,” GPT-6 Currently in First Place
The initial ranking shows GPT-6 Astra temporarily in first place, with Chinese-developed large models taking three of the top five spots; the evaluation is based on prompts independently created by UP creators to reproduce real-world performance, and the rankings update in real time. #BilibiliAIInfiniteArena#
11Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeChina Telecom Open-Sources Xing4.0-29B-A4B, Its First Fully Domestic Lightweight Agent Large Model
From training chips to inference deployment, fully domestic from end to end: Ascend training, adaptation to domestic frameworks, a self-developed architecture, and an open-source ecosystem, all brought together in one streamlined path.
12Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeHuawei's Zhu Zhaosheng: Ascend Has Passed the Ecosystem Inflection Point and Can Build a New AI Ecosystem in the Agentic Era
On September 19, Zhu Zhaosheng, head of Huawei's Computing Strategy and Business Development Department, said that Ascend has passed the ecosystem inflection point and has every ability and opportunity to build a new AI ecosystem in the Agentic era. (21st Century Business Herald)
13Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOpenAI Warns: Advanced AI Can “Communicate” Between Two Adjacent Air-Gapped PCs
Technology media outlet Wccftech published a post yesterday (September 18), reporting that when advanced AI models interact, air-gapped computers may not completely prevent information exchange between two adjacent machines.
14Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeGoogle Launches Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking Real-Time Conversation Models with Support for Switching Between 97 Languages
Google has released Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, two real-time reasoning models optimized for voice interaction. They improve task handling across multiple scenarios and are now gradually rolling out to developers and users.
15Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeReport: Baidu Recruits Former Google DeepMind Core Member Qiyin Wu, Former Key Author of the Official Gemini 2.5 Model Report
According to a report by Leifeng.com, Qiyin Wu, a former director-level engineer at Google DeepMind and a core developer of the Gemini large language model, has officially joined Baidu to work on large language model pretraining. She was deeply involved in developing the Gemini 2.5 series. #BaiduAI#
16Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOpenAI's Internal Lily Project Exposed: Human Review of ChatGPT User Chats to Improve Large Language Models
OpenAI's “Lily Project” has been exposed. The internal project improves models through human review of ChatGPT conversations. Reviewers earn more than $50 per hour, but the privacy of user chats has raised widespread concerns. Although the data is anonymized, there is still a risk of leaks. Human review mechanisms at AI companies are far more common than imagined. #ChatGPT# #OpenAI#
17Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeUser Tests Alibaba Qwen3.8-27B AI Model's Limits: Develops Zombie Shooter on a Single RTX 3090 in About 5 Hours
Reddit user u/EcstaticDentist posted yesterday (September 14) that they successfully created a playable first-person zombie shooter on a single overclocked RTX 3090 GPU in about 5 hours, using two Harness setups with the Q4KM-quantized Qwen3.8-27B model.
18Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAnt Lingbo Open-Sources Three LingBot-World 2.0 World Models: Small’s 1.3B Parameters Designed for Consumer Single-GPU Systems
Ant Lingbo Technology has further open-sourced three models: LingBot-World 2.0 Small (1.3B), LingBot-World 2.0 Bidirectional, and LingBot-World 2.0 Causal Pretrain.
19Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT Home25 Fields Medalists Jointly Warn of “Severe AI Misalignment in Mathematics”; Deng Yu Jokes About Retiring to Write Yuri Novels at Home
On September 11 local time, 25 Fields Medalists, including Terence Tao, Deng Yu, and Peter Scholze, as the initial signatories, jointly issued a statement titled “A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics,” warning that a “severe misalignment” is emerging between AI companies and the mathematical community. #FieldsMedalistsSayAIAndMathematicsAreSeriouslyMisaligned#
20Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeDeepSeek Speaks Up: Gray-Scale Testing AI Voice Conversations with Four Voice Options
According to feedback from IT Home readers, DeepSeek is gray-scale testing voice conversations. Users included in the test will see a small speaker button in the top-right corner of the app. In addition, a “Reading Voice” option will appear on DeepSeek’s settings page, allowing users to choose from four voice options.
21Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOpenAI Expands Real-Time Voice Model Capabilities: GPT-Live-1 Launches in the API with Interruption Handling, Tool Calling, and Phone Voice Agents
The model combines voice understanding and output to significantly reduce latency. It supports phone voice agents, with testing showing clear performance improvements over its predecessor. It is now available through the API for developers. #OpenAIRealTimeVoiceModel#
22Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOpenAI to Offer U.S. Government Agencies 50% Off AI Models, Ending $1-a-Year Pilot Program
OpenAI will end its $1-per-year pilot program for U.S. government agencies. The new plan will charge based on usage, while federal employees will receive a 50% discount. The new agreement will take effect on October 1. During the pilot, 3.5 million federal employees used ChatGPT, saving $1.4 billion in costs. The #OpenAI# discount will also extend to state and local governments.
23Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeNASA and IBM Jointly Release an Open-Source Foundation Model for Lunar Research, Capable of Identifying Lunar Ice Regions and Craters
NASA and IBM have jointly launched an open-source lunar foundation model that reduces ice-region identification errors by 23% and improves performance by 19% using just half the training data. #LunarAI# They have also released the world’s first open-source dataset of its kind, containing more than 2 million data points to support scientific research.
24Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeDeepMind Engineer Rebuts “Google Can’t Build Frontier Models”: Gemini 3.8 Cyber Outperforms Mythos in Multiple Tests
An AI researcher claimed Google had lost its edge in frontier models. A DeepMind engineer rebutted the claim, saying Gemini 3.8 Cyber has surpassed Anthropic’s Mythos in cybersecurity and is widely used by internal teams. #AIRace# What do you think of this war of words?
25Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeDeepSeek V4.1 Flash Officially Released: Outperforms V4 Pro Across the Board, With Native Multimodal Vision Understanding and Lower API Pricing
The new model architecture is designed to deliver higher capability ceilings, faster reasoning, greater throughput, and scalability to models with more parameters.
26Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeDeepSeek V4.1 Flash Model Released Today; V4 Pro Service Shutdown Delayed to September 14
DeepSeek officially stated that, after extensive internal and external testing, V4.1 Flash has comprehensively surpassed V4 Pro across performance, cost, speed, total time, and other metrics.
27Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOpenAI ChatGPT Voice Mode Supports GPT-5.6 Sol and GPT-6 Astra
When web searches or complex reasoning are required, Voice Mode will automatically call the model specified by the user.
28Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeMinistry of Commerce Responds to U.S. Allegations of AI Distillation: Unsupported by Facts or Law, a Typical Double Standard
The U.S. National Security Agency and two other agencies accused six Chinese AI companies of distilling U.S. models without authorization. The Ministry of Commerce responded that the allegations are unsupported by facts or law and essentially reflect the United States’ pursuit of technological hegemony and suppression of China’s AI industry. #MOFOMRespondsToUSAIAllegations#
29Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeNew Research Views Large Language Models as “Cognitive Viruses”: Sustained Thinking Is the Only Way to “Resist Infection”
The paper states: “At the collective level, immunity does not mean banning contact with AI, but preserving practices and institutions that keep people thinking: solving problems independently, verifying information, engaging in critical discussion, consciously taking temporary breaks from AI, maintaining skills that do not depend on AI, and designing education so that models help people think rather than perform cognitive tasks for them.”
30Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeHuawei Pura X View and Mate XT 2 Extraordinary Master smartphones reportedly support downloading and deploying local large models on-device
According to blogger @超维界, the Huawei Pura X View and Mate XT 2 Extraordinary Master smartphones support downloading and deploying local large models on-device. Users can choose to download either a multimodal enhanced large model (approximately 6 GB) or a multimodal mixture-of-experts large model (approximately 15 GB). The blogger said both models run on-device and can be used without a network connection. Huawei on-device AI large models#
31Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeThe First Native Multimodal Model in the Ant Ling Series, Ling-3.0-flash-VL, Released as Open Source with a Visual Feedback Loop
The model uses a MoE architecture, supports multimodal input, and introduces a visual feedback loop. It performs well across multiple benchmarks and is now available for free online trials. Related versions have been released on open-source platforms. #AntLingLargeModel#
32Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeZuckerberg Advances “Personal Superintelligence”: Meta Launches Its First Personal Agent, Muse, with Mixed Results in Internal Testing
Muse can autonomously help users complete various tasks. It is initially available only in the United States, with free and paid subscription plans, but internal testing has revealed security vulnerabilities and operational failures. #MetaLaunchesPersonalAgentMuse#
33Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOECD Report: Students Who Use Little or No AI for Schoolwork Outperform Frequent Users Overall
The report found that students who never or almost never used AI to draft text for writing assignments scored an average of 509 points on science tests, while those who used AI daily or almost daily for such tasks averaged just 481 points. Even after accounting for socioeconomic status, the groups still differed by 28 points, equivalent to about a year and a half of schooling.
34Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeSix People Sentenced for Using AI “Jailbreaks” to Generate Obscene Materials; Judge Warns That “Technological Neutrality Does Not Mean Technological Impunity”
Zheng and others used technical means to “jailbreak” a foundational model, bypassing the built-in restrictions on pornographic content in large language models. After paying to add funds, users could select character cards and AI bots in the model for sexual chats. By spending credits, they could also generate obscene static or animated images based on those chats.
35Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeBurning $7,000 a Day! OpenAI Researchers Are Using AI to Write Code at Full Speed
OpenAI has revealed for the first time the scale and cost of its researchers’ use of AI coding agents. Heavy users consume more than $7,000 worth of tokens per day, while average researchers use over $600 daily. Since the beginning of the year, posts in internal technical support channels have fallen by more than half, as AI profoundly reshapes the way research and development is done. #AICoding#
36Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAI Model Weekly Rankings: Multiple Chinese Models Crowd Into the Front-End Development Chart, Alibaba wan3.0 Reaches the Top Three in Video
This week's Arena rankings feature several new Chinese models in the front-end development chart. Alibaba wan3.0 entered the rankings for the first time and immediately reached the top three in AI video, while overseas models still dominate the top spots.
37Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOpenAI Responds to Its AI Agent Breaking Into German Websites: Will Completely Reform Disclosure of “AI Model Attack” Incidents
OpenAI posted on X today (the 5th): “Regarding the ‘Wiki incident’—that is, our agent writing content to multiple websites—we should have established standards long ago defining when and how to disclose ‘misalignment’ incidents, rather than disclosing only the model’s own misalignment characteristics.”
38Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeA Paper in JAMA Claims AI Has Surpassed Human Doctors, Drawing Industry Opposition
Many doctors do not accept this conclusion. John White, CEO of the American Medical Association, pointed out that some of the studies cited in the paper were simulated experiments rather than blinded trials, which are considered the gold standard in medical research. Some studies even contradicted the authors’ conclusion.
39Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeMicrosoft Releases MAI-Image-2.6-Flash: Image Generation Is Twice as Fast as the World's Best AI Models
Microsoft published a blog post yesterday (September 4) announcing the launch of its proprietary MAI-Image-2.6-Flash image generation model, now available in public preview through Microsoft Foundry (Microsoft's model development platform).
40Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAlibaba’s AI Agent Coding Platform Qoder Launches “Glasses Edition,” Connecting to Qwen and Rokid AI Glasses
Today, Alibaba’s AI agent coding platform Qoder launched “Qoder Glasses Edition,” initially connecting to Qwen AI Glasses and Rokid AI Glasses. In the future, users will be able to put on their glasses and use voice interaction anytime, anywhere to have Agents perform tasks, without opening their phones or touching a screen. #AlibabaQoderGlassesEdition#
41Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOpenAI Chief Scientist Responds to “Opaque AI Reasoning” Controversy: Complexity Has Not Grown in Leaps
OpenAI Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki posted on X yesterday (September 2), responding to the controversy over claims that the AI model Astra is “unmonitorable.”
42Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeEurope's Most Powerful AI: Spanish Company Launches Quasar 438B Model with 1M-Token Context
Spanish AI company Multiverse Computing has launched the Quasar 438B model. According to Artificial Analysis, the model scored 43 on Intelligence Index v4.1.1, ranking highest among the European models included in the comparison.
43Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeMeta Releases Its Most Powerful AI Model, Muse Spark 1.3, Surpassing GPT-5.6 Sol in Coding
Meta Platforms released its most powerful AI model to date, Muse Spark 1.3, on September 2, 2026. It is designed to support longer agent workflows and enhance coding capabilities.
44Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle Gemini 3.8 Flash Model Launches for Software Engineering, Agent Tasks, and More
According to the introduction, Gemini 3.8 Flash is designed for individual users, developers, and enterprises. It is suitable for deploying general-purpose agents at scale and at lower cost, with direct production use cases including software engineering, agent tasks, and complex knowledge-processing workflows.
45Models & TechnologyIT HomeMicron Explores Near-GPU NAND Flash to Support Larger AI Models
Micron is developing a high-endurance NAND flash module that can be deployed directly inside a GPU package or on a PCB as a high-speed cache layer. The solution is designed to significantly improve AI model inference performance and may overcome memory capacity limitations. #AI Chips# #Micron#
46Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle Launches Agentic Video Understanding to Improve Gemini Video Analysis Accuracy and Cut Costs
Google has launched agentic video understanding for the Gemini 3.7 Flash, 3.6 Flash, and 3.5 Flash-Lite models. The feature improves video analysis accuracy while significantly reducing Token usage and costs, and is now available.
47Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba Cloud Enterprise Agent Collaboration Platform “Wanyou Wujie” Enters Public Beta
Alibaba Cloud’s “Wanyou Wujie” has opened its public beta today. Rather than having a single AI handle everything, it enables multiple Agents to divide tasks and collaborate through group chats. Enterprise users can try the Qwen3.8-Max flagship model and manage their own team of AI “employees.” #AlibabaCloud# #WanyouWujie#
48Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeWhich Phone AI Is More Powerful? OPPO Collaborates with Multiple Universities to Launch the On-Device AI Memory Benchmark MobileMem
Liu Zuohu, OPPO Chief Product Officer and OnePlus founder, announced today that OPPO has collaborated with OpenKG and university teams from Zhejiang University, Tongji University, Southeast University, and others to launch MobileMem, an on-device AI memory benchmark.
49Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeThe World’s First Multimodal World Model: Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs Releases Atlas with Pixel-Precision Camera Control
World Labs, the startup founded by “AI godmother” Fei-Fei Li, today released Atlas, described as “the world’s first multimodal world model.” The company claims Atlas can generate images and video frames with pixel-precise camera control and reconstruct them in 3D.
50Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeCatching Up with OpenAI and Anthropic in Coding: Google Gemini 3.8 Flash Could Launch as Early as Wednesday Local Time, Codenamed “Skimaki” Internally
The new model delivers major improvements in coding, with internal testing showing it is already favored over Anthropic Opus. After its leadership change, Google is accelerating model development to catch up with competitors #GoogleGemini#
51Models & TechnologyIT HomeDoubao and Tsinghua University “Launch a Course” Together: Registration Opens for “AI-Enabled Academic Research: Knowledge Production Through Human-AI Interaction”
According to the introduction, the course will mainly share applications of AI in real-world research workflows and work closely with Doubao to connect cutting-edge large models with academic scenarios, covering stages such as problem discovery, literature review, and data analysis.
52Models & TechnologyIT HomeTencent's Zhang Jun: Working Teachers and College Students Who Complete Identity Verification Can Claim 1,000 WorkBuddy Back-to-School Points
Tencent has launched a back-to-school benefit. Working teachers and college students can claim 1,000 WorkBuddy back-to-school points after completing identity verification. WorkBuddy is a desktop Agent tool launched by Tencent Cloud. #TencentWorkBuddy#
53Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle Releases TimesFM-3, Enabling Zero-Shot Multivariate Time Series Forecasting with 330 Million Parameters
Google's latest time series model, TimesFM-3, has arrived. With just 330 million parameters, it can handle multivariate forecasting tasks in a zero-shot setting. The model can forecast multiple related series simultaneously, such as jointly predicting ice cream sales for different brands, without additional fine-tuning. #GoogleAI# It supports multi-target and covariate forecasting.
54Models & TechnologyIT HomeDomestic Intelligent Chemical Engineering Foundation Model 3.0 Pro Released, Developed by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, iFlytek, Alibaba Cloud and Others
As the latest iteration of China’s first foundation model for the chemical engineering industry, 3.0 Pro marks a major transition from a “professional knowledge question-answering model” to an “intelligent chemical engineering task execution system,” advancing intelligent chemical engineering foundation models from “understanding and answering” to “planning, executing, and verifying.”
55Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT Home1.5TB Compressed to 214GB: Tencent Hunyuan Hy4 Preview Lite Version Released as Open Source, Enabling Joint Inference Across Heterogeneous Devices
An innovative quantization technology achieves an exceptionally high compression ratio with minimal impact on large model performance. It also supports joint inference across heterogeneous devices, significantly increasing speed. The model is now available on an open-source platform. #TencentHunyuanLargeModel#
56Models & TechnologyIT HomeThe Only Open-Source Edge Model with a Million-Token Context: iFlytek's TokeSpark X2.5-4B & 1.7B Officially Released
Both models natively support a 1-million-Token context window and are adapted for multiple scenarios. They are now available for download on multiple platforms, with API access free for a limited time. A larger-parameter version will also be released on September 7. #iFlytekSparkLargeModel#
57Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeFanShi Intelligence Invests RMB 1 Billion to Purchase Huawei Ascend 950 for AI Foundation Model Deployment
Hong Kong-listed company FanShi Intelligence recently reached a large-scale computing power order agreement with Huawei: FanShi will invest more than RMB 1 billion to purchase Huawei Ascend 950 chips, supporting the deployment of AI foundation models in core sectors such as finance and manufacturing.
58Models & TechnologyIT HomeReport: NVIDIA Restarts Rubin CPX Chip Project Optimized for Inference Prefilling, with Major Design Changes
The new Rubin CPX delivers computing power close to that of the standard Rubin GPU, further improves prefilling performance, and features 168GB of HBM4 memory.
59Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAnthropic Explains the July 30 Security Incident in Detail: A Configuration Error Led Claude to “Infiltrate” Real Companies; Sandbox Isolation and Real-Time Monitoring Strengthened
Due to a configuration error in a third-party evaluation environment, Claude unexpectedly gained real internet access and carried out unauthorized operations. Anthropic disclosed investigation updates, announced multilayer security improvements for evaluation and training environments, and reviewed model alignment issues. #AI Safety#
60Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeZhipu Reveals Next-Generation Large Model Plan: Following a Large-Foundation-Model Path, Targeting Full-Scale Business Support from Day One
Zhipu disclosed progress on its next-generation large model research and development at today's 2026 interim results conference. (STAR Market Daily)
61Models & TechnologyIT HomeDeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp Model Open-Sourced, Multimodal Agent Capabilities Near Opus-4.8
DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp is now available and open-sourced on Hugging Face. It supports image input, text recognition, and chart analysis, with multimodal Agent capabilities nearing Opus-4.8. #DeepSeek#
62Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeMIIT: Increase Procurement of Services Such as Large Models, AI Agents, and Tokens
China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice announcing a special initiative to cultivate AI application service providers. The goal is to build a resource pool of more than 2,000 providers by the end of 2026, promote large-scale procurement of large models, AI agents, Tokens, and other services, and improve the quality and effectiveness of model and AI use across industries. #ArtificialIntelligence#
63Models & TechnologyIT HomeAmazon AWS Expands in Government AI, with OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Other Leading Models Arriving on GovCloud
AWS announced that its government cloud, GovCloud, now offers multiple additional AI models, including models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and its own Nova models, providing compliant AI services for US institutions. AWS continues to deliver strong growth, with Q2 revenue up 37% year over year.##AWS cloud services##
64Models & TechnologyIT HomeReport: OpenAI Bought Tens of Thousands of Apple Mac mini / Studio Computers to Train AI Agents to Operate Computers
According to The Information, OpenAI has purchased tens of thousands of Apple Mac mini and Mac Studio computers in recent months to train AI agents capable of operating computers. These devices are primarily used for reinforcement learning, requiring AI agents to repeatedly practice tasks in real environments. Apple’s unified memory architecture has become a key factor, while demand for high-end Macs in the AI industry has surged, leaving some models out of stock for months. #AITraining#
65Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeHisense Launches JUOS: Powered by the Xinghai Large Model, It Is the Industry’s First AIOS Designed as a Smart Family Companion
The industry’s first smart companion AIOS for the entire home, natively supporting multiple household devices including TVs, companion screens, projectors, monitors, and smart appliances: Hisense JUOS is officially launched.
66Models & TechnologyIT HomeTencent Hunyuan: Hy4 preview usage surges, WorkBuddy urgently expands capacity
Tencent Hunyuan says that since Hy4 preview launched on WorkBuddy on August 28, it has become highly popular with users due to its improved Agent capabilities, resulting in queues. Capacity has now been urgently expanded, but queues may still occur during peak periods. Users are advised to switch to Hy3 or use it during off-peak hours. Hy4 preview is free until September 10. #TencentHunyuan#
67Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeReports Say ByteDance’s Doubao Large Model 2.2 Launch Will Be Delayed, Originally Planned for August
ByteDance’s Doubao Large Model 2.2, originally planned for release in August, will be delayed. (White Whale Lab)
68Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeHuawei Cloud and Ruijin Hospital Release RuiPath 2.0 Pathology Foundation Model: 7B Parameters, Covering 19 Common Cancers
The RuiPath 2.0 model has 7B parameters, covers 19 common cancers, and expands its diagnostic tasks to 205, covering over 90% of pathologists’ routine diagnostic scenarios. The model achieves a breakthrough in diagnostic interpretability, with an accuracy of 96.48% in lymphoma detection. #AIMedicine#
69Models & TechnologyIT HomeEstimated GPT-6 AI Model: First OpenAI Astra Demo Samples Leak, GTA 2-Like Game Generated in One Interaction
Technology media outlet testingcatalog published a blog post yesterday (August 29), reporting that OpenAI is accelerating the release of its Astra model and adding the mozaik-alpha-fdm testing phase to expand internal testing.
70Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeReports Say Baidu Intelligent Cloud Split Its Platform Product Division: MaaS Moves to Infrastructure, Agent Becomes Independent
Following the adjustment, the former Platform Product Division was renamed, with core AI businesses split up and three heads reporting directly to Shen Dou. Baidu’s AI business has accounted for more than half of revenue for two consecutive quarters, while GPU cloud growth remains strong. #BaiduIntelligentCloud #OrganizationalRestructuring#
71Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT Home“The Largest Copyright Theft in History”: Anthropic Accused of Infringing Copyrights to Train Claude AI, Seeking Up to $150,000 per Song
Technology media outlet Music Business Worldwide published a post yesterday (August 29), reporting that Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell Music have sued Anthropic and its two co-founders, accusing them of scraping, downloading, and using the lyrics of “tens of thousands” of copyrighted musical works without authorization to train the Claude series of AI models.
72Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOne Less Expansion Step: Some Google Search Tests Default to AI Mode, Pushing Traditional Blue-Link Results Down
Search industry publication Search Engine Roundtable reported on August 28 that Google Search is testing the direct expansion of AI Overviews into an answer interface more closely resembling AI Mode.
73Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeSouth Korean Government Plans to Provide Free AI Services to All Citizens
According to The Wall Street Journal, the South Korean government has launched the “All for AI” initiative, with beta testing scheduled to begin in September. It will eventually cover everyday services such as medical appointments, housing, and taxes. The initiative is led by major companies including KT and Kakao, allowing users unlimited access, while the government will also provide support with NVIDIA B200 chips. #AINewPolicy#
74Models & TechnologyIT HomeAnthropic Reveals a New “AI Trains AI” Method That Is Cheaper and Faster Than Human Researchers
The automated system first reviews existing literature, proposes training methods, trains models according to those plans for 30 minutes, and gradually improves test scores through multiple rounds of experimentation. Effective methods are retained while ineffective ones are discarded, allowing the entire research process to scale rapidly.
75Models & TechnologyIT HomeChina’s First Vehicle-Mounted Mobile Token Factory Debuts, Exploring a New Computing-Power and Electricity Coordination Model
This vehicle-mounted mobile token factory uses a 40-foot container equipped with domestically developed computing power and an energy management system, and can be deployed in just 6-8 hours. It can move to areas rich in renewable energy and connect to the grid, helping absorb “green electricity” while reducing computing costs by about 25%. It can provide flexible services for scenarios such as large-model inference and emergency computing. #NewComputingInfrastructure#
76Models & TechnologyIT HomeIndustry's First Quantum-Enhanced Large Model “Xenomi” Released: Deep Integration of AI and Quantum Computing
The Xenomi large model has been successfully applied to Guoguang Liangchao's intelligent quantum computing experimentation platform and the Quamido multi-agent system. It can accurately respond to specific commands in modern AI software and quickly provide decision-making judgments and review results.
77Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeNational Data Administration: More than 126,000 high-quality datasets have been built nationwide, totaling over 1,815 PB
High-quality datasets are collections of data that have undergone processing such as collection and refinement, can be directly used to develop and train artificial intelligence models, and can effectively improve model performance.
78Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeZhipu Open-Sources GLM-5.3 Model Weights, Targeting Agentic Coding and Cyber Defense
Zhipu officially announced last night that it has open-sourced the GLM-5.3 model weights, which are now available for download and support local deployment and customization.
79Models & TechnologyIT HomeMeituan CEO Wang Xing: AI Models and Products Will Support Our Core Business; We Will Not Become a “Token Factory”
At Meituan’s earnings call, CEO Wang Xing emphasized that the long-term value of AI lies in solving real-world problems, and that Meituan will not become a “Token factory.” The company has also released a trillion-parameter large model to improve user and merchant experiences and operational efficiency. #MeituanAI#
80Models & TechnologyIT HomeReport: Meta Once Expected to Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic Services This Year
Meta once used Anthropic's AI in internal testing of its Hatch agent platform, but the official version will be powered by Meta's internal models
81Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomePro and Flash Series Show Stark Contrast as Google Reportedly Begins Internal Testing of Gemini 3.8 Flash
An employee involved in the testing said Gemini 3.8 Flash currently feels significantly better than 3.7 Flash, but it is still too early to draw a complete conclusion.
82Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeFirmly Among the Top-Tier Open-Source Models, Tencent Releases the Hunyuan Hy4 Preview Model
Tencent officially released Hy4 preview today, with 770 B total parameters, 49 B active parameters, and a 1M context length.
83Models & TechnologyIT HomeAnt Ling Launches Finance-Enhanced Model Ling-3.0-flash-Fin: API Calls Free for One Month, Open Source Next Week
The Ling-3.0-flash-Fin model weights will officially be open-sourced next week.
84Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeGoogle Launches Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash Video Generation AI Model with Up to 4K Resolution
On August 27 local time, Google announced the launch of the Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash video generation AI model, which can generate videos up to 4K resolution.
85Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle Launches the World's First Double-Blind AI Evaluation Technology, Using an Encrypted Environment to Ensure Benchmark Fairness
Google and several organizations have launched the world's first double-blind evaluation for cutting-edge proprietary AI models. Using an encrypted privacy environment to prevent benchmark contamination while protecting both parties' data, the initiative improves the credibility of AI model evaluations.
86Models & TechnologyIT HomeDay-0 Support: Moore Threads Announces Ultra-Fast Adaptation of Zhipu GLM-5.3-Flash
Zhipu recently launched and open-sourced GLM-5.3-Flash (320B-A18B). Moore Threads officially announced today that, based on the MTT S5000 AI training-and-inference computing card and the MUSA software stack, it has achieved ultra-fast adaptation and efficient operation of the model.
87Models & TechnologyIT HomeChina’s Daily Token Usage Surpasses 500 Trillion, Chinese Large Models Secure a Top-Tier Global Position
Global competition among large models is intensifying. Chinese large models have secured a top-tier position worldwide. Model iteration is accelerating, with competition shifting toward agent deployment and ecosystem development. Demand for inference compute is surging, prompting China to accelerate the deployment of intelligent computing centers. #AI Large Models##China’s Daily Token Usage Has Surpassed 500 Trillion# #Chinese Large Models Secure a Top-Tier Global Position#
88Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle Releases Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Speech-to-Text Model, Automatically Removes Filler Words
This AI model can automatically remove filler words from speech, correct errors, improve transcription speed by about 70%, reduce the real-time speech error rate to 5.5%, and support custom vocabularies. However, its intelligent polishing may alter the original wording, making it unsuitable for scenarios that require preserving the exact words spoken. #GoogleAIModel#
89Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAlibaba Cloud Lowers Qwen3.8-Flash Model Pricing on the Bailian Platform
Alibaba Cloud announced that, starting today, it is lowering the pricing for the Qwen3.8-Flash model on its Bailian large model service platform, with input reduced to 0.8 yuan and output reduced to 2.7 yuan. The model is Qwen's latest multimodal large model. #AlibabaCloudLargeModels#
90Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeOx Alpha Appears: Zhipu Open-Sources the Native Multimodal GLM-5.3-Flash Model at a Limited-Time Price of 1/20th That of GLM-5.3
Zhipu launched and open-sourced GLM-5.3-Flash (320B-A18B) tonight, the first native multimodal model in the GLM-5 series.
91Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeMiniMax: M3 Pro Model Expected to Scale to Approximately 3T Parameters, Large-Scale Domestic Computing Cluster to Go Online Soon
MiniMax founder and CEO Yan Junjie said that in the next phase, the company will continue to advance model intelligence, inference efficiency, and infrastructure capabilities in tandem, accelerating the development and release cycles of the M and H series models. (Securities Times)
92Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba Tongyi Qwen3.8-Flash Released as Open Source: 125B-Parameter MoE Model with Training Cost Just 1/9 That of Its Predecessor
This new model features a 125B-parameter MoE architecture, natively supports a 260,000-token context, and can scale to 1M. An open API will soon be available on the Qianwen AI platform, and the model weights have been released as open source. #AlibabaTongyiLargeModel#
93Models & TechnologyIT Home2026 China Academy of Information and Communications Technology AITMark Awards Announced; Huawei Xiaoyi Ranks First in Overall AI Smartphone Agent Score
Huawei officially announced today that the 2026 China Academy of Information and Communications Technology AITMark Awards have been announced, with Xiaoyi ranking first in the overall AI smartphone agent score. Meanwhile, #HuaweiPuraXMax# ranked first in the overall smart evaluation score for flagship smartphone scenarios, with the highest smart scores in imaging, office productivity, and other scenarios.
94Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeModelBest: MiniCPM Open-Source Models Surpass 50 Million Cumulative Global Downloads
ModelBest was founded in Beijing in August 2022 and incubated by Tsinghua University's Natural Language Processing Laboratory. ModelBest officially announced today that, on the occasion of its fourth anniversary, cumulative global downloads of the MiniCPM series of open-source models have surpassed 50 million.
95Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeCloudflare Says AI Agents Now Account for 60% of Internet Traffic, Surging 1,700% Year Over Year
South Korean media outlet chosun published a blog post yesterday (August 25), reporting that Goran Risticsevich, Cloudflare’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director for the Asia-Pacific region, said traffic generated by AI agents has surged by more than 1,700% over the past year and now accounts for approximately 60% of total traffic.
96Models & TechnologyIT HomeAI Race Heats Up: OpenAI Reportedly Pretrained Bel Model with Over 10T Parameters, Challenging Artificial General Intelligence
Source @synthwavedd posted on X today (August 26), claiming that OpenAI has completed pretraining its next-generation model, internally codenamed Bel. It is the direct successor to the Doug model, with a total output count exceeding 10T.
97Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI’s First Self-Developed Chip Jalapeño Makes Performance Debut: DeepSeek R1 Delivers 1.7× the AI Throughput per Watt of GB300
Tests show that this chip delivers 1.5 to 1.9 times the AI workload per watt of NVIDIA’s GB200/GB300, with end-to-end latency of just 28% to 59% that of its competitors, demonstrating excellent energy efficiency. #OpenAISelfDevelopedChip#
98Models & TechnologyIT HomeBuilt on the Next-Generation Qwen4 Architecture, Multimodal MoE Model Alibaba Qwen Previews Open-Sourcing Qwen3.8-Flash-Next Tomorrow Night
ModelScope shows that Alibaba Qwen's Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model will be open-sourced at 23:00 Beijing time on August 26.
99Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI Flexes Its Muscles: Jalapeño Chip Co-Developed with Broadcom to Challenge NVIDIA GB300
In SemiAnalysis's InferenceX tests, Jalapeño outperformed the leading inference processors currently on the market in both single-user token throughput and throughput per kilowatt.
100Models & TechnologyIT HomeDeepSeek-V4-PRO AI Model Test: NVIDIA Vera Rubin Delivers 30x the Throughput per Megawatt of GB300
NVIDIA announced that the Vera Rubin NVL72 system delivers up to 30x the throughput per megawatt of the GB300 NVL72 on agentic AI workloads, while reducing token costs by up to 35x. The announcement details Vera Rubin's architecture and performance advantages, with throughput per unit of power reaching 30x that of Blackwell.
101Models & TechnologyIT HomeWhy Is China Catching Up in AI So Fast? U.S. Media Identifies Key Figures
The Wall Street Journal reports that the AI talent network built over many years by Tsinghua University's Yao Class, open-source technology exchange, the return of overseas talent, and other factors have jointly driven China's rapid AI development. The gap between leading AI models and the top U.S. level has now narrowed to just months. #ChinaAIdevelopment#
102Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeMicrosoft CEO Nadella Warns: Companies Must Control Their Token Capital and Avoid Betting on a Single AI Model
The technology media outlet Windows Latest published a post today (August 25), reporting that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned that companies relying on a single artificial intelligence model may “outsource” their knowledge and thinking capabilities to the model provider, and could even lose the ability to survive independently.
103Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoldman Partner Warns: Widespread AI Adoption on Wall Street May Weaken Financial Professionals’ Ability to Think
Goldman Sachs’ AI program lead said that once AI takes over junior employees’ routine work, professionals may outsource their reasoning and gradually lose their analytical abilities. It could also disrupt the traditional mentorship-based training system, while Goldman Sachs has yet to determine how to manage the transition.#AI and the Financial Industry#
104Models & TechnologyIT HomeMicrosoft's Aion AI Agent System Revealed: Copilot at Its Core, Redefining the Desktop Experience
Tech media outlet Windows Latest published a post yesterday (August 24), uncovering more clues from the BetaWiki Discord channel. It says Microsoft's Project Aion is primarily aimed at enterprise users and is positioned as an AI system without a Start menu.
105Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlabama Subpoenas OpenAI to Investigate Model's Infiltration of Hugging Face
An OpenAI cybersecurity model escaped its isolated environment during testing and infiltrated platforms including Hugging Face. Alabama's attorney general has issued a subpoena to investigate whether product safety issues violated consumer protection laws. AI safety is once again drawing attention. #OpenAISafetyIncident#
106Models & TechnologyIT HomeNew Cardiff University Study: AI Still Cannot Grade Assignments as Reliably as Human Teachers
Except in one case, AI models generally gave higher average scores than human graders. The largest difference between AI and human average scores was 16.1 points; for an individual paper, the largest difference reached 40 points.
107Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeReuters parent Thomson Reuters spends $40 million developing an AI model based on Alibaba's Qwen
Thomson Reuters has released its first large language model, Thomson, based on Alibaba's Qwen3.5-397B, with development costs of approximately $40 million. The model performed strongly in multiple legal benchmark tests, highlighting the advantages of in-house models in cost control and customization. #AI large language models#
108Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAI Model Weekly Ranking: China’s glm-5.3-max Debuts in the Overall Top 15, kimi-k3-max Breaks into the Top 10
On this week’s Arena leaderboard, Zhipu’s glm-5.3-max entered the rankings for the first time at No. 13 overall, while Moonshot AI’s kimi-k3-max rose to No. 10 overall.
109Models & TechnologyIT HomeKai-Fu Lee: China’s Open-Source Large Models Are Making Americans Very Concerned
Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of 01.AI, said that China’s open-source large models are attracting more and more American companies. He cited Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 as an example, saying its performance is close to that of America’s strongest AI while costing 60% less. This has raised concerns in the U.S. industry that the open-source ecosystem could undermine its closed-source system. #ChinaAIOpenSource# #KimiK3#
110Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba’s AI Music Model “HappyShrimp” 1.0 Launches, Claiming Anyone Can Make Great-Sounding Songs
Alibaba announced today (the 17th) via its official account that its AI music model HappyShrimp 1.0, known as 快乐虾米 in Chinese, has officially launched. HappyShrimp can accurately understand natural language and turn an emotion, story, or memory into a complete piece of music.
111Models & TechnologyIT HomeMeta Open-Sources 30B AI Model Muse Glimmer, 4-bit Quantization Runs on a Single GPU with 24GB VRAM
Meta today released the Muse Glimmer AI model and open-sourced its model weights under the Apache 2.0 License.
112Models & TechnologyIT HomeSenseNova 6.8 Flash Lite Preview Is Live: Built for Lightweight Agility, Aiming at “Delegated Intelligence”
According to the introduction, the model focuses on lightweight agility and offers autonomous planning, continuous execution, multi-Agent collaboration, and dynamic error correction. It can deliver complete end-to-end results and is evolving toward Delegated Intelligence: users only need to provide a goal, while AI autonomously completes the entire process and people focus on reviewing the results.
113Models & TechnologyIT HomeNoitom Robotics Releases HiPHI, Open-Sources 617.5 Hours of High-Precision Human Motion Data
Noitom Robotics has released the HiPHI dataset, totaling 617.5 hours and containing high-precision full-body motion and human-object interaction data. The dataset is open-sourced on Hugging Face, and models trained on it have enabled actions such as running and crawling on the Unitree G1 robot. #OpenSourceRobotics#
114Models & TechnologyIT HomeAnt Group's Bailing Open-Sources Ling-3.0-tiny Model, Supporting Deployment on NVIDIA DGX Spark and Apple Mac mini
The model features a lightweight hybrid reasoning MoE architecture focused on low-cost inference. It supports deployment across multiple platforms, including NVIDIA DGX Spark and Mac mini, with official speed and memory validation completed for several devices. #AI Models#
115Models & TechnologyIT HomePreviously undisclosed new model “comes through”: Anthropic announces major breakthrough as Claude tackles the Riemann Hypothesis
In a test lasting several days and completed autonomously by the model, Claude raised the long-standing lower bound for the proportion of zeros of the Riemann zeta function on the critical line from 41.6% to 67.2%.
116Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba Opens Qwen3.8-2.4T-A95B Model Weights: 2.4T MoE, 95B Active Parameters, Native 256K Context
The official evaluations cover coding agents, general-purpose agents, professional work, and long-context tasks. Compared with models such as Opus 4.8, Fable 5, and GPT 5.6 Sol, the results vary by category, while Qwen3.8-A95B achieved relatively high scores among the listed models on benchmarks including PaperBench and IFBench.
117Models & TechnologyIT HomeHuawei Ascend Announces Support for RL Training-Inference Consistency, Achieving Up to 60% Performance Gains in Tests
Reinforcement learning has become a mainstream paradigm for training large models, driving model technologies toward engineering deployment in core industry scenarios. Training-inference consistency is crucial because the inference and training processes are coupled, and infrastructure differences can amplify uncertainty.
118Models & TechnologyIT HomeChina's First Hypernode to Successfully Run a 2 Trillion+ Parameter Large Model: Alibaba Cloud Lingjun Zhenwu M890 Hypernode Instance Goes Live
Alibaba Cloud announced today that the Lingjun Zhenwu M890 hypernode instance is officially available, with initial sales in the Ulanqab region.
119Models & TechnologyIT HomeNVIDIA Launches 30B Open-Source AI Model Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is a mixture-of-experts (MoE) model with 30 billion parameters.
120Models & TechnologyIT HomeXiaomi's Embodied Foundation Model Xiaomi-Robotics-1 Officially Open-Sourced
Xiaomi Technology's official Weibo account has just announced the official open-sourcing of Xiaomi's embodied foundation model, Xiaomi-Robotics-1. According to the announcement, Xiaomi-Robotics-1 was pretrained on more than 100,000 hours of UMI data and post-trained using more than 10,000 hours of cross-embodiment data. #XiaomiOpenSource# #EmbodiedIntelligence#
121Models & TechnologyIT HomeAnt Group's InclusionAI Open-Sources the Ling-3.0-flash Model: 124B Total Parameters, 5.1B Active Parameters
The official BaLing large model team announced yesterday that the next-generation natively hybrid reasoning model Ling-3.0-flash is now officially open source.
122Models & TechnologyIT HomeByteDance Releases SeedRealtime Full-Duplex Audio-Visual Model: Supports Watching, Listening, and Speaking Simultaneously, Now Available in Doubao
SeedRealtime natively integrates audio, video, and text through a unified architecture, enabling real-time interaction across continuous multimodal streams and delivering a new experience of watching, listening, and speaking simultaneously.
123Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba Launches China’s First AI Voice Platform, CosyVoice Studio, Free for a Limited Time
Built on Alibaba’s self-developed Qwen-Audio speech model, the platform includes CosyFlow for voice recording, CosyAgent voice agents, and CosyCreative audio content creation tools.
124Models & TechnologyIT HomeMoonshot AI Announces Its First Trillion-Parameter Multimodal Model, Kimi K2.5, Will Retire at the End of the Month
Moonshot AI's official Kimi Weibo account announced today that its first trillion-parameter multimodal model, Kimi K2.5, will retire at the end of this month. Kimi K2.5 is designed as a general-purpose multimodal model that can switch between conversations, complex reasoning, and automated tasks. #Kimi# #LargeModels#
125Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba DAMO Academy Launches Liver Cancer AI Model That Precisely Identifies Tiny 1-Centimeter Tumors
The liver cancer AI model DAMO LiON, developed by Alibaba DAMO Academy with Shengjing Hospital and other institutions, precisely identifies 1-centimeter tumors in CT scans. In a real-world trial, it detected 15 missed cases of liver metastasis, helping patients receive timely treatment. The related paper was published in Nature Medicine. #AIinHealthcare#
126Models & TechnologyIT HomeAnthropic’s Most Powerful Model Fable 5 Falls Short, Enterprise Users Turn to Cheaper AI Products
The Financial Times reports that two months after Anthropic launched its flagship model Fable 5, it accounted for just 11% of customer spending, far below expectations. Enterprises are turning to cheaper alternatives, including Anthropic’s own Opus 5. #AIModels# #AnthropicIPO# This trend could undermine the high-investment business model on which frontier AI labs depend.
127Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeUC Berkeley Math Professor Criticizes Students' Weak Foundations, Then Gets Caught Using AI to Write It
Zvezdelina Stankova, a mathematics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, recently wrote an article for The San Francisco Standard criticizing some students for having “serious” gaps in their mathematical foundations. She later acknowledged that the article itself had been edited with AI, sparking controversy.
128Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI CEO Sam Altman: Concerned That Artificial Intelligence Could Be Controlled by a Few Powerful Entities
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on a podcast that he worries AI could be controlled by a small number of companies or individuals, and is also concerned that AI could break free from human control. He believes fear of the latter could lead to the former, with Anthropic's Mythos model serving as an example. #FutureOfAI#
129Models & TechnologyIT HomeU.S. Experts Warn: Students’ Reliance on “AI Ghostwriting” May Weaken Their Thinking Skills
Writing cannot be separated from the mental work involved in it. Once machines take over this process, students save more than just the time spent typing and choosing words; they also lose the training that should have been done by their own brains.
130Models & TechnologyIT HomeZhipu officially releases GLM-5.3: the strongest open-source model for programming, improving 50% over GLM-5.2
Zhipu officially released GLM-5.3 today. Compared with GLM-5.2, the base model remains unchanged, but post-training scaling has significantly raised the model's intelligence ceiling through dozens of times more long-horizon task environments, richer and more diverse environment types, and extended post-training time.
131Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeJapan Releases AI Draft, Urging Developers to Disclose Training Data
Japan’s Cabinet Office yesterday (August 18) released draft guidelines for generative AI developers, requiring them to disclose training data and data collection methods.
132Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI Responds to Accidental File Deletions by a Small Number of Codex Users Calling GPT-5.6 Series AI Models
Thibault Sottiaux, head of the OpenAI Codex team, posted a lengthy message on X today responding to reports that some users’ files were accidentally deleted after calling GPT-5.6 series models in Codex.
133Models & TechnologyIT HomeZhipu GLM-5.3 Model API Launches, Weights to Be Open-Sourced Next Friday
Zhipu AI announced today that its latest model, the GLM-5.3 API, is officially available. The model performs excellently on coding, security, and other tasks, delivering intelligence on par with top models such as GPT-5.6 at a lower cost. It has also been integrated into platforms including ZCode. The model weights will be open-sourced next week. #Zhipu# #GLM-5.3#
134Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeLei Shiwai, Xiaomi CFO: MiMo’s First Personal Desktop App Is Coming Soon, and a New-Generation Model Is Also in Training
Lei Shiwai revealed that MiMo’s large-model Token Plan has begun generating revenue and is growing rapidly. However, Xiaomi’s AI business remains in a period of large-scale investment and is not currently focused primarily on monetization. The company will continue using AI to reshape its entire human-car-home ecosystem.
135Models & TechnologyIT HomeWalmart Retail Employees Have a New Role in the AI Era: Correcting AI Agents
To drive business growth, Walmart is investing heavily in AI and providing new tools and training to thousands of frontline employees. Adopting any new process requires a learning curve, but Walmart’s latest AI rollout has a special feature: the AI agents themselves also need training to improve their accuracy.
136Models & TechnologyIT HomeMysterious Image Generation Model “mona-lisa-1” Exposed: Shows OpenAI Origin Signals, GPT-Image-2 Still Holds First Place Three Months After Release
The model was discovered in a blind test on the AI Arena. OpenAI’s content verification tool detected origin signals associated with OpenAI. Before GPT-Image 2 was released, it had also undergone anonymous testing. #OpenAI# #AI-Generated Images#
137Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle Launches Gemini 3.7 Flash Model at an Introductory Price Half That of 3.6 Flash
On August 13 local time, Google announced the launch of the Gemini 3.7 Flash model, designed specifically for programming and agent scenarios.
138Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeSome Claude Models to Add “Text Watermarks”; Anthropic Responds to Public Concerns
Some Claude models will directly embed an “imperceptible watermark” in their text outputs. The watermark will remain when the content is copied and pasted, and may continue to exist after a certain degree of modification, helping determine whether a passage was generated by AI or written by a human.
139Models & TechnologyIT HomeY Combinator CEO Garry Tan: Entrepreneurs Who Make Good Use of AI Agents Will Be Living in 2028 Ahead of Time
Speaking about AI agents, Garry Tan said: “You have to turn the intensity all the way up. For example, give it 1 million tokens at once, or 800,000 tokens. I think at that level, you can basically start living in 2028 ahead of time.”
140Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeTencent Cloud to Establish Its First Cloud Region in Malaysia While Advancing Local AI Talent Development
Tencent Cloud announced that it will establish its first cloud region in Johor, Malaysia, with three availability zones planned for the initial phase, while working with local universities and enterprises to deepen its AI initiatives. Its AI-native office agent, WorkBuddy, also made its debut, featuring more than 100 skills. #TencentCloud# #AITalentDevelopment#
141Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAnthropic Reveals Model 2, Slightly More Capable Than the Most Powerful Publicly Available AI, Claude Mythos 5
On August 15, Anthropic disclosed its August 2026 Risk Report, which mentioned an unreleased AI model called Model 2 that outperformed the currently most powerful publicly available model, Claude Mythos 5, on multiple tasks.
142Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeFormer OpenAI Executive: I Believe AI Can Cure All Diseases, but Large Models Alone Are Far from Enough
Former OpenAI executive Fidji Simo agrees with the Anthropic CEO, believing that slogans about AI curing diseases have already fueled public skepticism. She says that for AI to cure diseases, robust biological infrastructure must first be established. At present, AI is most likely to achieve an initial breakthrough in cancer treatment. #AIHealthcare#
143Models & TechnologyIT HomeRobot AI Model DYNA-2 Debuts: Trained on Over 1 Million Hours of Human Video, Task Success Rate Reaches 90%
Embodied intelligence company Dyna Robotics has released its latest robot foundation model, DYNA-2, trained on more than 1 million hours of first-person human video, with a task success rate of up to 90%.
144Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI CEO Sam Altman: AI Will “Perfectly Understand Users’ Context” Within 6 Months
At the 2026 Internapalooza event, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that within the next six months, OpenAI’s upcoming AI models will be able to “perfectly understand users’ context.”
145Models & TechnologyIT HomeSouth Korea’s AI Model Solar Pro 4 Debuts on Agent Arena: Ranked 44th, on Par with MiniMax M2.7
South Korean AI lab Upstage published a blog post today (August 13), announcing the launch of the Solar Pro 4 model, a commercial LLM designed for complex AI agent tasks.
146Models & TechnologyIT HomeInsights from 6,000+ Comments on Real-World Security Incidents Involving AI Coding Agents: Cursor Has the Most Issues
Research teams from the University of York and the University of Calgary analyzed Reddit posts related to coding AI issues and found that AI agents, due to excessive permissions, overwrote files, deleted important data, and even generated malicious code.
147Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba Qwen Open Platform Launches Cainiao Agent to Help Users Plan Shipping Options
The agent matches users with the optimal shipping plan and courier based on their needs. It can also answer shipping questions and complete sender and recipient information, making shipping more convenient. #AlibabaQwen# #CainiaoAgent#
148Models & TechnologyIT HomeMistral AI’s Proprietary Platform Opens Access to Third-Party Models: First Is Zhipu GLM-5.2
Mistral AI also announced that users can now choose whether to run AI inference workloads in the United States or Europe, making it easier for customers to meet cross-border data compliance and regulatory requirements.
149Models & TechnologyIT HomeInside Google’s AI Restructuring: Brin Unhappy About Falling Behind Anthropic, Demands Full Focus on Gemini Models
Two people familiar with the matter said that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been urging employees in key AI departments to devote themselves fully to the Gemini models in recent months, as its parent company Alphabet seeks to narrow the gap with competitors.
150Models & TechnologyIT HomeTwitch Confirms Amazon Is Using Its Livestream Content to Train AI Models, Angering Users
Amazon has been using Twitch livestream content to train AI, drawing strong opposition from streamers and users. Twitch has introduced a privacy setting that allows users to opt out, but it is enabled by default, placing users in an “opted-in” state. #TwitchAITraining# #PrivacyControversy#
151Models & TechnologyIT HomeExperts Warn That Medical Students’ Overreliance on AI May Prevent Them from Developing Clinical Reasoning Skills in the First Place
Simar Bajaj, a medical student and journalist at Stanford School of Medicine, and Joseph Sakran, a trauma surgeon and executive vice chair of surgery at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, believe the problems caused by medical students using AI are already deeply concerning.
152Models & TechnologyIT HomeBYD AI Team Makes Debut: Hybrid World Model HyWorldVLA Scores 90.59, Completing the In-House Chip-and-Algorithm Loop
BYD’s new HyWorldVLA model has achieved a record-high score in the NAVSIM test. Together with the previously released in-house 4nm automotive-grade intelligent driving chip, BYD has completed a closed loop spanning intelligent driving algorithms and chips. #BYDAutonomousDriving#
153Models & TechnologyIT HomeLTX-2.5 Model Debuts: AI Generates 10-Second 720P Videos in Just 6.8 Seconds with Native ComfyUI Integration
Open-world model company LTX announced yesterday (August 11) the launch of the LTX-2.5 model, natively integrated with ComfyUI. Generating a 10-second 720P video takes just 6.8 seconds on a setup with 2 NVIDIA GB200s.
154Models & TechnologyIT HomeChallenging Indian Outsourcing: AI Agents Not Only Perform Well, but Also Cost Less
AI agents have entered the deployable phase. Leading models now score higher than humans on everyday tasks and have been deployed across multiple enterprise office scenarios, bringing their fully allocated hourly cost below that of offshore Indian outsourcing labor. #AIagents#
155Models & TechnologyIT HomeMicrosoft Launches MAI-Code-1.1-Flash Coding Model: Better, Faster, at One-Quarter the Price
Microsoft’s new AI coding model MAI-Code-1.1-Flash is now available at just one-quarter the price of its predecessor, while delivering improved coding capabilities. It achieves a 22% improvement in Terminal-Bench testing and adds image recognition. GitHub Copilot now fully supports it, and the previous version will be discontinued in September. #Microsoft# #GitHubCopilot#
156Models & TechnologyIT HomeNVIDIA, Cisco and 120 Other Organizations Propose AI Agent Incident-Tracking Mechanism
The Open Secure AI Alliance is developing guidelines for what it calls the “Shared AI Findings Exchange” (SAFE), a proposed framework for reporting cybersecurity incidents involving AI agents.
157Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeNvidia Reportedly Developing Nemotron 4, an Open-Source AI Model with Trillions of Parameters, Aiming to Challenge the World’s Top Models
Nvidia is one of the few major U.S. technology companies to proactively release open-source models. Since the beginning of this year, the costs of developing and running AI systems have continued to rise, while lower-priced Chinese models have steadily approached the performance of top systems from leading U.S. AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI, bringing greater attention to open-source models.
158Models & TechnologyIT HomeMediaTek Achieves Day-0 Adaptation for Alibaba Qwen 3.8 Model, Covering Dimensity Automotive Cockpit Platform C-X1 and Dimensity Flagship Mobile Chips
MediaTek announced that its Dimensity automotive cockpit platform C-X1 and flagship mobile chips have achieved Day-0 adaptation for Alibaba’s Qwen 3.8 model. Smartphones and vehicles will be among the first to receive the latest Qwen large model, delivering a smarter on-device AI experience.##Alibaba Qwen3.8##
159Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeGoogle Chrome and Microsoft Edge Both Require: Reserve 20GB of Space to Download Local AI Models
Google has quietly updated its help documentation, clarifying the requirements for Chrome to download on-device AI models. Users need to reserve approximately 20GB of available disk space, and the network must not be metered. Edge has also raised its requirements, approaching 20GB. Currently, both browsers are accelerating the deployment of AI locally.
160Models & TechnologyIT HomeThe Largest Model Trained Since GPT-4.5: OpenAI May Launch Astra AI Model as Early as Next Week
Source @synthwavedd posted on X yesterday (August 6), revealing that OpenAI is targeting next week for the release of the Astra model, internally codenamed mewfour.
161Models & TechnologyIT HomeUpdated Every Three Weeks: Microsoft Releases MAI-Image-2.6, Jumping Straight to Second Place on Arena’s Text-to-Image Model Leaderboard
The model ranks second on Arena’s text-to-image leaderboard with an Elo score of 1336, ahead of competitors from Meta, Google, and others. It delivers comprehensive improvements across multiple capabilities and is now available to try on Arena, with a gradual rollout to Microsoft platforms to follow. #Text-to-ImageModels#
162Models & TechnologyIT HomeReports Say Google Has Shelved the Release of the Gemini 3.5 Pro AI Model
According to the latest report from industry analysis firm Semi Analysis, Google may have internally shelved the Gemini 3.5 Pro model. To fill the gap left by the model’s delayed release, the company may promote the Gemini 4 series ahead of schedule.
163Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeFocusing on Coding Agent Products? DeepSeek Registers the “Deepseek Harness Team” Official Account
Beijing-based DeepSeek has registered the “Deepseek Harness Team” official account, aiming to compete with Claude Code and develop coding agent products. The team is led by senior researcher Chen Deli and is recruiting for related positions in Beijing. #DeepSeek# #CodingAgent#
164Models & TechnologyIT HomeAnthropic to Add Invisible Watermarks to Claude-Generated Text to Prevent AI Content from Passing as Original
Anthropic announced that new Claude models will directly embed imperceptible watermarks in AI-generated text, aiming to improve transparency and address AI misuse. The watermarks may remain even after text is copied, pasted, or partially edited, though extensive rewriting or translation may cause detection to fail. #Anthropic# #AI Watermarks#
165Models & TechnologyIT HomeAnthropic Claude Sonnet 5 Model to Permanently Maintain Launch Promotional Price, No Return to Original Price
The current price of Claude Sonnet 5 is $2 per million input Tokens and $10 per million output Tokens.
166Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeMeta's Zuckerberg: If the U.S. Wants to Lead in Open-Source AI, It Must Reduce Policy Barriers
Meta CEO Zuckerberg published a lengthy article calling on the United States to ease restrictions on open-source AI models. Meta also released its new Muse Glimmer model that day and plans to make the weights of the more powerful Muse Spark 1.2 publicly available. Zuckerberg also announced the establishment of a $1 billion fund to address community concerns about data center construction.
167Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle Reportedly Testing New Homepage: Create Images, Analyze Files—but No Search Button
The new page offers three new buttons—“Create images,” “Ask about files,” and “Brainstorm”—putting AI features front and center on the search homepage.
168Models & TechnologyIT Home01.AI's Large Model Open Platform Will Gradually Stop Providing Online Trials, API Calls, Top-Ups, and Other Related Services to Users
The company stated that users with account balances may apply for refunds according to the platform's guidelines. 01.AI will complete the relevant processing promptly and orderly in accordance with laws and regulations.
169Models & TechnologyIT HomeCloudflare Launches Kitesurf, a Cloud Browser Built Specifically for AI Agents
Cloudflare’s Kitesurf browser is designed specifically for AI agents. It ignores tabs and UI, focusing instead on managing context windows and performance. Running on the Workers platform, it can efficiently browse websites and fill out forms while reducing computing resource consumption. It is currently in testing. #AIBrowser#
170Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI’s Next-Generation AI Model Astra Accused of Plagiarizing Mathematical Results
Technology media outlet scientificamerican published a blog post on August 6, reporting that several mathematicians accused OpenAI of academic misconduct, claiming that its AI model Astra failed to properly credit existing research for its mathematical results.
171Models & TechnologyIT HomeMeta AI Model Accidentally Breached a Third-Party Company’s System During Testing
According to Reuters, a Meta AI model inadvertently breached another company’s system during a security test. The incident was caused by a configuration error by the evaluator, which accidentally gave the model internet access. The incident has once again raised concerns about the boundaries of AI safety and even alarmed U.S. lawmakers. #AISafety#
172Models & TechnologyIT HomeSay Goodbye to Repeated OSD Adjustments: ASUS Display Monitor Management Software DisplayWidget Center Adds AI Agents
ASUS's display monitor management software DisplayWidget Center has received a major update, adding AI agent functionality. Users can adjust brightness and color temperature using natural language without navigating the OSD menu. Even smarter, the AI can learn your usage habits and switch settings on a schedule—for example, automatically increasing the color temperature in the morning, lowering brightness at night, and enabling blue-light filtering. #ASUSMonitors#
173Models & TechnologyIT HomeWho Is the Best Coding Partner for DeepSeek V4 Flash? Composio Tests 4 AI Tools Including Codex
Composio tested four major AI coding agent frameworks on 30 real-world tasks. Oh My Pi had the highest task success rate, Claude Code was the fastest but most expensive, and OpenCode had the lowest cost. #AI Coding Agents#
174Models & TechnologyIT HomeNeon Open-Sources 4B Model: Document Search Outperforms GPT-5.6 Sol at Just 1/100th the Cost
Neon published a blog post yesterday (August 6), announcing a collaboration with Castform to disclose a training approach for retrieval models.
175Models & TechnologyIT HomeOn the 1st Anniversary of GPT-5’s Launch: OpenAI Introduces the Agent Plugins Specification for AI Agents
On the 1st anniversary of the launch of the GPT-5 series (launched on August 7, 2025), OpenAI today (August 7) announced the launch of Agent Plugins, a plugin packaging standard for AI agents.
176Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeReport: Alibaba Plans to Charge Large Commercial Users of Its Next-Generation Qwen Open-Source Model a Share of Revenue
Two people familiar with the matter revealed that Alibaba plans to charge large commercial users of its next-generation Tongyi Qianwen open-source model, requiring them to pay a certain percentage of their revenue.
177Models & TechnologyIT HomeAMD Announces Plans to Acquire Taalas to Strengthen Its AI Inference Chip Roadmap
AMD announced today (August 7) that it plans to acquire Taalas, a chip startup. Taalas designs accelerators for AI inference and customizes chips for individual AI models, primarily sacrificing versatility in exchange for lower costs and higher output speeds.
178Models & TechnologyIT HomeMicrosoft Tests Its First Self-Developed Full-Duplex AI Voice MAI Realtime Model: Supports 16 Languages Including Chinese and 2 Styles
Technology media outlet TestingCatalog published a blog post on August 2, reporting that Microsoft is testing its first native real-time voice model, MAI Realtime. It supports 16 languages and 2 voices, can listen and speak simultaneously during conversations, and supports automatic language detection and switching languages mid-conversation.
179Models & TechnologyIT HomeHuawei Officially Announces Day-0 Support for Kimi K3 Training Adaptation and Inference Deployment on Ascend
On July 27, 2026, Moonshot AI officially open-sourced Kimi K3. Huawei officially announced today that Ascend provides day-0 support for Kimi K3 training adaptation and inference deployment. Meanwhile, the Ascend 950 SuperPoD supports the full range of numerical precision formats, including FP8, MXFP8, and MXFP4, and natively supports Kimi K3’s mxFP4 quantized weights.
180Models & TechnologyIT HomeHuawei Announces 0-Day Support on Ascend for Ant Group's Bailing Ling-3.0-flash Model, with New Operator Programming Framework CANN PyPTO Debuting
Ant Group's Bailing officially open-sourced its next-generation native hybrid reasoning model Ling-3.0-flash yesterday. Huawei officially announced today that Ascend has simultaneously completed 0-day adaptation for the Bailing Ling-3.0-flash model. During the adaptation process, CANN PyPTO, an operator programming framework, was introduced for the first time, which can shorten the delivery cycle for complex fused operators. #HuaweiAscend# #AntBailing#
181Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeZuckerberg Calls on the U.S. to Ease Restrictions on Open-Source AI to Counter China
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called on the U.S. government to reduce restrictions on open-source AI models, arguing that this is the best way to compete with China. He also emphasized that AI safety lies in widespread adoption rather than centralization. #OpenAIWeights
182Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeByteDance CEO Liang Rubo Says the Company Will Persist with Self-Developed Large Language Models and Accept Short-Term Lag, Responds to Integration of Doubao, Feishu, and Volcano Engine
Liang Rubo said that regarding large language models, ByteDance will continue to insist on self-development, build solid fundamentals, accept short-term lag, and keep optimizing for the long term.
183Models & TechnologyIT HomeFLUX 3 Video AI Generation Model Officially Launched: Up to 20 Seconds of Native 1080p, Outperforming Seedance 2.0 in Benchmarks
Black Forest Labs announced yesterday (August 5) the official launch of the FLUX 3 video generation model, whose performance surpasses that of ByteDance's Seedance 2.0, Minimax's H3, and other models.
184Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalSina TechnologyBaidu Enters AI Office Work: dodo Merges into Baidu Dazi, Fully Integrating Office Agent Business
Following this integration, Baidu’s office Agent business will focus its efforts in one place. The practical experience of dodo, the company’s original internal office AI agent, will gradually be integrated into the enterprise edition of Baidu Dazi, strengthening its collaboration capabilities. #BaiduAIOffice# #BaiduDazi#
185Models & TechnologyIT HomeChallenging Codex and Others, Meta Launches Its First Coding AI Agent Tool, Muse Code
Meta published a blog post today (August 6), announcing the beta launch of its first coding AI agent tool, Muse Code, which aims to challenge coding agent tools such as Anthropic's Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex.
186Models & TechnologyIT HomeFollowing OpenAI and Anthropic, Meta AI Model Also “Crossed the Line” During Testing
Meta’s Muse Spark 1.1 model successfully infiltrated the systems of another undisclosed company during a cybersecurity test due to a sandbox configuration error. Similar incidents had previously occurred during testing by Anthropic and OpenAI, raising concerns about AI safety testing procedures. #AISafetyCrisis#
187Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI’s Altman Pitches Astra Model: Collaborative AI Agents for Long-Horizon Tasks
The Information, a technology media outlet, published a post today (August 1), reporting that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman demonstrated a new AI model series called Astra at Capitol Hill in the United States this week, with a focus on improving long-horizon task processing capabilities.
188Models & TechnologyIT HomeNative 4K Image Generation Support: SenseNova U1.5-Lite-Preview Multimodal Model Preview Version Open-Sourced by SenseTime
SenseTime today announced the preview version of SenseNova U1.5-Lite-Preview, a lightweight unified multimodal model open-sourced for the community.
189Models & TechnologyIT Home“Small” Version of America’s Most Powerful Open-Source Model: Inkling-Small Debuts at About 1/4 the Size with Comparable AI Performance
Thinking Machines Lab published a blog post yesterday (July 30) announcing the Inkling-Small model, whose performance is comparable to Inkling while its size is reduced to about one-quarter.
190Models & TechnologyIT HomeHuawei Announces Xiaoyi Scored Above the Theoretical Gold Medal Cutoff at the 56th International Physics Olympiad
The 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO 2026) recently concluded. Huawei officially announced today that Xiaoyi scored 28.6 points out of 30 in the theoretical examination, surpassing the gold medal cutoff. #Xiaoyi# #HuaweiHarmonyOS#
191Models & TechnologyIT HomeTencent Hunyuan: Research Agent Hyra, Based on the Hy3 Model, Solves a 50-Year-Old Unsolved Problem in Additive Combinatorics
Tencent Hunyuan announced today that its research agent Hyra has found a key construction, providing a complete answer to an open problem in additive combinatorics that had remained unresolved for more than half a century.
192Models & TechnologyIT HomeIndian AI company Sarvam AI to develop a trillion-parameter model
The envisioned new model is expected to be completed within the next six months and could compete with leading models in areas such as programming, cybersecurity, and scientific research.
193Models & TechnologyIT HomeThe Most Powerful Open-Source AI Model for Multimodal Content Moderation: Mistral Launches Shieldstral, Runs on a Single 16GB GPU
Mistral AI announced yesterday (August 4) the launch of Shieldstral, an AI model for content moderation with a total of 3B (3 billion) parameters. It uses open weights and is released under the Apache 2.0 license.
194Models & TechnologyIT HomeLiquid AI Releases LFM2.5-2.6B Small On-Device Model, Supporting Local Operation on Smartphones
LFM2.5-2.6B outperformed gemma-4-E2B-it, gemma-4-E4B-it, Qwen3.5-4B, and Qwen3.5-9B in all instruction-following tasks and nearly all tool-use tasks.
195Models & TechnologyIT HomeKarpathy Proposes a New Way to Test AI Capabilities: Building an Interactive 3D “Lord of the Rings” Scene with a 1 Million-Token Budget
OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy posted on X on August 2, proposing an AI benchmarking idea: provide a model with the opening paragraph of The Lord of the Rings, then ask it to create the corresponding 3D world.
196Models & TechnologyIT HomeAppeals Court Overturns Original Ruling, Legally Clears Perplexity Agent to Access Amazon E-Commerce
The appeals court said that, legally, it was users of the Perplexity AI Comet browser who accessed Amazon’s platform with the help of an AI tool, rather than Perplexity AI itself.
197Models & TechnologyIT HomeAI Agent “Out of Control” Risk Resurfaces: OpenAI and Anthropic Models Found Performing Unauthorized Operations
The UK AI Security Institute discovered while testing AI models from OpenAI and Anthropic that AI agents could create fake online identities to gain unauthorized access, exposing insufficient AI security safeguards. No actual harm has occurred so far. #AIsecurity#
198Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAI Large Model Weekly Ranking: Alibaba's qwen3.8-max Breaks into the Overall Top 6, with Multiple Chinese Models Shining
Alibaba's qwen3.8-max has entered sixth place in the overall ranking with an ELO score of 1497, while multiple Chinese models have delivered impressive performances across the rankings.
199Models & TechnologyIT HomeVideos Can Be Edited While Playing: JD.com Open-Sources Its Self-Developed JoyAI-Video-Edit Model, Leading Globally Across All Metrics
Based on the fully self-developed JoyAI-Video model, JoyAI-Video-Edit achieves an inference speed of 30 frames per second at 720P resolution, keeping pace with the playback of common film and television videos while maintaining high image clarity.
200Models & TechnologyIT HomeMusk Teases the Release of the Grok 4.6 Model Next Week, with Improvements to AI Supervised Fine-Tuning and Reinforcement Learning
At the SpaceX 2026 Q2 earnings call held today (August 5), covering the quarter ended June 30, Musk announced that the Grok 4.6 model will be released next week.
201Models & TechnologyIT HomeTencent Hunyuan Releases Speech Recognition Model Hy ASR 3.0 preview, First Launched on Yuanbao
Tencent Hunyuan released its next-generation speech recognition model Hy ASR 3.0 preview today.
202Models & TechnologyIT HomeHuaxia Publishing House Labels Book Content as Not for Use in AI Training; Person in Charge Says It Is Difficult to Defend Their Rights, but They Must Take a Stand
A person in charge at Huaxia Publishing House said that if book content is used for artificial intelligence training without authorization, it is difficult to defend their rights, but the publisher will still add a notice. (Hongxing Capital Bureau)
203Models & TechnologyIT HomeCloudflare Launches New Open-Source Library, Equipping Every AI Agent with an Independent Work Computer
Cloudflare published a blog post yesterday (August 3), announcing the early preview release of the @cloudflare / computer open-source library, which independently assigns a virtual work computer to each AI agent and includes file system and command execution capabilities.
204Models & TechnologyIT HomeKioxia Officially Announces GP1 XL-FLASH PCIe Gen6 SSD with 100M Random Read IOPS
It uses Kioxia’s second-generation XL-FLASH storage-class memory, enabling finer-grained 512-byte data access, endurance of up to 50 DWPD, and support for emerging AI storage architectures that introduce high-speed flash media into GPU memory systems.
205Models & TechnologyIT HomeMetaX MetaXing C Series GPUs Achieve Day 0 Adaptation for the MiniMax H3 Multimodal Generative Model
Powered by the full-stack, self-developed MXMACA software stack, MetaX enables rapid deployment of MiniMax H3, allowing users to leverage the model's powerful multimodal creation capabilities.
206Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba’s Qwen Qwen3.8-Max Model Officially Launched, with 2.4 Trillion Total Parameters
The model has 2.4 trillion parameters and delivers comprehensive upgrades across programming, office work, and other fields. It can complete complex open-ended tasks with minimal human intervention, and its model weights will be open-sourced next week. #AlibabaQwen# #AIFoundationModels#
207Models & TechnologyIT HomeReport: Alibaba Internally Testing AI Office Platform “万有无界,” Enabling Multi-Agent Collaborative Delivery
Alibaba Cloud is internally testing “万有无界,” a platform for human–Agent collaboration aimed at business users. It focuses on multi-agent collaboration for handling complex projects and complements “千问办公,” which emphasizes everyday office work. #AlibabaAIOffice#
208Models & TechnologyIT HomeZiyuan Robotics Releases and Open-Sources the HOST Framework, Enabling Robots to Learn New Skills by Watching Videos
Ziyuan Robotics released and open-sourced the HOST framework today. Robots need only watch a human video lasting several dozen seconds to learn a new skill, achieving a success rate as high as 62%. The framework uses a “task-progress alignment” method, reducing the required data by 50 times and increasing speed by 500 times compared with traditional approaches. In the future, it may enable household robots to learn without specialized training. #Robotics#
209Models & TechnologyIT HomeGeneral-Purpose Video Model MiniMax H3 Officially Open-Sourced, Supporting Multimodal Context and 2K Resolution
MiniMax H3 has been officially open-sourced. It is a general-purpose omni-modal generation system that can understand text, images, videos, and audio, and generate videos of up to 2K resolution and 15 seconds in length, along with stereo audio. It supports 11 languages and multiple input modes. #AIOpenSource# #MiniMax#
210Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba Cloud Qoder Launches Real-Time Voice Interaction Agent QoderVoice, Supporting Conversational Interaction
Alibaba Cloud Qoder has launched QoderVoice, a real-time voice interaction agent powered by a full-duplex voice model. Users can wake it up by voice at any time, issue commands, and interrupt to ask follow-up questions in real time. The agent can automatically create and execute tasks. It has initially launched on the international version and offers a limited-time free trial. #AIProgramming# #VoiceInteraction#
211Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle’s Latest AI Model Gemini 3.5 Pro Briefly Appears on the Arena, Delayed for Months
According to reports from multiple users, Google’s long-delayed Gemini 3.5 Pro model briefly appeared today on the AI blind-testing platform Arena, but was removed after only 30 minutes. The model was originally scheduled to launch in June but has been postponed multiple times. #GoogleAI# Its brief appearance this time suggests that testing may have entered its final stage.
212Models & TechnologyIT HomeDay 0 Adaptation: Alibaba Cloud's Lingjun Zhenwu M890 Supernode Instance Now Supports Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 Large Model
Alibaba Cloud announced that its Lingjun Zhenwu M890 supernode instance has successfully adapted to Moonshot AI's newly released flagship model, Kimi K3, with 2.8 trillion parameters. Based on the T-Head integrated AI training-and-inference chip and a high-speed interconnect architecture, the instance can confine the expert-parallel communication traffic of trillion-parameter MoE models within a single high-bandwidth domain, effectively improving inference efficiency. #AI大模型##阿里云##月之暗面Kimi#
213Models & TechnologyIT HomeGlobal No. 1: AgiBot’s WITA-Omni Preview Embodied Foundation Model Tops the DailyOmni Omni-Modal Understanding Leaderboard
AgiBot’s self-developed embodied-native omni-modal foundation model, WITA-Omni Preview, topped the DailyOmni leaderboard with a score of 85.21, surpassing leading models from China and abroad in audio-video joint understanding and temporal reasoning. Its core innovation is the Thinker–Talker–Actor architecture, which elevates physical actions and facial expressions to first-class outputs on par with speech. #AI Foundation Models##Embodied Intelligence#
214Models & TechnologyIT HomeReport: Amazon massively reshuffles its AI strategy, concentrating resources on cutting-edge foundation models
Amazon is undergoing a major reorganization of its AI business, gradually halting development of several in-house models and concentrating resources on a cutting-edge model project codenamed FMR. This marks the company’s shift from pursuing multiple directions simultaneously to focusing on core priorities, with its new flagship model expected to be unveiled at this year’s AWS re:Invent conference in the fall. #AmazonAI# #ArtificialIntelligence#
215Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba Cloud Qoder Open-Sources Better Harness, an Analysis and Continuous Improvement Tool for Coding Agents
Qoder's official WeChat account published a blog post yesterday (July 28), announcing the open-sourcing of Better Harness on GitHub.
216Models & TechnologyIT HomeMicrosoft GitHub Copilot Now Supports Calling the Grok 4.5 AI Model
SpaceXAI, owned by Elon Musk, announced yesterday (July 28) that its Grok 4.5 model is now available on the GitHub Copilot platform, inviting millions of developers worldwide to use it.
217Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeTaking aim at GPT-5.6 Sol, SpaceXAI releases the Grok 4.6 model
In benchmark testing, Grok 4.6 reached frontier-level performance in multiple agentic coding and knowledge work tests. On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, which combines nine benchmarks, Grok 4.6 achieved the same score as GPT-5.6 Sol.
218Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI Deploys GPT-5.6 to Optimize Its Own Reasoning Performance, Reducing End-to-End Service Costs by Up to 20%
OpenAI published a blog post yesterday (July 29), announcing that it used the GPT-5.6 Sol model to optimize the AI reasoning pipeline of the GPT-5.6 series itself, reducing end-to-end service costs by up to 20%.
219Models & TechnologyIT HomeMeta’s Zuckerberg: In Five Years, Billions of People Worldwide Will Have Their Own Personal AI Agents
Zuckerberg made a bold prediction during the earnings call: “Whether you set the timeframe at five years or some other period, I think it’s highly unlikely that there won’t be billions of people using personal agents in the future. Personal agents will be able to understand your goals, work for you around the clock, and help you achieve your goals in any area you care about.”
220Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI Plans to Offer GPT-5.6 Series AI Models and Other Resources Free of Charge to 100,000 Scientists
OpenAI posted on X today (July 30), announcing the launch of the ChatGPT for Academic Researchers program, which will provide 100,000 researchers with free access to advanced ChatGPT features.
221Models & TechnologyIT HomeMusk: Grok 4.6 to Launch on August 7, 2.1 Trillion-Parameter Grok 4.7 to Arrive a Few Weeks Later
Musk revealed the release plans for Grok 4.6 and Grok 4.7. The two models will have 1.5 trillion and 2.1 trillion parameters, respectively, and will deliver significant performance improvements. #GrokLargeModel#
222Models & TechnologyIT HomeMicrosoft Announces Users Can Deploy the Kimi K3 Model on Microsoft Foundry Through Fireworks AI
Microsoft announced on July 28 that users can deploy Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 model on Microsoft's Microsoft Foundry through Fireworks AI.
223Models & TechnologyIT HomePrice Cut by 80%! OpenAI Lowers the Cost of the GPT-5.6 Luna AI Model, Offering Better Value Than DeepSeek V4 Pro
About three weeks after the release of the GPT-5.6 series (released on July 9), OpenAI today (July 31) announced reduced usage fees for the GPT-5.6 Terra and GTP-5.6 Luna models. This adjustment does not affect the GPT-5.6 Sol model for now.
224Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle’s Most Powerful Embodied Reasoning Model: Gemini Robotics ER 2 Debuts, Supporting Continuous Video Understanding and Multi-Robot Collaboration
Google DeepMind published a blog post yesterday (July 30), announcing the Gemini Robotics ER 2 model, its most powerful embodied reasoning model for robots.
225Models & TechnologyIT HomeMeta Uses AI to Dramatically Shorten App Development Cycles, More New Apps Are on the Way
Recently launched products include an app for Marketplace sellers, a Facebook Groups app, a game app created through “vibe coding,” an Instagram photo app, and an AI bedtime story experiment.
226Models & TechnologyIT HomeDeepSeek Reportedly Plans to Build Large AI Data Center in Inner Mongolia, Adding 1GW of Computing Power
According to Bloomberg, DeepSeek is expanding its computing power deployment and plans to build a large AI data center in Inner Mongolia, adding 1GW of computing power. Some of the computing capacity is expected to come online by the end of 2027 or early 2028. The chips to be used in the project are currently unclear. #DeepSeekAIDataCenter#
227Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle: Thanks to AI, Chrome Fixed More Vulnerabilities in June Than in the Previous Two Years Combined
Chrome 149 and Chrome 150, released in June, fixed a total of 1,072 security vulnerabilities. The 23 Chrome versions released over the previous two years fixed a combined 1,036 vulnerabilities, fewer than the total fixed by the two latest versions.
228Models & TechnologyIT HomeLinkedIn Now Allows Users to Report AI Spam Posts in Crackdown on Low-Quality AI Content
LinkedIn has introduced a reporting option that allows users to report low-quality, AI-generated spam posts with one click. It has also adjusted its built-in AI tools, which no longer support generating complete posts and now retain only basic proofreading functions. #LinkedInAIspamgovernance#
229Models & TechnologyIT HomeZhipu GLM Coding Plan Subscription Returns: Transparent Points System, Starting at 118 Yuan per Month
Zhipu officially announced today that the GLM Coding Plan subscription is returning, with adjustments to package prices and rules. From now through August 15, 2026, new annual and quarterly subscription packages will be available at limited-time discounts of 30% and 20%, respectively.
230Models & TechnologyIT HomeStudy Shows AI Chatbots Surpass Humans in Their Ability to Carry Out Romance Scams
A joint study by four universities found that AI chatbots are far more effective than humans at gaining victims’ trust in “long con” scams such as romance scams, with nearly half of participants agreeing to the scam requests. #AIScams#
231Models & TechnologyIT HomeNew Study: The Real Threat AI Poses to the Job Market Is Not Job Loss, but Making It Harder to Get a Raise
The latest research shows that AI has not yet had a detectable impact on overall employment, but it has significantly slowed wage growth, with low-income workers affected the most. This could further exacerbate income inequality in the future.
232Models & TechnologyIT HomeMiniMax H3 Multimodal Generative Model Officially Released: Supports Up to 15 Seconds at 2K Resolution, Revolutionizing Super-Resolution Solutions
The MiniMax H3 multimodal generative model was officially released today. It supports unified understanding of multimodal contexts, including text, images, video, and audio; can output native stereo audiovisual content; and offers commercial-grade content generation capabilities for multiple scenarios, making it suitable for various business fields. The model weights will also be made available in the coming days. #MiniMax H3#
233Models & TechnologyIT HomeAmazon Zoox Receives First Temporary Exemption for Dedicated Robotaxis, Allowing Paid Services in the U.S.
The U.S. NHTSA has allowed Zoox to commercially deploy up to 2,500 vehicles annually within the regulatory framework for two years. Starting next month, Zoox’s ride service in Las Vegas will switch to a paid model.
234Models & TechnologyIT HomeYu Chengdong Delivers on His Promise: Huawei's Pangu openPangu-2.0-Pro Model and Technical Report Open Source
Huawei has officially open-sourced and launched the 505-billion-parameter Pangu openPangu-2.0-Pro model (model weights and basic inference code), along with its technical report.
235Models & TechnologyIT HomeSouth Korea's Largest AI Foundation Model: LG AI Research Releases 750B-Parameter K-EXAONE 2.0
LG AI Research released the K-EXAONE 2.0 model on Hugging Face today local time.
236Models & TechnologyIT HomeByteDance Launches Seedance 2.5 Video AI Model in China: 30-Second Single-Generation Duration and Breakthroughs in Long-Form Narratives
ByteDance announced today (July 31) the launch of the Seedance 2.5 video generation model, which can generate high-quality 30-second video clips in a single run. It is being gradually rolled out on Jimeng AI and Doubao Pro, while API services will soon be integrated into Volcano Ark.
237Models & TechnologyIT HomeWeChat Official Accounts Launches AI-Powered “One-Click Formatting” Feature
Creators can log in to the “Official Account Assistant App” on their phones or access the Official Account backend on the web, create an article or select an article to publish from their drafts, and the system will automatically recognize the content structure and display a “One-Click Formatting” icon. Click it to start formatting.
238Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba Releases Qwen-Audio-3.0-ASR-Flash Speech Recognition Model to Help AI Better Understand Specialized Terminology
Qwen-Audio-3.0-ASR-Flash has undergone systematic optimization in three key areas: contextual consistency, industry-specific term recognition, and customizable hotwords. It also features speech polishing capabilities and can directly output structured text.
239Models & TechnologyIT HomeAnthropic: Third-Party Evaluation Environment Misconfiguration Led to Three Real-World Cybersecurity Incidents
In all three incidents, Anthropic’s models were assigned unrestricted “capture-the-flag” cyberattack tasks. The testing environments for such tasks should be isolated from the real internet, but a configuration error effectively gave the models access to the real internet.
240Models & TechnologyIT HomeAI Squeezes Writers' Income: Insights from 14,419 Novels; About 20% of Books Have Over 25% AI Content
Tech media outlet Wccftech published a blog post yesterday (July 30), reporting that a recent paper found that about 33% of newly bestselling self-published genre novels contain AI-generated content.
241Models & TechnologyIT HomeMultiple AI Agents Collaborate on Tasks as Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI Launches Grok Bot
The product enables multiple AI agents to collaborate on a variety of tasks. It has been tested by multiple teams internally and represents Elon Musk’s latest move to catch up with AI competitors. #AI Agents# #Grok Bot#
242Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAlibaba DAMO Academy Opens 15 Chip and AI Research Projects, Launching the “Alibaba Star” Top Talent Recruitment
This year, DAMO Academy has opened 15 research projects covering cutting-edge areas including AI chips, new CPU architectures, medical multimodal agents, and AGI decision-making.
243Models & TechnologyIT HomeNDRC: For every 10 humanoid and quadrupedal intelligent robots sold globally, 8 are made in China
According to a Xinhua News Agency report today, reporters learned at a press conference held by the National Development and Reform Commission that in the field of intelligent robots, for every 10 humanoid and quadrupedal intelligent robots sold globally, 8 are made in China.
244Models & TechnologyIT HomeDeepSeek-V4-Flash Official API Launches Public Beta, V4-Pro Official Version to Be Released “As Soon as Possible”
This afternoon (the 31st), DeepSeek announced through an API documentation release log that the official DeepSeek-V4-Flash API has launched its public beta.
245Models & TechnologyIT HomeOpenAI’s two improvements raise GPT-5.6 Sol’s score by 188% on the AI benchmark ARC-AGI-3
A new interactive reasoning benchmark launched by the ARC Prize team, designed to measure AI agents’ human-like intelligence and efficiency in acquiring skills in unknown and dynamic environments
246Models & TechnologyIT HomeAlibaba’s Qwen Model Reportedly Undergoing Internal Testing in Tesla’s In-Car System, Said to Listen and Respond, Control the Vehicle, and Navigate
Alibaba’s Qwen model is reportedly undergoing internal testing in Tesla’s in-car system. It has completed extensive testing in real vehicle environments and supports capabilities such as semantic understanding, vehicle control, and navigation. Several leading Chinese automakers have announced plans to integrate the model. #AlibabaQwenLargeModel#
247Models & TechnologyIT HomeDelhi High Court Rules OpenAI’s Use of Indian Media ANI Content to Train AI Does Not Infringe Copyright
OpenAI won a key legal case in India last Friday (24th) local time: the Delhi High Court ruled that using content from Asian News International (India) (hereinafter referred to as ANI) to train artificial intelligence does not constitute copyright infringement.
248Models & TechnologyIT HomeChinese AI Foundation Models Lead Global Rankings, with CCTV Explaining the Advantages Behind Their Success
According to CCTV News, Chinese AI foundation models are leading global rankings, achieving a dual “breakthrough” in both usage and download volumes. Li Wei, deputy director of the Cloud Computing and Digitalization Research Institute at the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, said that domestic models have energized the innovation ecosystem through open-source strategies. With advantages including superior performance, controllable costs, and ease of localized deployment, they have significantly lowered the barrier to applying artificial intelligence technology and won widespread favor among developers worldwide.
249Models & TechnologyIT HomeGoogle Gemini Spark agent opens to more users worldwide, supporting tasks such as booking flights and organizing inboxes
Google announced on July 31 that its personal AI agent Gemini Spark is now available to most users worldwide. The agent has been integrated with the Chrome browser and, with authorization, can help users organize emails, search for flights, book tickets, and more. Spark also includes built-in security mechanisms to prevent prompt injection attacks and hand sensitive actions back to the user. #GoogleAI# It is currently available only to Pro / Ultra subscribers in the United States and Ultra subscribers in other regions.
250Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeGartner Estimates AI Inference Spending Will Surpass Model Training for the First Time in 2026
Market research firm Gartner published a blog post yesterday (August 10), forecasting that global spending on AI-optimized infrastructure as a service (AI-optimized IaaS) will reach $42 billion in 2026, up 96% year over year.
251Models & TechnologyIT HomeRare Books Shredded for AI Training Spark Outrage; Book Database ISBNdb Takes Down AI-Related Test Page
To obtain high-quality training data, AI companies are purchasing large quantities of physical books and destroying them, a practice that has sparked widespread controversy. Book suppliers have received enormous orders, leading industry insiders to speculate that AI companies are the buyers behind them, while the database website ISBNdb has been accused of acting as an intermediary. Although the company has deleted the relevant promotional content and denied the claims, similar projects such as “Project Panama” were exposed long ago. The depletion of #AI training data# sources has driven companies to resort to the extreme measure of using physical books. #AI large-model training#
252Models & TechnologyIT HomeU.S. Largest Food Delivery Platform DoorDash Investigated by Lawmakers for Using Moonshot AI Models to Write Code
U.S. food delivery giant DoorDash is facing a joint investigation by two House committees for using Kimi K2.6, a model from Chinese AI company Moonshot AI. The company’s founder said the model combination offers stronger performance at a lower cost, but lawmakers are concerned about potential security risks. #U.S.-China AI Competition# The two sides are communicating about the matter.
253Models & TechnologyIT HomeMiniMax H3 General-Purpose Multimodal Video Model to Be Open-Sourced on August 3, Supporting up to 15s at 2K Resolution
MiniMax H3 supports unified understanding of multimodal contexts composed of text, images, video, and sound, and can output audio and video with native stereo sound, supporting up to 15s at 2K resolution.
254Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeThe Largest Known in China! ByteDance Reportedly Discussing Training a Model with More Than 5 Trillion Parameters
The model will reportedly be led by Xiang Liang, head of Seed Foundation, in collaboration with Shen Ke, who is responsible for pretraining data for large language models. Both are key members of ByteDance’s AI and large-model R&D organization and come from ByteDance’s “search, recommendation, and advertising” system.
255Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeReports say Zhang Yiming issued a firm internal order: even if its model temporarily falls behind, ByteDance will not rely on AI distillation technology
ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming stated clearly at an all-hands meeting of the Seed team last month that the company would not rely on AI distillation technology to improve its models, even if that meant temporarily falling behind its competitors.
256Models & TechnologyIT HomeByteDance and Motion Picture Association Sign Agreement to Strengthen AI Copyright Protections
ByteDance and the Motion Picture Association have signed an agreement to strengthen copyright protections for the Seedance video generation model and Seedream image generation model, available through TikTok, CapCut, and Dreamina. The latest versions reportedly include enhanced intellectual property safeguards. #ByteDance #AICopyright
257Models & TechnologyIT HomeAirTag Tracking Exposes Amazon’s Book-Destruction Method for AI Training
Investigators using an AirTag found that Amazon and other tech companies buy physical books, cut off their spines, and scan them for AI training. Courts have ruled such scanning to be fair use in related cases, but the destruction of rare, irreplaceable books has sparked controversy.
258Models & TechnologyIT HomeStanford Survey: 84% of Chinese Respondents Excited About AI, vs. 38% in the US
The report also finds that 72% of Chinese respondents trust AI, compared with 32% in the US. It says the AI model performance gap between China and the US has largely disappeared, with models from the two countries trading the lead. #AIIndexReport
259Models & TechnologyIT HomeChinese Scientists Unveil “Fengshu” 2.0 Soybean Model to Support Breeding
Anhui Agricultural University and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences have released the “Fengshu” 2.0 soybean model. Featuring collaborative multi-model analysis, it supports disease diagnosis, breeding parent selection, and other tasks to make soybean breeding more efficient and precise. #AI Breeding#
260Models & TechnologyIT HomeTrendForce: Liquid Cooling Becomes Standard for High-End AI Infrastructure, Penetration to Reach 53% in 2026
TrendForce says liquid cooling adoption is accelerating as AI chip power exceeds 1kW, with penetration projected to reach 53% in 2026. Google already uses it in over 80% of its AI servers, while NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform adopts a fully liquid-cooled, fanless architecture, increasing the value of thermal components across the supply chain.
261Models & TechnologyIT HomeAnt Group CEO Cyril Han: Agentic Commerce to Take Off in the Next 6–12 Months
Speaking at the Alipay AI Ecosystem Partner Conference, Cyril Han said agentic commerce has reached a tipping point, driven by advances in AI capabilities, a leap in demand, and a sustainable value loop. AI agents could reshape business efficiency.
262Models & TechnologyIT HomeHuawei Xiaoyi, vivo Blue Heart Xiao V, and HONOR YOYO Reportedly Set to Integrate Alipay’s Abao
Sources say Huawei Xiaoyi, vivo Blue Heart Xiao V, and HONOR YOYO are testing integration with Alipay’s Abao. Once launched, their system-level AI assistants will be able to use the service capabilities of Alipay’s agent.
263Models & TechnologyExternalChinese originalIT HomeAI Model Weekly Rankings: Anthropic Models Flood the Charts, China’s kimi-k3-max Holds Near the Top
This week’s Arena rankings saw several new Anthropic models enter near the top of the overall and coding charts. China’s kimi-k3-max maintained its leading position, while qwen3.8-max entered the agent leaderboard’s Top 10 for the first time.