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815Industry Watch08/18/2026Sohu's Zhang Chaoyang: Real-person interaction and authentic content are things AI can never replace; AI has made content feel plasticZhang Chaoyang said that obtaining information and communicating with real people are two different things, and that AI currently cannot replace human interaction. In an ocean of information, people need to step out and communicate even more. In the AI era, an environment for authentic interaction is all the more precious. (The Paper)Models & Technology08/18/2026Zuckerberg Calls on the U.S. to Ease Restrictions on Open-Source AI to Counter ChinaMeta 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. #OpenAIWeightsModels & Technology08/18/2026Baidu Enters AI Office Work: dodo Merges into Baidu Dazi, Fully Integrating Office Agent BusinessFollowing 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#Industry Watch08/18/2026Kai-Fu Lee: In the AI era, humans’ advantage lies in the “right brain” and the ability to do things data cannot predictOn August 7, Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of 01.AI, answered the question, “As AI gradually becomes far smarter than humans, what can humans still do?” (The Paper)Models & Technology08/18/2026Alibaba DAMO Academy Opens 15 Chip and AI Research Projects, Launching the “Alibaba Star” Top Talent RecruitmentThis 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.Models & Technology08/18/2026Gartner Estimates AI Inference Spending Will Surpass Model Training for the First Time in 2026Market 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.Industry Watch08/18/2026New Survey Shows: More Than 80% of Parents and Teachers Believe Students Need Stronger Data Literacy in the AI EraA survey by DS4E and Mathematica found that 88% of respondents believe high school students should have data literacy skills before graduation. The survey also found that, compared with programming, parents and teachers place greater value on students’ problem-solving abilities and critical thinking. #AI Education#Industry Watch08/18/2026Survey Shows Over 80% of Japanese Companies Have Yet to Fully Embrace AIAbout 60% of respondents said that AI is used only in some departments of their companies or in other limited ways. Another 18% said they had not yet decided whether to introduce AI into the workplace, while 6% had not even considered using AI.Models & Technology08/18/2026Reports say Zhang Yiming issued a firm internal order: even if its model temporarily falls behind, ByteDance will not rely on AI distillation technologyByteDance 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.Industry Watch08/18/2026SpaceXAI Has Built the “World’s Most Powerful AI Training Cluster”; Musk Says Its Scale Will Expand by About 10 Times Next YearTechnology media outlet Tom's Hardware published a blog post yesterday (August 13), reporting that Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, estimated at a SpaceX employee meeting that SpaceXAI’s (formerly known as xAI) data center power capacity will expand by about seven times by the end of 2027, reaching 10GW.Industry Watch08/18/2026Tech Leaders Claim AI Will Bring a Four-Day Workweek, Yet Employees Still Work 90 Hours a WeekTech giants such as Google and OpenAI say that a four-day workweek could become possible once AI is widely adopted. However, many employees actually work more than 90 hours a week, and research shows that the time saved by AI is instead filled with additional work, further lengthening working hours.
Industry Watch08/31/2026AI “Nonsense Replies” Make Operators Liable, Takeout Packaging Gets “Slimmed Down”: New Rules Take Effect in SeptemberChina’s first national standard focusing on coordination between human and intelligent customer service, the Requirements for Human and Intelligent Customer Service Coordination in Customer Contact Services, will take effect on September 1. #OperatorsLiableForAI NonsenseReplies#
Industry Watch08/29/2026AI Computing Power Drives Surge in Copper Demand; Demand for High-End Copper Foil Dedicated to AI Servers Expected to Rise 260% in 2026AI servers require far more copper than conventional servers, with per-unit copper usage reaching 3 to 6 times that of ordinary servers. #AI# is driving demand for high-thermal-conductivity and high-frequency, high-speed copper materials, while processing fees for some high-end copper foils have risen by more than 50%, with orders booked through year-end.
Models & Technology08/26/2026AI Race Heats Up: OpenAI Reportedly Pretrained Bel Model with Over 10T Parameters, Challenging Artificial General IntelligenceSource @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.
Robotics08/24/2026AI Robots Enter the Kitchen: Oak Robot Makes Global Debut with Three Cooking Robot ProductsOak Robot unveiled three new products at the 2026 World Robot Conference. Among them, the 3K Vision AI Cooking Robot uses three industrial cameras to observe changes in ingredients inside the wok in real time, while an AI foundation model autonomously adjusts the heat to address inconsistencies in cooking results. Another product, the “Fresh-Cooked Ark,” is a mobile unmanned restaurant. #2026WorldRobotConference#
Industry Watch08/19/2026AI Customer Service Keeps Giving “Irrelevant Answers” and Hides Human Support; China’s First Relevant National Standard Takes Effect in SeptemberTo standardize coordination between human and AI customer service, China’s first national standard focused on their coordination mechanism, Requirements for Coordination Between Human and Intelligent Customer Service in Customer Contact Services, will take effect on September 1.
Industry Watch08/18/2026AI Plays the Role of Every Employee: NEC Establishes Corporate AI and Workforce DepartmentThe AI employees generated by the system must also undergo onboarding training to learn NEC’s values and principles, mission, code of conduct, and internal regulations.
Models & Technology08/17/2026AirTag Tracking Exposes Amazon’s Book-Destruction Method for AI TrainingInvestigators 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.
Industry Watch08/31/2026AI “Nonsense Replies” Make Operators Liable, Takeout Packaging Gets “Slimmed Down”: New Rules Take Effect in SeptemberChina’s first national standard focusing on coordination between human and intelligent customer service, the Requirements for Human and Intelligent Customer Service Coordination in Customer Contact Services, will take effect on September 1. #OperatorsLiableForAI NonsenseReplies#Industry Watch08/29/2026AI Computing Power Drives Surge in Copper Demand; Demand for High-End Copper Foil Dedicated to AI Servers Expected to Rise 260% in 2026AI servers require far more copper than conventional servers, with per-unit copper usage reaching 3 to 6 times that of ordinary servers. #AI# is driving demand for high-thermal-conductivity and high-frequency, high-speed copper materials, while processing fees for some high-end copper foils have risen by more than 50%, with orders booked through year-end.Models & Technology08/26/2026AI Race Heats Up: OpenAI Reportedly Pretrained Bel Model with Over 10T Parameters, Challenging Artificial General IntelligenceSource @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.Robotics08/24/2026AI Robots Enter the Kitchen: Oak Robot Makes Global Debut with Three Cooking Robot ProductsOak Robot unveiled three new products at the 2026 World Robot Conference. Among them, the 3K Vision AI Cooking Robot uses three industrial cameras to observe changes in ingredients inside the wok in real time, while an AI foundation model autonomously adjusts the heat to address inconsistencies in cooking results. Another product, the “Fresh-Cooked Ark,” is a mobile unmanned restaurant. #2026WorldRobotConference#Industry Watch08/19/2026AI Customer Service Keeps Giving “Irrelevant Answers” and Hides Human Support; China’s First Relevant National Standard Takes Effect in SeptemberTo standardize coordination between human and AI customer service, China’s first national standard focused on their coordination mechanism, Requirements for Coordination Between Human and Intelligent Customer Service in Customer Contact Services, will take effect on September 1.Industry Watch08/18/2026AI Plays the Role of Every Employee: NEC Establishes Corporate AI and Workforce DepartmentThe AI employees generated by the system must also undergo onboarding training to learn NEC’s values and principles, mission, code of conduct, and internal regulations.Models & Technology08/17/2026AirTag Tracking Exposes Amazon’s Book-Destruction Method for AI TrainingInvestigators 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.