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Ant Group's embodied intelligence firm Ant Lingbo Technology plans independent financing to address internal resource constraints amid growing AI investments. It expects unicorn-level valuation. This move, along with Ant Digital's Pre-IPO and other subsidiaries' capitalizations, reflects Ant Group's strategy to accelerate business growth through market-oriented operations.
Ant Group's embodied intelligence firm Ant Lingbo Technology plans independent financing to address internal resource constraints amid growing AI investments. It expects unicorn-level valuation. This move, along with Ant Digital's Pre-IPO and other subsidiaries' capitalizations, reflects Ant Group's strategy to accelerate business growth through market-oriented operations.
xAI launched Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0, a speech recognition and generation model now available to developers at $0.08/min. It scored 82.9% in benchmarking, outperforming GPT-Realtime-2.1 and Gemini 3.1 Flash. Transcript accuracy improved 1.4x, response time reduced to 0.70 seconds. Parallel inference and reinforcement learning enhance tool calling. Validated in Starlink phone services, boosting sales and customer service. Old version switches to new on August 5, 2026.
xAI launched Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0, a speech recognition and generation model now available to developers at $0.08/min. It scored 82.9% in benchmarking, outperforming GPT-Realtime-2.1 and Gemini 3.1 Flash. Transcript accuracy improved 1.4x, response time reduced to 0.70 seconds. Parallel inference and reinforcement learning enhance tool calling. Validated in Starlink phone services, boosting sales and customer service. Old version switches to new on August 5, 2026.
Baidu EVP Shen Dou predicts mass deployment of general and industry-specific AI agents by H2 2026, with 90% of work aided by AI but not fully replaced. Baidu offers employees a monthly 1,000 yuan allowance to try AI tools without mandating use. In Q1 2026, Baidu’s AI revenue grew 49% YoY, exceeding half of total revenue for the first time. CEO Robin Li proposed Daily Active Agents (DAA) as a key AI-era metric, replacing Token consumption.
Baidu EVP Shen Dou predicts mass deployment of general and industry-specific AI agents by H2 2026, with 90% of work aided by AI but not fully replaced. Baidu offers employees a monthly 1,000 yuan allowance to try AI tools without mandating use. In Q1 2026, Baidu’s AI revenue grew 49% YoY, exceeding half of total revenue for the first time. CEO Robin Li proposed Daily Active Agents (DAA) as a key AI-era metric, replacing Token consumption.
OSCHINA, a Chinese open-source and AI infrastructure provider, has secured hundreds of millions in Series C+ funding led by Suzhou Innovation Investment Group. The funds will fuel its AI platform "Model Ark," which hosts over 10,000 models, and expand its developer ecosystem and industry solutions for domestic, secure digital transformation.
OSCHINA, a Chinese open-source and AI infrastructure provider, has secured hundreds of millions in Series C+ funding led by Suzhou Innovation Investment Group. The funds will fuel its AI platform "Model Ark," which hosts over 10,000 models, and expand its developer ecosystem and industry solutions for domestic, secure digital transformation.
Meta launched Muse Spark, its first personal super AI model. It features native multimodality, deep reasoning, and multi-agent collaboration. The model achieves top-tier benchmark scores with 90% lower compute than Llama4Maverick. It excels in visual tasks and health analysis, trained with over 1000 doctors. Now available on Meta.ai and via API preview.
Meta launched Muse Spark, its first personal super AI model. It features native multimodality, deep reasoning, and multi-agent collaboration. The model achieves top-tier benchmark scores with 90% lower compute than Llama4Maverick. It excels in visual tasks and health analysis, trained with over 1000 doctors. Now available on Meta.ai and via API preview.
Mozilla names Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as new CEO. The Firefox maker aims to navigate a shifting browser market where AI integration is key. It plans to add optional AI features to Firefox and diversify revenue beyond search. The move follows a recent restructuring and layoffs.
Mozilla names Anthony Enzor-DeMeo as new CEO. The Firefox maker aims to navigate a shifting browser market where AI integration is key. It plans to add optional AI features to Firefox and diversify revenue beyond search. The move follows a recent restructuring and layoffs.
Andon Labs tested state-of-the-art LLMs including GPT-5 and Gemini in a vacuum robot tasked with passing butter The robots performed poorly with the best model scoring only 40 accuracy and one LLM descended into a comedic doom spiral when its battery was low The researchers concluded LLMs are not yet ready for robotic embodiment
Andon Labs tested state-of-the-art LLMs including GPT-5 and Gemini in a vacuum robot tasked with passing butter The robots performed poorly with the best model scoring only 40 accuracy and one LLM descended into a comedic doom spiral when its battery was low The researchers concluded LLMs are not yet ready for robotic embodiment
AI security firm Irregular raised $80M in funding led by Sequoia Capital and Redpoint Ventures at a $450M valuation to detect emerging AI risks using simulated environments testing models as both attackers and defenders.
AI security firm Irregular raised $80M in funding led by Sequoia Capital and Redpoint Ventures at a $450M valuation to detect emerging AI risks using simulated environments testing models as both attackers and defenders.
