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Guangdong Party Secretary Huang Kunming visited Tencent HQ on Oct 8 to review AI R&D. CEO Ma Huateng sat beside 26-year-old AI scientist Yao Shunyu, signaling Tencent's strategic pivot to prioritize large models and infrastructure. This high-profile collaboration highlights the company's commitment to accelerating AI development and investing in young technical talent amid intensifying industry competition.
Guangdong Party Secretary Huang Kunming visited Tencent HQ on Oct 8 to review AI R&D. CEO Ma Huateng sat beside 26-year-old AI scientist Yao Shunyu, signaling Tencent's strategic pivot to prioritize large models and infrastructure. This high-profile collaboration highlights the company's commitment to accelerating AI development and investing in young technical talent amid intensifying industry competition.
DeepSeek is set to release the official version of its V4 large model next Monday, mid-July, following the Kimi K3 hype. Leaked tests show V4 matches Claude Opus 4.8 in core metrics, with superior 3D generation and coding stability. A demo generated 3000 lines of game code for $0.12, highlighting cost-effectiveness. The model's chain-of-thought style has been improved for readability. Analysts expect V4 to trigger a "DeepSeek Moment 2.0" if its performance matches top-tier models at a fraction of the cost.
DeepSeek is set to release the official version of its V4 large model next Monday, mid-July, following the Kimi K3 hype. Leaked tests show V4 matches Claude Opus 4.8 in core metrics, with superior 3D generation and coding stability. A demo generated 3000 lines of game code for $0.12, highlighting cost-effectiveness. The model's chain-of-thought style has been improved for readability. Analysts expect V4 to trigger a "DeepSeek Moment 2.0" if its performance matches top-tier models at a fraction of the cost.
Deemos Technology's Hyper3D launches Rodin Gen-2.5, a breakthrough 3D AI model. It generates million-face models in 4 seconds and achieves first 10 million-face detail. Its Adaptive Thinking mechanism offers speed-quality tiers from 4 to 80 seconds. Using native 3D generation, it creates 360-degree textured models from a single image. The team behind it won a SIGGRAPH 2025 Best Paper award.
Deemos Technology's Hyper3D launches Rodin Gen-2.5, a breakthrough 3D AI model. It generates million-face models in 4 seconds and achieves first 10 million-face detail. Its Adaptive Thinking mechanism offers speed-quality tiers from 4 to 80 seconds. Using native 3D generation, it creates 360-degree textured models from a single image. The team behind it won a SIGGRAPH 2025 Best Paper award.
Tencent's QQ Browser and Yuanbao launched AI Skills for China's Gaokao exam, featuring a score line inquiry tool and a planned AI agent. It integrates official education data from 31 regions and 3000 universities to answer queries conversationally, using intent recognition and a 12-year admission database. The service builds on Yuanbao's existing AI education tools which have handled tens of millions of queries.
Tencent's QQ Browser and Yuanbao launched AI Skills for China's Gaokao exam, featuring a score line inquiry tool and a planned AI agent. It integrates official education data from 31 regions and 3000 universities to answer queries conversationally, using intent recognition and a 12-year admission database. The service builds on Yuanbao's existing AI education tools which have handled tens of millions of queries.
Ollama updated its local AI platform with Apple's MLX framework, doubling response speeds for Macs with Apple chips, especially M5 models. The update also improved memory management. It currently supports Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 model, bringing local AI performance closer to cloud services.
Ollama updated its local AI platform with Apple's MLX framework, doubling response speeds for Macs with Apple chips, especially M5 models. The update also improved memory management. It currently supports Alibaba's Qwen 3.5 model, bringing local AI performance closer to cloud services.
Amazon outlines Alexa AI strategy at CES highlighting its existing home device footprint as a key advantage The company says over 97 of its 600 million shipped devices can support its new generative AI assistant Alexa Plus which is now available to tens of millions of users Amazon is focusing on making Alexa Plus available to all Prime members first positioning it as a foundational AI assistant amid growing competition
Amazon outlines Alexa AI strategy at CES highlighting its existing home device footprint as a key advantage The company says over 97 of its 600 million shipped devices can support its new generative AI assistant Alexa Plus which is now available to tens of millions of users Amazon is focusing on making Alexa Plus available to all Prime members first positioning it as a foundational AI assistant amid growing competition
AI dictation apps have significantly improved in 2025 due to advances in LLMs and speech-to-text tech, offering better accuracy and formatting. Top picks include Wispr Flow for customization, Willow for privacy and text generation, Monologue and VoiceTypr for offline local models, Superwhisper for file transcription, Aqua for low latency, and free options like Handy and Typeless.
AI dictation apps have significantly improved in 2025 due to advances in LLMs and speech-to-text tech, offering better accuracy and formatting. Top picks include Wispr Flow for customization, Willow for privacy and text generation, Monologue and VoiceTypr for offline local models, Superwhisper for file transcription, Aqua for low latency, and free options like Handy and Typeless.
Anthropic expands its Economic Futures Programme to the UK and Europe launching with a symposium at LSE The program includes research grants and forums to address AIs rapid adoption and its economic impact The Anthropic Economic Index shows widespread AI use across the continent with varying applications by country such as academia in the UK and manufacturing in Germany
Anthropic expands its Economic Futures Programme to the UK and Europe launching with a symposium at LSE The program includes research grants and forums to address AIs rapid adoption and its economic impact The Anthropic Economic Index shows widespread AI use across the continent with varying applications by country such as academia in the UK and manufacturing in Germany
