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A vocational school student named foyege used AI to create a hit 'Harry Potter' video, earning praise from Western and Eastern celebrities and Hollywood producers.

Huang Renxun's Departure and Its Impact on the Open Source AI Ecosystem

Huang Renxun's departure has brought significant setbacks to the development of the US open-source model ecosystem. His support for open-source models was to avoid customer self-research of chips, which would lead to a decline in NVIDIA's profits, but supporting the open-source ecosystem is far more complex than technical issues. The economy of open-source models is still in its infancy and needs to break through in establishing use cases, revenue models, and continuously training next-generation models. NVIDIA's primary goal in the short term is to stabilize operations, deliver customer products, and prevent collapse, while the long-term value of open-source models has not yet been realized due to a shortage of computing resources.

Federal Reserve official Bari: Rapid AI adoption may worsen income inequality in the short term

Federal Reserve official Balcir warns that the rapid adoption of AI could exacerbate social inequality in the short term, and policymakers need to prepare for labor market shocks. A few AI companies dominating the market will lead to increased market concentration, making it difficult for many companies and employees to utilize AI technology and reduce income, leading to a decline in the share of labor income. Balcir calls for establishing preventive mechanisms to address potential challenges during the early stages of AI adoption.

Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly: AI's vision to conquer cancer in a decade is unlikely to be realized

Modal and Gray Area co-organized the "Scaling Intelligence" art exhibition, showcasing new works combining AI and cloud computing.

Modal and Gray Area co-organized the "Scaling Intelligence" art exhibition, showcasing 11 artworks created by machine intelligence and cloud-scale computing. Artists received engineering support and computing quotas through AI infrastructure, creating works covering satellite image generation, river simulation, robot behavior, AI choir, digital ecosystems, etc. The exhibition was selected through a global open call, demonstrating AI's intentional imagination applications in the creative field.

OpenAI board members worry that AI 'taking over' society may be only months away

OpenAI board member warns that AI 'taking over' society could happen within months

Paul Cristiano, a member of the OpenAI board, warned in a speech that goal-oriented AI systems could 'take over' the Earth in the next few months, posing significant risks to humanity. He pointed out that if the pace of AI development continues to accelerate, the risk of AI takeover faced by humans could be as high as 50%, and it could even occur within 6 to 12 months.

BBC exposes UK's 'property photo fraud' phenomenon: agents and sellers begin using AI to fake or beautify houses

UK real estate agents and sellers are starting to heavily edit or generate fake listing photos using AI, misleading buyers. A woman viewing a property in London found the photos differed greatly from the actual house, with smaller rooms and different decor. Real estate agencies have introduced new rules requiring all AI-enhanced photos to be clearly labeled.

Google researcher's use of AI agents to discover a known Mayan site causes controversy

AI 100: Defining 100 Private Companies of the AI Era

Anthropic ranks first on the AI 100 list, identified and ranked by Bessemer Venture Partners, representing the 100 most promising private AI companies currently.

The study found that AI chatbots recommend fake retail websites.

A study by IP protection company Podqi found that ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity recommend fake retail websites when answering shopping-related questions, with Perplexity recommending 15% of such websites in 6795 responses, Gemini at 4%, and ChatGPT at 8%. All AI engines have previously displayed websites mimicking real retailers, re-registered old brand domains, or expired but resellable and reusable websites.

JPMorgan predicts that by 2030, the output of American humanoid robots will reach 300,000 to 400,000 units

China's AI accelerating towards the global stage: Industrial layout and opportunities with Shanghai manufacturing and Hong Kong connections

China's AI industry is undergoing a transition from technological breakthroughs to market applications, with capital shifting from 'paying for parameters' to 'pricing for returns'. Shanghai, leveraging its local enterprise capitalization, industrial clustering, and WAIC platform, has become a 'made-in' ground for AI technology implementation; Hong Kong, on the other hand, serves as a 'super connector' and 'super value-adder', providing a springboard for mainland China's AI enterprises to go global in terms of capital, regulations, and market connections. WAIC HONG KONG 2027 will be held in Hong Kong, focusing on industrial empowerment and a globalized ecosystem, showcasing China's AI practices to the world and connecting with global resources.

Baidu's Robin Li in conversation with Lenovo's Yang Yuanqing: AI still cannot replace CEOs going on business trips.

Baidu founder Robin Li discussed with Lenovo Group Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing at the Baidu World Conference 2026, stating that AI cannot replace CEOs on business trips. Yang Yuanqing revealed that Lenovo has been starting businesses around the AI era since 2024, using AI to transform its three major businesses: intelligent terminals, intelligent infrastructure, and intelligent solutions and services, and believes the importance of PCs is higher than before.

Baidu's Robin Li: Intelligent organizations will be the deepest moat for companies

Baidu founder Robin Li predicted at the Baidu World 2026 conference that the next act of AI is intelligent organizations, believing that the downstream of AI technology is organizational capability, calling on enterprises to let digital employees enter all business links, and proposed three principles: breaking down job boundaries, accumulating tacit knowledge, and designing process closed loops, claiming that organizational intelligence is the deepest moat of enterprises.

House publicly acknowledges using LLM to fix bugs in 'Big Walk', sparking reflection in the independent game industry on AI usage

House House admits to using a small amount of LLM repair technology in the later stages of developing 'Big Walk', sparking controversy in the indie game industry over AI usage. IGF award judges once signed a statement opposing any game using generative AI, although developers claimed AI accounted for only 0.1% of the code and was used to solve Unity engine issues. Developers did not disclose this in advance due to Valve not requiring disclosure, and now apologize due to public attention and support limiting AI's harm to the gaming industry.

Tessl Blog Discusses Three Cycle Models of a Software Factory: Maintaining Operations, Continuous Learning, and Exploring Innovation

Tessl Blog analyzes three cycles of the software factory: the "treadmill cycle" for maintaining operations, which accelerates daily tasks with AI but does not solve fundamental problems; the "learning cycle" for continuous learning, which uses AI to capture knowledge to improve guidelines and reduce repetitive work; and the "dream cycle" for exploring innovation, which leverages AI for small-scale experiments to push postponed improvements. AI tools need to have effective context and testing capabilities to transform knowledge accumulation into actual value.

Where are the 'killer apps' for AI?

AI entrepreneurs and social media enthusiasts are mostly young, having experienced the first technological revolution but forgetting the excitement of owning personal computers in the late 1970s and the hardships of using mainframes in 'glass houses' at that time. They have witnessed that almost everyone can now generate code, yet they do not realize that this is similar to the experience of using BASIC instead of assembly language to write applications back then.

B2A Economy: A New Stage of the Internet Dominated by AI Intelligent Agents

AI agents have already dominated network traffic and content generation, but the business model for the B2A economy is still unclear. Shopify shows AI-driven traffic grew eightfold year-on-year, and human safety reports indicate a eightfold increase in agent browser traffic. Businesses need to treat agents as core customers, otherwise they may face threats.

IBM Quantum Developer Conference 2026 (QDC 2026) releases a series of Qiskit tools.

The IBM Quantum Developer Conference 2026 (QDC 2026) has released a new series of Qiskit tools covering hardware, error correction, workloads, applications, and access.

"Technology Salon Discusses Three Major Issues of Token Economy: Demand Explosion, Business Model, and Value Judgment"

"Anthropic CEO Amodei Predicts Cancer Will Be Conquered Within Ten Years, Aiming to Raise Medical Doubts"

Anthropic CEO Amodei predicts that diseases like cancer will become history within a decade, but medical experts question its optimistic expectations, pointing out that AI cannot bypass clinical trials and other stages. Vertex Pharmaceuticals tested 50 AI companies and none developed a usable drug, experts emphasizing that AI can only accelerate molecular screening and cannot replace biological validation.