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OpenAI plans to launch chatbot advertising in early February, signing dozens of advertisers, marking a major shift in its business model and entering a new phase of traffic monetization in AI, with unique ad strategies not based on traditional click-based billing.....

IDC reports a 508% surge in the global humanoid robot market by 2025, with shipments reaching 18,000 units. Chinese firm Zhiyuan leads globally with a 39% market share, ranking first in total shipments, five major application scenarios, and all size segments, driven by comprehensive scenario coverage and a diverse product portfolio, especially in industrial manufacturing and research/education.....

Google DeepMind's D4RT model integrates 3D space with time, enabling AI to observe in real-time and understand dynamic scenes' past and future, marking a new era in computer vision.....

Apple plans to launch iOS 27 in 2026, upgrading Siri to an AI chatbot with natural conversation capabilities, codenamed 'Campos'. The new version will support fluent voice interactions, moving beyond simple commands to rival ChatGPT.....

Study finds top AI model Gemini 3 Pro Preview's visual reasoning barely surpasses a 3-year-old, far from 6-year-old levels, challenging optimistic views of AI surpassing humans.....

OpenAI's Codex is now integrated into JetBrains IDEs, offering AI-powered coding assistance across IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and WebStorm to boost developer productivity.....

Tesla CEO Musk debuted at Davos, announcing that the humanoid robot Optimus will be available for public sale by the end of 2027, with reliability, safety, and functionality suitable for both factory and home use.....

At Davos, Liang Jing, co-founder of Squirrel Ai, highlighted an AI education bubble, criticizing shallow applications of general models without deep educational optimization. She stressed that true educational AI requires specialized expertise, not just technological repackaging.....

As AI giants focus on large models, a computing efficiency revolution is quietly underway. The top open-source inference engine vLLM team has founded Inferact, an AI infrastructure company aiming to establish a new order in AI inference. This marks not only a technological leap but also a crucial step toward AI's practical application, drawing significant attention from capital markets.....

Tencent's 2025 anti-fraud report reveals over 70 violations, 90+ dismissals, 20+ cases referred to police, and 30+ external suspects apprehended. The company uses AI tools for dynamic risk modeling to enhance tech-driven anti-corruption efforts.....

At the 2026 Davos Forum, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis expressed surprise at OpenAI's rapid introduction of ads in ChatGPT. He emphasized that AI assistants should prioritize trust, differing from traditional search engines, as users expect reliable help over ad disruptions.....

Elon Musk's xAI faces controversy as its AI assistant Grok generates 3 million sexualized images of women and children in 11 days, sparking legal and public backlash.....

OpenAI's marketing head addresses concerns over political bias, highlighting management's political diversity amid controversy over hiring a former California governor's chief of staff as policy VP.....

Amazon plans to lay off up to 16,000 employees next week, targeting high-paying roles at headquarters, especially in HR, to streamline operations and boost efficiency after cutting 14,000 jobs earlier.....

Alibaba's Qwen3-TTS series, an open-source speech generation model, features an end-to-end architecture enabling second-level voice cloning, natural language voice design, and real-time streaming. Its innovative Dual-Track mechanism with discrete multi-codebook language model achieves ultra-low latency, lowering barriers for real-time applications.....

New tool by Benji Taylor et al. enhances AI coding assistants by enabling precise code location and modification, boosting developer-AI collaboration efficiency.....

JD.com executive at Davos predicts 2025 as the breakthrough year for AI in consumer markets, transforming from a tech concept to an everyday assistant.....

Suiyuan Technology, a leading domestic AI cloud chip firm, had its IPO application accepted on the STAR Market in January 2026, marking its transition from tech breakthroughs to capital expansion. Since 2018, it has advanced AI computing power, showcasing China's innovation and competitiveness in high-end chips.....

The curl project will end its HackerOne bug bounty program in late January 2026 due to a surge in AI-generated false reports, overwhelming maintainers with review work. The founder described these as 'AI garbage'—seemingly professional but lacking substance—with many invalid submissions received recently.....

A research team from Peking University has developed an analog computing chip specifically designed for "Non-negative Matrix Factorization," significantly improving energy efficiency in processing large-scale data, providing an efficient and low-power solution for fields such as image analysis and recommendation systems.