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DingTalk introduces 'AI Tables', revolutionizing office work. Features include NLP-powered formulas, real-time automation, and hybrid data handling, all free for basic use.....

French AI firm Mistral plans a $1B funding round with UAE's MGX as potential investor, alongside debt financing. The Le Chat developer, valued at $6.51B, partners with MGX and Nvidia to build Europe's largest AI data center, supporting France's AI sovereignty initiative.....

Researchers found 'InfoFlood', a new AI attack method that bypasses chatbot defenses by flooding excessive information with fake citations, disrupting AI judgment. This exposes vulnerabilities in current safety filters.....

AI-native employees are reshaping work models. Start-up Lovable achieved $80M annual revenue in 7 months with a 35-person team through AI-driven agility: instant AI implementation bypassing traditional processes, using proprietary AI tools for rapid development, and empowering autonomous young employees. The author predicts more AI-native workers will emerge, challenging traditional management while becoming core innovation drivers.....

The 2025 Gaokao volunteer application service has concluded, with data from the Quark platform showing that its AI service has set multiple records: serving over 40 million users, generating 12 million volunteer reports, and answering 330 million questions. The three core features launched this year are based on a self-developed Gaokao large model, achieving intelligent assistance throughout the entire process from consultation to decision-making. Notably, students' questions have shown a trend towards deeper personalization, with complex questions doubling in proportion. The platform has also extended its AI services to rural areas through the Warm Light Project, serving a cumulative total of 160 million users over five years, demonstrating

Recently, DingTalk officially launched the 'AI Spreadsheet' feature, marking the official start of a new application entry point for the AI era. In DingTalk AI Spreadsheet, AI technology has become an intrinsic capability, with each cell serving as an AI access point, creating intelligent workflows and providing enterprises and users with an unprecedented method of building business systems.

Microsoft announced the global layoff of 9,000 employees. Xbox executive Matt Turnbull suggested that laid-off employees use AI tools like ChatGPT to cope with their emotions, which sparked controversy. He shared AI prompt templates to help with career planning, but the suggestion was criticized as distasteful. Netizens believe that AI cannot replace the emotional trauma caused by layoffs. This round of layoffs affects 4% of Microsoft's employees, and the gaming department may be hit the hardest. The incident reflects broader societal discussions on employee mental health support and the boundaries of AI application in the context of the current trend of layoffs in tech companies.

Google releases the open-source tool MCP Toolbox for Databases, simplifying the integration of AI agents with SQL databases. The tool connects to a database with just 10 lines of code and supports secure mechanisms such as connection pool management, authentication, and schema introspection. It is compatible with various Google Cloud databases. As an open-source project, it lowers the development barrier, but currently mainly supports Google ecosystem databases. Future expansion of compatibility may be needed. This tool has the potential to become a standard component for AI development, driving intelligent data processing.

The growth rate of the global AI server market is slowing down, with the expected year-over-year growth rate dropping from 28% to 24.3%. Supply chain uncertainties have increased due to U.S. export controls and geopolitical factors. Despite continued investments by tech giants like Microsoft and Google in AI infrastructure, NVIDIA still dominates the market, but there is a clear trend of companies developing their own AI chips. Self-developed solutions such as Google's TPU are emerging, and companies are also exploring alternatives like AMD. While Blackwell Ultra servers are currently popular, the market outlook has become more complex due to external conditions.

Apple released SceneScout AI agent, which provides environmental descriptions for visually impaired individuals by analyzing street scene images. The technology includes two modes: route preview and virtual exploration, with an accuracy rate of 72%-95%. User studies showed that it effectively improves environmental awareness, while suggesting the addition of personalized descriptions and real-time feedback features. Although still in the research phase, it demonstrates the potential of AI in assisting visually impaired individuals with navigation.

Shanghai has introduced 17 measures to promote the high-quality development of the software and information services industry. From January to May 2023, the industry's revenue exceeded 690 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year growth of 20.4%. The policy highlights include rewards for enterprises with revenue exceeding 2 billion yuan and meeting growth targets; small and medium-sized enterprises can receive up to 30 million yuan in tiered rewards; small enterprises can receive growth rewards of 300,000 to 500,000 yuan. Priority is given to the AI field, with computing vouchers to reduce model application costs, and excellent AI projects can receive subsidies of up to 30%-50%. Meanwhile, it promotes the innovation and development of high-end software and digital content.

Only 20% of German employees received AI training, with 70% never trained, risking EU AI Act violations. Bitkom warns firms must ensure AI skills for all workers, as AI boosts efficiency but needs proper use. 14% fear job loss to AI, 1/3 see AI replacing bosses.....

Apple AI executive Ruoming Pang has joined Meta, joining its newly established Super Intelligence Lab with a salary of millions of dollars. Meta recently restructured its AI business, led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, and invested 2.9 billion dollars in Scale AI. This move highlights the increasing competition among tech giants for AI talent, as Meta accelerates its layout through high salaries and strategic investments. Apple and Meta have not commented on the matter.

On July 7, the Baidu AI team announced the official release of PaddleOCR 3.1, achieving three major upgrades in multilingual recognition, complex document translation, and large model connectivity. The new version supports text recognition in 37 languages, with an average accuracy improvement of over 30%. It also introduces a document translation pipeline and MCP server functionality to help developers efficiently build AI applications. To address multilingual needs in global scenarios, PaddleOCR 3.1 adds the PP-OCRv5 multilingual model, covering 37 languages including French, Spanish, and Russian.

AI infrastructure company CoreWeave plans to acquire data center operator Core Scientific for $9 billion in stock, with the transaction expected to be completed by Q4 2025. The acquisition will help CoreWeave reduce operational costs, decrease external dependencies, and enhance its AI computing capabilities. Core Scientific currently has 1.3 gigawatts of power capacity and 1 gigawatt of expansion potential, which will support CoreWeave's growing AI computing demand. Previously, OpenAI had invested in Core