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Tongyi Lab of Alibaba released the open-source tool WebShaper, adopting an innovative formal-driven information retrieval paradigm. It achieved a score of 60.19 on the GAIA benchmark, surpassing Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o. The framework ensures consistency between knowledge structure and reasoning logic through structured data generation methods, significantly enhancing AI's ability to handle complex tasks. As the fourth tool in the WebAgent series, WebShaper has received over 4,000 stars on GitHub and is driving the development of the open-source AI community.

Tech community spotted OpenAI testing GPT-5-Auto (autonomous task execution) and GPT-5-Reasoning (advanced math/programming) in Mac client code, hinting at 2025 release with multimodal capabilities.....

Microsoft recently announced that it will introduce a new 'smart' mode for its AI assistant, Co-pilot, allowing users to adjust Co-pilot's thinking speed according to the needs of the current task. This new feature aims to enhance user experience, making it easy for non-technical users to use without needing to understand the underlying AI model.

The Qwen3-30B-A3B model has undergone a major update, launching the new version Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507. This new version has achieved significant improvements in reasoning capabilities, general abilities, and context length, marking that the model is not only lighter but also has stronger thinking capabilities. Compared to the Qwen3-30-A3B model open-sourced on April 29, the new model has made progress in multiple key areas. In terms of mathematical abilities, Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thin

Anthropic plans to raise $3-5B at a $170B valuation, led by Iconiq Capital. The OpenAI rival, founded by ex-OpenAI staff, raised $3.5B in March at $61.5B valuation. Revenue grew from $4B to $5B annually by July. Amid fierce AI funding competition, CEO admits difficulty in ideal capital sourcing.....

Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507, a 3B-parameter model rivaling Gemini2.5-Flash and GPT-4o. It excels in multilingual tasks, long-context processing, and benchmarks, with some metrics surpassing GPT-4o. Now available on ModelScope and HuggingFace.....

Google upgrades the Imagen4 image generation model. Imagen4Ultra ranks third globally in authoritative rankings, with performance close to GPT-4o and Seedream3.0. The new version significantly improves image details, realism, and style consistency, and handles complex prompts more accurately. It has a clear price advantage, with the standard version at $40 per thousand images and the Ultra version at $60 per thousand images, far lower than GPT-4o's $167. The generation speed is 9.5 seconds per image, faster than GPT-4o but slightly slower than Seedream3.

On July 29, a new version of the Qwen3-30B-A3B model, called Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507, was released. This new version achieves significant improvements in multiple key areas, marking that the model can achieve performance comparable to top closed-source models such as Gemini2.5-Flash (non-thinking) and GPT-4o, by activating only 3B parameters in non-thinking mode.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Ant Digital signed a strategic cooperation agreement to establish a joint lab for AI+Web3. The two parties will collaborate in three technological areas, including trusted AI agents and blockchain security frameworks. Ant Digital plans to invest 100 million HKD over three years. The laboratory will build an education fund platform, host international academic events, and help Hong Kong become a hub for digital technology talents. The Polytechnic University is globally leading in the field of blockchain, while Ant Digital has extensive experience in financial technology. This collaboration will promote the integration and innovation of AI and Web3 technologies, supporting the development of Hong Kong as an international science and technology innovation center.

GPT-5, OpenAI's next-gen LLM, may launch post-August 2025 with 3-50T parameters and MoE architecture. Key features: enhanced multimodal processing, 5M-token context, <10% hallucination rate, and autonomous AI agents. Expected to boost programming, research, and business efficiency despite high costs ($500M+) and ethical challenges.....

Step Star releases the next generation Step 3 large model, which will be open-sourced on July 31st. This 321B parameter multi-modal reasoning model performs outstandingly in intelligence and reasoning efficiency, supporting cross-domain knowledge understanding and visual analysis. The company has established the Model Chip Ecosystem Innovation Alliance in cooperation with chip manufacturers and reached a strategic cooperation with Shanghai State Capital, promoting the application of large models. Step 3 achieves 300% reasoning efficiency of competing products on domestic chips, with over 70% improvement in throughput, and has established a 1+N model matrix covering multiple fields. The model has achieved SOTA on multiple rankings.

OpenAI is about to release the GPT-5 series model, including four versions: pro, high, mini, and nano. Tests show that GPT-5-pro can instantly generate websites and add features to games, while GPT-5-high can handle complex tasks such as designing control panels for spacecraft. A Stanford report indicates that current AI can only solve 15% of programming competition problems, but GPT-5 is expected to break through this limitation, with capabilities such as autonomous task handling, multimodal analysis, and enterprise-level programming debugging, which may redefine AI's role in programming and

AI music creator Imoliver has signed with the record company Hallwood, marking a breakthrough in the commercialization of AI music. His AI-created song 'Stone' has accumulated over 3 million views, and will be officially released in August, with a full album set to drop in October. This collaboration demonstrates the music industry's recognition of AI creative models. Despite ongoing copyright lawsuits against Suno, this partnership paves the way for the commercialization of AI music and signals that human-machine collaboration is becoming a new trend in the music industry, driving it toward a technology-driven future.

Tencent launches the world's first open-source 3D world generation model, Hunyuan 3D 1.0, supporting 360° high-precision scene generation and interactive exploration. This model significantly lowers the barrier to 3D creation through AI technology, enabling immersive scenes to be generated quickly from a single image or text. It offers 20 free experiences per day. Its open-source nature empowers developers worldwide and is applicable to multiple fields such as gaming, VR, and film. The project has over 12,000 stars on GitHub. This technology advances 3D generation from object-level to world-level, redefining content production processes. It has the potential to drive innovations in gaming and digital worlds in the future.

At the Tencent Forum of the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference held on July 27, 2025, Tencent officially released the first version of the HuanYuan 3D World Model and announced that the model will be fully open-sourced. This move marks the birth of the industry's first open-source world generation model that supports immersive roaming, interaction, and simulation, opening up new possibilities for fields such as game development, virtual reality (VR), and digital content creation.

Tencent unveiled the 1+3+NAI comprehensive system at the 2025 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, with the Hunyuan large model as its core, launching innovative technologies such as the Hunyuan 3D World Model and the embodied intelligence platform Tairos. The system includes three platforms: an intelligent agent development platform for B/C ends, an embodied intelligence platform in the robotics field, and an AI application matrix covering multiple industries, comprehensively showcasing Tencent's AI strategic upgrade. By driving with core models and combining with diverse applications, it provides a complete solution for AI industrialization.

Tongyi Lingma announces the launch of a new Qwen3-Coder model, and this powerful feature will be freely available to users without any usage limits. Users can now easily experience the efficient programming assistance provided by Qwen3-Coder in the Tongyi Lingma AI IDE, VSCode, and JetBrains plugin.

OpenAI CEO confirms GPT-5 launch in August, featuring o3 reasoning and mini/nano versions. Delayed from May due to testing, Altman praises its performance. Open-weight model releasing in late July—first since GPT-2—with advanced reasoning. Multi-platform access available after safety checks. GPT-5 significantly enhances AI capabilities.....

OpenAI seeks $40B funding for 'Stargate' AI project amid financial crisis. SoftBank's $10B investment may withdraw due to location disputes. With $10B revenue but $5B annual loss, profitability is expected by 2029. Recent $30B Oracle deal and talks with Saudi/Indian investors. Internal issues (failed acquisitions, talent drain) and Meta competition raise market concerns.....