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Google upgrades its AI note-taking app NotebookLM with a new public note library. The library integrates authoritative content such as The Economist and expert notes, allowing users to ask questions and receive AI summaries. New features include audio overviews and mind maps, with initial resources covering practical topics such as longevity guides and travel tips. The platform has currently accumulated over 140,000 user notes, leveraging AI technology to improve knowledge management efficiency and strengthen the information sharing ecosystem.

OpenAI ex-CTO's AI firm Thinking Machines Lab raises $2B seed at $12B valuation, focusing on multimodal AI for public benefit, with plans for open-source components and human-aligned AGI.....

AI startup Thinking Machines Lab has completed a $2 billion seed round funding, valuing the company at $12 billion, setting a new record for seed funding in Silicon Valley. Founded by Miral Kotb, former CTO of OpenAI, the company has attracted well-known investors such as NVIDIA within less than a year. The company is about to launch its first product, which includes important open-source projects aimed at supporting AI researchers and startups. Despite Meta's failed attempt to acquire the company, it is still seen as a potential challenger to industry giants. This funding reflects...

On July 15, Mita AI Search announced the completion of a new iteration of its 'Deep Research' module and its official public beta launch, becoming the first search service in China that is freely open to the public and features multi-turn reasoning chain visualization. The upgraded system adopts a segmented reinforcement learning strategy, breaking down the originally computationally intensive 'Deep Research' tasks into multiple sub-tasks, maintaining result accuracy while reducing operational costs to a level that allows for public free access. It performs particularly well in retrieving and reasoning with Chinese corpus.

The United Nations University research team developed two AI virtual characters - Amina, a Sudanese refugee, and Abdullah, a rebel fighter - to raise public awareness of the refugee crisis through dialogue. The project was experimentally conducted by an academic team and is not an official United Nations project. Although researchers envisioned using it for fundraising presentations, test users provided negative feedback, stating that real refugees can already speak for themselves. The relevant website is currently unavailable.

OpenAI acquires io Products, an AI equipment company founded by Jony Ive, former design director of Apple, through a stock-only deal worth $6.5 billion, officially entering the hardware field. This acquisition brings OpenAI a top team that previously worked on the design of the iPhone. Jony Ive will be deeply involved in product design. Despite previous setbacks due to trademark disputes, this remains OpenAI's largest acquisition to date. CEO Sam Altman stated that this move will drive the integration of AI technology and hardware, and future innovative AI devices will be launched. The acquisition marks OpenAI's step into the tech scene.

Figma files for IPO in 2025, potentially the largest tech IPO. With 450K paid users and 95% Fortune 500 clients, it plans 4 AI products. Revenue hit $749M (+48%) in 2024, with 90% market share. Faces AI competition despite dominance.....

At the 17th International Exhibition of Transportation Technology and Equipment held recently, JD Logistics officially launched its self-developed unmanned light truck product - JD Logistics VAN. This unmanned light truck has a large cargo space of 24 cubic meters, making it the one with the largest cargo capacity in the logistics industry. It is expected to replace traditional 4.2-meter trucks in logistics shuttle and transfer station links. According to the introduction, JD Logistics VAN has a full-load driving range of up to 400 kilometers and is equipped with L4-level autonomous driving capabilities on public roads. This means it can drive autonomously.

The newly launched AI search function in WeChat has attracted widespread attention due to allegations of leaking personal privacy. Recently, many users reported on social platforms that this function can generate a personal resume with a name hyperlink in one click, causing concerns about privacy security among users. According to user feedback, the controversy surrounding WeChat AI Search mainly focuses on its automatic identification mechanism. When users encounter names in WeChat official account articles, the system automatically converts the name into a blue hyperlink. Clicking this link will force the AI system to generate a detailed information page containing personal resume, as well as display all

Recently, a sensational controversy has erupted in the field of artificial intelligence. The startup IYO, which was spun off from Google X Lab, has accused OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of plagiarizing its smart earpiece technology, and claims that OpenAI attempted to cover up this act by acquiring Jony Ive's company IO for $6.5 billion. IYO's allegations: OpenAI is suspected of stealing smart earpiece technology. IYO is a startup that has been focusing on developing AI-powered smart earpieces since 2018, with its products designed to control voice through

According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple had discussed the possibility of acquiring Thinking Machines Lab, an AI company founded by Mira Murati, former Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, earlier this year. During her time at OpenAI, Mira Murati experienced board turmoil and temporarily served as the acting CEO, but she soon chose to leave and founded Thinking Machines Lab. Image source note: Picture

According to media reports, the artificial intelligence startup MINIMAX is reportedly planning to go public in Hong Kong.

The Nanometer AI Super Search Intelligent Entity under the 360 Company has undergone a major update, adding new features such as multimodal content generation, cross-domain professional search, and smarter task preview functions. From one-click generation of PPTs, PDF reports to automatically integrating videos, voiceover scripts, and storyboard planning, Nano AI redefines the boundary of AI search and creation with more efficient and intuitive experiences. AIbase comprehensively organizes the latest social media dynamics to help you deeply understand the latest breakthroughs of Nano AI. Multimodal Generation: Handle everything from PPTs to videos with one click.

Recently, Reddit filed a lawsuit with the San Francisco Superior Court against the AI startup company Anthropic, accusing it of making over 100,000 unlawful accesses to its platform since July 2024 despite being explicitly prohibited. This action has attracted significant attention. Reddit accused Anthropic of not only violating its platform rules but also acting immorally and illegally while pretending to uphold ethics and law in public. In the lawsuit, Reddit described Anthropic...

According to reports from the Financial Times, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI is launching a stock sale plan worth $300 million. This plan is believed to be conducted in the secondary market with the aim of allowing company employees to sell their shares to new investors. The valuation of this stock sale reached $113 billion (approximately RMB 813.67 billion), showing the high attention the market pays to xAI. Previously, xAI was valued at $33 billion.