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Manus responds to layoff rumors, confirming adjustments to some teams for efficiency. Reports suggest moving core tech teams to Singapore after relocating HQ there in June, indicating global strategy optimization.....

Media reports claimed that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is burning through up to $1 billion per month. This report has garnered significant attention. The message suggests that xAI's costs in building advanced AI models far exceed its revenue growth, and the company's funding needs are becoming increasingly urgent. However, Musk strongly refuted these claims, calling them 'nonsense.' Photo source note: The image was generated by AI, with photo licensing services provided by Midjourney. Since its founding in 2023, xAI has been...

Wang Xingxing, founder of Unitree Robotics, recently joined WeChat's video account as an individual and released his first video on June 25th, publicly addressing recent untrue online rumors. In the video, he cautioned the public to carefully discern information about himself and the company, emphasizing that much of the online content is inaccurate. He also revealed that he will use the video account to showcase the technological upgrades and interesting stories behind the development of his robot products. Previously, Unitree Robotics had issued an official statement clarifying that all equity transactions are handled directly via email by the company's financing personnel, and that no intermediaries are involved.

On February 20, 2024, in response to market rumors that 'AI company DeepSeek is preparing for its initial public financing', the 'Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily' reported that these rumors are all false information, stating that 'the financing matter is purely a rumor.' Recently, as the generative AI sector continues to heat up, many Chinese AI startups have reported financing activities. Companies such as Moonlight's Dark Side and Minimax have consecutively reported financing news with valuations exceeding $1 billion, sparking significant market attention towards investment trends in the AI field. In this context, the focus remains on AI fundamental research and applications.

Recently, a study conducted by the non-profit organization Epoch AI revealed the energy consumption of OpenAI's chatbot platform ChatGPT, showing that its energy use is significantly lower than earlier estimates. According to some reports, ChatGPT consumes about 3 watt-hours of power to answer a question; however, Epoch AI's research suggests that this figure has been overstated. The study indicates that when using OpenAI's latest default model GPT-4o, the average energy consumption per query is only...

On January 7, 2025, Beijing Zero One Everything Technology Co., Ltd. refuted recent online rumors regarding 'Alibaba acquiring Zero One Everything'. The company clearly stated that these rumors are untrue and denied the related false statements. Zero One Everything emphasized that its collaboration with Alibaba Cloud is based on deep cooperation in technology, computing power, business, and talent, rather than an acquisition relationship.

Recently, there were reports that ByteDance is collaborating with Nubia to develop an AI phone, expected to launch in 2025. According to these reports, the two parties have signed a framework agreement and plan to present a detailed proposal in the first quarter of 2025, followed by prototype production and testing stages, with a product launch event scheduled for late Q3 or October 2025, and the phone priced between 5000 to 7000 yuan. However, in response to this information, a ByteDance representative promptly stated that the information is false, emphasizing that the company has no such plans.

Oura's CEO Tom Hale stated in an interview with CNBC at the web summit in Lisbon, Portugal, that despite ongoing market rumors, it is unlikely that Apple will enter the smart ring market. Previously, with Samsung launching its first smart ring this year, market analysts had predicted that Apple might release a similar product by 2026. However, Oura, a leading company in the smart ring market since 2013, disagrees with this prediction. Hale explained: Apple

Tongyi AI, a subsidiary of Alibaba, publicly clarified recent marketing investment data for AI products that was circulated online. Previously, it was reported that multiple AI products had advertising expenditures reaching the hundred million level in the third quarter, which attracted significant attention, particularly regarding specific figures related to Tongyi Qianwen. According to Tongyi AI's official response, the rumored figures of 4.5 million investment for Tongyi Qianwen in Q3 and 900,000 in the first 20 days of October are severely inconsistent with the actual situation. The official statement clearly indicated that the actual investment is far lower than the rumored figures, but did not disclose the real investment amount.

Recently, Ali Tongyi Qianwen officially responded to rumors regarding its advertising expenditure. Previously, there were online reports claiming that Tongyi Qianwen's advertising costs for the third quarter reached as high as 4.5 million, with 900,000 spent in the first 20 days of October. In response, Tongyi Qianwen issued a statement on Weibo denying these figures, stating that the actual advertising expenditure is far lower than what has been rumored.

As the highly anticipated ChatGPT approaches its two-year anniversary, rumors about OpenAI's new flagship model have sparked renewed discussions in the industry. However, this commotion was swiftly clarified by OpenAI's CEO, Altman. The event originated from a report by tech media The Verge, where several insiders suggested that OpenAI might launch the new flagship model "Orion" on November 30, coinciding with ChatGPT's second anniversary. The report also noted that the engineering team at Microsoft Azure has already...