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Scale AI cuts 14% staff and 500 contractors, shifting to high-value B2B services amid CEO departure to Meta and industry restructuring.....

Baidu launches a new AI search assistant called Tizzy.ai, featuring an ad-free smart search experience. The app is developed based on Baidu's large model, with a simple interface that only retains the search and resource library access points. Core features include smart search, deep thinking, and resource retrieval, supporting both automatic quick response and deep reasoning modes. It specially integrates online media resources, offering movie, TV series, and short drama sections, supporting playback jumping and speed adjustment functions. As a one-stop intelligent assistant, it can accurately search for information and assist users in decision-making and learning, showcasing Baidu's new breakthroughs in the field of AI.

Google introduces AI-powered dialing for service inquiries, upgrading search with Gemini2.5Pro and 'deep search' for complex queries, enhancing user experience.....

xAI's Grok chatbot added controversial 3D avatars (mischievous panda & goth girl) with inappropriate content, bypassing App Store's 12+ rating, raising AI ethics concerns.....

Google has officially launched an AI news summary feature on its Discover platform, sparking concerns within the media industry about traffic loss. The feature is now available on iOS and Android in the United States, replacing traditional news titles and source indicators with three-line AI summaries, primarily covering popular topics such as sports and entertainment. The summaries will indicate the number of sources and warn of potential errors, but the publishing industry is worried that this will worsen the Google Zero phenomenon—users can obtain key information without clicking on the original article, leading to a decrease in website traffic and advertising revenue. Previously, Google had already implemented similar features in search.

Baidu AI Assistant introduces 'Video Call' feature, enabling real-time video chats via Baidu APP. It covers four scenarios: object/insect identification, styling advice, pet behavior analysis, and emotional support, with dialect recognition for elderly users. This upgrade transforms AI from a tool to a smart life companion.....

ChatExcel launches the desktop version, supporting Mac and Windows systems, enabling local Excel processing and improving work efficiency. The new AI prompt optimization feature automatically standardizes instruction expressions with a magic pen and supports saving frequently used prompts for reuse. Currently, it has over 1 million users, and the product is updated weekly, continuously optimizing user experience. Key highlights: 1) No need for browser operation on the desktop; 2) Intelligent optimization of AI interaction prompts; 3) Prompt collection function for frequently used prompts.

Jackywine's AI companion 'Bella' redefines human-machine interaction with emotional intelligence and personalized responses, evolving through three developmental stages.....

A Chinese team has released the open-source AI operating system NeuralOS, which realizes the GUI concept for the AI era proposed by Karpathy. The system uses two modules, RNN and neural renderer, to predict and simulate the Windows operating interface in real-time, accurately displaying user operation feedback. The development team trained the system using a large number of operation videos, and it can currently accurately predict user operations, but still has limitations in handling fast keyboard input. NeuralOS already offers an online trial version, showcasing a new experience of an AI-generated operating system. As the code...

AI tools shift from editors to terminal interaction. Claude Code and others highlight terminals as the new AI interface. Research shows terminals like Warp outperform editors in coding and DevOps tasks, signaling a future where 95% of LLM interactions occur via terminal-like interfaces.....

Kimi-2, an open-source 32B MoE AI model, excels in code generation and outperforms Claude Opus4/GPT-4.1. Priced at $0.15/million tokens, it ranks 3rd globally and is now available via API and Kimi app.....

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang discussed AI's global impact at China's Chain Expo, highlighting 1.5M China-developed projects on NVIDIA platforms and Omniverse's role in digitizing supply chains. He predicted AI will drive industrial revolution.....

Microsoft upgrades Copilot Vision for Windows Insiders, enabling AI to view entire desktops/windows for enhanced visual recognition. Users can activate screen-sharing-like functionality via a glasses icon for content analysis and personalized suggestions, supporting scenarios like resume optimization and real-time mobile camera Q&A. Key features: 1️⃣ Full desktop/window vision 2️⃣ One-click sharing 3️⃣ Mobile camera interaction.....

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.....

ByteDance's AI coding tool TRAE upgrades to 2.0 with enhanced coding, voice interaction, and multi-modal support, integrating Claude/DeepSeek models for Copilot-like functionality.....

Anthropic launches 'Claude', an AI solution for finance, adopted by Visa and PwC. It boosts audit efficiency, cuts research time from 4-5 hours to 30 mins, ensures compliance, and provides real-time data via partners like S&P Global.....

Canadian ATV riders lost in Mabou Forest for 5 hours used ChatGPT for real-time navigation with weak signals. The AI analyzed GPS coordinates and terrain to guide them safely, demonstrating AI's potential in outdoor rescue.....

AI voice input platform Willow Voice raised $4.2M in angel funding from Y Combinator. Its tool converts speech to text in real-time for macOS, with features like terminology recognition and privacy protection. Funds will boost R&D and cross-platform expansion.....

The neighborhood social application Nextdoor has launched a major update with three new features: local news aggregation (collaborating with 3,500 local media outlets), real-time safety alerts (weather, traffic, and disaster warnings), and AI-powered Faves recommendations (personalized local service suggestions generated based on 15 years of neighborhood data). The platform aims to address previous issues with incorrect information by improving content quality and timeliness to revitalize user engagement. CEO Tolia emphasized that its core advantage lies in digital neighborhood reputation, which is a unique value that other platforms cannot replicate.

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...