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Google Chrome Canary is testing a 'Fill with Gemini' feature; users type @@ to pull information from apps such as Gmail and Google Photos to automatically fill web forms without switching apps. Google emphasizes that related data will not be used for AI training or human review. #Chrome #Gemini #AIApplications
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Magic Leap, an AR pioneer once valued over 10 billion, announced a major strategic adjustment, will no longer develop its own AR headsets, and is transforming into a waveguide supplier. The company plans to lay off nearly 200 people, focusing on providing core display technology for AI smart glasses manufacturers, seeking to establish itself in the new AR industry landscape.
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June.
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Microsoft and French AI star company Mistral reach a billion-dollar-level cooperation, will jointly build European AI computing infrastructure, providing non-US technical solutions for regulated industries. The cooperation involves model access to platforms such as Azure and Copilot, aiming to safeguard European AI autonomy while leveraging the US technology ecosystem. This move is seen as an important step for Europe to reduce dependence on US technology and master AI sovereignty.
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Earlier this month I hosted a fireside chat session at the AI Engineer World’s Fair with Cat Wu and Thariq Shihipar from Anthropic’s Claude Code team. We talked about Claude …
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Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Alibaba's Qwen Audio 3.0 TTS Plus tops Artificial Analysis' Speech Arena leaderboard. The model supports 16 languages and lets users control speaking style with natural language or tags like . At 16 characters per second, though, it's far slower than rivals Sonic 3.5 and Simba 3.2.
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗The latest version of Alibaba's Qwen3.8-Max-Preview is now online. The company states that the model's capabilities are continuously improving, particularly in web development (frontend). The model continues to iterate rapidly on a daily basis and can be experienced through multiple platforms including Token Plan and Qoder.
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Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Shengshu Technology joins hands with Wondershare Technology, gathering heavyweight industry guests to deeply discuss the new paradigm of AI film productivity around general world model underlying technology innovation, and jointly unlock the next-generation industrial future of AI film creation. <a class="wx_topic_link" topic-id="mruhnw8r-lbj0s4" style="color: #576B95 !important;" data-topic="1" data-recommend="">#WAIC2026</a> <a class="wx_topic_link" topic-id="mruhnw8r-suyxjz" style="color: #576B95 !important;" data-topic="1" data-recommend="">#WorldModel</a>
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Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Curative CEO Fred Turner stated bluntly in an interview that the SaaS industry is declining, and revealed that he has replaced a 600,000 US dollar per year Salesforce contract with a self-developed AI system. The company plans to cut 80% of SaaS spending and instead invest in AI. Although system maintenance is a challenge, the AI agent 'Gwen' has reduced the cost of processing contracts to 1/20 of manual labor.
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Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗OpenAI's advertising business is live with annual revenue of 100 million US dollars, but it remains far from its 2030 goal of 100 billion. Analysts believe it needs to significantly increase user numbers, ad prices and quantities, while the platform's tools are still relatively primitive. Advertisers are adapting to its conversation-based placement model.
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗World No. 1 Shin Jinseo defeated the Go AI KataGo by 11 moku and a half in the decisive game, reversing to win the championship with a total score of 2:1. He maintained a 99% win rate throughout, steadily taking the match, and broke the pre-match expectation that widely favored humans to lose. This victory not only won 250 million Korean won in prize money, but also proved that human players can still compete with top AI under specific rules.
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Alibaba, in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University, launched the 'Qwen AI Creative Classroom.' The course covers lower, middle, and upper primary school grades, allowing children to learn AI knowledge and practice AI creation through interactive methods such as dialogue, creation, and exploration during the summer vacation. The course is completely free and will enter more campuses in a public welfare format in the future.
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗A Tencent Cloud executive revealed at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference that to reduce AI inference cost to the extreme, the company will deploy domestic computing power at scale. It also plans to deploy NPO (near-package optics) super nodes in the fourth quarter of 2026, while calling for unified NPO industry standards domestically and abroad.
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Bristol-Myers Squibb announces purchase of Nvidia DGX SuperPOD supercomputer based on Vera Rubin architecture, becoming the first in the life sciences industry. The new system will be used throughout drug discovery and development, can evaluate more candidate drugs simultaneously, and has helped shorten clinical trial drug preparation time by 20%-30%.
Source links can be verified on the original siteRead original ↗Xiaomi trained Xiaomi-Robotics-1 on more than 100,000 hours of motion data collected by people using camera-equipped handheld grippers rather than robots. Adding data improved performance far more than increasing model size. The gains haven't plateaued, though absolute success rates remain low.
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