2026-07-23
AI Briefings Daily Report.

Alphabet's rising cash burn amid AI spending raises concerns ↗

OpenAI and Anthropic join forces to address threat of open-weight AI to their profits ↗

OpenAI and Anthropic compete fiercely for customers. But in Washington, the two leading AI labs are aligning on one issue: warning policymakers about the risks of powerful Chinese open-weight AI models.

Apple sues OpenAI for stealing hardware manufacturing secrets ↗

Apple and OpenAI are now locked in a legal battle over who gets to define the post-smartphone era.

Huawei showcases full series of computing modules for the first time at WAIC 2026, including 800G AI NIC and KVU solution ↗

At WAIC 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Huawei for the first time fully showcased its full series of computing module products, including four product lines: network cards, SSDs, DPUs, and RAID cards. Among them, the first 800G SP560 series AI network card and the KVU hard drive supporting the Lingqu protocol have both appeared.

Anthropic Chief Economist: AI Will Not Replace Large Numbers of Jobs in the Short Term ↗

Anthropic's Chief Economist points out that AI currently enhances human labor capacity rather than replacing it, and has not led to a significant rise in unemployment rates. Mark Cuban believes humans still hold advantages in real-time judgment and decision-making, and human-machine collaboration maximizes value.

Zhipu GLM-5.2 open-source model helps Hugging Face complete security incident forensic analysis ↗

The official Weibo of Beijing Zhipu Huazhang Technology Co., Ltd. posted today about the topic of "the spear of closed source and the shield of open source".

Musk: The faster Tesla invests in AI, the better; not afraid of some funds being wasted ↗

Musk instructs Tesla executives to accelerate AI capital spending, even if some funds are wasted. Q2 capital expenditure surged 142% to $5.8 billion, resulting in negative free cash flow. The company expects full-year capital expenditure to exceed $25 billion and is seeking a $30 billion borrowing capacity to support projects such as robotaxis, humanoid robots, and semiconductor factories. Other tech giants like Google are also spending heavily on AI.

Musk: Even with fatal risks, we should not press the stop button on AI; it is most likely to bring universal prosperity ↗

In an interview with The Economist, Musk stated that while the risk of AI and robotics going out of control is not zero, the momentum of development is unstoppable. He predicted that within five years, AI might surpass the sum of human wisdom, ushering in an era of extreme material abundance where work could even become optional.

Codeberg member vote passes two resolutions: pledge not to use user data for training LLMs, and prohibit"vibe-coded"Project ↗

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Poolside releases Laguna S 2.1: 118B parameter open-source coding model, 8B active parameters outperform models ten times larger ↗

Poolside has released Laguna S 2.1, its third coding model in three months. Rather than rely on raw scale, the company trained it to keep checking its work, revise failed approaches, and avoid giving up too soon during long agentic sessions. The compact model beats several much larger rivals in benchmarks. Poolside says it also solved a math problem that had been open since 1975 for under 10 cents.

Experts question White House accusation: distilling Anthropic's Fable is not the key to Kimi K3's success ↗

"I don't think you get a model this strong and this quickly on the heels of Fable doing strictly distillation," one expert told TechCrunch.

Hongguo Short Drama releases AI drama character creation guidelines, will conduct special governance"High-frequency AI Face" ↗

The platform clarifies standards from two aspects—role differentiation and copyright compliance—requiring main characters to have high recognizability and prohibiting the theft of copyright-protected designs. A special governance campaign will launch soon, focusing on 'high-frequency AI faces', content homogenization, and illegal material issues.

Nvidia tackles medical robot data challenge with Physical AI framework: Medical Physics Simulation released ↗

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ByteDance Seed launches STEM scientist program, inviting 100 frontier researchers to join AI team ↗

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Kunlun Wanwei TianGong super agent selected into WAIC '2026 Intelligent Economy New Form: Agent Innovation Practice Compilation' ↗

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Kunlun Wanwei Fang Han: Tokens cannot build an AI-native organization; models are the foundation for long-term footing ↗

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Baidu AI Cloud uses AI Agent to build chips; Wenxin Kuaima and Lightmate land chip design efficiency leap ↗

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Ping An Bank Credit Card jointly with Baidu AI Cloud launches Token benefit pack and Baidu Dazi AI rights ↗

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Sanxing Intelligence's MiniCPM edge-side large model launches on Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 series; domestic edge-side model enters international flagship product line for the first time. ↗

Samsung launched Galaxy Z Fold8 series phones. ModelBest announced today that its MiniCPM series on-device models will empower Galaxy AI. This is the first time a domestic on-device large model enters the global flagship product line of an international top phone manufacturer.

Beijing introduces new measures to support agent development: encourages Token economy, increases computing power voucher support ↗

Beijing introduces policies to promote agent-led development, explicitly proposing to encourage the development of the Token economy and increase support such as computing power vouchers. The policy aims to cultivate new business forms such as Token-as-a-Service through technical breakthroughs and business model innovation, and accelerate agent application deployment.