2026-09-28
AI Briefings Daily Report.

Redwood chief scientist says risk of AI runaway exceeds 50%, blames industry arms race ↗

Ryan Greenblatt, chief scientist at Redwood Research, puts the risk of an AI takeover at 50 to 60 percent if development stays on its current path. Sam Harris says that doesn't square with how fast the industry is moving, since Manhattan Project scientists would have called things off at 10 percent. Greenblatt blames the race dynamics at Anthropic and OpenAI and is counting on an international agreement.

Qianwen APP integrates China Mobile computing power package, supports direct Token quota deduction ↗

Today, the Qianwen APP and PC end connected to China Mobile computing power packages, providing more support for completing complex work tasks in Qianwen—— ✨ Account linkage, computing power ready to use Users who have subscribed to China Mobile computing power packages can use the Token quota in their own China Mobile account in Qianwen's "Work Assistant"; related consumption will be deducted from the corresponding account. 🤝 Co-branded cooperation, enjoy membership benefits Jointly launched "Qianwen × China Mobile co-branded version"; by subscribing to designated packages, one can obtain Qianwen membership benefits. This cooperation will first be piloted in key regional cities such as Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangsu, and gradually rolled out nationwide later, so please stay tuned!

16-year-old discovers Microsoft internal API vulnerability using AI, wins $5,000 bounty ↗

The vulnerability could directly access over 17 trillion rows of data as an administrator, including 25,000 Microsoft employee records and Bing-related data sources. Microsoft has locked the interface and issued a bounty to the teenager.

Princeton scholar: AI extinction risk probability estimates are unreliable and should not be used as a basis for policy ↗

How speculation gets laundered through pseudo-quantification

Google Android Dev Summit officially mentions Android 18 for the first time, will disclose graphics and AI details ↗

In addition to Android 18 related content, this summit also revolves around four major themes: AI experience, Android XR, application basic capabilities, and development tool optimization. Ordinary users can watch the live stream online.

Coolpad Launches 699-Yuan AI Smart Glasses Supporting First-Person Shooting and Real-Time Translation ↗

Coolpad launches AI smart photo-taking audio glasses, supporting first-person shooting, large AI models, and audio-video translation functions. It supports one-yuan lens fitting and is now available for purchase.

Wuhan court first incorporates AI production cost into copyright infringement compensation calculation ↗

A court in Wuhan, China has factored token usage and AI tool licensing fees into a copyright damages calculation for the first time. The ruling is part of China's broader push to build out copyright protections for AI-generated works.

GMKtec EVO-X5 Pro desktop AI supercomputer opens reservation, supports 320B model on-device execution ↗

The new product is equipped with Ryzen AI MAX+ 495 processor, integrates up to 192GB LPDDR5X-8533 memory, can run 320B large language model on-device, and is equipped with 3 M.2 slots and dual 10GbE ports, the 4TB version supports dTPM encryption, targeting government, medical, financial and other commercial confidential scenarios. #GMK EVO-X5 Pro#

Kunlun Wanwei TianGong workbench launches AI MV creation and music generation capabilities ↗

Nvidia releases AI agent security platform with Sentry system that isolates anomalous agents in real time ↗

The platform includes open source security software OpenShell, which can independently intercept at the chip level. Sentry watchdog runs on BlueField-4 DPU, isolating threats within milliseconds of breach. Anthropic, SpaceX, etc. have cooperated to access it.

MIT Uses AI Algorithm to Optimize RNA Vaccine Formula, Achieving Room-Temperature Stable Storage for One Year ↗

MIT researchers used artificial intelligence to create more stable, heat-resistant RNA vaccines.

Chinese Academy of Sciences releases the "15th Five-Year Plan" development plan, deploying AI to empower research and tackle key areas ↗

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the Chinese Academy of Sciences obtained nearly 20% of the national science and technology awards, and the number of results led by it in important annual achievement lists accounted for about 40% of the country, its Nature Index ranking steadily ranked first among global research and education institutions, the number of highly cited scientists ranked first in the world for three consecutive years, and the conversion rate of invention patents reached 21.1%.

GMKtec releases desktop supercomputer EVO-X5 Pro with AMD AI Max+ ↗

It is based on AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 processor, supports 320B LLM local run, has 3 M.2 2280 SSD slots, 2 USB-C 80Gbps, 2 USB-C 40Gbps.

Honor releases Magic9 standard version phone, debuts with agent large model jointly built by Alibaba ↗

Honor Magic9 standard version officially released, focused on small-screen design, equipped with 6.37-inch screen and dual 200-megapixel ARRI imaging system. Powered by fifth-generation Snapdragon 8 Extreme Edition chip and 8000mAh ultra-large battery, supports IP69K waterproofing. Debuts MagicOS 11 and AI button, on sale from today.

Alibaba's Qwen App Integrates Quark Cloud Drive for Content Query, Organization, and Generation ↗

Qianwen and Quark Pan deeply connected, @QuarkPan can invoke Agent skills to achieve material search, photo poster creation, automatic upload and sharing, and even make review plans based on pan materials lectures.

Fireworks AI releases Ember-1: a post-training model based on Kimi K3, with about 40% fewer inference tokens ↗

Fireworks AI has released Ember-1, a specialized model from Fireworks Research built by post-training Moonshot AI’s open-weight Kimi K3. Ember-1 learns to produce shorter reasoning traces while keeping task accuracy. This is different from lowering the reasoning effort setting at inference time. According to the Fireworks release post, Ember-1 delivers Kimi K3’s quality with about 40% fewer tokens.

Jensen Huang refutes Geoffrey Hinton's AI doomsday predictions: Claims are unscientific and cause panic ↗

Jensen Huang believes Hinton's AI doomsday theory lacks scientific evidence, calling such casual predictions irresponsible and potentially causing young people to become pessimistic about the future and reluctant to attend university. He stressed the need for more rational, mature discourse based on objective arguments.

MiHoYo founder Liu Wei says he hopes to enter the top tier of domestic large models within 2-3 years ↗

MiHoYo founder and president Liu Wei (Da Wei Ge) delivered a speech at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University session of the 2027 Campus Recruitment Roadshow. He expressed hope that MiHoYo will enter the first tier of domestic large models within two to three years.

Microsoft CEO Nadella shares agent usage insights: emphasizes follow-up questioning and causal reasoning over blind trust ↗

He said, 'I will not just take the results given by the model at face value; I also operate it, question it, and continue reasoning around those results. So we now even have what I call the in-Excel loop, that is, the Excel agent, and it is very capable.'

Google adds Colab premium benefits for Google AI subscribers, with access to high-performance cloud computing resources ↗

Google Colab premium benefits are officially added to the Google AI subscription system; subscribers can receive additional compute units and use more powerful cloud resources such as GPU and TPU. #Google AI# #Colab# Existing Pro and Pro+ are unaffected, compute units accumulate, and benefits will roll out gradually over the coming weeks.