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Raised RMB 2 billion in 10 months, and another AI unicorn emerged—Shanghai state-owned capital invested.

January 9, 2017 | 智东西
Raised RMB 2 billion in 10 months, and another AI unicorn emerged—Shanghai state-owned capital invested.
Zhidx (WeChat official account: zhidxcom) Author | Yang Jingli Editor | Li Shuiqing Zhidx reported on November 5 that today, Sand.ai (Sandai Technology), a Shanghai-based video generation foundation model startup, announced the completion of US$200 million (approximately RMB 1.334 billion) in a Series A+ funding round. This was the third funding round the company completed in 2026, bringing its cumulative fundraising over 10 months to US$300 million (appro

280B total parameters, 14B activated! Baidu open-sources ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base, achieving SOTA at the same scale

July 12, 2021 | 智东西
280B total parameters, 14B activated! Baidu open-sources ERNIE 5.5 Flash Base, achieving SOTA at the same scale
Zhidx (WeChat official account: zhidxcom) Author | Sanbei Editor | Moying Zhidx reported on November 5 that Baidu officially released and open-sourced ERNIE-5.5-Flash-Base today. The model uses a sparse MoE architecture and has a total of 280B parameters, with only 14B parameters activated per token. It completed pretraining from scratch on 33.5T tokens, with a maximum training context length of 128K, while fine-tuning and inference support a context lengt

Speech by ZhiXiang Founder Mei Tao: Proposing the Construction of an Agentic Omnimodal World Model

August 3, 2025 | 智东西
Speech by ZhiXiang Founder Mei Tao: Proposing the Construction of an Agentic Omnimodal World Model
Zhidx (WeChat public account: zhidxcom) Author | ZeR0 Editor | Moying Zhidx reported on November 5 that the second International Engineering Intelligence Conference of the 2026 World Laureates Forum was held recently. At the conference, Tao Mei, a foreign member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and founder and CEO of Zhixiang Yuanyi (HiDream.ai), delivered a speech proposing the construction of agentic omnimodal world models (Agentic Omnimodal World

Alibaba Releases 2026 AI for Good Report: Data Center Computing Power Density Nearly Quintuples in Two Years, Green Electricity Share Reaches 73.6%

October 23, 2017 | 智东西
Alibaba Releases 2026 AI for Good Report: Data Center Computing Power Density Nearly Quintuples in Two Years, Green Electricity Share Reaches 73.6%
Zhidongxi (WeChat official account: zhidxcom) Author | Yang Jingli Editor | Li Shuiqing Zhidongxi reported on November 5 that Alibaba released the “Alibaba AI for Good Action Report 2026” today. The report centers on “Full-stack AI, collaborating for good” and proposes that AI development must simultaneously meet three conditions: “socially acceptable, environmentally sustainable, and economically sustainable”. The report’s AI-for-Good initiatives cover he

Former Huawei Pangu lead Wang Yunhe founds RSI and unveils a 125-billion-parameter agentic large model

August 1, 2016 | 智东西
Former Huawei Pangu lead Wang Yunhe founds RSI and unveils a 125-billion-parameter agentic large model
Zhidx (WeChat official account: zhidxcom) Author | Sun Xiaowen Editor | Cheng Qian Zhidx reported on Nov. 5 that Beijing-based large-model startup TokenRhythm today released a large model for agent tasksNeoHorse-1.5-Flash Preview and opened it to internal beta testing. According to TokenRhythm, the model underwent recursive self-improvement (RSI) iterations based on Qwen3.8-Flash. The main model has 125 billion parameters, with 6 billion activated. Accordi

Intel Participates in the 9th China International Import Expo, Showcasing Energy-Efficient Computing Advances to Support Green Development in the Era of AI Agents

June 25, 2022 | 智东西
Intel Participates in the 9th China International Import Expo, Showcasing Energy-Efficient Computing Advances to Support Green Development in the Era of AI Agents
Zhidx (WeChat public account: zhidxcom) Author | ZeR0 Editor | Moying Zhidx reported on Nov. 5 that the ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE) opened in Shanghai today. Intel, together with its ecosystem partners, showcased at the Technical Equipment Exhibition Areacomputing products spanning data centers, the network edge and intelligent terminals; an integrated solution combining green electricity, energy storage and computing capacity; Token-in-a-

Altman is getting antsy, and OpenAI pulls out its new GPT-6 Cyber model overnight.

July 31, 2022 | 智东西
Altman is getting antsy, and OpenAI pulls out its new GPT-6 Cyber model overnight.
Zhidx (WeChat official account: zhidxcom) Author | Li Shuiqing Editor | Yun Peng Zhidx reported on November 6 that OpenAI today unveiled a new model, GPT-6 Cyber, focused on security research. The model achieved significant improvements over GPT-5.6 Cyber on key cybersecurity benchmarks. In the ExploitGym security test, GPT-6 Cyber scored 48.5%, compared with 32.1% for GPT-5.6 Cyber, a relative improvement of 51%. ▲OpenAI posted an announcement on social p

Debut After AMD Acquisition! Fei-Fei Li Unveils “Atlas Turbo Edition,” Bringing Real-Time World Models to Your Browser

October 17, 2019 | 智东西
Debut After AMD Acquisition! Fei-Fei Li Unveils “Atlas Turbo Edition,” Bringing Real-Time World Models to Your Browser
Zhidx (WeChat Official Account: zhidxcom) Author | Wang Han Editor | Yun Peng Zhidx reported on November 6 that World Labs, the world model team of “AI godmother” Li Fei-Fei, had just releasedFrameboy, a real-time streaming generation demo optimized on the basis of Atlas. Frameboy streams frames from cloud GPUs, with speeds of up to 15 FPS, meaning that a new frame can be obtained roughly every 67 milliseconds. In comparison, Genie 3, the world model relea

You can now video call with Muse! Netizens are having fun: creating their own animated virtual avatars and letting AI characters role-play.

June 17, 2022 | 智东西
You can now video call with Muse! Netizens are having fun: creating their own animated virtual avatars and letting AI characters role-play.
Zhidx (WeChat official account: zhidxcom) Author | Sun Xiaowen Editor | Cheng Qian Zhidx reported on November 6 that Meta began opening its personal AI agent Muse’sreal-time voice and animated avatarfeatures to users in the United States early this morning. Users can create their own animated avatars for Muse and converse with them directly. The avatar changes its expressions and movements as the conversation progresses, much like being on a “video call.”

Starting today, Claude can help you manage your finances.

April 23, 2024 | 智东西
Starting today, Claude can help you manage your finances.
AI Application Trends (WeChat Official Account: ZhidxcomAI) Compiled by | Bi Weihao Edited by | Mo Ying Zhidx reported on November 6 that, in the early morning, Anthropic announced the launch of a personal finance feature for Claude (Personal Finance). Users can connect bank and credit card accounts, directly check balances in natural language, analyze spending records, and track bills. It can also identify duplicate charges, unusual fees, and other issues

The $10 Billion Social Circle of Zuckerberg’s 29-Year-Old “Successor” Hides a “New Silicon Valley Mafia”

November 25, 2016 | 智东西
The $10 Billion Social Circle of Zuckerberg’s 29-Year-Old “Successor” Hides a “New Silicon Valley Mafia”
Zhidx (WeChat public account: zhidxcom) Author | Jiang Yu Editor | Yun Peng A “new Silicon Valley Mafia” made up of Wall Street quant interns has returned to the spotlight. Zhidx reported on November 4 that the UK’s Financial Times had recently published a profile of Meta’s Chief AI Officer, 29-year-old Chinese-American entrepreneur Alexander Wang (Alexandr Wang),discussing his influence inside Meta and the possibility of one day succeeding Zuckerberg as t

Former OpenAI CTO launches a new model, letting users train their own AI! Startup’s valuation reportedly surges toward 260 billion yuan

April 12, 2025 | 智东西
Former OpenAI CTO launches a new model, letting users train their own AI! Startup’s valuation reportedly surges toward 260 billion yuan
Zhidx (official account: zhidxcom) Author | Sun Xiaowen Editor | Cheng Qian Zhidx, November 6 — Today, Thinking Machines Lab, the U.S. AI startup founded by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, released the general-purpose multimodal model Inkling 2 Small, and will next weekmake its weights openly available. The model focuses on improving custom-training performance, supports developers in further training it with their own data, and can als

22.7 billion—the biggest generator mega-deal in AI history is here!

July 17, 2025 | 智东西
22.7 billion—the biggest generator mega-deal in AI history is here!
Zhidx (WeChat official account: zhidxcom) Compiled by | Li Shuiqing Edited by | Xinyuan Zhidx reported on November 9 that, according to the UK's Financial Times, Anthropiccompleted a transaction in late September with OnePWR Solutions, an equipment supplier based in San Antonio, Texas, for $3.4 billion (approximately RMB 22.7 billion), securing a supply of 1.7 gigawatts of heavy-duty generators for data center power. The UK's Financial Times said the deal

Grok Bot Hands-On Test: Becoming a “Cloud-Based AI Team” and Taking On Two Domestic Agents Head-to-Head with the Same Task

March 6, 2022 | 雷锋网 AI
Grok Bot Hands-On Test: Becoming a “Cloud-Based AI Team” and Taking On Two Domestic Agents Head-to-Head with the Same Task
One codebase can run on all chips. Author | Wu Haiming Editors |Li Na, Cen Feng 01The Evolution of Grok Bot:From “Chatbox” to “Cloud Computer”Musk recently added new capabilities to Grok Bot. (Leiphone(official account: Leiphone))On October 7, he said on X that Grok Bot would integrate with top-tier third-party models such as Claude Opus 5.5, Midjourney, and Suno; and more recently, it has undergone a fundamental paradigm shift:The main bot will identify w

ByteDance identified recurring weaknesses in DeepSeek. We tested V4.1 ourselves, and the results were somewhat different.

April 9, 2016 | 雷锋网 AI
ByteDance identified recurring weaknesses in DeepSeek. We tested V4.1 ourselves, and the results were somewhat different.
Will DeepSeek change its answer if only irrelevant tokens are added before the same piece of code? Author | Li Na Editor | Cen Feng 01Why does DeepSeek sometimes answer correctly and sometimes incorrectly?For the same code-completion question, adding just a few irrelevant tokens before it may cause DeepSeek to change its answer.(For details, see:ByteDance Discovers a Hidden DeepSeek Bug; Add a Few Spaces and the Model Fails)This is the phenomenon observed

AI Products Face Elimination as Competition Begins: Vanish in as Little as 76 Days; Tens of Millions of Users Could Also End Up Bankrupt

February 14, 2015 | 雷锋网 AI
AI Products Face Elimination as Competition Begins: Vanish in as Little as 76 Days; Tens of Millions of Users Could Also End Up Bankrupt
In the AI era, the slower you learn, the less outdated material you have to learn. Author |Li Na Editor |Cen Feng Each generation has its own eggs to claim. (Leiphone(WeChat Official Account: Leiphone))Previously, people lined up outside supermarkets to collect free eggs; now, they camp out in AI communities for invitation codes, scramble for beta-testing slots, and accumulate free credits. Every time a new Agent is released, people rush to find a way to t

Hands-On Test | Instant Connection: Muse Is Back with OpenClaw

November 30, 2025 | 雷锋网 AI
Hands-On Test | Instant Connection: Muse Is Back with OpenClaw
Muse Teardown: How the Same Claw Core Can Interact with People in a Different Way. Author |Rhea Editor | Li Na, Cen FengAround September 20, a post was widely shared on X. AI app co-founder Ansh Nanda asked Meta’s newly launched personal agent, Muse, why its system files were almost identical to those of the open-source project OpenClaw. He captioned the screenshot with the commentMuse is LITERALLY OpenClaw for normies. Muse is simply OpenClaw for ordinary

Hands-On Test of Kling 4.0: How to Get an AI to Dance and Get Closer to the Ideal Result?

June 23, 2017 | 雷锋网 AI
Hands-On Test of Kling 4.0: How to Get an AI to Dance and Get Closer to the Ideal Result?
In 2004, Zhang Yimou captured an unforgettable water-sleeve drum dance in *House of Flying Daggers*. (Leifeng Network (official account: Leifeng Network)) The dancer portrayed by Zhang Ziyi stood at the center of a drum formation. Leaping and spinning to the music, she sent two long water sleeves billowing through the air, sometimes tracing immense arcs and sometimes whipping them toward the drums surrounding her. The performer's movements, the trajectory

Hands-On Test | GPT 6.1 Sol Goes Head-to-Head with Sonnet 5.5: One Is Too Guileless, the Other Is Razor-Sharp

April 1, 2015 | 雷锋网 AI
Hands-On Test | GPT 6.1 Sol Goes Head-to-Head with Sonnet 5.5: One Is Too Guileless, the Other Is Razor-Sharp
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5.5 on September 28, and OpenAI released GPT 6.1 Sol on September 29. Coincidentally, the two models have exactly the same listed API prices on OpenRouter: $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Leiphone(WeChat public account: Leiphone) The two companies are moving in highly similar directions: compressing the capabilities of near-top-tiermodels into a product tier that is faster, cheaper, and suited

No. 1 on the leaderboard, market cap plunges! Behind Gemini 4 Carbon’s “rapid rise” lies a high-stakes gamble by Google

October 12, 2025 | 雷锋网 AI
No. 1 on the leaderboard, market cap plunges! Behind Gemini 4 Carbon’s “rapid rise” lies a high-stakes gamble by Google
Gemini 4 CarbonTops the leaderboard, hallucination rate rises: What’s Google in such a rush to release models? Author | Gao Yunyi Editor | Cen Feng Yesterday, Google unveiled the world model Genie 4, prompting people to exclaim, “This is absolutely crazy.” This morning, Google quickly followed up with Gemini 4 Carbon, immediately topping the leaderboards and “reclaiming the global No. 1 spot.” On top of that, with Gemini 4 Argon released two weeks ago, Goo