2025 has brought continuous surprises to China's humanoid robot sector. On March 11th, Zhiyuan Robotics officially launched the bipedal intelligent interactive humanoid robot, Lingxi X2, capable of riding scooters, balance bikes, bicycles, and even sewing grapes. Furthermore, at the 2025 Embodied AI Robot Development Conference, Wang Tianyou, Vice President of Tianjin University, stated that the global humanoid robot market is expected to see an annual growth rate exceeding 30% over the next five years. By 2030, China's humanoid robot market is projected to approach a trillion yuan scale. Qichacha data shows that currently in China...

Today, Chinese AI company DeepSeek officially refuted rumors that its next-generation AI model, DeepSeek R2, will be released on March 17th. Previous rumors circulating on X claimed DeepSeek R2 would launch in mid-March, potentially offering breakthroughs in programming capabilities, multilingual reasoning, and cost-effectiveness. However, DeepSeek's official corporate account clarified in user groups: "Rumor debunked: The R2 release is false." This definitively puts an end to the speculation.

The LLMs.txt Generator has received a major update with the release of version 2. This tool quickly converts any website content into text files usable by AI agents or Large Language Models (LLMs), greatly benefiting AI application developers and users. Developed by the @firecrawl_dev team and fully supported by their official llmstxt endpoint, the new version boasts an incredible 10x speed improvement over its predecessor. The LLMs.txt Generator v2...

Court documents obtained by The New York Times reveal a closer-than-expected relationship between Google and San Francisco-based AI startup Anthropic. The filings show Google currently holds a 14% stake in Anthropic and plans to invest a further $750 million this year through a convertible debt agreement. This brings Google's total investment in Anthropic to over $3 billion. Image caption: Image generated by AI, licensed through Midjourney.

Dexterity, a leading AI-powered robotics company, has announced a $95 million funding round, boosting its valuation to $1.65 billion. This significant investment highlights the growing interest in and potential of AI-driven automation in various industries.

On March 11th, the Tongyi Lab team announced the open-sourcing of the R1-Omni model, marking a significant advancement in multimodal model development. This model integrates reinforcement learning with verifiable reward (RLVR) methods, focusing on improving reasoning capabilities and generalization performance in multimodal emotion recognition tasks. R1-Omni's training is divided into two stages. In the cold-start phase, the team fine-tuned the model using a combined dataset containing 580 video clips sourced from Explainable Multimodal Emotion...

Recently, realme UI product manager Kang Da Leo announced a significant update: the Xiaobu Assistant in realme UI 6.0 has officially integrated the full version of DeepSeek-R1. This update covers six realme models, including the realme GT7 Pro, realme GT7 Pro Racing Edition, realme Neo7, realme Neo7 SE, realme GT5 Pro, and realme GT6, bringing a more intelligent and efficient user experience to numerous realme phone users.

Apple has released iOS 18.4 Beta 3 to developers, featuring a significant advancement in its Apple Intelligence AI with the introduction of Chinese language support. According to official announcements, the Apple Intelligence feature in iOS 18.4 Beta 3 now supports multiple international languages, including French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese. Furthermore, Apple Intelligence has been localized for English in Singapore and India.

GPU cloud services company CoreWeave recently announced a five-year, $119 billion strategic partnership agreement with OpenAI. Under the agreement, CoreWeave will provide OpenAI with the necessary computing power to support the training and delivery of its AI models. This significant deal marks a deepening collaboration between the two companies in the field of artificial intelligence. As part of the collaboration, CoreWeave will also issue $3...

According to the South China Morning Post, Alibaba is aggressively pushing the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, aiming for 100% adoption of AI tools by all merchants by the end of 2025, according to Zhang Kuo, president of Alibaba International Wholesale. Currently, over half of the approximately 200,000 merchants are using Alibaba's AI applications weekly. Launched in early 2024, these AI tools are designed to assist merchants with marketing, product management, customer interaction, and risk control. These measures are part of Alibaba's...

CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed AI startup, has announced a five-year, $11.9 billion contract with OpenAI. This deal comes as CoreWeave prepares for an upcoming IPO and provides a significant boost to the company. Image note: Image generated by AI, image licensing provider Midjourney, based on CoreWeave's announcement. The company will provide AI infrastructure for OpenAI.

According to recent posts on X, DeepSeek's next-generation AI model, DeepSeek R2, is potentially launching on March 17th. This news has generated significant industry buzz, with many believing it could pose a strong challenge to existing AI giants such as Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 3.7. A post by X user tanvitabs early this morning suggests DeepSeek R2 boasts breakthroughs in several key areas, including improved...