Recently, at the Global Developer Conference (GDC), Turing Robot officially launched its latest product—the Xiao Wen Mobile Digital Person. This product has attracted the attention of many attendees with its flexible and movable body, high intelligence in Q&A capabilities, and smooth interaction experience, making it a highlight of the conference.

Apple Inc. announced through its official website early today that its smart features are set to undergo a significant update, with a notably expanded range of supported languages. The newly added languages include French, German, Italian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese, along with localized English versions for Singapore and India.

Recently, Shenzhen Futian District and Guangzhou announced the launch of 'AI Civil Servants' (Smart Employees) based on the DeepSeek large model, marking a significant step forward in smart governance development for both regions. According to the 'Happy Futian' public account, Futian District has introduced AI smart employees developed based on DeepSeek and upgraded its governance large model to version 2.0. These 'smart employees' not only possess the general capabilities of DeepSeek but also offer personalized adaptations to the actual business processes of various departments.

Supported by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, biotech startup Retro Biosciences is in the midst of a $1 billion Series A funding round, furthering its ambition to extend human lifespan. Previously, Altman invested $180 million in seed funding for the company. Retro Biosciences aims not only to extend human lifespan but also to prolong healthy lifespan, ensuring people remain in good health towards the end of their lives.

Recently, Shenzhen Yuanxiang Information Technology Co., Ltd. officially launched its leading intelligent digital human platform 'Yuanxiang Ribao', providing a new solution for brand presentation and content production. The platform has quickly attracted the attention of various industries with its high customization capabilities, real-time interaction features, and one-click broadcasting convenience.

Apple plans to automatically enable its artificial intelligence (AI) feature, Apple Intelligence, for eligible users in the upcoming updates for iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS 15.3. According to release notes discovered by 9to5Mac, both new users and those upgrading to the latest operating system will automatically experience the powerful capabilities of Apple Intelligence. Image source note: Image generated by AI.

In today's digital world, the use of short text has become central to online communication. However, these texts often lack common vocabulary or context, posing numerous challenges for Artificial Intelligence (AI) during analysis. In response, Justin Miller, an English Literature graduate student and data scientist from the University of Sydney, proposed a novel approach that utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) to gain deeper understanding and analysis of short texts. Miller's research focuses on how to analyze a vast array of short texts, such as social media profiles,

Apple recently released the iOS 18.3 developer beta and has decided to temporarily disable the AI summary feature for news and entertainment app notifications. This feature, originally supported by Apple's smart technology, received considerable criticism from users during its use, particularly due to serious errors in summarizing content, such as misinterpretations of reports from the BBC. According to reports from MacRumors and 9to5Mac, Apple stated that it will re-enable this feature in future software updates and continue to improve it.

Recently, Apple Inc. announced the suspension of all news and entertainment app summary notifications in the latest developer previews of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3 due to severe misinformation in AI-generated news summaries. This adjustment stems from a complaint made by the BBC, which pointed out that Apple’s AI system seriously distorted facts in a report, falsely claiming that Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, chose to shoot.

OpenAI is taking action in the field of local news. Recently, the media organization Axios announced a three-year partnership with OpenAI. Under this agreement, OpenAI will fund Axios's expansion of local news newsletters in four new cities, including Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kansas City, Missouri; Boulder, Colorado; and Huntsville, Alabama. Notably, this collaboration marks the first time OpenAI has directly funded news initiatives in partnership with them.

Recently, the AI Assistant DeepSeek surprisingly launched an official app, covering both iOS and Android versions. The release was quite low-key, with even DeepSeek not conducting extensive promotion. Currently, DeepSeek's features are relatively simple and straightforward, focusing primarily on 'deep thinking' and 'online search'. Deep thinking involves generating an internal reasoning chain before answering user questions, analyzing the problem step by step, and arriving at a conclusion, utilizing DeepSeek-R1-Lit.

Recently, Visual China announced that it will accelerate the implementation of 'AI Technology + Visual Data + Application Scenarios'. As one of the early cultural technology companies in China to apply internet technology to copyright visual content services, Visual China is actively exploring the deep integration of AI technology with high-quality visual content production alongside its partners, aiming to provide more powerful 'efficiency tools' for content creators and legitimate content users.

Recently, Analysys released the report 'Top Ten Trends in AI Industry Development by 2025', which shows that Quark ranks first in China’s active AI application user list, and is the only AI application where the share of post-00s users exceeds 50%. The report indicates that the initial form of diverse application scenarios is emerging, with major tech companies occupying the first tier of AI applications, led by Quark and Doubao. The ranking reveals that products from major tech companies such as Quark under Alibaba and Doubao from ByteDance dominate the top tier of AI applications. Notably, in July 2024, Quark Mobile.