ENLatest AI NewsKimi Collaborates with American Express and Agricultural Bank to Officially Launch the First AI-Native Credit CardOn July 10, the first AI-native credit card, the “Kimi Card,” was launched in partnership with Kimi, American Express, and Agricultural Bank of China. Prepared since April and open for reservations in June, it integrates AI services as core benefits, marking a shift from software subscriptions to financial ecosystem integration and pioneering agent-based payment and AI computing consumption…..just now7.1KLarge Model Company Launches Smartphones to Compete with OpenAI: Step Stars to Unveil Its First AI Agent Terminal on July 13thJieyue Xingchen to hold July 13 conference themed ‘True Agent in the Agent Era,’ unveiling next-gen agent terminal products, possibly including AI terminal brand, agent system, and first AI agent phone. Aligns with OpenAI’s push for new AI terminals, signaling industry acceleration in agent hardware…..just now8.7KTencent to Take Over Manus and Become the Largest Shareholder, Valuation of $2 Billion to Focus on Intelligent Body EcosystemTencent is negotiating to become the largest shareholder of Singapore AI startup Manus, after Meta’s $2B acquisition was ordered revoked. Existing backers including Tencent, ZhenFund, and Sequoia China plan to support the revocation at the same valuation, with Tencent subscribing for the most shares and possibly retaining a minority stake…..just now9.7KGoogle Releases LiteRT.js: AI Inference Runs Up to 3 Times Faster with WebAssembly Hardware AccelerationGoogle released LiteRT.js, replacing TensorFlow.js’s JavaScript kernel. It uses WebAssembly and deeply integrates WebGPU and WebNN hardware acceleration, significantly improving AI/ML runtime efficiency in browsers. WebAssembly enables near-native high-performance computing, optimizing in-browser inference speed…..just now12.2KGPT-5.6 Officially Released Today: Three Pricing Tiers Outperform Competitors, AI Development Enters a New Era of Cost-EffectivenessOpenAI releases three models in the GPT-5.6 series: flagship Sol, balanced Terra, and cost-effective Luna. These models cover ChatGPT, Codex, and API within 24 hours. The lowest pricing is $1 per million input tokens and $6 per million output tokens, just one sixteenth of competitors’. Performance comprehensively surpasses Claude, focusing on programming and cybersecurity, with the core selling point being extreme cost-effectiveness.just now18.7KMusk publicly admits he was wrong: Anthropic is the leader in AI, I won’t pull its serversMusk rarely admits misjudging Anthropic, now hailing it as an AI leader and pledging uninterrupted compute supply—a stark reversal from last year’s dismissive stance. SpaceX has already leased compute to Anthropic, highlighting deepening interdependence…..just now10.1KMiniMax Completes New Round of Financing Worth 16 Billion Hong Kong Dollars; Founder Yan Junjie Announces Zero Salary Until Achieving AGIMiniMax raised HK$16B, allocating 80% to AI infrastructure and model research. Founder Yan Junjie pledged to forgo salary until AGI and give 5% shares to motivate the team and open-source community…..just now10.5KGenerating 2 billion USD! MiniMax completes a new round of financing worth 16 billion HKD with more than 7 times oversubscriptionMiniMax completes HK$16B (over $2B) funding for AI infrastructure, cutting-edge model R&D, and global expansion. The round saw strong international interest, exceeding the original $1.8B plan…..just now10.4KPre-train from Scratch: Ant Lingbo Releases the Embodied Native World Action Model LingBot-VA 2.0On July 10, Ant Lingbo unveiled LingBot-VA2.0, the first embodied native world action model. It shifts robot foundation models from digital grafting to native physical-world design, creating a ‘brain’ from primal interaction needs like dynamic modeling and causal prediction…..just now10.1KByteDance Seedance 2.5 Model Will Fully Open API on July 16ByteDance’s Seedance 2.5 video generation model opens API fully on July 16 for commercial use, lowering high-quality video creation barriers. Announced June 23, official release early July. Jimeng subsidiary offers membership discounts…..just now11.2KJPMorgan Pours Cold Water on AI Investment Frenzy: Market No Longer Buys Everything Related to AIJPMorgan strategist David Lebovitz notes investors are shifting from blind AI hype to rational discernment. As AI becomes a cross-asset theme, Wall Street must distinguish risks from rewards. The market is now dissecting the supply chain to separate oversupply from strong demand, moving beyond pure frenzy…..just now10.2KGoogle Launches New Feature in My Ad Center: Automatically Disclosing Generative AI Ad InformationGoogle adds a ‘How this ad was made’ section in Ad Center to increase gen AI ad transparency, covering Search, YouTube, and Discover. Ads made with Google’s AI tools for text, images, or events will auto-display AI labels; third-party AI content i