ENLatest AI NewsApple HomePod mini 2 Expected to Launch This Autumn: Six Years of Development, AI Chip as the Core of the UpgradeThe first HomePod mini update in nearly six years may arrive this fall; delay due to waiting for next-gen Siri. New Apple TV 4K, full-size HomePod, and smart home displays are also postponed by AI delays, showing AI readiness now dictates Apple’s hardware timing…..just now4.8KDeepSeek V4 Pro Launches on Silicon Flow: A Million-Level Context Window with Three Levels of Reasoning Intensity, Cache Hit Cost Just $0.44 per Million TokensDeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 debuts Day-0 on SiliconFlow, featuring 1M context and low/high/max inference modes, focused on coding, tool calling, and agent workflows, MIT open source. Pricing: $1.32/M input, $3.96/M output, $0.44/M cache hit, with notable cache cost advantage…..just now5.1KBid Farewell to the Illusion of Local Models: Bailing Team Joins Forces with AReno to Establish a Local Intelligent Agent Reinforcement Learning LoopDeploying large models locally does not equate to being capable of handling real-world business tasks. AI still needs to accurately understand complex rules, adhere to safety boundaries, and correctly call external tools. To address this challenge, the Ant ASystem team has collaborated with AReno, a local training toolkit maintained by the open-source community, and the Bailing large model to introduce a lightweight post-training practice path, aiming to enhance the model’s ability to be applied in business scenarios.just now6.8KJD Seven Fresh Coffee Global Launch: 24-Hour Unmanned Store - Robots Make Coffee, AI Recommends Drinks, Located at Beijing Galaxy SohoJD Seven Fresh Coffee’s first 24-hour intelligent unmanned coffee shop will open on August 16th in Beijing Galaxy Soho. On the opening day, a live broadcast of robot-made coffee will be launched and a Guinness World Record attempt will begin. Customers who visit the store can get free robot-made coffee. The store focuses on 24/7 full automation, offering coffee, sparkling water, tea, probiotic juice, and more available at any time, with orders fulfilled instantly.just now6.0KUnlock Complex Office Work with Millions of Context! Kingsoft Office Linti Fully Launched, DeepSeek-V4 Official Version Dual ModelsKingsoft Office Lingxi Pro integrated DeepSeek-V4-Pro on Aug 14, 2026. Users switch manually without setup. Supports 1M token context, max output 384K tokens, benchmarks improved over Preview, differentiated real-world advantages…..just now7.3KBaidu GenFlow Officially Announces Chinese Name Kuku AI: Launches PC, Web, Mini Program, and Enterprise EditionOn August 14, Baidu Wenku’s general intelligent agent GenFlow was officially renamed “Kuku AI” and operates independently, launching a product matrix including PC client, web version, mini program, and enterprise edition. Its monthly active users have exceeded 100 million, with over 25 million monthly active users for AI office, covering personal office, web, mobile, and enterprise scenarios.just now6.1KGLM-5.3 Released by Zhipu: 740 Billion Parameters Stay the Same, Performance Improved by 50% Through Post-Training Programming Ability Approaches Fable 5Zhipu released GLM-5.3, still with 740B+ parameters, same base as GLM-5.2, no trillion-param upgrade (possibly for 5.5). Post-training boosts performance 50% over predecessor, tops open-source leaderboards; coding and agent abilities near Claude Fable5, coding experience better than other Chinese models…..just now8.9KJia Zhangke’s New Film ‘Dunhuang Mama’ Is Registered: A Solo Mother Falls in Love with AI and Travels Across ChinaJia Zhangke’s new screenwritten film ‘Dunhuang Mama’ has been registered, telling the story of a solitary mother in Dunhuang who uses AI to alleviate loneliness and gain knowledge about the outside world, eventually completing a journey across China. The film stars Zhao Tao and Liao Fan, and is expected to be released in 2027.just now5.2KAntitrust Storm Sweeps the Tech Industry: U.S. Department of Justice Strongly Advances Injunctions, Firefox Faces Survival CrisisThe U.S. DOJ pushes to ban Google from paying browsers to lock default search engine in antitrust case, threatening Mozilla’s survival. Google spends over $26B yearly to maintain default status; court previously rejected a total ban; impact watched…..just now6.8KTencent’s Large Model Personnel Adjustment: Xu Can, Head of Yuan After Training, Transfers to WeChat WeLMTencent reshuffles LLM team: Xu Can, senior Hunyuan researcher, moves to WeChat Group’s WeLM team, focusing on post-training and agent development. He created WizardLM and proposed Evol-Instruct, with deep expertise in synthetic data and reinforcement learning. The move comes as WeChat AI accelerates deployment…..just now7.3KDeep Integration with Local Ecosystem: Apple and Alibaba Partner to Develop a China-specific Large ModelApple faces sales pressure in China and is adjusting its AI strategy. It has trained a dedicate