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Tesla’s Optimus Gen 3 Finalized: Musk Threatens to Replace Entire Procurement Team If Output Targets Missed
July 10, 2026 – Tesla has rolled out formal component procurement benchmarks to its supply chain network, laying out rigid volume milestones for the Optimus Gen 3 humanoid robot after more than three years of in-house R&D, industry insiders familiar with the matter disclosed. Under the newly issued procurement roadmap, manufacturing partners must ramp their…
Hikrobot Hits Global No.1 Milestone With Its 200,000th Mobile Robot Offline
July 7, 2026 – Hikrobot has officially announced that its 200,000th mobile robot rolled off the production line today, with the milestone unit being an F4 fork-type autonomous mobile robot (AMR). The brand’s cumulative production volume stood at only 180,000 units just two months ago, marking an output of an extra 20,000 robots within this…
Coinbase Switches to Chinese Open-Source AI Models, Slashing LLM Costs by Nearly Half
June 30, 2026 – A quiet but industry-shaking shift is unfolding across Silicon Valley: U.S. tech firms are increasingly integrating Chinese open-source AI models directly into their production-grade infrastructure, as skyrocketing costs from leading domestic LLM providers push enterprises to seek far more cost-effective alternatives without sacrificing performance. Leading the charge is major cryptocurrency exchange…
Doubao Denies Social Feature Plans Amid Reports of Feishu Integration and WeChat Competition Speculation
June 29, 2026 – Recent user posts on social media have sparked widespread discussion, claiming that ByteDance’s AI assistant Doubao is running a gray-scale test of social features, with a newly added “Conversations” tab and full integration with the Feishu account system. Screenshots shared by netizens show that Doubao has rolled out a standalone “Conversations”…
GLM 5.2 Shatters the Ceiling: First Chinese Model to Crack the Global AI Top Three
June 22, 2026 – Zhipu AI’s latest GLM 5.2 model has claimed the third spot on the Artificial Analysis Global Leaderboard for AI intelligence, marking the first time a Chinese model has broken into the top three. According to a new note from Jefferies, the model also ranks fourth worldwide in coding proficiency and second…
China Tops U.S. in AI Token Usage for Sixth Straight Week, With All Top 4 Models Homegrown
June 8, 2026 – Global AI model usage hit a fresh milestone last week, with total token consumption soaring to 36.1 trillion between June 1 and 7 — a 13.5% jump from the prior week, marking seven consecutive weeks of growth, according to new data released by OpenRouter. China’s AI sector continues to outpace the…
Chinese Robot Smashes Both Ball and Wall With One Kick — Netizens Call It a “Bomb Drop”
May 30, 2026 – Beijing-based robotics startup Accelerated Evolution has released training footage of its humanoid robot smashing a soccer ball so hard that both the wall and the ball cracked on impact, sparking a wave of amused reactions online. The footage, showcasing the company’s flagship model Booster T1, quickly went viral. Viewers joked that…
NVIDIA Executive: Every Company Will Soon Need Its Own AI Factory
May 29, 2026 – The 2026 World Intelligence Industry Expo kicked off on Wednesday at the National Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, and one message from the stage stood out above the rest: every company will soon need its own AI factory. Jiang Tao, NVIDIA’s vice president of global operations, took the spotlight during…
Unitree Robotics Set for Historic STAR Market Debut as IPO Hearing Date Locked for June 1
May 26, 2026 – Unitree Robotics, one of the rising stars among Hangzhou’s so-called “Six Little Dragons,” is gearing up for what could be a landmark debut on China’s A-share market. The Shanghai Stock Exchange’s listing review committee has scheduled its 31st session for June 1, 2026, where the company’s initial public offering application will…
Meta Cuts 7,800 Jobs But Turns to Remaining Staff’s Work Data to Train Its AI Models
May 26, 2026 – Meta appears to be leveraging its recent workforce reductions as a strategic asset in its artificial intelligence push, according to newly surfaced internal comments from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The company, which revealed in April that it would trim approximately 10% of its headcount — impacting roughly 7,800 roles — has handled…