2026
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Alibaba's Amap unveils ABot, a 5-in-1 AI framework that unites a robot's 'brain and limbs'
Alibaba's mapping unit, Amap, has updated ABot, which it calls the world's first framework to link a robot's legs, arms and 'brain' in a single system.
Tencent Hunyuan's Multimodal AI Chief Hu Han Departs as Team Pivots to World Models
Hu Han, who led multimodal understanding at Tencent Hunyuan, is leaving to found a startup; his group is being redirected to world models research.
Google Justifies Multibillion-Dollar AI Spending With Google Cloud Growth
Alphabet's record profit was driven by its Google Cloud business, where corporate demand for AI services and AI infrastructure helps justify the company's huge…
Anthropic's Claude Cowork Learns New Skills From Screen Recordings and Voice
Kimi K3 Refuses to Reveal Its System Prompt and Answers With Sarcasm
Black Operator Ventures: Black Founders Need to Close the Series A Gap in the AI Era
404 Media on AI Slop and AI Music: The Behind the Blog Episode "Infinite Bowl Machine"
Alibaba Bans Claude Code in China After Anthropic Tracking-Code Scandal
Alibaba ordered staff to remove Claude Code after Anthropic embedded code that identifies Chinese users, but developers are in no hurry to switch to domestic…
DeepSeek's $7.4B Round Pushes Asian Startup Funding to a Three-Year High
Investors put $42.8B into Asian startups in Q2 2026, a record in more than three years. China's DeepSeek alone accounted for $7.4B, nearly a sixth of the total.
Xiaomi-Robotics-1: More Data Matters More Than Model Size in Robot Training
Together AI and Y Combinator launch first dedicated GPU cluster for YC startups
US Treasury Threatens Sanctions on Moonshot Over Distilling Anthropic's Fable Into Kimi K3
Fintech Investment Rose 23% in H1 2026 as Capital Piles Into AI and Infrastructure
ServiceNow Beats Sales Forecasts and Credits Its AI Tools for the Growth
ServiceNow reported quarterly sales and new-contract volume above Wall Street expectations, attributing the growth to demand for its new enterprise AI tools.
Alphabet raises 2026 capex forecast to $205 billion in AI race
Alphabet has lifted its 2026 capital expenditure forecast to $195–205 billion, a record outlay on data centers and compute to stay ahead in the AI race.
Alibaba unveils Qwen3.8-Max-Preview, which it says trails only Claude Fable 5
Alibaba has released a preview of its 2.4-trillion-parameter flagship, Qwen3.8-Max-Preview, and claims it trails only Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.
Moonshot Releases Kimi K3, the Largest Open Model Yet at 2.8 Trillion Parameters
Simon Willison Built an LLM Cliché Detector on Fable 5
Microsoft and Mistral Sign Multibillion-Dollar Deal on AI Infrastructure in Europe
District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp Releases Short Film Made Entirely With Seedance 2.0
Robotics Startup AgiBot Prepares Hong Kong IPO, With Citic, CICC and Morgan Stanley as Sponsors
Chinese humanoid robot maker AgiBot is preparing an initial public offering in Hong Kong and has already hired three sponsors: Citic Securities, CICC and Morgan…
Google Cloud's contract backlog hits $514 billion as AI infrastructure demand surges
Alphabet says Google Cloud's backlog of contracted but not yet recognized revenue has grown to $514 billion, a sign of strong demand for AI infrastructure.
Nativ: Run AI Models Locally on a Mac With MLX, an Alternative to LM Studio
OpenAI shows how newsrooms around the world use its AI in journalism
Zhipu (Z.ai) Shares Jump 37% After Launch of Data Center Built on Chinese Chips
Suno Hack Reveals AI Music Generator Scraped YouTube, Deezer and Genius
AWS Launches From Idea to Frontier Accelerator for Chinese-Speaking AI Founders
Amazon Web Services has opened From Idea to Frontier: up to 100 early-stage teams from China, Hong Kong and the Chinese diaspora will get AWS resources to launch AI…
JudgeGPT Helps Pakistani Judges Clear Case Backlogs: +6.3% and $38.50 Return Per Dollar
The AI assistant JudgeGPT raised the share of resolved cases by 6.3% for Pakistani judges, but only for those who got in-person training. The project returned…
Monumental raises funding and brings its construction robots to the US market
Startup Monumental has raised new funding and is preparing to launch its construction robots in the US. Clients pay not for the machines but for the result…
Neural Network Independently Discovers the 'Memory Palace' Method: Nature Machine Intelligence Study
TerraFirma Raises $115M for Robotic Construction Equipment
Weave Robotics Isaac: The Startup's First Mobile Humanoid for Home and Office
