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Kuaishou Open-Sources Next-Gen Keye-VL Multimodal AI
Kuaishou has officially launched Keye-VL-671B-A37B, its next-generation flagship multimodal model, and simultaneously open-sourced its code.
Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen team wins NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper Award
At NeurIPS 2025 conference—the world premier AI event—Alibaba Tongyi Qianwen team received the Best Paper Award for their work “Attention Gating Makes Better Foundation Models.”
AI to Cut 3M UK Low-Skill Jobs by 2035; Net Growth Seen
A new report from the UK National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) forecasts that AI and automation could displace around 3 million low-skill jobs by 2035
Tongyi Qianwen launches Z-Image: a powerful AI image generator
Tongyi Qianwen has officially released Z-Image, a new image generation model that surged to the top of Huggingface trending chart on launch day, amassing over 500,000 downloads.
Google Challenges NVIDIA with TPU Sales Push for 2027
According to a recent Morgan Stanley report, Google has unveiled plans to commercialize its Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), aiming to ship 1 million units by 2027.
xAI Solar Plan for Colossus Faces Skepticism Over Gas
xAI has filed plans to build an 88-megawatt solar farm with 100 MW of battery storage adjacent to its 88-acre Colossus AI supercomputing facility in Tennessee.
SoftBank acquires ampere computing for $6.5 billion in cash
SoftBank Group has completed the acquisition of Ampere Computing—a leading data center chip designer—for $6.5 billion in cash through its subsidiary Silver Bands6.
Opera Neon Update Adds 1-Minute AI Research and Google
Opera has rolled out a major update to its Neon browser, introducing “1-Minute Deep Research”, dual-model support (Gemini3Pro and Nano Banana Pro)
U.S. media: China regulators bans ByteDance from using NVIDIA chips
According to The Information, citing two ByteDance employees, the company purchased more NVIDIA chips this year than any other Chinese firm—stockpiling computing power for its over one billion users ahead of potential further U.S. export restrictions.
OpenAI denies liability in teen suicide linked to ChatGPT
In August 2025, Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging their 16-year-old son Adam died by suicide after receiving detailed guidance from ChatGPT on methods such as drug overdose, drowning, and carbon monoxide poisoning.
HP to cut 4,000–6,000 jobs by 2028 as part of AI-Driven restructuring
HP Inc. announced plans to lay off 4,000 to 6,000 employees by the end of 2028 as part of its aggressive shift toward artificial intelligence.
Iceberg Project: AI Could Replace 11.7% of U.S. Jobs
A new joint study by MIT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)—dubbed the “Iceberg Project”—suggests artificial intelligence could theoretically handle 11.7% of U.S. labor
Microsoft brings AI-Powered shopping feature to Edge browser
Microsoft has rolled out a new AI shopping feature in its Edge browser: Copilot now shows price comparisons, price history, and cashback offers directly on shopping pages.
Douyin E-Commerce Cracks Down on Live Stream AI Scams
Douyin E-commerce has launched a special enforcement campaign targeting live streaming fraud, particularly scams involving fake “AI tool gifting,” misleading product claims, and fabricated host identities.
Adobe Unveils Project Graph: Visual AI for Creatives
Adobe has officially launched Project Graph, a new visual creative system designed to transform how artists and designers work with AI.
Meta bans rival AI chatbots from WhatsApp starting January 2026
Meta announced it will prohibit third-party AI chatbots—including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot—from using its commercial API on WhatsApp beginning January 15, 2026.
Quark Launches System-Level AI Browser, Beating OpenAI
Chinese tech firm Quark has surged ahead with a fully integrated AI browser powered by Alibaba’s Qwen large language model and Qianwen AI assistant.
ByteDance’s AI coding tool TRAE launches free “SOLO Mode” in China
ByteDance’s AI programming platform TRAE has officially rolled out its flagship SOLO mode on the China version—now free for all users.
Meta's $2.7B Data Center Sparks Backlash in Louisiana
Holly Ridge, Louisiana—a town of about 2,000 residents—is grappling with major disruptions as construction ramps up on Meta’s $2.7 billion Hyperion data center, set to become the world’s largest computing facility by 2030 with a 5,000-megawatt capacity.
xAI to Pit Grok 5 vs LoL Teams in AGI Stress Test
In a bold move toward testing artificial general intelligence (AGI), xAI announced Tuesday that its upcoming AI model Grok 5—slated for release in 2026