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Today’s Digest 

Ant LingBo open-sources LingBot-Depth, conquering transparent and reflective object recognition, reducing error by 70%.
Kimi K2.5, a trillion-parameter model, achieves 50.2% on HLE test, besting others with costs a fraction of GPT-5.2.
Alibaba's Qwen3-Max-Thinking, with trillion parameters, rivals Gemini 3 Pro; downloads exceed 1 billion.
Microsoft's Maia 200 chip, built on 3nm process, triples Trainium's performance and will support GPT-5.2.
Meta suspends AI character features for teens; FTC investigates improper conversation rules scandal.

Product & Feature Updates

  1. Ant LingBo has open-sourced LingBot-Depth, a high-precision spatial perception model that just hit the market Launched Today (AI News) . This bad boy specifically tackles the tough challenge of recognizing transparent and reflective objects, reducing indoor errors by over 70%! The results are truly stunning. Plus, Orbbec will be rolling out a compatible new camera. ✨

  2. Kimi K2.5 has officially launched, with Yang Zhilin himself appearing to introduce This Trillion-Parameter Model (AI News) . It snagged the top spot with 50.2% on the HLE test – pretty sweet! Its visual understanding is seriously beefed up, now capable of handling videos. What’s even cooler is that its running costs are just a fraction of GPT-5.2’s. They also open-sourced Kimi Code, a programming assistant. 😎

  3. Alibaba surprised everyone by launching Qwen3-Max-Thinking late at night, their Flagship Inference Model Launched (AI News) . This beast boasts over a trillion parameters and its performance rivals Gemini 3 Pro in multiple tests. The “Heavy Mode” for intensive inference is quite unique. Talk about popular — it’s already racked up over 1 billion downloads! 🤯

  4. A Chinese team has pioneered the release of Hyper3D’s Rodin Gen-2 Edit, effectively the 3D Version of Nano Banana (AI News) . Now you can simply select an area and type text to locally modify 3D models – how cool is that? It even supports importing and editing third-party models. This marks 3D generation officially entering the editable era! 🚀

  5. Microsoft’s Maia 200 chip, their self-developed AI inference accelerator, has finally been Officially Released (AI News) . Built on TSMC’s 3nm process, this chip boasts three times the FP4 performance of Amazon Trainium – that’s a huge win! Plus, it offers a 30% performance increase per dollar, which is just sweet. It’s set to support GPT-5.2.
    AI News: Microsoft Maia 200 Chip Appearance Display

  6. DeepSeek-OCR 2 has officially been released, introducing groundbreaking visual causal flow technology that Revolutionizes Document Recognition (AI News) . It ditches traditional fixed-grid sequential recognition, boosting overall scores by a solid 3.73% – pretty neat! The accuracy of reading order has been significantly enhanced.
    AI News: DeepSeek-OCR2 Model Architecture Diagram

  7. Claude has launched its selected MCP service, with a deeply integrated Remote Connector (AI News) now officially available. It’s super convenient for drawing flowcharts in Figma and can even generate PPTs using Gemma! Plus, it’s now integrated with Canva and GitHub. So connected! 🤩
    AI News: Claude Selected MCP Service Connector Interface

  8. Nvidia’s Earth 2 open-source weather model, a brand new series, was Released at the Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (AI News) . This model is super powerful, capable of generating 15-day global forecasts. What’s truly impressive is that its near-term forecasts have for the first time surpassed traditional physics-based models! GCL has already put it to use for photovoltaic power generation predictions. That’s some serious innovation! 🤯

Cutting-Edge Research

  1. The ScripterAgent script generation framework can directly turn dialogue into Cinema-Quality Video (AI News) . It built ScriptBench, a large-scale benchmark, with DirectorAgent handling continuous generation across scenes. They even designed CriticAgent for automated evaluation. Pretty slick! 🎬

  2. CaSNet, a distributed microphone enhancement system, utilizes a compressed transmission network to Reduces Bandwidth Cost (AI News) . It uses SVD compression for a compact representation and cross-window querying to align received features. The code is already open-source on GitHub! How awesome is that? 🎤

  3. A new paper explores the ToM Capabilities (AI News) of Chain-of-Thought (CoT) models. The improved performance might stem from enhanced robustness, rather than fundamentally new reasoning abilities. The debate rages on! 🤔

Industry Outlook & Social Impact

  1. Meta has Temporarily Suspends Access (AI News) to its AI character features for teens globally. They plan to develop stronger parental control functions. This move comes after a scandal erupted over improper conversation rules. The FTC has already stepped in to investigate. Yikes! 😬

  2. The AI code review bubble controversy is heating up. While it can catch defects, its Poor Signal-to-Noise Ratio Sparks Debate (AI News) . It reportedly finds critical bugs in 80% of cases, but often churns out a ton of speculative issues. Independent vendors are now facing challenges with platform integration. Food for thought! 🤔

  3. A scholar’s two years of work were lost Due to Lost Chat Logs (AI News) from ChatGPT, sparking a discussion about backup and data sovereignty. Comments are even questioning whether chat logs count as academic work. Seriously, local backups are the way to go! 💾

  4. The AI supply-demand imbalance is real. Some netizens are Complains About Various Quotas (AI News) from various providers. Banana API hit its limits again, and even Gemini 3 Flash is returning 429 errors! Looks like the AI bubble is still a long, long way off. Get ready for more! 🚀

Top Open Source Projects

  1. The pi-mono AI agent toolkit, integrating programming agent CLI with a unified LLM API, has been Integrated Release (AI News) . It includes TUI and Web UI libraries, a Slack bot, and vLLM containers. Not bad at all, with a solid 2.5k stars! ✨

  2. The awesome-llm-apps curated collection features AI Agent and RAG Applications (AI News) built with multiple models. It supports big names like OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and even covers open-source models. With a whopping 89.9k stars, this one’s super hot! 🔥

Social Media Buzz

  1. The BFL Skills image generation module packages FLUX capabilities into a Skills Module (AI News) . You can generate images directly within Claude’s code without any configuration! With three models, each having its own specialty, it’s super convenient. Plus, it’s a one-command install! Easy peasy. ✨

  2. Stripe is issuing an anti-card testing alert – a must-read for overseas businesses. They’ve noted that gray and black market actors use payment interfaces to test card validity, immediately canceling orders once a live card is identified. Manually setting up Radar rules is super important! Stay safe out there. 🚨

  3. Auntie Yang has come up with a staggering 300 Ways to Make Money (AI News) with ClawdBot! She’s offering free installation services to attract users. The key, though, is how to monetize it effectively. Remember, execution beats ideas every single time! Go get ’em! 💪

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