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Today’s Digest

OpenBMB open-sources MiniCPM-o full-duplex interactive model
Zhipu GLM-Image tackles image text rendering
DingTalk upgrades Agent OS, launches AI recording card
Meituan STAR model unifies understanding and generation architecture
Anthropic valued at $350B, pushes for equity monetization

Product & Feature Updates

1. OpenBMB unveils open-source “Her.” OpenBMB has open-sourced MiniCPM-o 4.5 (AI News) , its “Her” version. This model, boasting only 9B parameters, feels alive and rivals SOTA! It can perceive environmental changes in real-time and even proactively interrupt conversations. Talk about a true ✨ full-duplex interactive experience!

2. DingTalk summit launches Agent OS. DingTalk announced its upgrade to an Agent Operating System (AI News) at its summit, completely reshaping how we work. Now, humans are “training” 🤖 AI agents. They also unveiled the viral A1 recording card on-site. Businesses are signing up left and right, embracing AI transformation and making AI core to their operations.

3. Zhipu AI releases image text renderer. Zhipu AI has launched GLM-Image (AI News) , an open-source weight image generator. It’s specifically designed to tackle the tricky problem of text rendering in images. Its two-stage method makes text way clearer 🎨 and it even beat competitors in benchmark tests. Finally, a solution for this long-standing pain point in image generation models!
   
   

4. Apple’s Xcode 26.3 supports Agentic Coding. Apple’s Xcode 26.3 now supports Agentic Coding (AI News) with integrated Claude Agent SDK. However, this has sparked privacy 🔒 concerns among developers. Some see it as a productivity revolution, while others worry about the risk of code leaks. The debate is on!

Cutting-Edge Research

1. Meituan proposes unified multimodal STAR. Meituan has introduced the versatile STAR Model (AI News) , breaking the deadlock between understanding and generation. It features an innovative stacked autoregressive architecture that allows it to generate images without compromising on understanding. This bad boy 🔥 even achieved SOTA in GenEval tests, truly pushing multimodal tech toward industrial application.

2. Generative Models evolve augmentation strategies. Generative Models are bringing fresh ideas for more powerful Task-Specific Augmentation (AI News) . They’re moving beyond traditional operations like rotations and cropping, automatically evolving optimal augmentation strategies. The results are astonishing, even with limited data, unlocking new possibilities for 💪 model robustness.

3. Vision Transformers overcome directional limits. Vision Transformers just got a big upgrade with Spiral RoPE (AI News) , which uses rotational position encoding in 2D planes. This breaks through the directional limitations of axial encoding, allowing models to capture oblique relationships in natural images. It significantly boosts classification and segmentation performance, making models 👀 see with greater precision.

4. Reference-Free Style Generation sees breakthrough. For Reference-Free Style Generation (AI News) , check out PokeFusion Attention! It blends text and style within the decoder layers, allowing for stable control without needing external images. By keeping the diffusion backbone frozen, it achieves incredibly consistent character style generation. Super cool!

Industry Outlook & Social Impact

1. Anthropic’s valuation soars to $350B. Anthropic’s valuation has skyrocketed to 350 Billion USD (AI News) , and they’re pushing forward with a plan to allow employees to cash out their equity 💰. This is happening alongside massive fundraising efforts, crucial for retaining top talent. The AI talent war is heating up once again!

2. MIIT boosts AI+Manufacturing. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is pushing hard on AI+Manufacturing (AI News) , aiming for breakthroughs in computing chips and large industrial models. They’re building a smart industrial system, strengthening application foundations, and optimizing the environment. Plus, they’re beefing up international cooperation and security governance, painting a fresh blueprint for the 🏭 manufacturing sector.

3. WeChat cracks down, bans Yuanbao. WeChat is cracking down on incentivized sharing, banning Yuanbao (AI News) (virtual red packets) with no mercy, even for Tencent’s own internal projects. Yuanbao red packets have been forced to switch to a password mode. WeChat emphasizes user experience first, applying platform rules equally to everyone. Talk about 😂 “when the flood hits the Dragon King’s temple”—a family feud!

Top Open Source Projects

1. Alibaba releases Qwen3-Coder-Next. Alibaba has dropped Qwen3-Coder-Next (AI News) , an open-source weight coding model specifically built for Coding Agents. This beast showed strong performance on SWE-Bench and can handle complex tasks like browser operations. Pretty neat!
   
   

2. Hot ChatDev 2.0 is here. ChatDev 2.0 is here, and it’s absolutely 🔥 scorching hot! With ⭐ 29.9k stars, its popularity speaks for itself. This project uses multi-agent collaboration to handle full-process development, from design to testing—the whole nine yards. It’s truly automating software development.

3. Maestro Agent Orchestration Center. We highly recommend Maestro, the Agent Orchestration Center (AI News) with ⭐ 1.6k stars. This powerful command console intelligently orchestrates various AI agents, making complex task workflows super smooth.

4. AI Review Prompt Tool. Check out this neat AI Review Prompts (AI News) tool with ⭐ 521 stars! This compact tool is specifically designed to review prompt quality, optimizing your Prompt Engineering and making AI output results way more accurate.

Social Media Share

1. AI human-renting website is wild. Talk about things getting wild! There’s a new Human-Renting Website (AI News) where AI is now hiring humans 😰 to run errands. They’re even sending real people to test out restaurants! It racked up tens of thousands of registrations in less than 48 hours. The MCP protocol is making this crazy concept a reality.

2. LlamaIndex talks Skills vs. MCP. LlamaIndex is dropping some hardcore advice on whether to use Skills or MCP (AI News) . According to them, MCP is perfect for deterministic external integrations, while Skills are better for natural language guidance. Combining both is the ultimate best practice!
   
   

3. OpenAI releases Codex App. OpenAI’s Codex App (AI News) racked up over 200,000 downloads on its first day, with Sam Altman exclaiming ✌️ a huge win! However, user experience seems a bit rough around the edges. You can only use it with an API Key for authorization, which feels a little detached from typical business use.

4. Vercel launches AI Elements. Vercel has launched AI Elements (AI News) , a component library for building AI applications 🧱. Based on shadcn/ui, it looks absolutely stunning! It provides common components like chat messages, making AI interface development a breeze.

5. Marvel Rivals bans generative AI. NetEase Games and the Marvel Rivals team have issued a ban on Generative AI (AI News) . Developers are strictly prohibited 🚫 from using it at all. However, some games are still reportedly using the tech, sparking heated debate within the community.

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