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Today’s Digest

Waymo partners with DeepMind to release Genie3 world model, generating ultra-realistic 3D simulation environments.
ModelBest Pinecone Pi 275TOPS computing power development board supports offline operation of edge large models.
Qianwen APP's 3 billion free order event exceeded 5 million orders in 5 hours, topping Apple's free chart.
OmniMoE's vector-level atomic expert routing complexity reduced to O(√N), accelerating inference by 10.9 times.
China's 3 Sugon scaleX ten-thousand-card clusters go online, supporting training of trillion-parameter models.

Product & Feature Updates

1. Waymo & DeepMind Unveil New World Model. Waymo just dropped their new world model (AI News) – built on Genie 3! 🤯 This tech can generate ultra-realistic 3D environments, simulating everything from tornadoes to unexpected elephant encounters. It supports multi-sensor data output, letting engineers tweak simulations with simple language prompts. Talk about next-level simulation! ✨

2. ModelBest Releases Pinecone Pi Development Board. ModelBest officially announced their first AI-native edge development board (AI News) , the Pinecone Pi! 🔥 This board packs a serious punch with 275TOPS of computing power, tailored for MiniCPM edge large models. It integrates a microphone and camera, supports natural language-driven hardware, and ensures privacy with offline operation. Expect a full release mid-2026! 🚀
   
   

3. Qianwen APP Dominates Apple App Store. Alibaba’s Qianwen App is crushing it! 🤩 Its 3 billion free order event (AI News) racked up over 5 million orders in just 5 hours, topping Apple’s free chart! It’s now part of the “Qian-Yuan-Dou” (Qianwen, Yuanbao, Doubao) trio. Milk tea shops were swamped, and delivery riders made hundreds in a single morning! 🤑 By integrating with Taobao Flash Purchase and Alipay, Qianwen is becoming the go-to “get-things-done” AI. So cool! ✨

4. Volcengine AgentKit Solves Enterprise Adoption Challenges. Volcengine’s AgentKit is tackling enterprise challenges head-on! 💪 The AgentKit solution (AI News) addresses OpenClaw security vulnerabilities by using AI reverse engineering for smart conversions of existing systems. It leverages MCP tools for precise recall, slashing Token consumption by 70%! Plus, a zero-trust identity system makes every tool call controllable and auditable. Super secure! 🛡️

Cutting-Edge Research

1. GenArena Proposes New Framework for Visual Generation Evaluation. GenArena just dropped a new framework for evaluating visual generation! 🖼️ What happens when current evaluation methods don’t quite align with human perception? The GenArena paper (AI News) has the answer! It uses a pairwise comparison paradigm instead of absolute scoring, allowing open-source models to outperform top closed-source models. The evaluation accuracy shot up by over 20%, with a correlation of 0.86 to the LMArena leaderboard, far surpassing traditional methods. Mind blown! 🤯
   

2. OmniMoE Achieves Breakthrough in Expert Granularity. OmniMoE is taking the Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture to the next level! 🚀 This further evolution (AI News) introduces vector-level atomic experts. Its Cartesian product router slashes routing complexity from O(N) to O(√N). With 1.7 billion active parameters, it hits 50.9% zero-shot accuracy and boosts inference speed by 10.9 times, dropping latency from 73ms to a blazing 6.7ms! 🔥 The code is already open-source. Get your hands on it! 💻
   

Industry Outlook & Social Impact

1. Su Weijie Receives Copas Prize, Statistics’ Highest Honor. Su Weijie just scored big! 🎉 A Chinese scholar has once again won the “Nobel Prize of Statistics,” the Copas Prize (AI News) , after a 14-year gap! Su Weijie, an associate professor at UPenn, was honored for his foundational work in large model statistics and privacy-preserving data analysis. His Gaussian Differential Privacy framework was even used in the 2020 U.S. Census! He’s a shining star from Peking University’s “Golden Generation” in mathematics. ✨

2. Gaode Eagle Eye System Upgrades to Safeguard Spring Festival Travel. Gaode’s Eagle Eye System is leveling up for the Spring Festival travel rush! 🚗 This year, an estimated 9.5 billion person-times will be on the move (AI News) , with 80% choosing to drive themselves. Thanks to the Gaode TrafficVLM model, the Eagle Eye system can now proactively identify 24 types of potential risks and send second-level warnings! Last National Day, multi-vehicle accidents on the G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway dropped by about 10% year-on-year. The more users, the more accurate the warnings! Talk about smart travel! 🛣️

3. China’s 30,000 AI Card Smart Computing Clusters Go Live Simultaneously. While Elon Musk is dreaming of “space alchemy” 🚀, China is getting down to business! Their scaleX ten-thousand-card supercluster (AI News) just went live! Three Sugon systems are running on the core nodes of the National Supercomputing Internet, ready to power trillion-parameter model training. 💪 This open architecture is compatible with multiple domestic AI card brands and has already adapted to over 400 mainstream large models. Talk about serious compute power! 🧠

4. Anthropic and OpenAI Clash Over AI Advertising. Get ready for some AI drama! 🍿 Anthropic and OpenAI are going head-to-head over AI advertising! Anthropic’s Super Bowl ad mocked ChatGPT for adding ads (AI News) , promising Claude would be ad-free forever. But Sam Altman fired back, calling Anthropic “two-faced” and highlighting OpenAI’s challenge of serving 800 million users. Netizens are buzzing about the differences in their business models, especially since OpenAI is projected to burn through $9 billion this year! Ouch! 💸

Top Open-Source Projects

1. Shannon: The Full-Auto AI Hacking Project is On Fire! The Shannon project is heating up! 🔥 This Shannon project (AI News) , with 8.0k stars, is an automated AI hacker specifically designed to find Web application vulnerabilities. It achieved an astounding 96.15% success rate in prompt-free source code-aware XBOW benchmarks! It’s a game-changer for security researchers, fully automating the discovery of real security risks. Pretty wild! 🤯
   

2. GitButler Version Control Client Continues to Evolve. GitButler, an open-source Git client (AI News) with 17.8k stars, is constantly evolving! 🚀 Built with Tauri, Rust, and Svelte, this cross-platform client supports Windows, Mac, and Linux. Its modern interface and smooth operations make version control way more efficient. A true dev’s delight! ✨
   

3. WaveTerm Creates Seamless Terminal Workflows. Say hello to WaveTerm! 👋 This open-source cross-platform terminal (AI News) boasts 17.1k stars and is all about seamless workflow experiences. It supports multi-tab and split-screen operations, making it a daily essential for developers. Kiss terminal switching headaches goodbye! 🧑‍💻
   

4. LikeC4 Keeps Architecture Diagrams Always Up-to-Date. The LikeC4 project is a lifesaver for architects! 🏗️ This LikeC4 project (AI News) , with 1.9k stars, defines architecture diagrams using code. It supports real-time collaboration and version evolution, ensuring your diagrams are always in sync with your code. No more outdated architecture docs! Fresh and current! ✨
   

Social Media Shares

1. Agent Arena’s AI Prompt Injection Test Sparks Debate. Agent Arena’s AI prompt injection test is causing a stir on Hacker News! 🔥 The Hacker News hot discussion (AI News) highlights how this project uses honeypot web pages to trick AI. Gemini 3 could spot hidden injections, but Codex just spit out validation tokens directly! The community is suggesting defense tools like scurl, while also debating if AI-generated content should even be submitted to Show HN. Wild times! 🤯
   

2. Baoyu Shares Insights on Agent Memory Updates. Baoyu dropped some wisdom on agent memory updates! 🧠 He says you don’t need to let Agent memory (AI News) remember what it did right; it’s the mistakes that need reviewing. If it finally nails something, turn it into a Skill so it keeps doing it right next time, avoiding repeated pitfalls. Smart thinking! ✨
   
   

3. Twitter’s API Update Virtually Kills Free Access. Guizang noticed that Twitter’s new API (AI News) pretty much shut down free access! 💔 Bummer. However, the new API supports the MCP protocol, meaning developers can still use it through paid access. The official word is they want to open up the ecosystem for the next generation of X apps. We’ll see how that plays out! 👀
   

4. Skywork Desktop Makes PCs Truly AI-Powered. Fancheng Xiaobei is hyping up Skywork Desktop (AI News) , claiming this is what an AI PC should truly be! 🤩 It integrates directly into the operating system, so you can boot up, dump your tasks on the computer, and then clock out! Windows users won’t have to wait for Claude Cowork anymore. 💪 Check out the video below! 👇
   
   

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