OpenAI News
OpenAI has launched a new initiative aimed at bolstering democratic oversight of AI within national security contexts. The program plans to provide government institutions with dedicated tools, expertise, and training.
AI News
Real headlines from AI-dedicated outlets (TechCrunch AI, The Verge AI, OpenAI News, Hugging Face, and more) plus AI-relevant Hacker News stories, pulled every 6 hours — not another analysis, just the fastest real feed of what's happening.
The Sources/Vertical/Function filters above don't apply here — those filter launches, and a news headline isn't a launch. Use Source below to narrow by news outlet instead.
Headline volume, last 14 days
Showing 5851–5900 of 8555 headlines.
Hugging Face Blog
OpenAI News
OpenAI has introduced ChatGPT for Teens, an experience tailored to help younger users learn, develop critical thinking, and engage with AI safely. The offering features stronger built-in protections, healthy-use features, and enhanced parental controls.
OpenAI News
OpenAI is bolstering its security, alignment, and monitoring protocols for frontier AI models to handle cyber-critical capabilities. These new safeguards are intended to guide and pace future model development.
OpenAI News
OpenAI and CodeAI have partnered to assist students in developing AI literacy and critical thinking skills. The initiative aims to equip young learners to use and shape AI technologies responsibly.
OpenAI News
Asana utilized OpenAI Codex to overhaul an outdated testing system in just two weeks, finishing a project that was initially projected to take five years. The transition was completed at an estimated cost of about $12,000.
TechNode (China)
Semiconductor design firm VeriSilicon reported a 91.37% year-on-year revenue increase in the first half, generating RMB1.864 billion. Driven by booming AI infrastructure demand, AI-computing-related contracts accounted for roughly 90% of the new orders signed by the company this year.
TechNode (China)
SenseTime projects a first-half 2026 profit between RMB500 million and RMB700 million, rebounding from a loss of approximately RMB1.489 billion during the same period last year. The turnaround reflects the company's strategic pivot toward generative AI and foundation models.
TechNode (China)
Alibaba has officially released HappyShrimp 1.0, an AI music model capable of generating full tracks from natural-language prompts about memories, emotions, or stories. The product is now publicly available, though technical details, pricing, and usage limits have not been revealed.
TechNode (China)
Chinese cloud provider UCloud has integrated servers powered by Hygon's Tianxi series AI accelerators into its public cloud platform. The rollout represents the first large-scale public cloud deployment for the chip series, offering customers domestic hardware options for AI workloads.
Hugging Face Blog
OpenAI News
NVIDIA teams are utilizing ChatGPT Work to minimize manual processes and monitor rapid operational signals. The tool is also helping the company scale successful workflows across its global teams.
Hugging Face Blog
The Register AI/ML
Mozilla has introduced an experimental ad-blocking feature to its Firefox browser for iOS. The new capability is designed to block some, though not all, advertisements.
The Register AI/ML
Microsoft is preparing to remove the dedicated Copilot function from Excel. The company has decided that the side pane alone provides sufficient functionality for users.
TechNode (China)
The humanoid robotics sector is evolving as companies increasingly transition into artificial intelligence firms. Recent strategic moves by AgiBot highlight how the boundaries of traditional robotics companies are being redefined by embodied AI.
TechNode (China)
Zhipu's international brand, Z.ai, has launched GLM-5.3, an updated model focused on coding, cybersecurity, and long-horizon tasks. Built on the same base model as GLM-5.2, the release leverages post-training to achieve a reported 50% performance improvement on the internal Z.ai Code Bench.
OpenAI News
As artificial intelligence transforms the cybersecurity landscape for attackers and defenders, OpenAI is detailing its defense strategies. The guidance also outlines practical steps that security teams can take today.
TechNode (China)
Apple has reportedly trained a large language model specifically for the Chinese market with assistance from Alibaba. The project sits alongside previous plans to use Alibaba's Qwen model for Apple Intelligence features in China, though Apple has not announced a launch timeline.
OpenAI News
OpenAI has joined the PORTS-Pike project to expand its community investments. The partnership aims to support thousands of jobs across Southern Ohio.
OpenAI News
OpenAI is funding 14 independent projects tasked with creating novel AI policy proposals for the Intelligence Age. The initiative aims to enhance societal resilience and broaden economic opportunity.
The Register AI/ML
Microsoft has delayed a planned update for Exchange and is currently unable to provide a release timeframe. The company attributed the delay to a backlog of machine-generated bugs that must be resolved first.
TechNode (China)
DeepSeek has launched a developer preview of DeepSeek Harness, an open-source agent framework aimed at competing with Anthropic's Claude Cowork. Built on the Cordis architecture and runnable via npm, the project provides a web interface and a plugin structure for running AI agents.
TechNode (China)
DJI has released the Osmo 360 II panoramic camera in China with a starting price of RMB 3,299. It features a 1-inch sensor offering 14.5 stops of dynamic range, native 8K/60fps video, AI Super Night Scene 2.0, subject tracking, and NFC pairing.
TechNode (China)
DeepSeek is set to launch peak and off-peak pricing for its API starting August 17. Peak hours will apply from 9 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Beijing time, with off-peak rates discounted to half of peak prices.
Hugging Face Blog
Hugging Face Blog
Google DeepMind Blog
OpenAI News
OpenAI has shared a guide highlighting how startups are utilizing GPT-5.6 to build more efficient and cost-effective AI agents. It covers smarter model selection alongside the platform's new Responses API capabilities.
OpenAI News
OpenAI is previewing Ultrafast mode, a new API tier that allows GPT-5.6 Sol to run up to 14 times faster. Powered by Cerebras hardware, the service can generate up to 750 output tokens per second.
OpenAI News
OpenAI has named Dali Rajic as its new Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, Rajic will oversee the company's global revenue organization and assist enterprise customers in adopting AI.
TechNode (China)
Honor has officially launched its Robot Phone, featuring a four-degree-of-freedom titanium gimbal and a system-level AI agent architecture. The 248-gram device includes a 6.31-inch display and a 7,060mAh battery. Pricing starts at 9,999 yuan for the 12GB+512GB model and reaches 12,999 yuan for the 16GB+1TB configuration.
TechNode (China)
Alibaba Cloud has introduced Qwen AI Arena, a platform designed to evaluate AI agents using real-world business scenarios. The service provides developers with models, runtime environments, and testing tools to benchmark their solutions. Its inaugural competition centers on cross-border e-commerce, requiring agents to generate product listings for international markets.
TechNode (China)
DeepSeek has updated its API documentation to include the deepseek-v4-pro model, specifically version DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813. The model supports the Responses API and tool calls, offering a 1-million-token context window and a maximum output of 384,000 tokens. Pricing is set at $0.003625 per million input tokens for cache hits.
TechNode (China)
Tencent's WeChat AI team has introduced a scaling technique called Hidden Decoding for its WeLM model family, training both 80-billion and 617-billion parameter versions. The method expands tokens into multiple internal computation streams without altering the core Transformer backbone. Under this architecture, the 80B model activates 3 billion parameters during operation.
Hugging Face Blog
The Register AI/ML
The OpenWALDO project aims to challenge proprietary AI training datasets by offering 167 billion transparent tokens. The initiative is actively seeking contributors to help close the gap with tech giants' multi-trillion-token models.
Hugging Face Blog
Google DeepMind Blog
A new breakthrough sign-language-to-text (SL2T) model has been introduced to power assistive features. The system is designed to directly benefit Deaf and hard-of-hearing users by converting sign language into written text.
OpenAI News
New research from OpenAI explores how enterprise organizations are shifting from basic assistance to executing work through agentic AI. The study details how businesses are using tools like ChatGPT and Codex, highlighting how frontier firms are outpacing competitors in AI adoption.
TechNode (China)
Honor has set an August 12 launch date in China for its upcoming Robot Phone. The device integrates a motorized gimbal camera, AI-assisted subject tracking, and imaging technology developed in collaboration with ARRI. Pricing and retail availability details were not included in the initial announcement.
TechNode (China)
Alibaba Cloud has launched its Lingjun Zhenwu M890 supernode instance in China, beginning deployment in the Ulanqab region. The cloud service provides enterprise clients with 64-card, high-speed-interconnect computing units without requiring on-premises data centers. The infrastructure is tailored to run inference for mixture-of-experts models with up to 10 trillion parameters.
TechNode (China)
DeepSeek is expanding into physical infrastructure by recruiting for an IDC data-center team across Beijing, Hangzhou, and Ulanqab. The open roles cover data-center planning, construction, testing, and operations. The company is seeking professionals across electrical engineering, HVAC, automation, energy, and related fields.
TechNode (China)
ByteDance has reportedly established a new top-level AI data and safety department, placing it on par with key units like Douyin, Flow, and Seed. The division is led by former TikTok executive Wang Yinglei, who previously managed platform responsibility and livestreaming. The unit originated from an internal global data team.
TechNode (China)
Zhipu's MaaS open platform has reached nearly 7 million registered API users, reflecting an increase of approximately 2 million users since early July. To accommodate escalating inference demand, the company has deployed more than 50,000 domestically produced AI chips.
TechNode (China)
The competition among AI tech giants is increasingly shifting toward data center infrastructure alongside traditional chip and model development. To address surging demand for computing power, Alibaba Cloud has reduced its data center delivery timeline to 100 days.
OpenAI News
RingCentral is leveraging OpenAI's ChatGPT Work and Codex to build an AI-native operational workflow. The deployment aims to accelerate AI product development while centralizing operational intelligence across its engineering and operations teams.
Hugging Face Blog
OpenAI News
OpenAI has started testing advertisements within ChatGPT to help support free user access. The initiative includes clear ad labeling, independent answers, strong privacy protections, and user controls.
OpenAI News
OpenAI and AWS have made Daybreak cybersecurity capabilities accessible via Amazon Bedrock. The integration is designed to support enterprise security workflows.