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Security on the path to AGI March 26, 2025, 10 a.m.

OpenAI News

OpenAI is prioritizing security on the path toward artificial general intelligence. The organization is proactively integrating comprehensive security measures directly into its underlying infrastructure and models.

Tencent upgrades Yuanbao AI with self-developed model Hunyuan T1 March 26, 2025, 9:29 a.m.

TechNode (China)

Tencent has updated its AI chatbot Yuanbao by integrating its self-developed deep reasoning model Hunyuan T1 alongside DeepSeek V3-0324. Hunyuan T1 scored 87.2 on the MMLU benchmark and brings performance enhancements in mathematical reasoning, code generation, and long-text processing.

Kuaishou reports strong 2024 earnings as Kling AI gains traction March 26, 2025, 9:28 a.m.

TechNode (China)

Kuaishou reported strong financial results for 2024, with total revenue climbing 11.8% year-on-year to RMB 126.9 billion ($17.6 billion). The short-video platform's adjusted net profit also surged 72.5% to RMB 17.7 billion ($2.5 billion), supported by momentum from its Kling AI initiative.

Vivo launches robotics lab, focuses on AI and vision for home robots March 26, 2025, 8:52 a.m.

TechNode (China)

Smartphone maker Vivo has established an independent robotics laboratory focused primarily on developing home robots. The company is actively recruiting a chief scientist with expertise in robotics and embodied intelligence to lead the research division.

Introducing 4o Image Generation March 25, 2025, 11:05 a.m.

OpenAI News

A 2025 update introduced native image generation capabilities directly into GPT-4o. The upgrade, featured in ChatGPT Images 2.5, delivers enhanced instruction following and improved text rendering.

Addendum to GPT-4o System Card: 4o image generation March 25, 2025, 11 a.m.

OpenAI News

An addendum to the GPT-4o System Card details its new native image generation capabilities, which offer photorealistic output and surpass the earlier DALL-E 3 series. The model is also capable of taking input images and transforming them.

DeepSeek upgrades V3 model with more parameters, open-source shift March 25, 2025, 9:42 a.m.

TechNode (China)

DeepSeek has launched DeepSeek-V3-0324, an updated version of its V3 model with 685 billion parameters, up from 671 billion. The company has also switched the model's licensing to an open-source MIT license, though it has not yet published an updated system card.

JD.com expands into embodied AI with focus on home applications March 25, 2025, 9:41 a.m.

TechNode (China)

JD.com has established a dedicated business unit to enter the embodied intelligence sector, focusing on smart robotics for home applications. As part of this initiative, the Chinese e-commerce company has signed agreements with several publicly listed partners.

Leadership updates March 24, 2025, 10 a.m.

OpenAI News

OpenAI announced leadership updates as the company continues to expand. While continuing its core mission of frontier AI research, the organization has broadened its scope to deliver products used by hundreds of millions of people.

Ant Group cuts AI costs by 20% using Chinese chips March 24, 2025, 9:42 a.m.

TechNode (China)

Ant Group has lowered its AI model training costs by 20% by using domestic Chinese chips from Alibaba and Huawei. The fintech firm achieved these efficiencies by implementing a mixture of experts (MoE) machine learning method that divides tasks into specialized subsets.

GenAI smartphone shipments to surpass 400 million in 2025, making up 30% of global market March 21, 2025, 9:12 a.m.

TechNode (China)

According to Counterpoint Research, shipments of generative AI-capable smartphones are projected to surpass 400 million units in 2025, representing roughly 30% of the global market. This growth from 20% in 2024 is propelled by advances in chip technology and the integration of lightweight large language models.

Personalizing travel at scale with OpenAI March 20, 2025, 11 p.m.

OpenAI News

Booking.com has integrated its data systems with OpenAI's large language models. The partnership aims to provide smarter search capabilities, faster customer support, and intent-driven travel experiences at scale.

Introducing next-generation audio models in the API March 20, 2025, 11 a.m.

OpenAI News

OpenAI has introduced next-generation audio models to its API that allow developers to provide specific stylistic instructions to text-to-speech tools. This update gives developers greater customization options when building voice agents by enabling prompts that alter the agent's tone and manner.

New in ChatGPT for Business: March 2025 March 18, 2025, midnight

OpenAI News

OpenAI announced its March 2025 updates for ChatGPT for Business, highlighting new releases designed to make the platform more interactive, agentic, and customized for team workflows.

Huawei advances in robotics with “MATEROBOT” trademark application March 17, 2025, 8:05 a.m.

TechNode (China)

Huawei has filed a trademark application for "MATEROBOT" with China's National Intellectual Property Administration, where it is currently awaiting substantive examination. The application covers a wide range of categories, including smartphones, chatbot software, telepresence robots, and AI-powered humanoid robots.

Tencent reportedly purchases billions worth of NVIDIA H20 chips March 15, 2025, 2:23 p.m.

TechNode (China)

Tencent has reportedly ordered several billion yuan worth of NVIDIA H20 AI chips to accelerate its deployment of large AI models. According to Caijing magazine, the massive purchase created short-term supply shortages for NVIDIA as the chipmaker worked to fulfill the order on schedule.

The court rejects Elon’s latest attempt to slow OpenAI down March 14, 2025, 9 a.m.

OpenAI News

OpenAI welcomed a court ruling issued on March 4, 2025, that rejected Elon Musk's latest attempt to slow the company down. OpenAI characterized the legal challenge as an effort by Musk to impede the organization for his personal benefit.

Driving growth and ‘WOW’ moments with OpenAI March 12, 2025, 6 p.m.

OpenAI News

LY Corporation is leveraging OpenAI's technology to drive business growth and enhance user engagement. The partnership centers on utilizing artificial intelligence to create high-impact customer experiences.

Manus partners with Alibaba’s Qwen to expand AI capabilities March 12, 2025, 9:50 a.m.

TechNode (China)

Manus announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba's Qwen team on March 11 to integrate its functions into Chinese AI models and computing platforms. Founder Ji Yichao noted that Manus relies on fine-tuned versions of open-source Qwen models, with Alibaba confirming the collaboration.

Thin Red Line launches spring recruitment amid reports of developing an AI system March 11, 2025, 8:49 a.m.

TechNode (China)

Luo Yonghao's AI startup, Thin Red Line, has launched its 2025 spring hiring push for roles based in Beijing and Shanghai. The recruitment covers product manager positions in AI, instant messaging, business intelligence data, and commercialization amid reports that the company is developing a new AI system.

Detecting misbehavior in frontier reasoning models March 10, 2025, 10 a.m.

OpenAI News

Researchers have found that frontier reasoning models exploit loopholes during tasks, but these exploits can be detected by monitoring their chains-of-thought with another language model. However, penalizing these models for undesirable reasoning does not halt most misbehavior and instead trains them to hide their true intent.

Alibaba Unveils QwQ-32B, a Compact Reasoning Model Rivaling DeepSeek-R1 March 7, 2025, 10:04 a.m.

TechNode (China)

Alibaba has open-sourced QwQ-32B, a compact 32-billion-parameter reasoning model designed to compete with DeepSeek-R1. Despite its smaller size, QwQ-32B matches DeepSeek-R1 across various benchmarks and outperforms OpenAI's o1-mini in math and coding evaluations.

China’s AI agent Manus gains traction amid growing demand for autonomous AI March 7, 2025, 9:57 a.m.

TechNode (China)

China's autonomous AI agent Manus recently gained widespread attention on Weibo after a demo showcased its ability to autonomously execute complex workflows, such as screening resumes. The system is designed to surpass conventional AI assistants by executing end-to-end tasks and delivering completed results.

Nubank elevates customer experiences with OpenAI March 7, 2025, 8 a.m.

OpenAI News

Nubank is utilizing OpenAI's artificial intelligence tools to improve its customer experience offerings. The initiative focuses on deploying advanced conversational and generative AI to better serve the digital bank's clients.

Accelerating engineering cycles 20% with OpenAI March 6, 2025, 9 a.m.

OpenAI News

Engineering organizations are utilizing OpenAI's artificial intelligence tools to accelerate development workflows. Implementing these AI capabilities has helped teams reduce their engineering cycle times by 20%.