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OpenAI AI Agents Propose Solution to Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize Problem: OpenAI announced that 10,000 AI agents generated a proposed solution to the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem in 88 hours. The announcement has sparked a dispute over credit, competing research, and the role of human mathematicians like Tristan Buckmaster and Levent Alpöge.

Technology • Wes Roth

Google DeepMind maps molecular effects of 9 billion DNA variants: Google DeepMind has introduced the AlphaGenome Atlas, a predictive map detailing the molecular effects of 9 billion single-letter DNA variants across the human genome. The tool aims to help researchers understand how specific genetic changes influence human biology and disease.

Biotech • Google DeepMind

OpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.5 with 50% lower latency: OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Images 2.5, a new model that reduces image generation latency by up to 50% compared to Images 2.0. The update also introduces a Sketch feature that allows users to draw directly within ChatGPT.

OpenAI • Techmeme

JD Cloud plans 100,000-GPU computing cluster with Moore Threads: JD Cloud has announced plans to build a computing cluster powered by 100,000 general-purpose GPUs from Chinese chipmaker Moore Threads. Revealed at JD's 2026 Global Technology Explorers Conference, the project will support large-model training, inference, and embodied AI.

Infrastructure • TechNode

Meta launches Muse AI agent requiring access to personal user data: Meta has introduced Muse, a new personal AI agent that represents its biggest consumer AI bet to date. The assistant requires access to users' email, calendars, payments, and health services. This launch serves as a major test of consumer trust regarding Meta's data handling.

Meta • TechCrunch AI

Suno launches v6 music models trained with Warner and BMG: Suno has rolled out its v6 line of AI music models, which were trained in partnership with Warner Music Group and BMG. The company announced it will pay royalties to labels and publishers when the models are used. Users will not be allowed to reference specific artists in their prompts.

Suno • Techmeme

OpenAI claims solution to 90-year-old Navier-Stokes math problem: OpenAI announced that it has discovered a solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, a major mathematical challenge relating to liquid flow that has remained unsolved for approximately 90 years. The announcement follows initial reports of the milestone by The New York Times and Wired.

Artificial Intelligence • The Verge AI

CXMT reportedly starts HBM3E risk production with samples sent to T-Head: ChangXin Memory Technologies has reportedly started risk production for HBM3E, with early samples undergoing qualification at Alibaba's T-Head and Cambricon. Yields, volumes, and final specifications remain undisclosed. Optimistic timelines suggest commercial production could begin around 2027.

Hardware • Pandaily

DeepSeek • DeepSeek

DeepSeek reportedly hires CITIC Securities for Shanghai IPO: Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has reportedly hired CITIC Securities to prepare for an initial public offering on Shanghai's STAR Market. The Hangzhou-based company aims to begin the IPO process this year, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Cognition AI Inc. • Cognition AI

Cognition raises $2B at a $48B valuation as run-rate revenue nears $900M: Cognition AI Inc. has raised $2 billion in a new funding round, increasing the AI coding startup's valuation to $48 billion. The company's run-rate revenue reportedly grew to approximately $900 million, up from $492 million in May when it was valued at $26 billion.

Google • Google

Google plans €13 billion Finland data center expansion for AI: Google is planning to invest more than €13 billion in Finland over two years to build three new data centers and expand an existing facility. The project represents the company's largest investment in Europe to date and is aimed at building out artificial intelligence infrastructure.

CloudNC • CloudNC

CloudNC raises $20 million to scale precision manufacturing AI: London-based precision machining software company CloudNC has raised $20 million in a new investment round. The funding was led by Nimble Ventures, with participation from Calculus Capital and other investors. The capital will be used to expand the company's AI-assisted manufacturing software.

Alibaba releases Qwen-Drive 1.0 AI model for autonomous driving: Alibaba's research arm has released Qwen-Drive 1.0, an AI model that integrates environmental perception, traffic Q&A, and route planning. Researchers noted that text-image models require intentional training for spatial awareness, as they do not automatically comprehend 3D space.

Autonomous Vehicles • The Decoder

ByteDance reportedly develops real-time spatial video AI model: ByteDance is reportedly developing an AI model for real-time spatial video generation, with founder Zhang Yiming personally overseeing the project. Built on the company's Seedance video-generation model, the system could launch as early as next month, though the timing remains unfixed.

Artificial Intelligence • TechNode

OpenAI AI agents handle 3.1 workdays for every human workday: OpenAI reports that its AI agents now handle 3.1 workdays for every human workday, achieving its goal of an automated research intern. However, chief scientist Jakub Pachocki warned that no lab currently has a sufficient grip on alignment and monitoring to continue scaling at maximum speed.

Artificial Intelligence • The Decoder

Researchers build AI-powered zero-click worm targeting WeChat: Researchers used artificial intelligence to develop a zero-click worm capable of hacking WeChat accounts and spreading across iOS and Android devices. Experts estimate the attack could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours. Tencent stated that it has fixed the vulnerability.

Security • Techmeme

WeChat tests AI social feature that lets user assistants talk to each other: WeChat is conducting a limited test of a feature called "Xiaowei AI Social" that allows a user's AI assistant to contact a friend's assistant. The two AI assistants can exchange information to handle initial tasks such as coordinating schedules, arranging meals, and checking preliminary interest.

WeChat • TechNode

Insilico AI-designed drug reverses biological aging markers in trial: A Nature Biotechnology study indicates that rentosertib, an AI-designed drug by Insilico Medicine, may reverse biological aging markers. In a 42-patient trial, six independent aging clocks predicted treated patients were biologically up to six years younger than the placebo group.

Biotech • The Decoder

DeepCtrls • Series B+

DeepCtrls raises hundreds of millions of yuan from CATL and Aramco: Physics AI company DeepCtrls has completed a new Series B+ funding round worth hundreds of millions of yuan. The round saw strategic investment from major backers including CATL and Aramco.

Decart • Anthropic

Anthropic ends talks to acquire AI startup Decart for $6 billion: Anthropic has decided against acquiring the artificial intelligence startup Decart after performing due diligence. The companies had previously been in talks for a deal valued at approximately $6 billion.

Mistral • Series D

Mistral raises €3 billion in Samsung-led round at €21 billion valuation: French AI startup Mistral has raised a €3 billion Series D funding round led by Samsung. The investment values the company at €21 billion, up from €11.7 billion a year ago. Mistral plans to use the capital to expand into data centers beyond its core focus of developing AI models.

Anthropic • Anthropic

Anthropic reportedly signs $517 billion in compute contracts: Anthropic has reportedly signed compute contracts worth up to $517 billion over an eleven-month period. Despite the massive scale, the commitment still trails OpenAI's $750 billion infrastructure plan through 2030.

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Researchers train Iris search agents using web hyperlink structures: Researchers have introduced Iris-mini and Iris-pro, two search agents trained at the 35B-A3B and 397B-A17B scales. The models were trained using a data pipeline that reverse-constructs multi-hop question chains from the hyperlink structure of a web corpus.

AI Models • arXiv

NVIDIA Doubles Down on Local AI With PAIR: NVIDIA has announced the launch of the Personal AI Router (PAIR), a new form of local router designed to enhance local AI capabilities. The open-source project allows users to route and manage AI workloads locally on RTX-powered hardware.

NVIDIA • Sam Witteveen

Saudi firm HUMAIN builds Arabic AI model on MiniMax open stack: The PIF-backed company HUMAIN has launched an Arabic frontier AI model built on MiniMax's open Mixture-of-Experts stack. This development highlights how sovereign AI projects are increasingly utilizing Chinese open-weight models as foundational bases for national initiatives.

AI Models • Pandaily

Alibaba's Qwen team releases open-source autonomous driving model: Alibaba's Qwen team, in collaboration with Huazhong University of Science and Technology, has released Qwen-Drive-1.0-4B, an open-source model for autonomous driving. The model integrates driving-scene understanding with trajectory planning, utilizing Qwen3.5-4B as its vision-language foundation.

AI Releases • TechNode

Fields Medalist helps build hybrid mobile-cloud AI system for ARC-AGI: A new hybrid AI system combining a local 4B Qwen model on a mobile device with a cloud-based GLM model has been developed to tackle the ARC-AGI benchmark. The project involves collaboration with a Fields Medalist.

AI Models • 量子位

New inference-time method reduces hallucinations in OpenAI's Whisper: Researchers have developed a training-free, inference-time method to reduce hallucinated transcripts in OpenAI's Whisper model. The approach estimates a compact hallucination-associated subspace from non-speech calibration data and projects decoder hidden states away from it.

AI Research • arXiv

DeepSeek plans 160,000-chip Huawei AI cluster in Inner Mongolia: DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT accelerators at a new data center in Inner Mongolia. The proposed installation would be among the largest known clusters of Huawei AI chips. However, the deployment schedule remains dependent on Huawei's production capacity.

Hardware • TechNode

More capable LLMs can increase systemic risk in financial markets: A study shows that improving individual large language model capability can degrade system-level outcomes rather than improve them. Researchers hypothesize that shared training and architectures cause more capable LLMs to behave similarly, creating correlated actions that do not diversify away.

Research • arXiv

Jaipur Robotics • seed

Jaipur Robotics raises €4.3M for industrial waste plant AI: Swiss industrial AI company Jaipur Robotics has raised €4.3 million in seed funding. The company plans to use the capital to expand its computer vision and automation technology for waste-to-energy and other industrial plants.

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