Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, went on sale on October 23, and scalpers' actual markups have shrunk noticeably: the 512GB and 1TB versions carry a markup of about 1,500 yuan, while the 2TB version carries a markup of only a few hundred yuan, even as shipping times on Apple's official website have slipped to January 22. Actress Wu Yue said in a post the same day that someone had used AI to imitate her voice for livestream selling, and demanded that the accounts involved refund the money. Starting from its third cohort, the He Xiangjian Young Scientist Program will add intelligent science as a new funding area.
Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, went on sale on October 23, and scalpers' actual markups have shrunk noticeably: the 512GB and 1TB versions carry a markup of about 1,500 yuan, while the 2TB version carries a markup of only a few hundred yuan, even as shipping times on Apple's official website have slipped to January 22. Actress Wu Yue said in a post the same day that someone had used AI to imitate her voice for livestream selling, and demanded that the accounts involved refund the
Hangzhou Lingyan Technology has completed a seed round and seed+ round totaling tens of millions of yuan. Investors include Yingdong Capital, Zhejiang Torch Center, Yida Capital, Plum Ventures, and Linglu Capital. The funds will be used for product iteration, core component R&D, and algorithm platform development. The company was founded by Zhao Changyi, a PhD from Jilin University, and has launched the FaceSoul Agent full-stack emotional interaction solution, which uses a cable-driven approach to achieve 32 facial degrees of freedom and features a self-developed lightweight on-device expression generation model. The company has launched four major series—Lingshu M1, Lingshu W1, Lingyun, and Lingneng—and within four months of its founding has reached cooperation or intent-to-cooperate agreements with telecom operators, cultural tourism exhibition venues, and some humanoid robot OEMs.
Hangzhou Lingyan Technology has completed a seed round and seed+ round totaling tens of millions of yuan. Investors include Yingdong Capital, Zhejiang Torch Center, Yida Capital, Plum Ventures, and Linglu Capital. The funds will be used for product iteration, core component R&D, and algorithm platform development. The company was founded by Zhao Changyi, a PhD from Jilin University, and has launched the FaceSoul Agent full-stack emotional interaction solution, which uses a cable-driven approach
DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed the relevant registration procedures, fully establishing the compliance processes for the open-source release and overseas licensing of their large models. According to Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, MiniMax's technology export registration this time covers some recently released and soon-to-be-released models, spanning two major scenarios: open-source releases and overseas licensing. Previously, on October 16, the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly issued an announcement soliciting public comments on the revision of the Catalog of Technologies Prohibited or Restricted from Export in China, proposing to include 23 AI technologies within the scope of export controls.
DeepSeek and MiniMax have completed the relevant registration procedures, fully establishing the compliance processes for the open-source release and overseas licensing of their large models. According to Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, MiniMax's technology export registration this time covers some recently released and soon-to-be-released models, spanning two major scenarios: open-source releases and overseas licensing. Previously, on October 16, the Ministry of Commerce and the
Huafu Securities believes that the valuation of A-share core assets has fully priced in pessimistic expectations, with limited downside, and recommends avoiding short-term disturbances and focusing on targets whose performance and valuation are matched. Southwest Securities says solid-state batteries are expected to enter the pilot testing and small-batch mass production window in 2026–2027, with investment opportunities to be realized first in equipment and materials. Guosheng Securities notes that at the 2026 ESMO Annual Meeting, a total of 28 studies from China were selected for LBA, of which 4 entered the plenary session.
Huafu Securities believes that the valuation of A-share core assets has fully priced in pessimistic expectations, with limited downside, and recommends avoiding short-term disturbances and focusing on targets whose performance and valuation are matched. Southwest Securities says solid-state batteries are expected to enter the pilot testing and small-batch mass production window in 2026–2027, with investment opportunities to be realized first in equipment and materials. Guosheng Securities notes
The ScienceNet news list shows that the world's largest open-source AI large model with 3 trillion parameters has gone online. In the same period, the Information Science section also mentioned that a report by the Communications Institute stated that large model prices have rebounded significantly.
During the 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference, China Mobile released its spatiotemporal intelligence series model capabilities and benchmark scenarios. The Shanghai Industrial Research Institute integrated 5G+AI+BeiDou technologies, covering three major technical routes: spatiotemporal reconstruction, spatiotemporal understanding, and spatiotemporal prediction, and built an L1-L4 four-tier scenario architecture. These capabilities cover fields such as natural resources, industrial production, urban transportation, and intelligent transportation. The L4 local level focuses on in-cabin and out-of-cabin spatiotemporal fusion perception and contextual decision-making for intelligent cockpits. China Mobile also completed spatiotemporal intelligence ecosystem signings with partners including Inspur Group, Guangxiang Technology, Chicheng Technology, and Datatang.
During the 2026 Global Developer Pioneer Conference, China Mobile released its spatiotemporal intelligence series model capabilities and benchmark scenarios. The Shanghai Industrial Research Institute integrated 5G+AI+BeiDou technologies, covering three major technical routes: spatiotemporal reconstruction, spatiotemporal understanding, and spatiotemporal prediction, and built an L1-L4 four-tier scenario architecture. These capabilities cover fields such as natural resources, industrial producti
Cailianshe reported that in recent weeks hackers have massively deployed AI agents and automated tools to launch attacks, and industry insiders describe this month as Black October in the cybersecurity world. A major vulnerability was exposed in PHP, and as many as 70% of websites worldwide may face the risk of being hacked. The U.S. National Security Agency and the FBI warned enterprises to shut down their websites if they cannot patch immediately, and some government websites in Canada, Belgium, France and the Netherlands have proactively gone offline. Shane Fry, chief technology officer of security firm RunSafe Security, said AI can weaponize a vulnerability into attack code within hours, whereas in the past this took weeks or even months.
Cailianshe reported that in recent weeks hackers have massively deployed AI agents and automated tools to launch attacks, and industry insiders describe this month as Black October in the cybersecurity world. A major vulnerability was exposed in PHP, and as many as 70% of websites worldwide may face the risk of being hacked. The U.S. National Security Agency and the FBI warned enterprises to shut down their websites if they cannot patch immediately, and some government websites in Canada, Belgiu
At the Yellow River International Convention and Exhibition Center in Jinan, Shandong, AgiBot Expedition A3 had 110 full-size humanoid robots dance in coordinated unison at the same time, setting the Guinness World Record for "Most Humanoid Robots Dancing Simultaneously," with an adjudicator on site presenting the certificate. The challenge relied on the self-developed Lingdong LinkBots swarm control platform and UWB centimeter-level fusion positioning to achieve millisecond-level synchronization, and features automatic formation compensation when a single unit goes offline. This batch of mass-produced models will subsequently be deployed in scenarios such as public services, cultural tourism performances, park exhibition halls, and scientific research and education.
At the Yellow River International Convention and Exhibition Center in Jinan, Shandong, AgiBot Expedition A3 had 110 full-size humanoid robots dance in coordinated unison at the same time, setting the Guinness World Record for "Most Humanoid Robots Dancing Simultaneously," with an adjudicator on site presenting the certificate. The challenge relied on the self-developed Lingdong LinkBots swarm control platform and UWB centimeter-level fusion positioning to achieve millisecond-level synchronizatio
The UK Cabinet Office announced that the UK will establish a national-level artificial intelligence biosecurity laboratory for detecting and monitoring biosecurity threats, jointly supported by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind. The UK government will invest 100 million pounds for this purpose, and OpenAI and Anthropic will additionally provide AI model usage credits worth up to 200 million pounds; the laboratory will also cooperate with Google DeepMind and life sciences company Basecamp Research. The announcement also includes an additional 120 million pounds for the UK AI Safety Institute and an additional 23 million pounds for the UK AI Economy Institute under preparation.
The UK Cabinet Office announced that the UK will establish a national-level artificial intelligence biosecurity laboratory for detecting and monitoring biosecurity threats, jointly supported by OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind. The UK government will invest 100 million pounds for this purpose, and OpenAI and Anthropic will additionally provide AI model usage credits worth up to 200 million pounds; the laboratory will also cooperate with Google DeepMind and life sciences company Basecamp Res
NVIDIA demonstrated a workflow for training the Microduck robot to complete an obstacle course in simulation: Hermes and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt turn prompts into project plans on RTX Spark, Astra generates 3D assets, and the scene is built in Isaac Sim. Isaac Lab uses 4096 parallel environments to train perception and locomotion policies on an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition GPU, then returns to RTX Spark for local validation and preparation for sim-to-real transfer.
Microsoft's research team published in the journal Science an AI diagnostic tool powered by GPT-5, which achieved a diagnostic accuracy of about 83% on complex cases selected from the New England Journal of Medicine, compared with about 36% for general practitioners with reference materials and about 22% without them. Through a mechanism called the "Diagnostic Coordinator," the tool simulates multiple clinical experts analyzing cases collaboratively, deciding step by step which medical history to ask about and which tests to order, and continuously updating diagnostic hypotheses. The research team's next step is to collaborate with Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to test emergency triage capabilities; Microsoft has not yet specified the timing or form of commercialization.
Microsoft's research team published in the journal Science an AI diagnostic tool powered by GPT-5, which achieved a diagnostic accuracy of about 83% on complex cases selected from the New England Journal of Medicine, compared with about 36% for general practitioners with reference materials and about 22% without them. Through a mechanism called the "Diagnostic Coordinator," the tool simulates multiple clinical experts analyzing cases collaboratively, deciding step by step which medical history t
Wei Wei, Director of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a State Council Information Office press conference that in the first half of this year China's humanoid robot complete-unit products exceeded 400 models with output surpassing 40,000 units, and full-year output is expected to exceed 100,000 units. Related products have been validated and deployed in more than 300 key scenarios including warehousing and logistics, catering and retail, and home services. Next steps will advance key technology breakthroughs, scenario opening, and release the "National Humanoid Robot Industry Standards System Construction Guide (2026 Edition)".
Wei Wei, Director of the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a State Council Information Office press conference that in the first half of this year China's humanoid robot complete-unit products exceeded 400 models with output surpassing 40,000 units, and full-year output is expected to exceed 100,000 units. Related products have been validated and deployed in more than 300 key scenarios including warehousing and logistics, caterin
At the 26th China International Industry Fair, JAKA Robotics globally debuted the Agent-driven JAKA Zu50 heavy-payload collaborative robot and the JAKA Kargo50 heavy-duty wheeled humanoid robot, which can autonomously transport material boxes of varying sizes and appearances. The site also demonstrated the JAKA K series dual-arm humanoid robot collecting process data and feeding it back to the JAKA EVO base to iterate skill models in a data flywheel. According to MIR Databank data, in 2024 JAKA's collaborative robots reached a 21.9% domestic market share, ranking first in China, and about 8.2% globally, with cumulative deployments of nearly 30,000 robots.
At the 26th China International Industry Fair, JAKA Robotics globally debuted the Agent-driven JAKA Zu50 heavy-payload collaborative robot and the JAKA Kargo50 heavy-duty wheeled humanoid robot, which can autonomously transport material boxes of varying sizes and appearances. The site also demonstrated the JAKA K series dual-arm humanoid robot collecting process data and feeding it back to the JAKA EVO base to iterate skill models in a data flywheel. According to MIR Databank data, in 2024 JAKA'
According to foreign media reports, DeepSeek's new funding round is about 100 billion yuan, with CATL as one of the main investors; the CATL system had previously invested about 5 billion yuan in DeepSeek's first funding round. The article argues that CATL's third-quarter net profit attributable to shareholders rose only 14.5% year-on-year, and its A-shares fell 12.03% the next day; investing in DeepSeek provided it with an AI narrative anchor. The CATL system has also invested in computing power and power supply-related targets such as Vianet and Zhongheng Electric, with the three disclosed or reported transactions totaling more than 15 billion yuan.
According to foreign media reports, DeepSeek's new funding round is about 100 billion yuan, with CATL as one of the main investors; the CATL system had previously invested about 5 billion yuan in DeepSeek's first funding round. The article argues that CATL's third-quarter net profit attributable to shareholders rose only 14.5% year-on-year, and its A-shares fell 12.03% the next day; investing in DeepSeek provided it with an AI narrative anchor. The CATL system has also invested in computing powe
The three AI 3D companies VAST, Meshy, and Yingmou raised a combined total of over 8 billion yuan in half a year, among which VAST raised over 5 billion yuan in half a year with a valuation of $2 billion, and Meshy completed a $400 million funding round with a post-money valuation of $1.5 billion. As of the end of September, Meshy's ARR exceeded $100 million, and the ARR of VAST and Yingmou also reached tens of millions of dollars. The three have different roadmaps: VAST wants to build a 3D version of Douyin and open-sourced the real-time renderer EdenLive, Meshy adopts subscriptions plus pay-per-use, and Yingmou targets professional users and enterprise production workflows.
The three AI 3D companies VAST, Meshy, and Yingmou raised a combined total of over 8 billion yuan in half a year, among which VAST raised over 5 billion yuan in half a year with a valuation of $2 billion, and Meshy completed a $400 million funding round with a post-money valuation of $1.5 billion. As of the end of September, Meshy's ARR exceeded $100 million, and the ARR of VAST and Yingmou also reached tens of millions of dollars. The three have different roadmaps: VAST wants to build a 3D vers
Unitree Technology releases its new humanoid robot "H2-X Kung Fu Legend Guardian". Official video shows its maximum battery life is about 8 hours; it can lift the front of a car bare-handed, jump down from a 4-meter-high platform and roll to a stable stance, and kick a car door dented. The video also demonstrates scenes of pushing away a car about to hit a person and protecting its owner. Media infer that it targets fields such as emergency rescue and security protection.
The first industry standard for window-cleaning robots, QB/T 8242—2026, was publicized on October 13, 2026, and will take effect on December 1, led by the China Household Electric Appliance Research Institute, with Ecovacs participating in drafting. The standard sets overall cleanliness of no less than 70%, edge and corner cleanliness of no less than 65%, and operational durability of no less than 200 hours. IDC data shows that in the second quarter of 2026, global window-cleaning robot shipments were about 847,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 59.8%.
The first industry standard for window-cleaning robots, QB/T 8242—2026, was publicized on October 13, 2026, and will take effect on December 1, led by the China Household Electric Appliance Research Institute, with Ecovacs participating in drafting. The standard sets overall cleanliness of no less than 70%, edge and corner cleanliness of no less than 65%, and operational durability of no less than 200 hours. IDC data shows that in the second quarter of 2026, global window-cleaning robot shipment
Mifeng Technology, together with nearly 20 institutions including Hugging Face, NVIDIA, and Tsinghua University, jointly launched the embodied evaluation platform RoboColiseum, and announced this round's results on October 20: Claude Opus 5.5 ranked first overall among the four flagship models, followed closely by GPT-6 Astra. GPT-6 Astra scored 99.35 on instruction following, while Opus 5.5 performed better on spatial understanding and general manipulation and consumed the fewest tokens. The platform contains 78 simulated evaluation tasks, with a simulation-to-real-world correlation of 89.5%, and since launching in August, more than 100 teams have participated.
Mifeng Technology, together with nearly 20 institutions including Hugging Face, NVIDIA, and Tsinghua University, jointly launched the embodied evaluation platform RoboColiseum, and announced this round's results on October 20: Claude Opus 5.5 ranked first overall among the four flagship models, followed closely by GPT-6 Astra. GPT-6 Astra scored 99.35 on instruction following, while Opus 5.5 performed better on spatial understanding and general manipulation and consumed the fewest tokens. The pl
JPMorgan strategist Panigirtzoglou said in a latest research report that the recent selloff in AI-related stocks may be nearing its end, and the global equity holdings structure has been significantly reset since mid-September. Listed technology companies worldwide are expected to generate about $2.2 trillion in cash flow this year and about $1.8 trillion in capital expenditure, with the sector overall having about $400 billion in financing surplus, enough to cover capital expenditure. Hedge funds and CTAs have basically finished reducing their previously elevated long positions in semiconductors.
JPMorgan strategist Panigirtzoglou said in a latest research report that the recent selloff in AI-related stocks may be nearing its end, and the global equity holdings structure has been significantly reset since mid-September. Listed technology companies worldwide are expected to generate about $2.2 trillion in cash flow this year and about $1.8 trillion in capital expenditure, with the sector overall having about $400 billion in financing surplus, enough to cover capital expenditure. Hedge fun
Pudong New Area held a human-vs-machine PK competition for elderly care vertical large models; the large model integrates multi-level policy databases within seconds to provide answers on long-term care insurance assessment, bed subsidies, etc., and iterates with a target of over 95% question-answering accuracy, packaging more than ten business services such as nursing home admission, medical accompaniment, and meal assistance into agent services. Three major bases including Chuansha Nursing Home and Shibo Jiayuan Nursing Home have introduced products from more than ten enterprises for real-world testing, including intelligent driving wheelchairs, incontinence care machines, inspection robots, and rehabilitation training robots; Pudong has also partnered with Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance to launch the country's first "elderly care robot product comprehensive liability insurance."
Pudong New Area held a human-vs-machine PK competition for elderly care vertical large models; the large model integrates multi-level policy databases within seconds to provide answers on long-term care insurance assessment, bed subsidies, etc., and iterates with a target of over 95% question-answering accuracy, packaging more than ten business services such as nursing home admission, medical accompaniment, and meal assistance into agent services. Three major bases including Chuansha Nursing Hom
