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Baidu's Shen Dou says mandating AI use is ineffective. Instead, the company gives each employee a monthly 1,000 yuan allowance to freely try mainstream large models, with no strings attached. He believes once people see how AI boosts efficiency, they'll adopt it naturally. Meanwhile, Baidu's AI revenue hit 52% of total revenue in Q1 2026, and Li Yanhong proposes a new metric: Daily Active Agents (DAA).

At WAIC 2026, StepX showed off the STEPX Neo prototype, a smartphone designed from the ground up for AI agents. With a custom operating system and a built-in assistant named Amoo, it can handle tasks like booking hotels or finding concert tickets on its own. The phone learns your habits and preferences over time, aiming to be more than just a voice assistant—it's a proactive helper. Still a prototype, the final version promises even more features.

At the 2026 World AI Conference, WeRide unveiled WIIT, a foundation model that helps AI grasp the physical world by breaking it down into tiny, verifiable 'facts.' Think of it as teaching machines to see not just objects, but the relationships and logic behind them—a big step for self-driving cars and robots.

Autonomous driving company WeRide has unveiled WITT, a physical AI foundation model that introduces the concept of 'minimum physical fact units.' This approach helps AI break down complex real-world scenes into core facts, improving understanding of video, images, and text. The model aims to make autonomous vehicles smarter and safer, accelerating the commercialization of self-driving technology.

影视飓风推出的49元AI实战课首日销量突破10万份，单日营收超490万元，再次验证了顶级内容IP在AI教育市场的强大变现能力。课程涵盖AI图像生成、视频制作等16节内容，但用户评价两极分化，部分反馈内容模板化、与宣传有差距。

还在忍受视频通话的延迟和音画不同步吗？通义实验室最新发布的万相流v0.2，将AI交互延迟压缩到仅550毫秒，实现了真正的“面对面”交流。这个模型集成了听、看、说、演功能，让AI像真人一样实时感知和回应。更厉害的是，它不再是“大头贴”，而是拥有完整身体的数字人，眼神、动作、表情都活灵活现。

At the 2026 World AI Conference, Wang He, founder of Galaxy General Robotics, predicted that embodied intelligence will hit a ChatGPT-like breakthrough before 2028. He says future robots could achieve 70-80% success on untrained tasks, powered by massive data and advanced models. The prediction sparked excitement about smarter robots in homes and industries.

Chongqing has launched 'Yu Xiaojian', an AI medical assistant that covers 233 public hospitals. Developed with Ant Group, it offers smart triage, cloud companionship, and AI report interpretation. Already serving over 2 million users during trials, it aims to make healthcare more efficient and personalized.

At WAIC 2026, DeWu App and Qianjue Robot launched the world's first AI authentication robot. Combining AI, robotic arms, and cameras, it can verify product authenticity in seconds, boasting over 99.9999% accuracy. This marks a leap in using embodied intelligence for quality inspection, backed by DeWu's vast product database.

NVIDIA has launched the Nemotron-3 Embed series, including an 8B model that leads the RTEB benchmark. The series offers three versions: a precision-focused 8B, a lightweight 1B, and a 4-bit variant optimized for Blackwell. These models support 34 languages and are designed for RAG, code retrieval, and agent memory. The 1B model was created through compression and distillation, retaining 99.5% precision in its 4-bit form.

Google has officially renamed NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook, integrating it into the Gemini brand while adding cloud computing capabilities. Users can now write and run code directly within the notebook, enabling complex data analysis without leaving the app. The update rolls out first to AI Ultra and enterprise users, with broader availability soon.

Google Vids just got a major update: upload a selfie and a voice recording, and it creates a digital avatar that looks and sounds like you. The new Gemini Omni model powers conversational video editing, letting you tweak backgrounds, lighting, and effects step by step without starting over. This turns Vids into a serious competitor to AI video startups like HeyGen and Synthesia.

AI旅行平台Fora完成6000万美元D轮融资，估值达到10亿美元，正式跻身独角兽行列。本轮由Forerunner和Tactile Ventures领投，Insight Partners和Thrive Capital等参投，累计融资达1.385亿美元。Fora计划利用新资金扩大AI助手Via的应用，帮助旅行顾问处理行政事务，提升效率。

DoorDash has launched a limited beta of dd-cli, an AI command-line tool that lets developers order food directly through an AI assistant. Currently available to macOS developers in the US and Canada via waitlist, the tool represents a step toward agentic commerce, where AI agents handle tasks like ordering, grocery shopping, and finding deals without opening an app.

1Password与AI助手Claude达成合作，推出了一项看似矛盾却巧妙的功能：让AI帮你填写密码并执行任务，但真正的密码被锁在保险箱里，AI根本接触不到。当Claude想登录网站时，1Password会明确告知要使用哪个凭证并征求你的同意，授权仅在当前任务有效，完成后立即撤销。目前该集成仅支持Mac平台，需要同时安装1Password桌面版和浏览器扩展，以及Claude桌面版和Chrome扩展。

A hacker leaked Suno's internal source code, revealing how the AI music platform scraped millions of songs from YouTube, Deezer, and Genius to train its models. The breach, which occurred in late 2025, also exposed user data including emails and partial credit card info. This could intensify copyright lawsuits from major record labels.

Several Chinese banks have launched AI-themed credit and debit cards that offer large model tokens and AI membership benefits instead of traditional points. The move targets tech-savvy users and developers, but experts question whether ordinary consumers will find the perks appealing. The cards, developed with UnionPay and AI firms like Kimi and Alibaba Cloud, reflect a growing trend of integrating AI into financial products.

xAI's Grok just launched an automation feature that lets you set up tasks to run on a schedule, trigger on incoming emails, or even reply on your behalf. It's like having a personal assistant that never sleeps—create a task in plain English, choose when it runs, and let Grok handle the rest. Available now on grok.com and the Grok app.

Google is testing a new feature for Gemini that lets users tweak the AI's voice with four sliders: speed, energy, formality, and friendliness. Discovered in a beta version of the Google app, this update aims to make interactions more natural and personalized, moving beyond preset voice options. It's a step toward more human-like AI conversations.

Zhipu AI's annual recurring revenue (ARR) has reportedly reached $1 billion as of July 2026, growing 15-fold in just five months. The company's early focus on AI coding capabilities, with rapid model iterations and competitive pricing, has driven this explosive growth. This milestone highlights the booming commercialization of generative AI, especially in coding and video generation, while intensifying competition among domestic and overseas players.