LiblibAI has launched the official version of Lovart AI, its intelligent design tool, transitioning from Beta to full commercialization. The tool, used by 800,000 users across 70+ countries, offers full-chain design capabilities and natural language interaction. Features include the 'Creative Reasoning Engine,' ChatCanvas, and a localized 'Xingliu Agent' for the Chinese market.
Alphabet's Q2 2025 financial report reveals Google's AI dominance, with 980 trillion monthly tokens processed and AI Overviews reaching 2 billion users. Cloud revenue surged 32%, driven by AI infrastructure investments.
The White House has released President Trump's 'U.S. AI Action Plan,' outlining over 90 measures to accelerate AI innovation, build infrastructure, and strengthen international diplomacy. The plan focuses on deregulation, open-source models, and workforce adaptation to maintain U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence.
Zhou Hongyi of Qihoo 360 warns that AI models are reducing cyber attack costs and complexity at the 2025 China Internet Conference. He highlights risks like model hallucinations, lowered attack thresholds, and advanced national-level threats, while outlining Qihoo's countermeasures.
Fidji Simo, former Instacart CEO, will lead a new OpenAI department starting August 18. She outlines AI's potential to democratize knowledge, improve healthcare, and boost economic opportunities while emphasizing equitable access to benefits.
OpenAI and Oracle have partnered to expand the Stargate project, increasing U.S. data center capacity by 4.5 gigawatts. The initiative, backed by $19 billion in funding, aims to position the U.S. as a global AI leader and create over 100,000 jobs. Key players include SoftBank, NVIDIA, and Microsoft.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai highlights AI's transformative impact on all company operations in Q2 earnings. Alphabet reports $96.4B revenue (14% YoY growth), driven by AI Overview and AI Mode adoption. The company plans $85B capital expenditure to expand data centers amid rising competition.
Apple's AI team faces internal turmoil as plans to open-source models are rejected. The company may pivot to third-party partnerships for large language models, raising questions about its AI direction and on-device processing limitations.
iFLYTEK announced the upcoming launch of its upgraded Spark X1 model on July 25, featuring enhanced deep reasoning capabilities and multilingual processing. The domestically-developed AI model demonstrates performance comparable to industry leaders despite smaller parameters, with significant improvements in accuracy and hallucination management.
Kuaishou and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have jointly developed Orthus, a cutting-edge multimodal AI model capable of seamless text-to-image and image-to-text conversion. The model, now open-sourced, demonstrates superior computational efficiency and outperforms existing models in multiple benchmarks, marking a significant advancement in multimodal generation technology.
OpenAI has completed a $30 billion funding round led by SoftBank, bringing its total valuation to $300 billion. The AI firm continues to expand its strategic partnerships and advance major projects like the 'Stargate' data center initiative amid corporate structure controversies.
Zero One World, founded by AI pioneer Lee Kai-Fu, has launched its first enterprise AI agent called Wan Zai. Positioned as a 'Super Employee,' the agent features advanced reasoning and task planning capabilities, marking China's entry into industrial AI applications. The system supports private deployment for data security and represents the second stage in Lee's three-phase vision for AI agent evolution.
Microsoft's AI strategy head Mustafa Suleyman has recruited over 20 key employees from Google's DeepMind, including former Gemini chatbot lead Amar Subramanya. The talent war highlights escalating competition in AI development, with tech giants offering high salaries while simultaneously conducting layoffs.
OpenAI has signed a massive $3 billion annual data center agreement with Oracle, marking one of the largest cloud service deals in history. The partnership, part of the $50B 'Stargate' project, will provide 4.5 gigawatts of power capacity - equivalent to two Hoover Dams. The deal could triple OpenAI's current revenue streams while significantly boosting Oracle's market position.
OpenAI has entered a $3 billion annual agreement with Oracle for data center services, part of a larger $50 billion 'Stargate' project. The deal involves 4.5 gigawatts of power capacity, equivalent to two Hoover Dams, and highlights Oracle's massive infrastructure investments.
Tech billionaire Mark Cuban predicts AI will become a fundamental workplace skill within five years, akin to email and Excel. He emphasizes its role in boosting competitiveness, enabling solo entrepreneurs to perform team-level tasks, and warns of the risks of falling behind competitors who leverage AI effectively.
Latent Labs has unveiled LatentX, a web-based AI model designed to democratize protein design. The tool, developed by former DeepMind researchers, enables the creation of novel proteins with atomic precision, accelerating drug development. Unlike competitors, LatentX focuses on licensing its technology rather than proprietary drug development.
OpenAI has won a trademark lawsuit against a company named Open AI, preventing it from using a similar name and domain. The court ruled that Open AI's actions were misleading and could confuse consumers. This decision reinforces OpenAI's brand protection strategy and sets a precedent for trademark disputes in the tech industry.
Google has released the stable version of its Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite AI model, offering a balance of speed and cost-efficiency. Priced competitively at $0.10 per million input tokens, it supports up to 1 million tokens of context and outperforms previous versions in benchmarks.
