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Meituan’s LongCat-2.5 AI Model Was Trained Only on Chinese Chips
Meituan's LongCat-2.5 is a 1.6tn-parameter multimodal model trained on Chinese chips. Its own benchmarks show wins and clear losses against Claude.
Shotwell Gives Over 2m SpaceX Shares to Teens’ Trump Accounts
Gwynne Shotwell's SpaceX share gift of over 2 million shares reaches 11 to 17-year-olds' Trump Accounts in December, starting in lower-income zip codes.
SenseTime Open-Sources SenseNova Loop, a 9B Model That Reuses Layers
SenseNova Loop, SenseTime's new open 9B model, runs a 24-layer block twice with shared weights. It is Apache 2.0, with no technical report yet.
FCC Limits Device Test Labs to the US and Reciprocal Countries
New FCC test lab rules will only recognise labs in the US or 62 reciprocal economies from 1 December 2028. Existing device approvals stay valid.
House Democrats Set 11 November Deadline Over Trump’s Grok Prompts
Raskin and Garcia say Trump's AI chatbot prompts and replies are presidential records that must be kept, and want a closed-door briefing by 11 November.
Tencent Says WorkBuddy Passed 9bn Tasks as It Previews Hy4 Release
Tencent WorkBuddy has handled over nine billion task requests since March, Tencent says, as it previews Hy4 and reports doubled overseas cloud customers.
AGIBOT Proposes Worken, a Robot Work Metric, and Launches Link-U OS
AGIBOT Worken is a proposed measure of useful robot work. AGIBOT also launched Link-U OS 1.0, due to be fully open source by end-2026, and the G2 Max.
Tandem Solar Cells Keep 90% Efficiency After 1,000 Hours at 65C
KAUST-led lab cells kept 90% of their efficiency after 1,000 hours of light at 65C, by using a softer perovskite lattice that copes better with heat.
Tencent and Visa Sign a Four-Part MoU That Includes AI Agent Payments
Tencent and Visa signed an MoU to explore cross-border payments for travellers, Visa Direct transfers into Weixin Pay and AI agents that shop for users.
China’s AI Weather System Runs 51 Forecasts Out to 15 Days
China's weather agency says its Fengqing Ensemble AI will run 51 global forecasts twice a day from 10 November, with useful skill out to 11 days.
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