Apple Camera AirPods Exposed, OpenAI Pauses Training, Unitree Lists on STAR Market

The system notifies users if hair blocks the camera. Mark Gurman of Bloomberg previously mentioned the product, which may be called AirPods Ultra with a price above the current $249 AirPods Pro 3. MacRumors also found codes for unreleased iPhones, including the iPhone 18 series, the foldable iPhone, and the M6 MacBook Pro, in the same build.

OpenAI said it suspended reinforcement learning (RL) training of its latest models for two weeks to harden research environments, run red-team tests, and expand monitoring. Partial training has resumed, but the largest frontier-model RL run remains paused. The move follows a security evaluation incident and preliminary assessments that the unreleased Astra model could reach "critical cybersecurity capability" thresholds. OpenAI has strengthened code and network isolation and will monitor tool use for all high-capability models. CEO Sam Altman said new models are still expected soon; only longer-term timelines are affected.

Unitree Robotics began trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market on August 19. The IPO price was 150.80 yuan per share, with a price-earnings ratio of 219.23 times. The company issued 40.4464 million shares, raising funds for R&D, capacity expansion, and marketing.

According to Bloomberg and Axios, Anthropic's annualized revenue run rate surpassed $65 billion as of the end of July. Growth was driven by Claude's enterprise business and developer usage. Anthropic is preparing for a potential listing, but the timing, size, and valuation have not been finalized.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival holiday will run from September 25 to 27, three days without makeup workdays. Because September 25 is a Friday, the holiday connects to the weekend. Taking September 28-30 off would create a 13-day break from September 25 to October 7.

Apple updated its app distribution terms for the European Union, effective October 1. The Core Technology Fee based on annual installs will be replaced by a 5% Core Technology Commission for apps distributed outside the App Store. In the App Store, the standard commission is 26% for Apple's in-app purchase and 20% for third-party payment. Eligibility for third-party stores and web distribution is relaxed, and EU users can continue to install alternative stores for 90 days after leaving the EU.

Xiaomi President Lu Weibing said at an earnings call that the next Xuanjie (Surge) chip will be launched soon, following the O1's cumulative shipments of over one million across three devices. Xiaomi's adjusted net profit for the second quarter fell 42.6% year-on-year to 6.2191 billion yuan. The smart EV and AI innovations segment saw revenue rise 17.1% but posted an operating loss of 2.6 billion yuan.

According to The New York Times, Nvidia plans to support a large AI data center in Ohio that will be primarily leased by OpenAI. Nvidia is moving beyond simply selling chips to participating in financing and construction of computing infrastructure.

Baidu reported second-quarter revenue of 31.3 billion yuan, with AI business revenue accounting for 50% of general business revenue for a second consecutive quarter; GPU cloud revenue jumped 283%. Pony.ai's second-quarter revenue grew 68.8%, and Robotaxi revenue surged nearly seven-fold.

QuestMobile reported that China's internet advertising market grew 7.1% in the first half, while AI automation company Relay ceased operations with a portion of its team joining Google Chrome. Cambricon also announced that 597,600 incentive shares will be listed.