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iQIYI is embedding generative AI across viewing and production, from a ‘Skip Watch’ feature that compresses long-form drama to script-evaluation and image-generation tools used by its studios.
Meshy releases Meshy Edit, letting users circle a region on a 3D model and describe changes in one sentence to generate a new model in about a minute, with unselected areas unchanged.
Saidou Technology’s AIVA ME7, its first AI-defined car, has appeared in MIIT filings as a nearly five-meter electric SUV with CATL batteries and up to 571 hp; pricing is still unofficial.
Estonia-based Blackwall has raised $100 million in Series C funding at a $2.2 billion valuation, quadrupling its valuation as it expands tools for hosting providers to filter bot and AI-agent traffic.
US tech shares rebounded, lifting the Nasdaq more than 1%, while Asia's Kospi fell over 4%. Nvidia unveiled backing for four German AI startups, and Jio's IPO anchor book drew heavy demand.
Logitech detailed Rally Bar 2 and Rally System 2 Pro at Logi Work 2026, pushing simpler, consistent, AI-ready rooms.
iQIYI and Oscar-winning cinematographer Peter Pau are running a Beijing creative camp for an AI theater, with 15 teams set to produce 15-minute-plus AI films for a platform launch within a quarter, according to Leifeng.com.
Neolix completed a nearly $400 million Series E round, the largest single autonomous driving financing in China this year, and plans to expand its unmanned delivery network and end-to-end model training.
Thore Graepel, ex-DeepMind and AlphaGo researcher, launches Metis Reasoning to build reasoning AI.
Zhongke Tongliang showed full-stack RISC-V video and AI computing products at the Sixth RISC-V China Summit in Shenzhen.
Yonhap to beta-launch Yonhap LM, an AI assistant in its E-GENE platform for reporting, data analysis and fact-checking.
Nvidia will back four German startups under a nearly $10B Europe push; Merz urges firms to adopt AI.
Tesla's rocket-assisted Roadster demo has drawn regulatory clarity: the FAA says it is not an aircraft, while NHTSA says road-safety rules still apply. The car can leave the ground for only seconds, and Tesla says the Rocket version is not approved for public roads.
Next Claude reportedly targets root causes and reads intent better; Google and OpenAI ready new models.
Nace AI has released Drex Max, a multimodal decision model for computer-use and browser agents that reports 67.59 on the public Decision Index 0.3.2; MiniMax also launched M3.1 Flash with faster inference and lower agent-task costs.
Hyundai Motor and Kia will begin test runs of Level 4 autonomous trucks early next year under an MOU with group affiliates and two startups, covering about 500 kilometers on two routes.
Apple will hold a 'Pro and tell' event in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, with a touchscreen MacBook Pro and new iPads expected, as China smartphone shipments fell to a 14-year same-period low.
Anthropic and Nscale reportedly seek a second $45B compute deal, Bloomberg says, as both pursue IPOs.
Cramer: AI data-center stocks still risky despite rebound; charts, earnings, election and Anthropic IPO are hurdles.
Hugging Face's Solaiman says embedded AI evaluators are no easy fix, citing reproducibility and standards gaps.
doubleAI raised $200M in a Series A with Nvidia and Dell participating; CTech valued it above $1B.
Microsoft launched Guardian Agents and controls to contain rogue AI agents, treating frontier models as insider threats.
Kia launched a remote car-sharing pilot in Pangyo Techno Valley, with teleoperators delivering and returning PV5 vans.
HP's online store lists the EliteBoard G2a, a battery-equipped, C64-inspired machine built around AMD's 'Gorgon Point' Ryzen AI 7 Pro processor, at $4,200, according to TechRadar.