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Official Chinese translation for “Token” is now 词元(Ci Yuan). At the 2026 China Development Forum, National Data Bureau head Liu Liehong called it a “value anchor” in the smart era and a “settlement unit” linking tech supply to business demand—giving tokens measurable commercial significance.

Former #Huawei Cloud Singapore GM Hu Weiqi to join #MiniMax, reporting to COO Yun Yeyi. The 20-year Huawei veteran will likely focus on B2B and China operations. MiniMax, fresh off a $600M HK IPO and 159% YoY revenue growth, is positioning itself with top-tier cloud expertise for global expansion.

💥 Shock in AI: #OpenAI shuts down Sora after 25 months. #Disney partnership ends, $1B stake plan scrapped. Investors question trust in quickly retired products. #Sora, capable of generating videos from 200+ IPs like Marvel & Star Wars, won’t launch planned “fan-inspired” content. OpenAI pivots to other AI ventures.

Universities around the world are drawing the same line: no AI-generated core ideas in papers. Oxford, Cambridge, Sciences Po Paris got there first. This month, Qingdao Tech, Jiangsu University, and Hebei University of Environment joined in. AI helps. Faster research, cleaner formatting, better charts—no argument there. But here’s the catch: if AI starts doing the thinking for you, what’s left for you to figure out? Push too far, and the skill you’re supposed to be building quietly disappears. #AI #Education #AcademicIntegrity

China's drone is on fire🔥🔥🔥

#TSMC’s CEO just said China’s robots “jump around—useless, just for show.” Last week at #GTC2026, #Nvidia's Jensen Huang said: “China is world-class in motors, rare earths, magnets — the critical supply chain for robotics. The U.S. robotics industry will continue to rely on China.” One calls it useless. The other says we can’t build without it. Who’s really jumping around?

@tim_cook showed up for #Apple's 50th anniversary celebration in Chengdu—his 20th China visit. Timing? One week after Apple cut the "Apple Tax" in China from 30% to 25%. Then he dropped this: "Can't wait to see what's next for China's AI." Praised robotics, praised manufacturing leaps. Fresh off cutting fees, straight to courting the Chinese market. Makes sense—Q1 earnings just showed Greater China revenue hit new highs, up 38% to $25.5B. Will Chinese consumers buy the charm offensive?

#ByteDance sells #Moonton for $6B+. The 5-year gaming dream officially over. 2021: All-in on gaming. Made it one of 6 core businesses, hired 3,000+ staff, went on acquisition spree ($4B for Moonton alone). 2023: Mass layoffs. Shut down projects. Staff down to 1,000. 2026: Sold to Saudi Savvy Games for $6B+. Made $2B profit but exited the entire sector. Why? Gaming didn't fit ByteDance's playbook. Long dev cycles, high risk, slow returns clashed with their fast-iteration internet DNA. Plus zero synergy with TikTok/Douyin ecosystem. Five years, billions invested, ultimate exit. The gaming ambition that couldn't stick.

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One mountain can't hold two tigers. #DJI just sued #Insta360. Insta360's been moving too fast. From panoramic cameras to drones—right into DJI's turf. Market share climed to #2. No way DJI wasn't watching. The lawsuit targets 6 core tech patent ownership disputes. Filed by ex-DJI engineers within a year of leaving. Under the law, that's DJI's IP. We'll see how this plays out. But one thing's clear—when you chase the king, the king fights back.

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🚨 BREAKING: Tencent has killed the “next-token” paradigm. Tencent and Tsinghua has released CALM (Continuous Autoregressive Language Models), and it completely disrupts the next-token paradigm. LLMs currently waste massive amounts of compute predicting discrete, single tokens through a huge vocabulary softmax layer. It’s slow and scales poorly. CALM bypasses the vocabulary entirely. It uses a high-fidelity autoencoder to compress chunks of text into a single continuous vector with 99.9% reconstruction accuracy. The model now predicts the “next vector” in a continuous space. The numbers are actually insane: - Each generative step now carries 4× the semantic bandwidth. - Training compute is reduced by 44%. - The softmax bottleneck is completely removed. We’re literally watching language models evolve from typing discrete symbols to streaming continuous thoughts. This changes the entire trajectory of AI.

#Tencent-backed 3D Printing Rival to #Bambu Lab Files for IPO Creality has updated its prospectus for a HKEX listing, with #CICC as sole sponsor. Founded by four post-80s entrepreneurs, the company grew from a 20㎡ Shenzhen office into a global #2 in consumer 3D printers via aggressive pricing, and its upcoming IPO challenges Bambu Lab on the public market.

恭喜 QClaw 发布！ QClaw 有提前联系我们授权，也提出了希望给我们赞助。 但由于我们是开发领域的新人，故现阶段暂时不考虑赞助的模式。 QClaw 的办公室白板旁边有个小猫的照片，那个是给 Star Office UI 的项目署名~！😆

Ex-ByteDance Seed Team Builds General AI Agent Startup A team of former #ByteDance Seed members is developing a general-purpose AI agent similar to #Manus, with a globally distributed team across the US, UK, and Beijing. The startup, currently a dozen-plus strong and expanding, is attracting strong interest from USD funds, with top-tier investors actively engaging. It is also building an invite-only global network of top executives, researchers, and investors—aiming to connect talent, capital, and content at the highest level.

#Unilever Considers Spinning Off Food Business Unilever is evaluating a potential exit from most—or all—of its food division as growth lags behind its stronger beauty and personal care segments. Sluggish sales, pressure from GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, and rising competition (especially in #China from Haitian) are driving the shift. The move would mark a major pivot toward a higher-margin beauty and wellness model.

#Apple COO Revisits China, Spotlights Supply Chain Upgrades Apple COO Sabih Khan visited key partners #Foxconn and #Sunwoda, underscoring China’s central role in its global supply chain. The trip highlighted advances in smart manufacturing, including AI-powered quality checks and automation upgrades like using iPhones to inspect iPhone components. Apple also emphasized workforce upskilling (“AI+” training) and sustainability, as suppliers move toward 100% renewable energy and large-scale water conservation.

BREAKING 🚨 #Tencent Moves Fast: From OpenClaw Adoption to Launching QClaw in Under 2 Weeks From integrating OpenClaw to becoming an official sponsor — and now rolling out its own QClaw on 3/18 —Tencent’s rapid moves signal a deeper push into AI agents. The giant’s roadmap is coming into focus.

Japan’s “largest AI model” = DeepSeek V3❓ #Rakuten’s A13.0, marketed as Japan’s largest high-performance AI model, is being questioned after developers claimed it’s based on #DeepSeek V3 architecture from China.