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13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Nokia adds Agentic AI capabilities to its product line

Nokia has announced the integration of artificial intelligence capabilities into its fixed product lines to enhance productivity and operational intelligence. The company will incorporate AI agents across its platforms such as Altiplano and Corteca, leveraging data from over 600 million broadband lines. This initiative aims to assist telecommunications service providers in addressing challenges related to fiber optics and Wi-Fi, thereby supporting network design and planning.

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13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Celonis launches the context model and acquires Ikigai Labs

Celonis has launched the Context Model (CCM) and signed an agreement to acquire Ikigai Labs, a company specializing in artificial intelligence. The Context Model aims to address challenges organizations face in understanding business operations, thereby enhancing returns on AI investments. It provides vital operational clarity that enables AI to make reliable and effective decisions. Celonis integrates operational data and business knowledge from all systems and applications, allowing AI to function reliably.

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13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Alibaba Health Unveils Medical AI "Hydrogen Ion" and Forges Exclusive Partnership with UK's BMJ Group

Alibaba Health launched its new medical AI product, "Hydrogen Ion," in Hangzhou, alongside an exclusive partnership with the UK's BMJ Group. This partnership marks the first collaboration between a leading international medical journal and a Chinese medical AI platform, paving the way for new international cooperation. Under the agreement, over 70 medical journals published by BMJ in the past decade will be licensed, granting Chinese doctors direct access to global medical literature. This includes full-text reading and online translation capabilities, assisting in real-time clinical and research challenges.

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Shanghai AI Lab Achieves Breakthrough in Chip Photoresist Resin Using AI-Driven R&D Platform

What implications does this breakthrough have for China's semiconductor industry?

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MiniCPM-V 4.6: Tsinghua Spinoff Open-Sources a 1.3B Multimodal Model That Runs on a Single RTX 4090

13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

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13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

MiniCPM-V 4.6: Tsinghua Spinoff Open-Sources a 1.3B Multimodal Model That Runs on a Single RTX 4090

OpenBMB, in collaboration with Tsinghua University, has launched MiniCPM-V 4.6, a multimodal AI model with 1.3 billion parameters. This new model outperforms larger models such as Alibaba's Qwen3.5-0.8B and Google's Gemma4-E2B-it in vision and language tasks, offering significantly faster inference speeds. MiniCPM-V 4.6 features key architectural innovations, including an early-exit strategy in image processing that reduces subsequent computations while maintaining image representation quality.

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The Little-Known Chinese Company Powering NVIDIA's Most Advanced AI Servers

13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

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13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

The Little-Known Chinese Company Powering NVIDIA's Most Advanced AI Servers

Hongdu Electronics, based in Kunshan, holds a 25.3% share of the global high-layer PCB market, producing a unique 78-layer backplane for NVIDIA's advanced servers. In Q1 2026, the company reported a 62.9% year-on-year net profit increase, driven by AI server orders. This backplane acts as the skeleton of the server, connecting all chips and components, showcasing Hongdu's over three decades of expertise in communication equipment manufacturing.

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SEEKOO Raises Tens of Millions, Launches Multi-Agent Video Platform Anijam.ai

13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

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13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

SEEKOO Raises Tens of Millions, Launches Multi-Agent Video Platform Anijam.ai

Former executives from ByteDance and Tencent have launched SEEKOO, an AI startup focused on video technology, which recently announced a funding round of tens of millions of dollars. The round was led by Vision+ Capital, Miracle Plus (the Chinese arm of Y Combinator), and Atypical Ventures. In February 2023, SEEKOO secured initial funding from Miracle Plus. SEEKOO's flagship product, Anijam.ai, is a multi-agent video creation platform launched in mid-April. Within just two weeks, the platform attracted over 1,000 paid users globally, with more than half of the content created directly from mobile devices.

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PL-Universe Robotics Unveils Industrial Embodied Intelligence Product Matrix 2.0

13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

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13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

PL-Universe Robotics Unveils Industrial Embodied Intelligence Product Matrix 2.0

PL-Universe Robotics has launched its AcCI high-precision data acquisition solution and the Dabai robot loading/unloading module. This initiative aims to resolve data bottlenecks in the large-scale deployment of physical AI. The AcCI solution boasts sub-millimeter precision and integrates VR, master-slave control, and joystick technologies, facilitating the collection of force, torque, pose, tactile, and visual data. Founded 16 months ago, the company targets the trillion-yuan industrial embodied intelligence market.

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[AINews] The End of Finetuning

13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

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13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

[AINews] The End of Finetuning

OpenAI has announced the discontinuation of its specialized training APIs, marking a significant shift in its strategy. While OpenAI has been a leader in supporting specialized training, current trends suggest that competitors like Anthropic may surpass it in valuations. This change is part of a broader transformation in the AI industry, driven by pressures from a shortage of graphics processing units. Experts noted that many engineers in the field were already moving in this direction prior to the announcement.

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Yiren Technology Closes Tens of Millions in Sequential Pre-A++ Funding, AI Data Revenue Exceeds 100M RMB

13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

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13 May 202626 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1447 AH

Yiren Technology Closes Tens of Millions in Sequential Pre-A++ Funding, AI Data Revenue Exceeds 100M RMB

Yiren Technology has closed Pre-A+ and Pre-A++ funding rounds totaling nearly 100 million RMB, with investors including Shoulian Fund in Shanghai and the AI Fund in Zigong. By 2025, the company achieved positive profitability in smart data services, exceeding 100 million RMB in revenue, making it the leader in this sector in China. Leveraging years of technical accumulation in autonomous driving, Yiren Technology efficiently transitioned its capabilities to embodied intelligence.