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20 Sept 20269 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Digital China KunTai Unveils Kunpeng and Ascend 950 Matrix With PoD2000 A5 Liquid-Cooled Supernode

Digital China's KunTai brand unveiled a new product matrix at HUAWEI CONNECT 2026, featuring general-purpose and AI training-inference systems. The lineup includes the KunTai R722 K3 balanced server on Kunpeng 950 and three Ascend 950DT machines, with product specialist Sun Yanan stating that this release transitions supernodes from a marketing concept to customer-facing SKUs.

Models

20 Sept 20269 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

StepFun Launches Step 5 Preview: 600B Sparse MoE, 1M Context, Weights Open Oct 15

StepFun has announced the launch of Step 5 Preview, a base model utilizing Mixture-of-Experts with around 600 billion parameters. This release targets complex tasks like coding and financial analysis, supporting both text and image inputs. The model features a one-million-token context window and employs a narrow-deep Transformer architecture with 92 layers. This design allows for longer information paths, enhancing multi-hop reasoning capabilities during search and code execution.

Business

20 Sept 20269 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

US-China Ministerial Meeting on AI and Tariffs Scheduled Today

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bisent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng are meeting today in New York to discuss artificial intelligence and tariffs. This meeting precedes an anticipated summit between Trump and Xi Jinping, with discussions focusing on the trade truce set to expire on November 10. The agenda includes potential regulations on AI following reports of security breaches linked to AI models. Both sides aim to avoid escalating trade tensions amid a sensitive relationship that impacts the global economy.

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Models

ZGCM-1-7B Opens Full Weights, Data, and Code for Math and Agentic Search

20 Sept 20269 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Models

20 Sept 20269 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

ZGCM-1-7B Opens Full Weights, Data, and Code for Math and Agentic Search

Zhongguancun Academy and the Zhongguancun Institute of Artificial Intelligence have launched ZGCM-1-7B, a dense model featuring 7.39 billion parameters, designed for mathematical reasoning and tool-assisted search. The model is available under an MIT license on Hugging Face and GitHub, accompanied by a technical report on arXiv detailing its training process. It utilized approximately 4.19 trillion tokens with hybrid FP8 precision, extending context from 16K to 256K tokens during training.

Agents

Huawei Cloud Rolls Out AgentArts and Agentic Cloud Stack for Enterprise AI at Connect 2026

20 Sept 20269 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Agents

20 Sept 20269 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Huawei Cloud Rolls Out AgentArts and Agentic Cloud Stack for Enterprise AI at Connect 2026

At HUAWEI CONNECT 2026 in Shanghai, Huawei Cloud CEO Peter Zhou introduced a smart cloud platform based on AI. This platform includes AgentArts and openJiuwen, serving over 3,500 customers, and features new services like AICS, which offers rapid recovery and stability in cloud training. The platform boasts petabyte-scale contextual memory and high-speed reads, enhancing operational efficiency. AgentArts serves as a commercial agent platform, while openJiuwen is its open-source counterpart, featuring over 5,000 general Model Context Protocols and 1,000 industry-specific protocols.

Models

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash Ships Causal Encoder–Decoder MoE With 1M Context and Extreme KV Compression

20 Sept 20269 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Models

20 Sept 20269 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash Ships Causal Encoder–Decoder MoE With 1M Context and Extreme KV Compression

DeepSeek has announced the launch of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, a multimodal model featuring 552 billion parameters. The model utilizes a Causal Encoder-Decoder design with a one-million-token context window, positioning it as the smallest member of a new architecture family. The model employs a 40-layer Transformer, split into a 20-layer causal encoder and a 20-layer decoder, allowing for efficient processing of heavy workloads. It was trained on approximately 45 trillion multimodal tokens, with performance enhancements through techniques like Compressed Sparse Attention 2.

Governance

Trump Announces Creation of AI Task Force for Sector Regulation

19 Sept 20268 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Governance

19 Sept 20268 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Trump Announces Creation of AI Task Force for Sector Regulation

U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to establish an 'AI Task Force' to oversee the regulation of the sector, with the appointment of an 'AI Czar' coming soon. On his Truth Social platform, Trump stated that he would not hinder the growth of this industry but would appreciate and monitor it as it develops. He also emphasized the need to seek out negative aspects within this field. This initiative reflects the U.S. administration's interest in regulating AI, which could impact how this sector evolves in the future and enhance the government's role in guiding innovation.

Business

HCL Software advances cyber resilience with AI-driven IntelliOps

19 Sept 20268 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Business

19 Sept 20268 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

HCL Software advances cyber resilience with AI-driven IntelliOps

Dhruv Kohli, Vice President at HCL Software, discussed how flagship solutions like IntelliOps, BigFix, AppScan, and HCL Workload Automation help organizations secure endpoints and applications. These solutions build proactive and resilient AI-enabled operations, enhancing organizations' capabilities to combat cyber threats effectively. Such advancements are crucial for improving cyber resilience, making them essential for executives in the region aiming to strengthen their strategies against modern challenges.

Governance

OPSWAT advances zero-trust file security for critical infrastructure

19 Sept 20268 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

Governance

19 Sept 20268 Rabiʻ II 1448 AH

OPSWAT advances zero-trust file security for critical infrastructure

Saif Alrefai, Sales Engineering Director at OPSWAT, explained how Deep CDR, secure file transfer, and data diodes help organizations counter advanced threats. These technologies are part of OPSWAT's strategy to enhance security through a zero-trust model, contributing to the protection of sensitive data within organizations. They also help build strong foundations for AI-driven security. These initiatives are crucial for addressing increasing security challenges, enabling organizations to bolster their defensive capabilities and provide a secure environment for data transfer, highlighting the importance of cybersecurity in the digital age.