News & Updates
August 2, 2026
DoorDash uses Kimi under investigation by U.S. Congress: Internal testing shows it's "stronger and cheaper"
Two committees of the U.S. House of Representatives asked DoorDash to explain its use of the Chinese AI model Kimi; its internal tests showed that the combination of Kimi K2.6+Anthropic Fable 5 outperformed Sonnet 4.6+Opus 4.8 and cost less.
Source: user feed
June 21, 2026
Is the AI giant’s “Token subsidy war” almost over?
Geek Park in-depth analysis: The AI Token subsidy war is essentially an "infinite game". Chinese models such as DeepSeek have become key variables in the price war with their ultimate cost-effectiveness, and Google may reduce Token prices by 80% at any time.
Source: Geek Park (authorized by 36Kr)
August 3, 2026
National Supercomputing Internet launches DeepSeek-V4-Flash official version API
On August 2, the National Supercomputing Internet officially launched the official version of DeepSeek-V4-Flash API, which opens API calls and model files. Users can quickly access domestic computing power without environment configuration.
Source: user feed
Domestic open source model has been downloaded more than 10 billion times globally: from "being noticed" to "being used on a large scale"
Domestic open source models have been downloaded more than 10 billion times globally, and the influence of Chinese models in Tokens consumption has become increasingly prominent, marking a new stage for the domestic open source ecosystem.
Source: user feed
The AI price war continues: model services move from "luxury goods" to "bulk utilities"
OpenAI releases the GPT-5.6 series and lowers some prices. DeepSeek unified API is mapped to deepseek-v4-flash thinking/non-thinking mode, and model services accelerate the evolution from "luxury goods" to "bulk utilities".
Source: user feed
China's first set of national standards for intelligent interconnection is released: GB/Z 185-2026 issues "digital identity codes" for intelligent entities
The first set of domestic guiding national standards for intelligent agent interconnection, GB/Z 185-2026, was released, assigning a unique digital identity code to each agent to promote trusted collaboration across platforms and manufacturers.
Source: user feed
June 8, 2026
The weekly calls of China's large models have surpassed the United States for six consecutive weeks, and the top four are all domestic models.
OpenRouter data shows that China's large model weekly usage of 14.19 trillion Tokens has surpassed the United States for six consecutive weeks. DeepSeek-V4-Flash continues to top the global list with 3.69 trillion Tokens. The top four are all domestically produced, and the Claude series fell out of the top five.
Source: IT Home / Daily Economic News
July 29, 2026
China’s large model has a weekly call volume of 33 trillion Tokens: No. 1 in the world for 13 consecutive weeks, 14 times that of the United States
According to data from OpenRouter on July 29, the weekly call volume of China's large AI models reached 33 trillion Tokens last week, 14.1 times that of the United States during the same period, ranking first in the world for 13 consecutive weeks; the leading volume of calls is quantitatively confirming the large-scale implementation capability of China's AI application ecosystem.
Source: User-contributed newsletters
July 31, 2026
ChatGPT blocks batch AI writers: the scale dividend of content production is ebbing
OpenAI tightened ChatGPT's restrictions on the use of batch AI writing at the end of July 2026, and the "AI writer" group that relies on large-scale content production was the first to bear the brunt; the incident reflects the balance problem between scale expansion and content compliance of leading model manufacturers.
Source: 36 krypton (Xinzhiyuan)
July 10, 2026
Bolt.new was selected into Forrester Agentic Development Platform Report: AI application generation track received third-party endorsement
Bolt.new announced on July 10 that it was included in "The Agentic Development Platforms Landscape, Q3 2026" by Forrester and listed as a Notable Vendor; this is an authoritative inventory of the AI application generation/Agent development platform track by a third-party analysis agency, confirming the status of Bolt's "natural language generation full-stack web application" model.
Source: Bolt.new (StackBlitz) official blog
June 30, 2026
Fable 5 global return + jailbreak severity scoring framework: Anthropic promotes AI security "industry collaboration"
Anthropic announced on June 30 that Fable 5 will be redeployed globally on July 1. At the same time, it proposed a "jailbreak severity score" industry framework and jointly promoted it with Glasswing partners such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, reflecting the shift of cutting-edge model security from "self-assessment by each manufacturer" to "industry collaborative governance."
Source: Anthropic Official News
June 12, 2026
AI predicts the World Cup: DeepSeek has the highest accuracy, but what fans want is just emotional value
As the 2026 World Cup kicks off, AIs such as DeepSeek and Doubao have come to predict the results of the game. DeepSeek has the highest accuracy, but in the final analysis, what fans want is just the emotional value before the game - the real "use" of AI predictions lies elsewhere.
Source: 36 krypton
July 30, 2026
Core employees of technology giants jointly asked: Is it time to put the brakes on the R&D pace of cutting-edge automated AI?
On July 30, core employees from nearly a dozen technology giants including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google launched a joint action calling on the U.S. government to promote international cooperation and control the R&D pace of cutting-edge automated AI; the participants in the security debate are expanding from external critics to core employees within the industry.
Source: User-contributed newsletters
July 1, 2026
ZeroEntropy merges into Notion: knowledge work tools begin to develop their own models
Notion announced the joining of the ZeroEntropy team, a start-up company that builds "efficient, task-specific models for knowledge work"; this merger is an important reinforcement of Notion's AI self-research capabilities, reducing dependence on external model providers and strengthening the positioning of "knowledge work operating system + AI".
Source: Notion official blog
January 6, 2026
xAI Completes USD 20 Billion Series E: The Computing Power Narrative of Over One Million H100 Equivalents Reaches Its Peak
On January 6, xAI announced the completion of an excessive US$20 billion Series E financing (exceeding the target of 15 billion), with investors including Valor, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, NVIDIA and Cisco; at that time, xAI had approximately 600 million monthly active users, Colossus I/II supercomputing exceeded 1 million H100 GPU equivalents, and Grok 5 was in training.
Source: xAI official news
February 2, 2026
SpaceX acquires xAI: Musk’s closed-loop formation of “space + computing power + intelligence”
SpaceX announced on February 2 that it had officially acquired xAI, which operates under the SpaceXAI brand, marking the official merger of Musk's aerospace and AI. After the merger, SpaceXAI made intensive actions in the first half of the year: Grok 4.5, open source Grok Build, and Colossus 1 computing power cooperation with Anthropic, etc.
Source: xAI (SpaceXAI) official news
June 2, 2026
Windsurf officially changes its name to Devin Desktop: the brand integration of the AI programming track ends
On June 2, 2026 (v3.0.12), Windsurf was officially renamed Devin Desktop, and the brand was merged into Cognition's Devin product family; previously, Windsurf 2.0 had integrated Devin Cloud Agent, marking the end of "Cognition's integration of Windsurf" and Devin becoming the "Agent native development platform."
Source: Devin (Cognition) official blog / Changelog
November 25, 2025
Suno and Warner Music collaborate in a conciliatory manner: Generative music moves from confrontation to win-win situation
Suno reached a cooperation with Warner Music Group on November 25, 2025 to jointly build the future of interactive music; this is Suno's first formal cooperation with a mainstream record giant after the RIAA lawsuit, marking a shift from confrontation to win-win between the generative music platform and copyright owners.
Source: Suno official blog
June 3, 2026
Suno’s $5.4 billion story: Series D finalized, money flows to the entire music creation process
Suno completed a US$400 million Series D round on June 3, with a valuation of US$5.4 billion. Compared with the valuation number, what is more worthy of attention is where the funds are going - the complete product landscape from generated songs to generative audio workstations.
Source: Suno official blog
Suno completes Series D round of over US$400 million: valuation doubled to US$5.4 billion in 7 months
Suno announced on June 3 that it had completed a Series D financing of over US$400 million, with a valuation of US$5.4 billion; the Series C (November 2025) valuation was US$2.45 billion, doubling in just 7 months; it is evolving from a "text-generated song tool" to a "full-process music creation platform".
Source: Suno official blog