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April 3, 2026
Doubao 2 AI Phone Tipped for Q2 Debut
ByteDance's second-generation Doubao AI smartphone is rumored to launch in Q2 this year. It builds on the partnership with ZTE's Nubia brand and involves talks with two top Chinese phone makers. The device emphasizes system-level AI and cross-application autonomous operations on mobile.
Xiaomi MiMo Launches Token Plan for Agents
Xiaomi's MiMo large model introduces its first Token Plan, enabling a single subscription to handle full-modality Agent tasks. First-time purchases receive an 88% discount.
Tesla Targets Japan Lead with 60 Stores
Tesla plans to expand to at least 60 stores in Japan to become the top import car brand by next year. Over the past two years, it has broadened store and service coverage while increasing training investments. This has driven sales growth despite low EV adoption rates in Japan.
Halo Launches First AI-Callable MCP Service
Halo Shunfengche introduces MCP service, encapsulating ride-hailing matching, services, and transactions as standardized AI interfaces. It's open to all LLMs and AI agents for direct user travel requests from AI entry points. Offers basic (redirect link), Pro, and Pro+ (closed-loop) versions.
AI Startup Sues Apple Over App Store Ban
Ex-Human is suing Apple for removing its AI apps Botify AI and Photify AI from the App Store, citing 'deception or fraud'. The firm claims Apple owes $500,000 in revenue. Apps remain available on Google Play.
Goertek Bets on AI Glasses vs Apple Drama
Goertek navigates a love-hate relationship with Apple while relying on OEM production of AI glasses to reverse its fortunes. The company faces challenges like sluggish sales of new tetanus vaccines.
Gemma 4 broken on Unsloth and llama.cpp
Users report Gemma 4 producing nonsensical outputs locally with Unsloth quantized versions on llama.cpp, failing simple typo detection tasks despite correct parameters. The issue affects 26B MoE, 31B models, and various quants like UD-Q8_K_XL. Models perform well in Google AI Studio as a control.
Apple Hoards Mobile DRAM to Starve Rivals
Apple is buying up all available mobile DRAM at exorbitant prices, even incurring losses, to cut off competitors' chip supplies. This intensifies the tight mobile DRAM supply-demand imbalance.
Meitu Launches OpenClaw CLI for Imaging
Meitu has joined the OpenClaw ecosystem and launched a CLI tool. It opens Meitu's imaging capabilities to developers. This enables building automated AI workflows across apps.
Xiaomi Tests MiMo AI Input in HyperOS
Xiaomi is testing an in-house AI-powered input method within HyperOS 3. It leverages the MiMo model to provide real-time writing assistance and smarter voice input. This initiative advances Xiaomi's system-level intelligence capabilities.
Infinity Ark Raises Pre-A for EVA OS
Infinity Ark has secured multiple Pre-A funding rounds totaling tens of millions USD. The investment will accelerate development of its EVA OS. It targets next-generation AI-powered smart devices as part of AIOS strategy.
MIIT Urges Enterprise-Led Frontier Innovation
National seminar on sci-tech and industry innovation fusion held in Suzhou April 2-3. MIIT emphasizes enterprise as innovation core, nurturing tech leaders via national R&D projects led by firms. Aims to channel resources to enterprises for high-end advancement.
UBTech Offers $18M for AI Chief Scientist
Chinese humanoid robot maker UBTech Robotics Corp. is aggressively recruiting a chief scientist with an annual salary of up to 124 million yuan ($18 million). This high-stakes offer underscores the company's bold investment in AI-driven robotics at an early industry stage.
Korea-France AI, Nuclear Pact
Korea and France agree to collaborate on nuclear power, AI, chips, and core mineral supply chains. Deal aims to strengthen tech and resource partnerships amid global tensions.
Xiaomi MiMo Hits 1T Token Milestone
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced MiMo large model surpassed 1 trillion token calls. MiMo-V2-Pro ranked top 5 globally on Text Arena for logic, instruction following, and dialogue. It dominates OpenRouter daily, weekly, and trend leaderboards.
Iran Strikes Amazon AWS in Bahrain
Iran's IRGC attacked an Amazon cloud computing center in Bahrain as retaliation for US military actions. The group warned of harsher strikes on named companies if ignored. They hold the US President responsible for any resulting destructions.
Microsoft Launches AI Trio for 2027 Independence
Microsoft released three in-house AI models: MAI-Transcribe-1 for transcription, MAI-Voice-1 for voice generation, and MAI-Image-2 for image creation. These target high-value enterprise AI capabilities. The move supports Microsoft's goal of building frontier models independently by 2027, reducing OpenAI reliance.
Shanghai AI Assoc Partners with KPMG for Transformation
The Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Industry Association has entered a strategic partnership with KPMG China for GDPS2026. This collaboration aims to forge a breakthrough path in intelligent transformation. It helps enterprises bridge the gap from strategy to execution.
Sarvam AI Eyes $1.5B Valuation Raise
Indian AI startup Sarvam is raising $300-350M at $1.5-1.55B valuation, led by Bessemer with Nvidia, Amazon joining. They open-sourced Sarvam 30B and 105B MoE models in March. Flagship 105B-A9B outperforms Gemini 2.5 Flash on Indian language benchmarks.
Uni-SafeBench Reveals Unification Safety Costs
Uni-SafeBench introduces a comprehensive safety benchmark for Unified Multimodal Large Models (UMLMs), covering six safety categories across seven task types. It uses Uni-Judger to decouple contextual and intrinsic safety for rigorous evaluation. Findings show unification boosts performance but degrades inherent LLM safety, with open-source UMLMs underperforming specialized models.