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Xi Pitches China as Leader of New Global AI Order, Challenging US Dominance
Key Takeaways Xi Jinping addressed the World AI Conference in Shanghai on Friday, his first appearance at the event, urging countries to seize the “historic opportunity” of open-source AI. Xi pledged to help developing nations build AI capabilities and warned against what he called “new historical injustices” arising from unequal…
6 hours ago
Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi K3, World’s Largest Open Model, To Rival OpenAI and Anthropic
Key Takeaways Moonshot AI released Kimi K3 on Friday, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model it calls the world’s largest open-weight AI system. Moonshot says K3 beat Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.8 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.5 on benchmarks including coding and general agent tasks. The model still trails Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI’s…
10 hours ago
Google Delays Gemini 3.5 Pro Launch as Model Falls Short on Coding Benchmarks
Key Takeaways Google’s flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model is months behind its planned schedule as engineers work to fix underperformance in coding capabilities, Bloomberg reported. Alphabet shares fell roughly 4% Thursday, wiping out close to $200 billion in market value in a single session. CEO Sundar Pichai had said in…
12 hours ago
Roblox Launches AI-Powered “Build” Tool for Mobile Game Creation
Key Takeaways Roblox unveiled Build, a mobile-first AI creation tab that turns text prompts into playable games, alongside a new suite of AI tools inside Roblox Studio. Public alpha testing begins July 28 in New Zealand, limited to age-checked users 9 and older, with global publishing reserved for users 16…
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Microsoft Coaches Sales Teams to Pitch Against OpenAI and Anthropic
Key Takeaways Microsoft executives held internal meetings this week, training salespeople to negatively compare OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic products against Microsoft’s own AI stack. Executive Vice President Jacob Andreou compared Copilot directly to Anthropic’s Claude, characterizing the rival model as slower, less accurate, and lacking proper security integrations inside Office…
