2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (115+ words) DeepSeek formally launches V4.1 Flash, routes V4 Pro requests to Flash TechNode DeepSeek on Sept. 10 formally released its V4.1 Flash model and introduced new Flash-series pricing, according to a notification sent to API users. DeepSeek said that V4.1 Flash had surpassed V4 Pro in performance,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (128+ words) Alibaba puts 1688 and Alibaba.com under unified management TechNode Alibaba has begun integrating its domestic wholesale platform 1688 with cross-border marketplace Alibaba.com and placed both businesses under Kuo Zhang, an Alibaba vice president and president of Alibaba.com, according to…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (127+ words) DeepSeek reportedly hires CITIC Securities for Shanghai STAR Market IPO TechNode Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has hired CITIC Securities to prepare for an initial public offering on Shanghai’s STAR Market, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter....

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (119+ words) Former OpenAI researcher Yonglong Tian named Tencent Hunyuan multimodal head TechNode Former OpenAI researcher Yonglong Tian has been named head of multimodal models for Tencent’s Hunyuan team, according to a report. He has joined Tencent’s CEO and President Office and…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (115+ words) Baidu’s Xiaodu schedules AI hardware launch for Sept. 8 TechNode Baidu’s smart-device business Xiaodu will unveil new hardware at a product event on Sept. 8 at 2 p.m. Beijing time. The lineup includes smart displays, Tiantian companion screens, smart speakers and cameras…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (130+ words) Alibaba’s Qwen releases open-source model for autonomous driving TechNode Alibaba’s Qwen team has released Qwen-Drive-1.0-4B, an open-source model that combines driving-scene understanding with planning a vehicle’s movements. Developed with Huazhong University of Science and Technology, it uses Qwen3.5-4B as its vision-language…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (150+ words) DeepSeek reportedly plans 160,000-chip Huawei cluster in Inner Mongolia TechNode DeepSeek plans to deploy at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT accelerators at a data center it is building in Inner Mongolia, according to people familiar with the matter. The proposed installation would…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (108+ words) Tencent opens WorkBuddy to third-party developers with 100+ partners TechNode Tencent has launched an open platform for WorkBuddy, making its AI-agent capabilities available to third-party developers, hardware makers and industry applications. More than 100 software and hardware partners have joined the platform,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (106+ words) Alibaba’s Qwen to open-source Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, previewing Qwen4 architecture TechNode Alibaba’s Qwen team is scheduled to open-source Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and an FP8 version at 11 p.m. Beijing time on Aug. 26. The model is described as a multimodal mixture-of-experts system built on the next-generation Qwen4 architecture....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (103+ words) Alibaba raises HK$80 billion through a share placement to fund AI infrastructure TechNode Alibaba has priced a placement of 710 million new Hong Kong-listed shares at HK$112.70 each, raising HK$80 billion (US$10.21 billion). The transaction is expected to close on Aug....