First World Robot Sports Competition Begins

Yesterday, the first World Robot Sports Competition officially commenced. Right at the start, Unitree Technology's robot won the gold medal in the 1500-meter run with a commanding lead, moving so fast that the operator could barely keep up. There was even a small incident where the robot accidentally collided with someone and then appeared to "flee the scene."

According to Unitree Technology, the gold-winning robot model was the Unitree H1, the same model that gained popularity during Spring Festival performances. Notably, Unitree's two H1 robots secured first and third place in the 1500-meter event, while second place went to the "Tianjiao" robot from Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center Co., Ltd.

When asked about "Tianjiao" not using a remote controller, Wang Xingxing explained that Unitree's H1 also has the capability to operate without remote control, but due to different strategies and the pursuit of speed, Unitree ultimately chose to use remote control strategy in the competition. Wang Xingxing revealed that during the race, H1's running speed hadn't reached its maximum speed of 5 meters per second.

In the freestyle boxing competition, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Zhiyuan team faced off against the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications/China University of Mining and Technology joint team, with both sides using Unitree Technology's G1 robots exclusively. Due to remote control operation, the boxing robots frequently missed their targets.

For the group dance competition, professional dancers from Beijing Dance Academy partnered with nine full-size humanoid robots to perform the classical Chinese dance "Terracotta Warriors Soul," with synchronized movements. However, some robots stopped mid-performance and lay down, while others maintained steady footwork with smooth body movements.

The football competition, which didn't require remote control operation, was a major highlight: robot players needed to independently judge ball position and decide where to kick and dribble. Yesterday's 5V5 football match between University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (Germany) ended with Germany winning 11:0.

Zhou Hongyi Responds to Robot Fighting

Recently, Zhou Hongyi, founder of 360 Group, engaged in a boxing match with Unitree Technology's intelligent robot at the 2025 World Robot Conference. During the match, Zhou repeatedly knocked the robot down and even kicked it over.

On August 15, Zhou Hongyi responded to the "robot fighting" incident at 360 Group's 20th anniversary celebration. Zhou stated that 360's mission has evolved from making the world safer and better through security to making the AI world safer and better. "We use AI technology and intelligent agent technology to make our security capabilities more powerful."

Zhou revealed that 360 has another important theme this year: "large model security," solving AI's inherent problems through intelligent agents. He emphasized that as AI and intelligent agents become widely used, the security of intelligent agents and AI itself will become headaches for the industry.

"So my boxing match with the robot was a metaphor for how to cooperate well with AI in the future," Zhou explained. He also mentioned that companies that understand both security and AI will play a huge role. "360 understands AI better than all security companies and understands security better than all AI companies."

Zhou also pointed out that in the future, humans will be divided into two types: those controlled by AI and those who can control AI.

Zuckerberg Poaches OpenAI Talent Again, Peking University Alumni Joins Meta

Yesterday, former OpenAI research scientist Hyung Won Chung posted a photo featuring himself and two former OpenAI colleagues, Zhiqing Sun and Jason Wei. All three have now joined Meta's newly established Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) superintelligence laboratory.

Sun Zhiqing confirmed his joining of the laboratory after the photo was published, while Jason Wei simply stated "Old friends, new lab."

Sun Zhiqing, who joined OpenAI's post-training team in June 2024, graduated from Peking University for his undergraduate degree and completed his doctoral thesis defense at Carnegie Mellon University this year. During his time at OpenAI, Sun participated in the super alignment project and recently became a core developer of ChatGPT Agent. Notably, Sun was one of the main presenters alongside CEO Sam Altman during the ChatGPT Agent launch event on July 17.

Users have joked about Meta's recent "talent poaching": Never let Asian faces appear in OpenAI livestreams, because once Meta's CEO Zuckerberg spots them, he'll immediately make nine-figure job offers.

This year, multiple Asian AI researchers have joined Meta, with OpenAI losing over 4 Chinese researchers to Meta, while Hyung Won Chung and Jason Wei also joined the laboratory last month.

Insta360 Responds to Employee "Cash Throwing"

Recently, a video of Insta360's founder throwing money to employees went viral online. The footage showed Insta360 founder Liu Jingkang standing on an upper floor, throwing cash down to employees below who reached out to catch it.

Regarding this situation, Insta360's internal representative explained that the company had just launched the new panoramic drone A1 (Insta360 Ying Ling Antigravity A1), and the research and development team had worked extremely hard. The founder and project team members used this activity game to boost morale.

Insta360 revealed that the video was shot internally, and "activity footage leaked out, which might have been misinterpreted." "We do provide incentives, but it's definitely proper and honest."

Lei Jun Congratulates XPeng on Breaking Endurance Challenge Record

Yesterday, XPeng Motors Chairman He Xiaopeng announced that under the authoritative witness of China Automotive Information Technology Co., Ltd., the new XPeng P7's "24-hour endurance test" successfully achieved a total driving distance of 3,961km.

He Xiaopeng stated: "Every number here represents the effort of an excellent product pursuing higher and stronger performance and endurance. Now, this challenge milestone also bears the mark of the new XPeng P7."

Subsequently, Lei Jun reposted and congratulated XPeng Motors, calling it "absolutely remarkable!" He also welcomed more manufacturers to participate in the "pure electric vehicle 24-hour endurance challenge" to "jointly promote automotive industry development!"

ChatGPT Executive: Doesn't Rule Out Adding Advertisements

According to The Verge, OpenAI's ChatGPT head Nick Turley recently revealed in an interview that the company is considering additional revenue sources, with introducing advertisements in ChatGPT being a viable option.

"We wouldn't absolutely rule out this possibility."

While there's potential for introducing ads, Nick also stated that "OpenAI needs to carefully and cleverly consider how to 'integrate' advertisements into ChatGPT."

Nick explained that OpenAI would develop products in other dimensions, noting that ChatGPT itself isn't suitable for advertising integration "because it needs to be responsible for user expectations."

Nick also emphasized "subscription models," stating that "maintaining choice is good, but subscription models really have many 'extraordinary aspects'." He believes free users aren't necessarily a disadvantage, and OpenAI can better utilize subscription channels to provide differentiated services for those willing to pay.

Li Xiang Discusses Li Auto's New Car Series "Starting Low, Going High"

Yesterday, Li Auto CEO Li Xiang posted that Li Auto's new car series mostly "start low and go high," calling them "Think Different."

Li Xiang analyzed through "starting low" and "going high" points, stating: "Li Auto ONE, Li Auto L9, Li Auto MEGA - which one didn't make it through user reputation and NPS?" He believes Li Auto i8 will also improve in reputation and NPS as deliveries increase and more people experience it.

Finally, Li Xiang said: "Please don't mock our 'Think Different' behavior. Welcome everyone to try our 'Think Different' product, Li Auto i8."

Face++ Establishes Automotive Business Line

According to Yicai Global, Face++ CEO Li Dahai sent an all-staff letter yesterday. The letter revealed that in late July, Face++ underwent a new round of organizational upgrade, specifically establishing a first-level organization - the automotive business line.

The report indicates that by the end of this month, the first mass-production vehicle equipped with Face++'s MiniCPM edge-side model - Changan Mazda's strategic new energy vehicle MAZDA EZ-60 - will be launched.

According to a March report, Face++ views automotive as its most important focus area in 2025, developing comprehensive edge-side products for vehicles. CEO Li Dahai also pointed out in interviews that automotive and mobile phones are the two fields with the largest and most edge-side opportunities.

Kuaishou Senior VP Concurrently Serves as Kling AI Technology Head

According to LatePost, Kuaishou yesterday announced an organizational structure adjustment, appointing Kuaishou Senior VP and Kling AI Business Unit head Gai Kun to concurrently serve as Kling AI Technology head, continuing to report to Kuaishou Technology founder and CEO Cheng Yixiao.

According to Kuaishou personnel, having the business unit leader concurrently serve as technology head demonstrates Kling AI's crucial position in Kuaishou's overall large model strategy and signifies Kling's commitment to a "technology-driven" strategy.

Personnel revealed that at a management meeting in the first half of the year, Gai Kun required Kling to achieve "global leadership" in AI visual production. For development path, he emphasized prioritizing model effectiveness and focusing on paid subscription members, which is the main customer base targeted by global leading video generation companies including Runway.

"Gai Kun has mentioned multiple times internally that he hopes to use AI to recreate scenes from 'The Three-Body Problem'."

Figma CEO: Details Are the Advantage in the AI Era

Recently, Figma CEO Dylan Field discussed where designers should go in the AI era during YC's "AI Startup School."

Dylan expressed his belief that boundaries between not only design and development, but also product and even user research are becoming blurred. "All these roles are no longer clearly separated but deeply integrated." He noted that AI's emergence only accelerates this trend, as "certain AI characteristics naturally empower generalists."

For the AI era context, Dylan emphasized that "development will become simple, while design, craftsmanship, and unique perspectives will become products' most critical differentiating advantages." Therefore, he strongly advocates that designers should step out of traditional roles to "become founders and start their own companies."

Dylan explained: "In summary, designers will be viewed as experts within companies, just like today's top writers or editors." He stated that future designers will be the best candidates for solving problems, conceiving solutions, exploring creative mazes, establishing directions, and building systems.

MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Engineering Benchmark Scores Revealed

Yesterday, GeekBench published benchmark scores for the vivo V2509A model, reportedly equipped with MediaTek's Dimensity 9500 processor and 16GB RAM.

Subsequently, blogger "Digital Chat Station" identified this model as the vivo X300, noting it's currently an engineering unit with unstable processor frequencies.

"Digital Chat Station" also revealed additional Dimensity 9500 information, including its 8-core architecture with peak frequencies and improved performance specifications.

Tongyi Releases Open-Source Visual Intelligence Agent

On August 15, Tongyi Large Model released the new generation Deep Research Agent "WebWatcher." WebWatcher integrates multiple tools including web browsing, image search, code interpreter, and internal OCR, enabling it to see images, search, reason, and verify like human researchers, automatically completing complex information tracking and deep research tasks.

Through cold-start training based on high-quality synthetic trajectories and reinforcement learning optimization for decision-making capabilities, WebWatcher can autonomously plan tool calling paths when facing cross-modal, multi-step complex challenges, gradually acquiring clues, integrating information, and ultimately reaching reliable answers.

WebWatcher demonstrates breakthrough capabilities in visual understanding, logical reasoning, knowledge retrieval, tool scheduling, and self-verification. Currently, WebWatcher is fully open-sourced on GitHub.

Kunlun Wanwei Unveils New Music Model

On August 15, Kunlun Wanwei officially launched the new music model Mureka V7.5. The company stated that Mureka V7.5 significantly improves Chinese song interpretation, achieving substantial enhancements in Chinese song timbre and performance techniques, while completing improvements in Chinese song articulation and emotional expression.

In speech model development, Kunlun Wanwei's speech team also introduced MoE-TTS - the first character description speech synthesis framework based on MOE. MoE-TTS innovatively combines pre-trained large language model (LLM) text capabilities with speech expert modules, configuring dedicated expert modules for text and speech respectively, and introducing modal routing in the Transformer core structure to ensure independent optimization without interference between modalities.

Range Rover Evoque L Announced Starting at 239,800 Yuan

Yesterday, Range Rover announced that its Evoque L model's latest pricing starts at 239,800 yuan, with the slogan "Become your first Range Rover."

This pricing adjustment offers two versions: SE Luxury Edition (239,800 yuan) and HSE Limited Edition (269,800 yuan). The vehicle features the family's classic "Genesis Golden Line" design with 20-inch 10-spoke alloy blackened wheels, while the Limited Edition adds bright gray contrast rims.

Performance-wise, the vehicle is equipped with a 2.0T + 48V mild hybrid powertrain, delivering maximum power of 183kW and peak torque of 365N·m, paired with a 9-speed automatic transmission.

HunyuanWorld 3D Model Launches Lite Version

Yesterday, Tencent's Hunyuan team launched "HunyuanWorld 3D Model 1.0 Lite," claiming to significantly reduce runtime memory requirements and support consumer-grade graphics card deployment.

Tencent's HunyuanWorld 3D Model 1.0 is the industry's first open-source editable world generation model, allowing users to generate complete, explorable 3D worlds with just a sentence or uploaded image.

The Lite version incorporates "Dynamic FP8 Quantization," "SageAttention Quantization," and "Cache Algorithm Accelerated Inference" optimizations. HunyuanWorld 3D Model 1.0 Lite is now available online.

Shenzhen's Third Apple Store Opens Today

Today, "Apple Qianhai Yifang City" retail store officially opens, marking Shenzhen's third Apple Store. This opening completes Apple Store's east-west axis layout in Shenzhen.

The store features a physical Genius Bar counter and independent Pickup area, supporting approximately 30-minute one-on-one personalized Apple Vision Pro demonstrations in a semi-open area.

Like most recently opened Apple Stores, Apple Qianhai Yifang City implements comprehensive accessibility design, including barrier-free access for wheelchair users, tables and chairs of various heights, and assisted hearing systems.

The store currently employs over 120 staff members, including two visually impaired colleagues and one part-time retiree. Over 50 team members come from 22 other provinces nationwide, while many employees are local to Shenzhen or have lived there for years.

Girl's Seat Adjustment Causes Brother's Death, Parents' Lawsuit Against Automaker Dismissed

According to CCTV News, on August 14, Shanghai High Court announced a case involving "girl's seat adjustment causing brother's death by compression, parents seeking compensation from automaker."

The plaintiffs, couple Zong and Wu, were traveling with their daughter (5 years old) and son (2 years 7 months old) in a commercial vehicle on May 1, 2023. Around 11 AM, after discovering their son unconscious with cyanosis in the vehicle, they rushed him to the hospital, but he died despite resuscitation efforts. The cause of death was recorded as hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

During police questioning, Zong reported that his son died from suffocation after being compressed by the car seat. At the time of incident (around 10 AM), his wife sat in the second row right side, daughter in second row left side, and son was playing with a phone in the third row left seat.

Around 10:30 AM, the wife noticed the daughter had adjusted the seat very low and turned to find the seat pressing on the son's head, with the son lying under the seat. When called, the son didn't respond and had already stopped breathing.

The parents subsequently sued the automotive company, arguing that the vehicle's seat adjustment lacked automatic sensing retraction function, excessive pressure, design defects, and insufficient warning labels. They demanded public apology and 2 million yuan compensation including medical expenses, death compensation, funeral expenses, and emotional distress damages.

The court ruled that the vehicle was a small passenger vehicle produced by the automotive company, passing inspection in March 2021. The vehicle's user manual contained "Warning, Caution and Notice" markings and mentioned "child protection devices must be installed in the vehicle to reduce injury risk" under "Seats and Protection Devices."

Ultimately, the court dismissed the plaintiffs' lawsuit.

Black Myth: Wukong to Announce Latest Progress at ONL

Yesterday, "Black Myth: Wukong" officially announced it will release its latest development progress at Opening Night Live (ONL) during Gamescom 2025.

ONL is scheduled for August 20, 2 AM to 4 AM Beijing time. According to gaming news sources, the preview image contained two original poems: "Strange events are common in human affairs, gods and demons originally appear in official robes," sparking widespread player speculation about meaning, possibly indicating DLC new content announcements.

miHoYo Founder's AI Game Launches on Steam

Yesterday, "Whispers From The Star," a game project created by miHoYo founder Cai Haoyu, officially launched on Steam, currently priced at 27.19 yuan.

"Whispers From The Star" is the first game project from Cai Haoyu's AI gaming company "Anuttacon," featuring AI-driven real-time character dialogue to provide open, personalized, and immersive gaming experiences.

The game serves as Anuttacon's experimental product, aiming to verify real-time interaction performance under multimodal model drive, with 100% real-time rendered graphics.

The protagonist is Stella, an astrophysics student who accidentally crashed on an alien planet. Players are her only contact, tasked with helping her survive and escape planet GAIA.

The game's main highlight is Stella's AI-generated real-time dialogue - based on player input, Stella provides non-fixed responses, emotions, and actions.

Anuttacon was founded after miHoYo founder Cai Haoyu announced his "retirement" from the company, with the AI startup project exposed in August last year. The company focuses on using AI to create unprecedented player experiences, breaking interactive entertainment boundaries.

Movie "Survival" Scheduled for September

Yesterday, the movie "Survival" officially released its "Ice and Snow Scroll" poster, announcing a September 3 release date. The film depicts the true historical events of the remaining regiment's guerrilla warfare after the main force's western expedition, through the perspective of 12-year-old female soldier Li Tong, covering breakthrough, reorganization into the 88th Independent Teaching Brigade, and return to Northeast battlefields.

Using documentary style to portray ordinary soldiers like Commander Geng and Sister Pei surviving in extreme conditions, the film presents for the first time the complete strategic transfer process of the late Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army.

The film is co-directed by Gao Qunshu and Xiao Yifan, starring Lu Chang'en, Cao Weiyu, Zhu Hongjia, Zhou Siyu, Zhou Yunpeng, and others.