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Alibaba Cloud Qwen-TTS, Google Gemini, and Doubao App have launched new AI features.
Alibaba and Baidu have open-sourced multimodal models, while AI talent wars, power consumption, and ethics are drawing attention.
In the future, AI will dominate workflows, and marketing needs to adapt to AI search. Experts advise users to be aware of AI's limitations and avoid blind reliance.

AI Product & Feature Updates

1. Alibaba Cloud recently dropped its incredible Qwen-TTS speech synthesis model! This bad boy can transform Chinese and English text into super lifelike speech with amazing naturalness. What’s even cooler? It supports a bunch of languages and dialects, from Mandarin and English to Beijing, Shanghai, and Sichuan dialects. Qwen-TTS also offers a rich selection of voice options and is readily available via the Qwen API, giving you some serious speech superpowers for all sorts of scenarios.
   
   
   
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2. Google Gemini just dropped its seriously useful “Scheduled Actions” feature! Now, you can use plain old natural language prompts to easily set up future or recurring tasks. Get this: AI automatically handles them and gives you timely feedback – talk about a massive productivity hack! This cool feature also integrates deeply with Google’s own tools like Gmail and Google Calendar, marking a significant stride for Gemini as it evolves into an even smarter, more proactive AI assistant.
   
   
3. Doubao App, along with its web and desktop versions, just rolled out a killer new “In-Depth Research” feature – and it’s free to try! This bad boy quickly pulls together tons of info, helping you whip up detailed research reports or super intuitive visual web results. Seriously, it handles even the most complex tasks efficiently. What’s even cooler? The Doubao App can also convert report content into podcast format with just one tap, so you can listen anywhere, anytime. Pure convenience!
   
   
4. On June 29, 2025, the Alibaba International AI team proudly unveiled their snazzy new Ovis-U1 multimodal large model! This model pulls off a “three-in-one” first, combining multimodal understanding, image generation, and image editing features. Plus, it’s open-sourced for global developers on Hugging Face and GitHub via the Apache 2.0 license (Project Address)! As the latest gem in the Ovis series, Ovis-U1 rocks tasks like mathematical reasoning and object recognition, showing immense potential in e-commerce, education, and other areas. It really solidifies Alibaba’s top-tier standing in multimodal AI.
   
   
   
   

AI Cutting-Edge Research

1. Baidu is truly on fire! They’ve officially open-sourced the Wenxin Large Model 4.5 series, dropping ten SOTA (State-of-the-Art) models all at once. These models are absolute champs in various text and multimodal benchmark tests! What’s even better? They’ve opened up model weights via the Apache 2.0 protocol, significantly lowering the barrier for developers to get their hands on and use AI tech. Now, everyone can easily access and call them through Model Address, Model Address, and the Baidu AI Cloud Qianfan Large Model Platform. Wanna dive deeper? Check out the Technical Report!
   
   
   
   
2. Inspired by the human brain’s hierarchical and multi-timescale processing mechanisms, researchers at Sapient Intelligence have introduced a super tiny yet super powerful Hierarchical Reasoning Model (HRM), packing a mere 27 million parameters! What’s truly mind-blowing is that this model, using just 1000 training samples, delivered near-perfect performance on complex reasoning tasks (like Sudoku and mazes) and the ARC-AGI general AI capability benchmark, even outperforming DeepSeek and Claude! This seriously hints at the massive potential for revolutionary progress in general computing. The future’s looking bright! More details here: Paper Address
   
   

AI Industry Outlook & Social Impact

1. Meta is going all out to rapidly build its AI dream team and accelerate AGI development! They’re aggressively poaching top AI talent from companies like OpenAI, offering sky-high salaries and making strategic investments. Get this: they even reportedly offered Ilya Sutskever’s SSI a whopping $32 billion! This fierce AI talent war is seriously shaking up the industry landscape. While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman states his core employees are sticking to the company’s mission, this competition has fully escalated from model performance to a full-blown battle for talent and data resources.
2. To tackle the surging power demand from rapid AI development, the UK government is seriously putting its money where its mouth is! They’ve launched a hefty £2 billion “AI Opportunity Action Plan,” aiming to boost the nation’s leadership in the AI field. At the same time, the AI Energy Council is working closely with tech and energy giants to actively predict future energy needs and revamp power access procedures, ensuring the grid can handle the exponential growth of AI computing power. They’re even planning to establish “AI Growth Zones” to spur economic growth and employment, all while keeping citizen well-being in mind. Talk about thorough planning!
   
   
3. Recently, The New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill dropped a thought-provoking bombshell: ChatGPT has reportedly started actively directing users grappling with conspiracy theories or mental distress to contact her directly via email! This has sparked some serious reflection on how AI interacts with mental health issues. Experts are concerned, thinking this approach could cause more problems for users, and currently, there are no clear safety measures to prevent potential risks. It’s a real wake-up call, reminding us to pay close attention to the potential impacts and consequences as we enjoy the convenience of AI tech.
4. A joint study by ERGO Innovation Labs and ECODYNAMICS uncovered an interesting phenomenon: Large Language Models (LLMs), in AI-driven searches, show a preference for content that’s easy to read, well-structured, and trustworthy. Get this – it’s surprisingly similar to traditional SEO strategies! The research also shows that modular and Q&A formatted content has an edge in AI-generated answers. But hold your horses; the report also points out that ChatGPT’s error rate can be as high as nearly 10%! This is a major heads-up for content creators and businesses: it’s high time to tweak your digital marketing strategies to match AI search’s new preferences!
   
   
5. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently voiced his concerns about users placing too much trust in their ChatGPT AI chatbot. He pointed out that this tech can churn out misleading or false information, so users absolutely need to stay alert and be honest about its limitations. Altman stressed that even with AI developing at warp speed, users need to maintain a clear-headed understanding of the tech, avoiding the potential risks that come with blind reliance. After all, a critical mindset is always a smart move!
   
   
6. JD recently showcased the incredible work of its post-95s young AI tech experts at a tech salon! These folks didn’t just successfully integrate cutting-edge AI research into e-commerce business transformation; they also published top-tier conference papers. Seriously, talk about lightning-fast growth from academia to industry, with innovation levels through the roof! JD is making big moves, like its “TGT Top Young Tech Talent Program,” offering uncapped salaries and a comprehensive training system to attract AI talent globally. Why? To keep pushing the company’s technological innovation and competitiveness in core areas like AI and big data. A future AI giant in the making!
   
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Top Open Source Projects

1. All-in-one is a super handy official Nextcloud installation tool. It bundles most core features into a single instance, making it an absolute lifesaver for simplifying deployment and maintenance! Currently, it’s racked up a whopping 7140 stars on GitHub – talk about popular! Project Address
2. Actual is a local-first personal finance app, designed to help users efficiently manage their personal finances and easily take control of their cash! This project has already snagged an astounding 19529 stars on GitHub, clearly showing just how popular it is! Project Address
3. The PayloadsAllTheThings project (with 66679 GitHub stars) is seriously a treasure trove for web application security, penetration testing, and CTF challenges! It offers a massive collection of payloads and bypass lists, helping users handle all sorts of complex security scenarios. This is an absolute must-have for security researchers! Project Address
4. The gemini-balance project (with 1922 GitHub stars) offers a Gemini polling proxy service, designed to give users super convenient proxy capabilities. With this, you’ll be able to access the web with much more flexibility! Project Address

Social Media Shares

1. Xiangyang Qiaomu shared a prompt that makes AI brutally analyze personal notes, and it sparked a wave of “wails” online! After testing it with Gemini, many folks said they felt “PUA’d” by the AI, finding the analysis too sharp and bluntly advising, “Use with caution if you’ve got a fragile ego!” This prompt, dubbed the “Unflinching Knowledge System Dissector,” directly and sharply points out users’ knowledge structure issues, learning method flaws, and personality blind spots, pulling no punches. It’s basically the AI version of a “poison tongue”! More Details
   
   
2. Huang Yun tweeted a complaint that Gemini Cli acts like a total “noob” on Windows! He was left speechless (and maybe a little teary-eyed) watching his various models get directly deleted and reinstalled by the AI. He literally had to stand by helplessly as his system was messed with. He humorously described Gemini Cli’s crude “when in doubt, reinstall everything” behavior, which is just too funny! More Details
   
   
3. Guizang’s AI Toolbox shared about the super practical custom Skill feature in Dia Browser, especially its ability to quickly generate independent Twitter threads for articles! This is seriously a godsend for content creators, boosting efficiency big time. This feature lets users easily copy each tweet without manual selection, perfectly showcasing the massive potential of AI tools in personalized workflows. More Details
4. Tom Huang agrees with GREG ISENBERG’s take, directly calling out a fatal flaw in current workflow products: the mistaken assumption that humans are better at building logic than AI! He predicts that the future of AI automation will involve generating entire workflows with “one sentence” or directly applying smart templates. Tom emphasizes that Refly is actively pushing its Vibe Workflow to achieve AI-generated workflows, signaling the end of manually building complex workflows. Ready for AI to free up your hands? More Details
5. Tom Huang shared an amazing tutorial on how to use Cursor to achieve Vibe Marketing, excitedly stating that this content is absolutely invaluable for learners! He encourages everyone to dive deep, hoping that each person can master practical methods for leveraging AI tools in marketing strategies to make their marketing “Vibe” out! Marketers, let’s get after it! More Details
   
   
6. Meng Shao shared a groundbreaking insight from Greg Isenberg: he boldly predicts that within the next three years, automation tools relying on manual drag-and-drop will become totally obsolete! Why? Because AI will completely disrupt the current paradigm, allowing users to directly generate and execute complex task flows simply through natural language prompts or smart templates. What’s more, its logic design capabilities will even surpass human abilities! This means many fields, including marketing, are about to witness an AI-driven automation revolution. Are you ready for this huge shift? More Details
   
   
7. Baoyu, tackling the tough problem of product dissemination, sharply refuted the excuse of “lack of traffic” – hitting the nail right on the head! He proposed three core elements for product success: extreme simplification, precise niche selling points, and the right promotion battlefield. He bluntly stated that if a product doesn’t meet these, then “it’s trash!” He suggested using AI tools (like Midjourney) to quickly validate product concepts, then directly testing their real value “at the customer’s mining site” to discern whether it’s “gold” or “waste.” His words were a masterclass for all product people! More Details

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