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Tencent releases Hunyuan Hy3, a 295B MoE model with 21B active parameters, achieving 90% agent task resolution and surpassing DeepSeek V4 Pro and Qwen 3.7 Max on key benchmarks.
According to China STAR Market Daily, sources familiar with the matter said Huawei’s Mate 90 series, expected to launch this autumn, is planned to feature a new Kirin chipset based on the company’s Tao (τ) Law. Huawei introduced Tao (τ) Law in May this year as a new guiding principle for semiconductor development. The framework is centered on continuously reducing the system time constant (τ) by employing technologies such as Logic Folding to minimize on-chip signal propagation delays, boost transistor density, and drive the ongoing advancement of semiconductors and electronic systems. The Kirin 2026 chipset, scheduled to debut in autumn 2026, is said to be the first to implement Logic Folding technology, delivering improved performance. According to data published in Huawei’s research paper, the Kirin 2026 adopts dual-layer Logic Folding, which increases transistor density from 155 million transistors per square millimeter (155 MTr/mm²) to 238 million transistors per square millimeter (238 MTr/mm²), a gain of around 53.5% over the 2025 Kirin 9030 Pro baseline.
On Saturday, ByteDance’s Doubao and Alibaba’s Qwen both announced that their AI agent creation features will be discontinued on July 15, 2026. After the shutdown, users will no longer be able to create new AI agents, while all existing user-created agents will also stop functioning. The platforms said users will still be able to view agent configurations and chat histories during a transition period. They recommend backing up important content in advance by taking screenshots or exporting text. After October 15, 2026, related data will be processed in accordance with the platforms’ privacy policies and will no longer be recoverable. The timing of the move closely coincides with the implementation of China’s Interim Measures for the Administration of Anthropomorphic AI Interaction Services, which take effect on July 15. The simultaneous shutdowns signal that China’s consumer-facing, user-generated AI agent ecosystem is entering a new phase of stricter regulatory compliance. [TechNode reporting] Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox.
From XAG agricultural drones reshaping US farms to TCL's Mini LED TVs and ADO e-bikes building European communities, Chinese companies now export entire operating systems.
HeyGears, dominating 60% of China's dental 3D printing market, launches consumer-grade products with full-color resin printing, challenging Bambu Lab's FDM dominance.
Huawei's V2 Tao's Law paper reveals Kirin 2026 achieves 41% power reduction at equal performance, sets 5GHz target by 2031, and details gear ratio and bonding parameters.
Li Auto's self-developed Mach M100 chip delivers 1280 TOPS with a unique dynamic dataflow architecture, a contrarian bet against NVIDIA's GPU dominance.
SiliconFlow, an AI token supply platform backed by Huawei, Alibaba and Meituan, files for Hong Kong IPO despite negative gross margins and mounting losses.
Huawei's wearable sports algorithm was cut off in 2020. A five-person cross-border team rebuilt it from scratch in 8 months, creating the TruSport system now powering millions of devices.
A comprehensive roundup of H1 2026's image and video generation models from Midjourney, Google, ByteDance, Kuaishou, Zhipu AI, Tencent, and more.
Tsinghua-incubated Guangxiang Technology secures hundreds of millions in angel funding for its physics-native embodied AI model targeting automotive manufacturing.
Tsinghua PhD Gu Yuxian, a special scholarship recipient with nearly 5,000 citations, joins DeepSeek as its V4 official version prepares for mid-July release.