Top Stories
1. Baidu Releases ERNIE 5.1
Baidu officially launched its next-generation foundation model ERNIE 5.1 on May 9. Using “multi-dimensional elastic pre-training” technology, the model costs only about 6% of the pre-training cost of comparable models. It ranked #1 domestically and #4 globally on LMArena’s search leaderboard.
Source: QbitAI
2. DeepSeek $50 Billion Funding
According to reports, Liang Wenfeng personally contributed 20 billion yuan. V4.1 is scheduled for June release.
Source: QbitAI
3. Google DeepMind Launches “AI Co-Mathematician”
An asynchronous workspace system for mathematical research. An Oxford professor used it to solve a decades-old problem in the Kourovka Notebook.
Source: QbitAI / Ars Technica
4. NVIDIA’s Jim Fan Declares VLA Dead
At Sequoia AI Ascent 2026, Jim Fan proposed a new “World Action Model” paradigm.
Source: Sequoia
5. Google Veo 3 Adds Audio to Video Generation
New video generation model with synchronized sound effects and audio dialogue.
Source: Ars Technica
Other Updates
- Hugging Face announces two open-source robots: HopeJR ($3000 humanoid) and Reachy Mini ($250-300 desktop)
- Cloudflare publicly admits AI made 1,100 jobs obsolete
- OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in API
- Anthropic increases Claude Code usage limits
- Thousands of vibe-coded apps expose corporate data
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