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2025.05.11

09:20

                            Tik Tok veteran Chen Lin quits to start his own business? Insider: False news
                        
                            It is reported that Chen Lin, former senior vice president and former head of education business of ByteDance, has resigned to start his own business. He co-founded "Galaxy Intelligence" with Wang Zhuo, a former executive of iFlytek, and registered the "Xiaolu Loves Learning" trademark. It is expected to launch AI education products for schools in August. In this regard, people familiar with ByteDance said that Chen Lin's resignation is false information. Public information shows that Chen Lin joined ByteDance in 2012 and served as the product manager of many core products. At the end of 2018, Chen Lin became the CEO of Toutiao; two years later, he was appointed CEO of Dali Education.
                        
09:09

                            Cai Chongxin: Alibaba wants to integrate AI into every business
                        
                            May 10th is the 21st "Ali Day". On that day, Alibaba Group Chairman Joseph Tsai wore his new work badge and came to the Ali Friends and Family Meeting. In his speech, Joseph Tsai once again introduced the company's core strategy - "e-commerce, cloud + AI" to Ali friends and family, and mentioned innovative businesses such as Xianyu, Quark, AutoNavi, DingTalk, and 1688. Joseph Tsai said that Alibaba wants to integrate AI into every business and every link, and all businesses should be driven by AI in the next three to five years. "Not only internally, there are many increases in productivity and efficiency, but also users and customers should be driven by AI." More than a year ago, Alibaba made "AI-driven" one of the strategic focuses of the group, and this strategy has begun to bear fruit.
                        
07:40

                            Some officially authorized stores responded to Apple's announcement of price cuts: they had already cut prices before and had not received any new price adjustment notices
                        
                            On May 10, it was reported that Apple issued a price adjustment notice to channel dealers. On May 11, the reporter learned from some Apple authorized stores as consumers that they have not received any price adjustment notice. Staff at Apple Authorized Stores Beijing Joy City, Apple Authorized Stores Beijing World Trade Center Place, and Apple Authorized Stores Beijing Yitigang said that the current iPhone 16 series and iPhone 16 Plus series are 800 yuan lower than the price of Apple's official direct stores, and the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max series are 700 yuan lower than the price of Apple's official direct stores. This preferential policy has been released for some time and no new price adjustment policy has been received.
                        
03:13

                            CITIC Securities: It is recommended not to stick to the "human form" but to deeply explore the investment opportunities of "AI + robots"
                        
                            According to a research report by CITIC Securities, humanoid robots, as the best carrier of embodied intelligence, are the main battlefield of the AI technology competition between China and the United States, and there is broad space in the long run. CITIC Securities recommends not sticking to the "human form" and deeply exploring investment opportunities in "AI + robots". For example, the commercialization of exoskeleton robots, dexterous hands and sensors is faster. The pace of volume expansion in these directions is not necessarily based on the volume expansion of humanoid robots, and it is expected that continuous data verification will be obtained in the future.
                        
02:13

                            China Passenger Car Association: In April, the export volume of new energy passenger vehicles reached 189,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 44.2% and a month-on-month increase of 31.6%. Among them, Tesla exported 29,728 Chinese-made vehicles in April.
                        
02:08

                            China Passenger Car Association: New energy passenger car market retail sales in April reached 905,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 33.9%
                        
                            According to the data from the China Passenger Car Association, the retail sales of new energy passenger vehicles in April reached 905,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 33.9% and a month-on-month decrease of 8.7%. The cumulative retail sales from January to April reached 3.324 million units, an increase of 35.7%. In April, the retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles in the overall domestic passenger vehicles was 51.5%, an increase of 7 percentage points from the same period last year. In the domestic retail sales in April, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles among independent brands was 72.8%; the penetration rate of new energy vehicles among luxury cars was 23.5%; and the penetration rate of new energy vehicles among mainstream joint venture brands was only 6.8%. From the perspective of the monthly domestic retail share of new energy vehicles, the retail share of independent brand new energy vehicles in April was 73%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points year-on-year; the share of mainstream joint venture brand new energy vehicles was 3.4%, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5 percentage points; the share of new forces was 19.4%, and brands such as Xiaopeng Motors, Leapmotor, and Xiaomi Motors drove the share of new forces to increase by 3.6 percentage points year-on-year; Tesla's share was 3.2%, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5 percentage points.
                        
00:49

                            my country's first intelligent inspection robot put into use on freight railways
                        
                            Today (11th), the reporter learned from the State Energy Group that the first set of intelligent inspection robots for my country's freight railways was put into use in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, which has important demonstration significance for promoting the intelligent level of my country's railway freight cars. The intelligent inspection robot group put into use this time has realized the multi-operation and maintenance mode of "robot inspection + manual review + cloud diagnosis" for the first time in the field of railway freight car maintenance in my country. Xue Zhanyuan, deputy director of the Huanghua Port Operation Workshop of the Railway Equipment Company of the State Energy Group: After the introduction of intelligent inspection robots, AI intelligent recognition technology is used to find hidden dangers from tens of thousands of images. Under the condition of 24-hour autonomous inspection, the total time for fault inspection of 108 vehicles can be reduced by 30 minutes through human-machine combined operation. This set of intelligent inspection machines greatly reduces the labor intensity and human errors of manual inspections, and the accuracy rate of fault recognition for maintenance is greater than 98%, and the recognition rate for common faults is 100%.
                        
00:40

                            Cryptocurrencies fell in the short term, with Bitcoin falling below $104,000 per coin, down 0.81% on the day. Ethereum reached $2,600 per coin, up 0.71% on the day.
                        
21:12

                            Senior U.S. and Chinese officials concluded the first day of high-stakes trade negotiations in Switzerland on Saturday,
                        
21:05

                            Zelensky announces Ukraine's readiness to implement a 30-day ceasefire initiative starting Monday without conditions
                        
13:28

                            Wang Xingxing, CEO of Yushu Technology: In the next 2 to 5 years, the focus of intelligent robots will be on end-to-end large models
                        
                            "In the next two to five years, the focus of intelligent robot technology will be to complete the end-to-end intelligent robot large model, which requires breaking through the difficulties of low-cost hardware mass production and computing power acquisition." Wang Xingxing, CEO of Hangzhou Yushu Technology Co., Ltd., said in an interview at the 6th Shanghai Innovation and Entrepreneurship Youth 50 Forum on the 10th that the era of artificial intelligence belongs to young people, and the opportunities are far greater than before. Talking about Yushu Technology's layout in the field of humanoid robots, he put forward four reasons: simple structure, easier to provide emotional value, high data adaptability and strong versatility. "Humanoid robots can handle tasks required by humans and truly liberate the labor force." Wang Xingxing said that benefiting from the rapid development of China's humanoid robot industry, Yushu Technology has a strong order and is focusing on improving delivery and quality.
                        
13:18

                            U.S. judge: Trump administration cannot proceed with large-scale layoffs or restructuring plans
                        
                            On the evening of May 9th, local time, a U.S. federal judge ruled that the Trump administration could not continue to advance large-scale layoffs or major restructuring plans for multiple federal agencies in accordance with an executive order issued in February this year. U.S. Senior District Judge Susan Illston approved a temporary restraining order jointly proposed by federal employee unions, local governments, and external organizations that rely on federal services. These organizations believe that the Trump administration's related actions have exceeded the scope of legal authorization. The temporary restraining order is valid for two weeks, during which the government will be prohibited from approving or implementing so-called "Agency RIF and Reorganization Plans" (ARRPs), which are plans aimed at implementing large-scale layoffs, or reducing or abolishing entire departments under the agency. The judge also ruled to suspend the layoffs or project cuts made by the "Department of Government Efficiency" in accordance with the executive order and related directives.
                        
12:47

                            ByteDance open-sources Deep Research project DeerFlow: can generate graphic reports, voice podcasts
                        
                            The ByteDance technical team announced today that DeerFlow, a new DeepResearch open source project based on LangStack, has been officially open sourced on ByteDance's official GitHub organization.
                        
12:13

                            Apple's foldable iPhone will be launched in 2026, and components have been sent for testing
                        
                            According to China Securities Journal, Apple plans to launch its first foldable iPhone in the second half of 2026, and supply chain companies have begun sending samples of key components for testing. The company hopes to become a core component supplier for the foldable iPhone, but it still needs to pass Apple's factory inspection process. Industry insiders expect that the market will have a large demand for Apple's foldable phones, but sales will depend on pricing strategies. At present, Samsung, Huawei and others have launched a number of foldable phones, and the market expects Apple to join the competition. Research firm IDC pointed out that as technology improves, foldable phones are more popular with consumers, especially large-screen models.
                        
11:14

                            Ultraman made a friendly gesture to Musk: Let’s be friends. AGI is too important. Don’t let small grudges hinder us.
                        
                            OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has hinted at a willingness to work with Elon Musk to end their feud and work together to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI). It is worth noting that Musk and Altman have a complicated history, having co-founded OpenAI and now becoming competitors in the same field. On Saturday, both Musk and Altman were embroiled in a war of words over their previous positions criticizing Trump. Musk first cited a tweet from Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham, which read, "Few people have done more to defeat Trump than Sam Altman." This refers to a tweet Musk sent in 2022 mocking Trump for being too old to continue in politics. Altman also extended an olive branch to Musk, writing, "Anyway, see you next week, let's be friends, AGI is too important to let petty grudges get in the way."
                        
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