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20:37

                            ByteDance's Seed team released a diffusion language model with an inference speed of 2146 tokens per second.
                        
                            On July 31st, the ByteDance Seed team released Seed Diffusion Preview, an experimental diffusion language model. The team's goal, according to the team, is to systematically validate the feasibility of the discrete diffusion technology approach as a foundational framework for next-generation language models, using structured code generation as an experimental field. Experimental results show that Seed Diffusion Preview achieves an inference speed of 2146 tokens/s, a 5.4x increase compared to an autoregressive model of similar scale.
                        
20:26

                            Dongxin Shares: Shanghai Lisuan products are not intended for use in scenarios such as large-scale computing clusters.
                        
                            Dongxin Co., Ltd. issued a stock trading risk warning. Recently, media reports have surfaced regarding the company's overseas investment, Shanghai Lisuan, releasing its first self-developed GPU chip, the "7G100," and its first graphics card, the Lisuan eXtreme. The company's progress regarding this overseas investment is as follows: In 2024, the company invested 200 million yuan of its own capital in Shanghai Lisuan, resulting in a 37.88% stake in the company after the investment. This investment is not included in the consolidated financial statements. The target company primarily develops and designs multi-level (scalable) graphics rendering GPU chips. These products are suitable for use in applications such as personal computers, professional design, AI PCs, cloud gaming, cloud rendering, and digital twins, but are not intended for use in large-scale computing clusters. As of May 25, 2025, Shanghai Lisuan received the first batch of packaged G100 chips and completed key functional testing. Shanghai Lisuan is currently continuing product optimization and enhancements, with customer sampling and mass production as the next steps. Currently, no revenue has been generated.
                        
07:38

                            Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Accelerate the high-quality development of computing infrastructure
                        
                            At the press conference for the "National Informatization Development Report (2024)" held on July 30, Zhao Ce, Deputy Director of the Information and Communications Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that China will accelerate the high-quality development of computing infrastructure. The "Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Computing Infrastructure" will be thoroughly implemented to optimize the layout of computing infrastructure, strengthen the coordinated monitoring of computing development, and focus on improving computing utilization efficiency. Basic telecommunications companies will be encouraged to focus on computing hubs and plan and build a number of high-speed broadband networks to further enhance network interoperability. Special projects will be organized to promote the coordinated development of diverse, heterogeneous, and cross-domain computing power to enhance technological innovation and industry application. A computing industry development group will be established to build a Chinese computing platform. Typical case studies of computing application innovation will be collected to continuously deepen the empowerment of computing power applications. By the end of March 2025, my country will have 10.43 million standard computing racks in use, with an intelligent computing capacity of 748 EFLOPS, providing strong support for the development of artificial intelligence and the intelligent transformation and upgrading of various fields. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will steadily promote the construction and development of new-type information infrastructure, continue to expand the coverage breadth and penetration depth of "dual gigabit" networks, promote 5G-A network coverage in key cities and hot spots, and orderly guide 10-gigabit optical networks from technical pilots to deployment and application. We will continue to promote in-depth applications such as 5G, gigabit optical networks, and intelligent computing power, and deeply empower the digital transformation of the industry.
                        
07:31

                            CITIC Construction Investment: Female micro-terrorist game track expands to fill the gap of "search, strike and retreat" gameplay
                        
                            A research report by CICC pointed out that since the second half of 2025, the female micro-terrorist game market has gradually expanded. This type of game combines elements of micro-terror, chasing, treasure hunting, social leisure, and other elements, and has quickly gained volume. "Identity V" and "Supernatural Action Group" are representative works of this market. The former is an asymmetric confrontation game launched by NetEase in 2018, and has once again achieved new revenue records in recent years. "Supernatural Action Group" was launched by Giant Network in 2025. It adopts a search-and-kill gameplay different from Identity V and a Chinese tomb-raiding theme. Since April, it has been linked with two major Chinese geographical and cultural IPs, "The World of Mythical Beasts in the Forbidden City" and "Kunlun Mountain". The research report believes that the female micro-terrorist market is continuing to expand its share. The reasons include filling the gap in the female "search-and-kill" gameplay, becoming a way for young people to resonate with emotions and release stress, and frequent IP linkage and event operations.
                        
10:31

                            Ant Group AQ launches "Rainstorm Health Service Zone"
                        
                            Recently, heavy rainfall has continued in East China, North China, Northeast China and other places. For this reason, AQ, an AI health application under Ant Group, launched the "Heavy Rain Health Service Zone". Users can open the AQ APP and click on the special zone card on the homepage to obtain scientific information on health protection such as medical emergency treatment, high-risk infection prevention and control, and post-disaster disinfection.
                        
23:26

                            Empowering new cultural and tourism experiences, the world's first 3A-quality Mars-themed VR space debuts
                        
                            The 32nd Beijing International Radio, Film and Television Exhibition recently opened in Beijing, attracting over 500 exhibitors from over 20 countries and regions. Ten exhibition areas and six immersive experience zones were set up, including the debut of the world's first 3A-quality Mars-themed VR space project. Erupting magma, undulating mine tunnels, the floating and colliding blue energy crystals, and the fantastical sight of an underwater city—these rich audiovisual language create an immersive experience filled with both thrilling and fantastical elements. "3A quality" is the highest quality for interactive games. In the VR space immersive experience zone, "Mars Landing Project: Origins," the world's first independently developed 3A-quality Mars-themed VR space project, debuted in my country. This is also the third Chinese immersive interactive film to receive the Dragon Mark. The 40-minute immersive journey allows visitors to become volunteers for the 2050 Mars landing project, traversing the storm-ravaged Martian surface, diving into a suspended underwater city, and uncovering the mystery of the demise of an ancient Martian civilization. Under the guidance of the Mars base deputy station chief "Tianyin" and the robot "Blue", they completed high-energy tasks such as exploration, rescue, decryption, and escape.
                        
21:35

                            Douyin integrates instant retail business, and Douyin Supermarket is merged into 12-hour delivery
                        
                            Douyin Supermarket will be merged into Douyin Hourly Delivery to improve the efficiency of instant retail business. In the first week after the Spring Festival in 2023, Douyin Supermarket was launched within Douyin e-commerce. This is an online e-commerce self-operated business similar to JD Supermarket. The person in charge reports to Mu Qing, who was then the vice president of e-commerce. Before the official launch, Douyin Supermarket went through about a year of preparation. In mid-2022, it was piloted in cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hangzhou. This year, Douyin e-commerce is in a period of rapid development and has clearly defined the strategic goal of focusing on shelf e-commerce. According to reports, Douyin Supermarket is expected to penetrate young high-income groups in first- and second-tier cities and increase the frequency of users using Douyin e-commerce.
                        
20:24

                            ByteDance denies rumors about Doubao Car: no intelligent driving business plans
                        
                            According to media reports, ByteDance will develop a "Doubao Car." This initiative will collaborate with ByteDance's Volcano Engine automotive cloud business to provide intelligent driving terminal solutions focused on the two key areas of "cockpit + intelligent driving" for smart cars, mirroring Huawei's HarmonyOS intelligent driving software solutions. Upon contacting officials, a representative from Volcano Engine stated that the online rumors about the "Doubao Car" are pure rumors. Volcano Engine provides an efficient algorithm training platform for numerous automotive clients and has no plans for its own intelligent driving business.
                        
14:44

                            Wang Xiaohang, former vice president of Ant Group, has been appointed CTO of Ping An Insurance
                        
                            Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China (Ping An) announced today the appointment of Wang Xiaohang as Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and General Manager of Ping An Technology. With nearly 20 years of experience in the "finance + technology" sector, Wang joined Ant Group in 2016 and has served in various roles, including Vice President and CTO of the Wealth and Insurance Group, leading digital finance and AI innovation. In 2015, he served as Chief Architect at Baidu, driving the development of Baidu Wallet and its financial services. Previously, he held senior technical management positions at internationally renowned companies such as Google (US) and Bloomberg.
                        
12:50

                            ByteDance donates 10 million yuan to aid disaster-stricken areas
                        
                            On July 29th, ByteDance announced a donation of 10 million RMB. The donation, in partnership with the Shenzhen One Foundation, the Beijing Pinglan Foundation, the China Red Cross Foundation, and other charitable organizations, will support the hard-hit areas of Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, providing emergency supplies such as hygiene products, housing, and children's supplies to address the shortage of supplies in some areas. Subsequently, the Beijing ByteDance Foundation will also focus on the needs of young people and the elderly in the disaster-stricken areas, supporting special projects such as the post-disaster Yitong Park and Yixiao School Program.
                        
06:52

                            U.S. and Russian space agency leaders to meet to focus on ISS, joint missions
                        
                            It was learned on July 28 local time that Sean Duffy, interim administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will hold talks with Dmitry Bakanov, director of the visiting Russian Space Agency, in Houston on July 31. This is the first face-to-face exchange between the leaders of the two agencies since 2018. Topics of the talks include extending the service life of the International Space Station, promoting the US-Russia cross-manned flight plan, and future safe decommissioning and ocean disposal cooperation mechanisms. During this visit, Bakanov will also visit the Johnson Space Center and Boeing Space Project Facilities, and meet with the US-Russia joint crew members who will carry out the SpaceX Crew-11 mission. NASA said it looks forward to continuing to promote international space cooperation while ensuring safety and transparency.
                        
19:27

                            The letter shows that U.S. Democratic Senator Hassan wants SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to prevent Southeast Asian financial fraud groups from using Starlink.
                        
17:00

                            Douyin: The online rumor that "Bytedance arbitrarily canceled its options" is not true
                        
                            According to Douyin Blackboard, recently, we found that someone posted on social media that ByteDance arbitrarily cancelled their options after they left the company. The content of the relevant post is inconsistent with the facts, and the company will not arbitrarily deduct employees' options. After an internal investigation by the company, the relevant situation triggered the option deduction clause because the former employee violated the company's integrity management system and the option grant agreement he signed. The former employee is suspected of defrauding the company's cloud service resources, causing significant economic losses to the company, and has been taken criminal coercive measures by the police in May 2025 for suspected fraud. On July 16, 2025, the company deducted his options and sent him a deduction notice on July 25.
                        
13:54

                            Academician Wang Jianan's team and Ant "AQ" jointly launched a medical intelligent body
                        
                            On July 28, during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, Wang Jianan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his medical team, in collaboration with AQ, an AI health application under Ant Group, jointly created and launched the "Jack Peace of Mind Intelligent Body", the first professional intelligent body that connects to smart hardware to provide specialized disease management.
                        
11:37

                            "AI+Game" innovative ecology accelerates new breakthroughs in industrial integration in Xuhui District
                        
                            According to The Paper, Shanghai's Xuhui District is leading the deep integration of the "AI+game" industry and becoming a global innovation highland. The district is home to leading game companies such as Mihoyo, Lilith, and Eagle Point, as well as thousands of artificial intelligence companies. Companies such as Mask Technology use generative AI technology to achieve intelligent game development, greatly improving production efficiency and content security. Xuhui District has enabled the game industry from "half-city concentration" to "global leadership" through full-factor empowerment of policies, capital, and talent. The annual revenue of the district's game industry is expected to exceed 70 billion yuan, accounting for more than 40% of the city, forming a complete industrial ecological chain. With the debut of the "Metaverse NeoWorld" block, Xuhui District is accelerating the construction of an "AI+game" innovation ecosystem.
                        
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