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OpenAI links a 16,000-request reasoning-extraction campaign to Moonshot-associated usersOpenAI said activity peaked at 16,000 requests from more than 4,000 users on July 24 and 25, with a broader related cluster exceeding 15,000 users. The operators copied encrypted reasoning between conversations and asked another model to decrypt it; OpenAI said no encryption or stored user data was compromised.→StepFun releases Step 5 Preview with 600B parameters and million-token contextStep 5 Preview has 600 billion total parameters and 27 billion active parameters, according to the launch report. StepFun opened API access immediately and said model weights would follow on October 15.→Qiyuan puts personal robots on sale in ChinaQiyuan announced prices starting at 19,999 yuan for Q1 and 29,999 yuan for the T1 Pro, with deliveries scheduled from October 1. The company described the robots as foldable or transformable personal platforms and said it would provide SDK and hardware-development access.→Dongfeng schedules humanoid robots for factory workDongfeng’s chief engineer said Xiaodong would begin factory work in October and move to small-batch, limited-site trials by year-end. The automaker is targeting human-level capability by the end of 2027, which is a roadmap claim rather than demonstrated performance.→Ping An launches multilingual AI healthcare navigation in ChinaGlobalCare supports real-time two-way speech and text translation across 19 languages, including medical terminology. Ping An Good Doctor said the service was available for trial in Shenzhen after its unveiling at the Shenzhen Sci-Tech Innovation Exhibition.→Huawei unveils Atlas 960 SuperPoD in challenge to NvidiaThe Atlas 960 SuperPoD is designed for AI training and inference and follows the Atlas 950 launch by only several months. Huawei also announced plans for Ascend 970 and 980 processors in 2028 and 2029.→Trump rejects calls to slow AI developmentTrump said his administration should not overreact to warnings about AI development and argued that ceding the lead to China would create greater risks. He acknowledged that some guardrails may be needed but offered no specific regulatory programme.→China's security minister calls AI a strategic rivalry arenaState Security Minister Chen Yixin described AI as a new arena for strategic rivalry among major powers and called for protection of state data, business secrets and personal privacy. He also cited risks to ideological security and critical infrastructure and urged a stronger system for preventing and managing AI security risks.→Beijing rejects Anthropic's call to curb China's AI developmentChina's Foreign Ministry pushed back against Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for limits on China's AI development and a global slowdown. The ministry warned that fearmongering, confrontation and unfair competition could disrupt global AI governance.→Trump signals a hands-off US AI regulatory postureThe administration is described as taking a light-touch approach to AI regulation ahead of a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. AI safety remains part of the diplomatic agenda, but the immediate policy emphasis is maintaining technological and strategic advantage.→US agencies accuse Chinese AI firms of industrial-scale model distillationUS law-enforcement and intelligence officials alleged that companies including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI and Alibaba used distillation to train their own systems from American models. The statement said the activity likely had Chinese government awareness and could improve military and cyber capabilities, claims Beijing rejected.→Moody’s finds Chinese AI firms narrowing the physical compute gapSCMP reported that Moody’s Ratings sees US hyperscalers spending far more on AI infrastructure, but a smaller gap in physical compute because Chinese buildouts are cheaper and benefit from policy incentives and lower-cost green power. The report projects Chinese technology companies’ capital expenditure will rise from about US$65 billion in 2025 to roughly US$140 billion in 2026 and US$165 billion in 2027.→US heads to G20 seeking a hands-off approach to AI regulationReuters reported that the US will urge G20 countries to take a hands-off approach to AI regulation at a meeting in North Carolina. The position comes as Washington and Beijing compete over AI leadership and governments debate how much oversight frontier systems require.→China’s top DRAM maker sues Pentagon over military-company listingChangXin Memory Technologies sued the US Defense Department over its inclusion on a list of Chinese companies the US says support Beijing’s military. CXMT says it is a civilian DRAM maker and seeks removal, adding litigation pressure to the geopolitical controls surrounding advanced memory.→CXMT begins mass production of LPDDR6 for Xiaomi’s 18 FoldReuters reported that CXMT has started mass production of LPDDR6 and will supply it to Xiaomi’s upcoming 18 Fold, expected in September. Xiaomi confirmed the supply relationship, making CXMT’s latest mobile DRAM a component in a mainstream device launch.→Moonshot AI reportedly explores Kimi K3 revenue-sharing dealsReuters reported that Moonshot AI is in preliminary talks with Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet’s Google to host its Kimi K3 model on Azure, AWS and Google Cloud. The Chinese company is seeking up to 30% of related service revenue, but the discussions may not produce agreements and unresolved issues include revenue splits, data access and token-use auditing.→MiniMax reports rapid platform growth alongside heavy lossesMiniMax reported first-half revenue of US$116.6 million, up 283.1% year on year, while revenue from its Open Platform and other AI enterprise services rose 703.1% to US$73.9 million. Gross profit increased sharply, but adjusted net loss reached US$293.0 million, showing that commercial scale and compute-heavy spending are expanding together.→XPENG’s robotics arm raises more than US$900 million for humanoid productionThe funding is earmarked for humanoid hardware and software, physical-AI model iteration, data generation, production capacity and international expansion. XPENG targets mass production by the end of 2026, followed by deliveries in China and overseas in 2027.→Chinese humanoid robots beat Usain Bolt’s 100-metre markBoth robot times were faster than Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second human world record, while a Unitree robot recorded 12.41 seconds. The result concerns a robot race and does not establish a new human athletics record.→Chinese consumer platforms increasingly build their own AI modelsThe report said companies are increasingly developing models tailored to their own data and platforms rather than relying entirely on external providers. RedNote’s Dots Studio has also released the 280-billion-parameter open-weight Dots3-Note Preview.→Chinese AI models gain traction among African businessesNigeria-based Curacel has added GLM-5.3 to its model mix while retaining Western systems for more demanding reasoning and reliability-sensitive work. The examples show procurement decisions becoming more pluralistic as model providers compete globally.→Alibaba expects its second-generation T-Head AI chip to enter production this yearAlibaba CEO Eddie Wu said the second-generation T-Head chip is expected to begin tape-out and production in the second half of this year. TechNode reports that Alibaba expects stronger computing performance and interconnect bandwidth, and believes the chip can support large-model training workloads.→Unitree shares soar in Shanghai humanoid-robot debutUnitree shares rose as much as 629% in their Shanghai trading debut, AP reported. The company raised about 6.1 billion yuan, or roughly $904 million, and its shares closed 460% above the IPO price.→China opens World Robot Conference with 3,000 products on displayChina opened the 2026 World Robot Conference, where about 3,000 robotic products are being shown over five days, AP reported. The exhibition includes Unitree humanoids and robot dogs demonstrating boxing, dancing and table tennis.→