Musk Claims Lead Over Kimi; Alibaba Qwen3.8-Max Preview Released
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-07-20
Model Updates: Elon Musk revealed that his 2-trillion-parameter model will complete initial training next week, claiming it is expected to comprehensively surpass the newly released Kimi K3 (2.8 trillion parameters, which topped the Arena programming leaderboard) from Moonshot AI. Alibaba released TokenPlan Personal Edition and launched the Qwen3.8-Max preview (2.4T parameters), with the official version set to be open-sourced soon.
Industry & Capital: A KPMG report noted that China's embodied AI financing in Q1 2026 surged by 182.9% year-on-year, driven primarily by industrial robotics; Changxin Technology raised approximately 57.9 billion RMB in its STAR Market IPO.
Policy & Hardware: China's first mandatory national standard for L2 assisted driving was released, set for implementation in 2027; Booster Robotics released the BoosterT2, a bipedal humanoid robot platform.
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