Altman Deleted TikTok Over Addiction; Nvidia Backs Ilya's SSI
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-07-28
Altman Deleted TikTok Over Addiction
- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman revealed he got addicted to TikTok while researching for Sora.
- After spending 3 hours on it one weekend, he deleted the app because its pull was too strong.
Nvidia Invests in Ilya's SSI
- Nvidia made a significant investment in SSI, the low-profile AI lab run by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever.
- The startup previously relied heavily on Google's TPUs for compute.
Alipay Dissolves Experience Tech Division
- Alipay's AFX team has been split up, with members reassigned to different business units.
- Engineers are transitioning from front-end developers to full-stack Agent developers.
China AI Funding & Products
- Meituan denied rumors about the departure of its LongCat model lead.
- Alibaba's 1688 launched an Agent for AI-native flexible customization.
- Physical AI startup Zhengqi Future raised hundreds of millions in angel rounds within 8 months.
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