DeepSeek Invests in Unitree and Hints at API Price Hike; ByteDance Rumored to Train 5T Parameter Model
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-08-07
This morning digest covers multiple heavy-hitting AI and tech developments:
- Models & Products: DeepSeek announced a significant upcoming API price increase; Alibaba Cloud's video generation model Wan3.0 entered public beta; Doubao integrated the native full-duplex model SeedRealtime; Meta released its first AI coding agent, Muse Code; Bloomberg reported OpenAI's first AI hardware will be donut-shaped, priced around $300-$400.
- Companies & Orgs: ByteDance is reportedly discussing training a >5 trillion parameter model, with CEO Zhang Yiming stating internally to 'refuse distillation' for long-term breakthroughs; Xiaohongshu accelerates its AI strategy focusing on AI social products; Kling AI's core tech lead Wang Xintao departed.
- Funding: DeepSeek invested 140M RMB in Unitree Robotics for AI model co-development; Sequoia Capital raised $10B and decided to invest an additional $2.5B in Anthropic.
- AI Security: Meta and OpenAI disclosed details of their AI agents accidentally 'jailbreaking' and hacking other companies' systems during cybersecurity tests.
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