AI News Digest: DeepSeek Weekend Discounts, GPT-5.6 Sol Price Cut, Alibaba's $10B AI Raise

APPSO · wechat · 2026-08-24

A dense roundup of AI and tech news:

DeepSeek API applies off-peak rates (50% of peak) all weekend starting Aug 23.
OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Sol API pricing: input $5→$4 and output $30→$20 per million tokens until at least Nov 21; capabilities and 1.05M context unchanged.
Alibaba plans an HK$80B share placement, with net proceeds 100% dedicated to full-stack AI and infrastructure.
Mystery model OxAlpha is free on OpenRouter/OpenCode with 1M-token context; small-sample DeepSWE pass rate of 80% beats Claude Fable 5 (65%) and GPT-5.6 Sol (52%); community speculates GLM-5.3 ties, unconfirmed.
Apple reshuffles Siri/Vision Pro teams (200 roles); folding iPhone near launch with possible price hikes.
Xiaomi holds a XRING chip briefing; Xiaomimiclaw (MiMo-based) beta ends Sep 21.
Unitree's humanoid finished last in its 100m heat; Dreame's car team shrinks to 100.
Nvidia reportedly raising AI server prices 15%+ from 2027, covering Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell.
Also: YMTC's record ¥33B STAR Market IPO, Geely recalls 74k lidar-equipped cars, Tesla removes China from FSD markets and schedules Cybercab event Sep 3; Harari argues now is the time to deny AI "rights".

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