Tmall launches Token top-up hub; Meta drops token-usage metrics from engineer reviews
快鲤鱼 · wechat · 2026-09-03
A roundup of Chinese and global AI industry news:
- Tmall launched a Token top-up hub (Sept 3) selling subscriptions from Alibaba Cloud, Zhipu, Kimi, and MiniMax, including TokenPlan/CodingPlan plans and pay-as-you-go credits.
- Meta updated engineer performance reviews, saying it won't use AI-adoption dashboards or token usage as metrics—while revealing 93% of code changes are now AI-agent assisted.
- G42 is reportedly seeking billions in funding; existing investors include Mubadala, Silver Lake, and Microsoft.
- Tencent released WorkBuddy Finance Edition.
- Meta's 'Watermelon' model on track per Alexandr Wang; MuseSpark 1.3 will cost the same as 1.2 but use 25% fewer tokens; 1.2 weights still planned to be open.
- Jensen Huang and Sam Altman urged G20 ministers to embrace AI and build data centers; Altman warned of AI-driven wealth concentration and said OpenAI doesn't want to dominate the industry.
Related event: Tmall Launches Token Recharge Center as Meta Drops Token-Usage KPIs(2 posts)→
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