WeChat denies AI assistant snooping; Microsoft unveils humanist AI principles draft
快鲤鱼 · wechat · 2026-09-15
A daily AI industry roundup covering multiple developments:
- WeChat: A staff member denied claims that its in-testing AI assistant "Xiaowei" reads chat records or snoops on private data, saying chat content is only read locally and temporarily when users invoke the assistant, then discarded.
- ByteDance: CEO Liang Rubo said the AI wave far exceeds the previous PC, Web, and Mobile peaks, calling industry-level opportunities once-in-15-to-20-year events.
- iFlytek: Launched AStudio, a desktop AI productivity platform built on domestic compute and the Spark X2.5 model, capable of autonomously decomposing and executing multi-step document, code, and research tasks.
- Enterprise security: Nvidia, Palantir, and Booz Allen Hamilton reportedly require new safeguards from OpenAI and Anthropic and are curbing use of their most advanced models; Palantir secured an irrevocable zero-data-retention pledge from Anthropic.
- Microsoft: Released a draft "Human-Centered AI" code of conduct prioritizing human control over capability, explicitly rejecting the race toward unrestricted superintelligence, to guide model development from 2027.
- Apple: Siri AI rolled out in English beta, expanding to French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish next month.
- Anthropic: Launched Claude for Financial Advisors, integrating with BlackRock and Vanguard technology as part of its finance push.
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