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SpacemiT launches K3 AI CPU

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SpacemiT
Chinese RISC-V chipmaker SpacemiT has launched its K3 AI CPU, targeting edge and intelligent terminals with a pure RISC-V design. The chip delivers up to 60 TOPS of AI compute, integrates eight CPU cores running at up to 2.4 gigahertz, and supports as much as 32 gigabytes of memory, with initial deliveries planned for April 2026.

IDX CEO resigns after MSCI downgrade risk

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Reuters
Indonesia Stock Exchange CEO Iman Rachman resigned after MSCI warned the market risked a downgrade to frontier status, triggering a selloff that erased over USD 80 billion in value. The Jakarta Composite Index fell more than 8% in two days, with foreign investors dumping about USD 645 million of shares as regulators rushed to propose reforms.

OpenAI accelerates IPO plans

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WSJ
OpenAI is preparing for a potential IPO in the fourth quarter, holding informal talks with banks and expanding its finance team, people familiar with the matter said. The move comes as competition with Anthropic and other AI rivals intensifies and as OpenAI seeks capital to fund large-scale infrastructure and chip investments.

Didi, S.Ride partner to target tourists

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Nikkei Asia
S.Ride and Didi’s Japan business will partner to expand ride-hailing options for foreign travelers, with overseas bookings on Didi’s app dispatched to S.Ride taxis. Launching in mid-February, the service will cover central Tokyo and nearby cities, significantly increasing vehicle availability in the capital.

iCar launches V27 hybrid SUV in Dubai

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Chery
Chery Group's iCar will globally debut its V27 hybrid SUV in Dubai on February 8, marking its entry into the Middle East market. The model features a boxy design, a range-extended electric powertrain with more than 1,000 kilometers of combined range, and has completed over one million kilometers of global testing.

Cainiao folds AV unit into Zelos

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IT Zhijia
Cainiao and Zelos have completed a deep integration of their autonomous vehicle businesses, with Cainiao injecting assets and cash to become a shareholder in Zelos. Cainiao will stop directly producing and selling autonomous vehicles, while Zelos will operate under a dual-brand structure.

Alibaba unit unveils Zhenwu 810E chip

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Jiemian News
Alibaba subsidiary T-Head Semiconductor has launched the Zhenwu 810E AI processor, now deployed in large Alibaba Cloud clusters and serving more than 400 customers. The chip features 96 gigabytes of HBM2e memory and 700 gigabytes per second of interconnect bandwidth and is used to train and run Qwen models.

JD Cloud offers Moltbot image

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JD Cloud
JD Cloud has launched Moltbot with a prebuilt image on its lightweight cloud hosts, enabling three-step deployment without manual configuration. The assistant runs in an isolated cloud environment and supports long-term local memory, cross-platform messaging, and real task execution after API key setup and guided onboarding.

Geely starts EX2 production in Indonesia

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Geely
Geely has launched the EX2 in Indonesia and confirmed the start of local production, marking a key step in its localization strategy. The EX2 is now assembled locally with 46.5% local content, becoming the third Geely model produced in the country as the automaker steps up its push into Southeast Asia’s EV market.

Robbyant releases LingBot-World model

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Ant Group
Ant Group subsidiary Robbyant has open-sourced LingBot-World, a real-time interactive world model for embodied intelligence and simulation. The company said the model supports millisecond-level interaction, nearly ten minutes of stable video generation, and benchmark performance comparable to Google’s Genie 3.

DeepSeek eyes AI agents, search

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Bloomberg
DeepSeek could be expanding its focus to AI-powered search and agent-based tools, media reports said, citing recent job postings from the Chinese AI startup. The company is hiring to build a multilingual, multimodal AI search engine and infrastructure to support persistent agents that can operate with minimal human input.

Hygon CPUs avoid AMD security flaw

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SCMP
Chinese chipmaker Hygon’s processors were found immune to a recently disclosed hardware vulnerability, known as StackWarp, that affected several generations of AMD processors. Analysts attributed the immunity to Hygon’s use of its self-developed CSV3 security technology rather than AMD’s SEV-SNP.

Notion completes USD 270 million tender

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Notion
Notion said it completed a private tender offer of about USD 270 million at an USD 11 billion valuation, with Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures increasing their commitments and GIC joining as a new investor. The transaction allowed current and former employees to sell shares.

CaoCao to raise HKD 383 million

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Jiemian News
Geely-backed CaoCao Mobility said it will raise about HKD 383 million by placing up to 12 million shares at HKD 32.46 each. Roughly two-thirds of the proceeds will go toward robotaxi development, with the rest allocated to enterprise services and working capital.

Tencent upgrades Sogou Input with AI

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Sina
Tencent said Sogou Input Method has rolled out its AI-focused 20.0 update, upgrading voice input, translation, and typing models. The company said the AI features now serve more than 100 million users, with daily voice input usage approaching two billion, reportedly the highest in the input method segment.

BYD, Kim Long to build EV battery plant

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Reuters
Vietnamese automaker Kim Long Motor said it will partner with China’s BYD to build a USD 130 million battery plant in central Vietnam. Kim Long will fund the project, while BYD will provide technical support, with production focused on commercial EV batteries before expanding to passenger EV batteries.

Kimi releases K2.5 open-source model

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Kimi
Moonshot AI’s Kimi has released K2.5, an open-source multimodal model trained on about 15 trillion text and visual tokens. The model introduces a self-directed agent swarm that can coordinate up to 100 sub-agents in parallel, boosting performance in coding, vision, and complex multi-step tasks.

Baidu AI Cloud targets 200% revenue growth

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21st Century Business Herald
Baidu AI Cloud has raised its 2026 AI-related revenue growth target to 200%, from 100%, according to people familiar with the matter. The move comes as Baidu pushes to lead the AI cloud market with a full-stack strategy spanning chips, cloud infrastructure, large models, and AI agents.

Baidu tests multi-agent group chat in Ernie

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The Paper
Baidu has begun a new round of beta testing for a multi-user, multi-agent group chat feature in its Ernie app. The system deploys multiple AI agents with distinct roles in a single chat to support coordination, decision-making, and task execution, extending the app beyond one-on-one AI interactions.

Ant subsidiary open-sources 3D vision model

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Sina
Robbyant, an embodied intelligence company and subsidiary of Ant Group, has open-sourced LingBot-Depth, a high-precision spatial perception model. Built on chip-level raw data from Orbbec’s Gemini 330 stereo 3D cameras, the model aims to improve depth sensing and 3D understanding for robots and autonomous vehicles.
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