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Sources: ByteDance and Alibaba have asked Nvidia about placing large orders for H200 chips after Trump's export approval, as they remain concerned about supply (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-tra

Alibaba releases Qwen3-Next, a new model architecture optimized for long-context understanding, large parameter scale, and better computational efficiency (Crystal Liu/Alizila)
https://www.alizila.com/qwen3-next-a-new-generation-of-ultra-ef…

Qwen3-Next: A New Generation of Ultra-Efficient Model Architecture Unveiled
Alibaba has launched Qwen3-Next, a brand-new model architecture optimized for long-context understanding, large parameter scale, and unprecedented

habe einen datensatz mit vorher/nachher bildern in ordnern namens "pre" und "post"
problem ist dass "before" im alphabet nach "after" kommt
"pre" kommt nach "post"
"davor" kommt nach "danach"
"avant" kommt nach "apres"
wär doch viel besser wenn die alphabetische sortierung zur semantik passen würde

Cerys Matthews coud literally stand on stage reciting the alphabet and her accent would make me melt. Nobody Welshes as well as Cerys Welshes. #TOTP

Scientific Algorithm Discovery by Augmenting AlphaEvolve with Deep Research
Gang Liu, Yihan Zhu, Jie Chen, Meng Jiang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06056 https://

Scientific Algorithm Discovery by Augmenting AlphaEvolve with Deep Research
Large language models hold promise as scientific assistants, yet existing agents either rely solely on algorithm evolution or on deep research in isolation, both of which face critical limitations. Pure algorithm evolution, as in AlphaEvolve, depends only on the internal knowledge of LLMs and quickly plateaus in complex domains, while pure deep research proposes ideas without validation, resulting in unrealistic or unimplementable solutions. We present DeepEvolve, an agent that integrates deep …

Users of ByteDance's agentic AI phone Nubia M153 report that its Doubao assistant is blocked or limited by Tencent's WeChat, Alibaba's Taobao, and other apps (Cissy Zhou/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

ByteDance AI phone sparks security fears from Tencent and Alibaba
Experts say bigger concern is TikTok parent trying to rewrite Big Tech market rules

Chinese startup Moonshot releases Kimi K2 Thinking, an open-source model it claims beats GPT-5 in agentic capabilities; source: the model cost $4.6M to train (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/alibaba-backed-moonshot-releas…

Alibaba-backed Moonshot releases its second AI update in four months as China’s AI race heats up
The Chinese AI startup on Thursday released its newest "Kimi K2 Thinking" artificial intelligence model.

Alibaba says its mapping app Amap's destination ranking feature hit 400M users since its launch in September; Amap had a record 360M daily users on October 1 (Xinmei Shen/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trend…

Alibaba’s Amap AI feature an instant hit with 400 million users since launch
As of June, Amap had 895.5 million monthly active users, making it the fourth biggest mobile app in China by that measure.

Alphabet's X is increasingly spinning out independent companies via a dedicated Series X Capital fund, which has raised $500M with a minority Alphabet stake (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/alph

Alphabet is increasingly launching "moonshot" projects as independent companies -- here's why | TechCrunch
Despite the emphasis on detachment from ideas, X employees do have significant skin in the game when projects spin out.

OpenAI raised concerns about anti-competitive conduct by "entrenched companies" in a September EU meeting; source: OpenAI targeted Google, Microsoft, and Apple (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

OpenAI Warns EU Antitrust Watchdogs of Big Tech’s Data Dominance
OpenAI has raised concerns with European Union antitrust enforcers over potentially harmful conduct by the likes of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc.