Mozilla publicly uses AI tools for large-scale code review for the first time, Mythos discovers 271 browser vulnerabilities in one go. OpenAI releases Daybreak in response the same day, AI security tools are becoming a new battlefield for tech giants.
Wired | RedditX
Hackers Use AI to Discover Zero-Day Vulnerabilities, Google Confirms Blocking Attack
Google reveals that criminal hackers have used AI tools to discover and exploit unknown software vulnerabilities in real-world attacks for the first time, marking a new phase in AI offense and defense.
Hot Topic: Community worries AI lowers the barrier to vulnerability discovery, defense costs rise exponentially.
NYT | Forbes | AP
ChatGPT Content Begins Appearing in Textbooks
A student finds textbook content directly labeled "Created by ChatGPT," sparking a new round of academic debate on the reliability and copyright ownership of AI-generated content.
GPT-5.5 Used to Check FrontierMath for Errors
OpenAI uses the yet-to-be-released GPT-5.5 to identify fatal errors in a math benchmark test, hinting at the new model's significant improvement in reasoning capabilities.
Anthropic Buys, Scans, Then Destroys Millions of Physical Books, Court Rules It Fair Use
A court rules that Anthropic's mass purchase, scanning, knowledge extraction, and subsequent destruction of physical books constitutes fair use, setting a precedent for AI training data acquisition.
Hot Topic: Zhihu thread with 2.44 million views, 69 comments debating intellectual property boundaries.
Zhihu
Claude Platform Officially Launches on AWS
Anthropic announces Claude can be directly deployed via AWS, lowering the barrier for enterprise integration, competing head-on with OpenAI in the cloud services market.
Claude Blog
Google Leaks New Video Model Omni, Text Coherence Significantly Improved
Footage of a suspected internal Google test model, Omni, leaks. Users note its text generation coherence is significantly better than Sora, reshuffling the video generation landscape again.
> Spicy Take: Sora almost closes its doors, and here comes Omni — OpenAI this year feels like they're acting in the final season of 'Game of Thrones.'
Crypto / Web3
Bank Consortium Demands Pause on CLARITY Act Stablecoin Yield Clause, White House Refuses
US banks send panic letters to corporate CEOs, urging them to block the CLARITY Act clause allowing stablecoins to pay yields. The White House responds that banks refused to attend coordination meetings. The bill is scheduled for a markup vote this Wednesday. Trump states he will not compromise.
Hot Topic: Community sees this as traditional finance's last stand.
DailyCoinPost | CryptoSlate
BlackRock Chooses Ethereum as Tokenized Fund Platform
BlackRock, managing $14 trillion, officially announces the launch of tokenized fund products on Ethereum, paving the way for institutional capital to enter DeFi.
DailyCryptoBriefs
Hacker Phishes $174,000 from Grok with Free NFT
Attackers trick the Grok AI by constructing malicious NFT metadata, inducing it to execute transfer operations, revealing risks in AI smart contract interaction.
Jack Dorsey's First Tweet NFT Plummets from $2.9 Million to Less Than $5
The NFT of Twitter founder's first tweet, sold for a sky-high price in 2021, loses 99.9% of its value, becoming the most vivid footnote of the NFT bubble.
> Spicy Take: The person who spent $2.9M on a tweet can now write a book titled 'How to Gracefully Lose a House with a $5 Lesson.'
Trump-Linked Companies Transfer $12 Million in Crypto Assets Before China Visit
On-chain data shows a Trump-linked entity moving large amounts of cryptocurrency just before his visit to China, sparking speculation about conflicts of interest.
TheStreet
Chips / Hardware
Someone Runs 1-Trillion Parameter Model on Intel Optane, Speed Exceeds 4 tokens/sec
A user builds a system using discontinued Intel Optane persistent memory, successfully running a trillion-parameter model at over 4 tokens/sec, demonstrating the extreme potential of niche hardware.
TSMC Approves Additional $20 Billion Investment for Arizona Factory
TSMC continues to boost US production capacity, with cumulative investment exceeding expectations, accelerating the restructuring of the global semiconductor supply chain.
36Kr
Cook, Musk to Accompany Trump to China, Huang Jensen Absent
BlackRock, Micron CEOs, and others will join the delegation. Notably, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is not on the list, sparking speculation about US-China AI chip negotiations.
Wall Street News
Tech Companies
GitLab Announces Layoffs and Ends CREDIT Values
GitLab announces its "Act 2" restructuring plan in an internal memo, cutting staff and abandoning its long-held CREDIT corporate culture. 512 Hacker News comments debate whether corporate culture is idealistic or pragmatic.
Hot Topic: Remote work pioneer abandons idealism, signaling a cultural shift towards pragmatism in the tech industry.
GitLab Blog
Zuckerberg "Personally Authorized and Actively Encouraged" Meta's Large-Scale Copyright Infringement to Train AI
Publishers and author Scott Turow accuse Zuckerberg of direct personal involvement in the decision to use pirated content to train Llama models in a lawsuit.
Variety
EU Plans to Ban Microsoft, Amazon, Google from Processing Government Sensitive Data
Europe is pushing legislation to restrict US cloud giants from accessing member states' medical, financial, and legal data, escalating the data sovereignty battle.
TechSpot
Microsoft Fires Head of Israel Subsidiary for Monitoring Palestinians
Microsoft dismisses multiple executives at its Israeli branch over alleged improper monitoring of Palestinians, putting tech companies' stances in geopolitical conflicts under scrutiny again.
PCGamer
Google Launches Life Sciences Initiative RepliQA Combining Quantum Science and AI
Google announces a new project applying quantum computing and AI to drug discovery and life sciences, aiming to gain an edge in the next-generation computing race.
Google Blog
US Stocks
Michael Burry: Any Stock with Parabolic Rise Should Be Largely Sold
'The Big Short' protagonist issues another warning, advising investors to significantly reduce holdings of skyrocketing stocks and emphasizing that shorting is not the answer — implying the market may be generally overheated.
1999 Article Mocking 'Bubble Callers' Resurfaces for Re-Reading
A Reddit user digs up an optimistic article from the eve of the dot-com bubble, comparing it to current market sentiment. History rhyming raises investor vigilance.
"Sure It's Not a Bubble" — Valuation Chart Sparks Heated Discussion
A netizen posts extreme market valuation data captioned "Of course it's not a bubble," dripping with sarcasm. Comments split into bearish and "this time is different" camps.
Finance / Macro
WTI Crude Rises Over 2%, Breaks $100; US-Iran Talks Hope Dashed
Trump states Iran's proposal is "unacceptable." Former national security advisor expects a return to full-scale military operations. Oil prices rise accordingly.
6551/macro
Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Rail Announces 20% Price Hike, Second-Class Seats Exceed 800 Yuan
Nationwide high-speed rail trunk line price adjustments continue. Zhihu thread with 970k views discusses the balance between commercial logic and public service.
Zhihu
Spot Gold Falls Nearly 1% to $4,686/oz, Silver Drops 3%
Safe-haven sentiment cools, precious metals pull back, but rising oil prices show geopolitical risks are still being priced in.
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New Products / New Trends
Unitree Launches Dual-Arm Humanoid Robot Starting at 26,900 Yuan
Chinese robotics company Unitree launches a consumer-grade dual-arm humanoid robot priced at less than half the expected price of Tesla's Optimus. Zhihu thread with 850k views discusses use cases.
Zhihu
Little Caesars Delivers Pizza via Drone in 4.5 Minutes
The US pizza chain completes a "historic" commercial drone delivery: two pizzas and a drink delivered in 4.5 minutes. Last-mile delivery enters the aerial era.
Entrepreneur
Today's Undercurrent
AI is transitioning from a tool to infrastructure: Mozilla uses it for code review, hackers use it to find vulnerabilities, Google uses it for quantum biology, ChatGPT starts writing textbooks — meanwhile, traditional finance's panic letters over stablecoin yields, banks refusing to meet with the White House, and the EU pushing US clouds out of sensitive areas all point to the same thing: the old order feels the pressure of irreversible replacement, and the new order isn't ready to take over responsibility yet. Stuck in the middle are increasingly anxious retail investors, flipping through old articles from 1999, asking themselves if this time is really different.
