AI Daily: Meta Announces Acquisition of Manus; Tencent Hunyuan Releases Version 1.5 Open-Source Translation Model; OpenAI Updates Mobile ChatGPT

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1. Meta announces acquisition of Manus, with a transaction amount of billions of dollars

Meta announced the acquisition of the AI startup Manus for several billion dollars, which is the third largest acquisition in its history. This acquisition aims to enhance Meta's technical capabilities in the field of general AI agents and improve its competitiveness in the AI market. Manus will continue to operate its products and services, and its founder Xiao Hong will serve as Vice President at Meta. Manus quickly gained market recognition with its innovative AI technology, demonstrating significant commercial potential.

【AiBase Summary:】

🤖 Meta acquires AI startup Manus, with a transaction amount of billions of dollars, becoming the third largest acquisition in Meta's history.

💼 Founder of Manus, Xiao Hong, will serve as Vice President at Meta, continuing to lead the team's development while maintaining the operation of its applications and website.

📈 Manus quickly gained popularity with the concept of "the first general agent," achieving $125 million in revenue within a few months, showing strong market potential.

2. Tencent Hunyuan releases version 1.5 of open-source translation model: performance improved on the edge, effect comparable to large closed-source models

Tencent Hunyuan released version 1.5 of its open-source translation model, redefining the translation experience through edge deployment and outstanding performance, and achieving significant progress in multilingual support and technological innovation.

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🧠 Edge deployment and outstanding performance: A 1.8B model can run offline with only 1GB of memory, with processing speed far exceeding mainstream commercial translation APIs.

🌐 Comprehensive language coverage: Supports 33 global languages and five domestic Chinese dialects, expanding the boundaries of AI translation applications.

🚀 Technological breakthroughs: Uses On-Policy Distillation strategy, with a 7B "teacher" model guiding the "student" model in real time, enhancing the logic and translation capabilities of small models.

3. Shanghai 16 departments jointly issued a document to promote "AI + consumption": issuing "computing power coupons, model coupons, corpus coupons", creating immersive smart service scenarios

The Shanghai Commerce Commission and 16 other departments jointly issued "Measures to Further Expand Service Consumption in Shanghai," using artificial intelligence, AR/VR, and green low-carbon technologies as core engines to promote the deep integration of "digital +" and "technology +", create new smart consumption scenarios, and innovatively launch three supporting tools: "computing power coupons, model coupons, and corpus coupons" to precisely support the implementation of consumer-oriented large models.

【AiBase Summary:】

🧪 Promote the integration of "technology + consumption" and create immersive experience scenarios.

💰 First "three coupons" mechanism, precisely supporting the implementation of consumer-oriented large models.

🌐 Shanghai is seizing the global consumption technology high ground, promoting new smart consumption scenarios.

4. Microsoft Copilot upgrades to GPT-5.2, free to start the "expert-level" workflow era

Microsoft officially released the GPT-5.2 model to users, which shows excellent performance in logical reasoning, complex task processing, and technical benchmark tests, marking that Copilot has entered a new era of deep logical reasoning, setting a new industry ceiling for office automation.

【AiBase Summary:】

🧠 GPT-5.2 performs well in logical reasoning and complex task processing, significantly improving office automation efficiency.

💻 Achieves excellent results in programming and scientific testing, demonstrating strong technical strength.

📊 The release of GPT-5.2 marks that Copilot has entered an era of deep logical reasoning, setting a new standard for the industry.

5. AI models "on duty": Zara uses artificial intelligence to reduce costs, photographers and makeup artists may face unemployment

Zara uses AI technology to digitally edit model photos to deal with market challenges, which has sparked discussions about industry interest distribution and career impact.

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👩‍💼 AI technology is used to "dress" models with new clothing, saving the cost and time of physical shooting.

💰 Model compensation is the same as for real shoots, but other professionals such as photographers and makeup artists may be excluded.

🔄 Zara says AI is a complement to traditional photography, but competitors in the industry are also exploring similar plans.

6. Plaud Note Pro becomes the preferred choice for professionals! Credit card-sized AI voice recorder sells millions of units, 30g ultra-thin design + 64GB local storage reshapes meeting recording experience

Plaud Note Pro has become the preferred AI recording device for professionals due to its ultra-thin, offline, and highly reliable design. Its powerful audio performance and privacy protection features meet the needs of frequent recording scenarios such as business and media.

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🧩 Ultra-thin design, only 30g, easy to carry and use

💾 64GB local storage ensures sensitive information is not uploaded to the cloud

🧠 AI intelligent service, supports structured notes and cross-device access

7. OpenAI updates mobile version of ChatGPT, users can adjust AI thinking depth

OpenAI made important updates to its Android and iOS versions of the ChatGPT app, adding a "thinking duration" adjustment feature. This update allows mobile users to flexibly choose the depth of AI thinking to better meet different needs. At the same time, the desktop version also underwent a UI restructuring, introducing the "formatted module" feature to address the issue of single output formats from the model.

【AiBase Summary:】

🧠 This update allows mobile users to manually adjust the depth of AI thinking, improving the user experience.

🧠 "Standard thinking" is suitable for simple questions, while "extended thinking" provides in-depth reasoning to solve complex problems.

📱 The new feature is currently available only to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, and the desktop version also received interface optimization.

8. Say goodbye to command line! Claude Code visual workflow editor becomes popular: drag and drop nodes to build AI automation tools

The article introduces the release of the Claude Code Workflow Studio, a VSCode extension tool, and its impact on AI automation workflows, emphasizing its visual and no-code features that lower the usage threshold and improve the user experience.

【AiBase Summary:】

🧠 Drag and drop nodes to build complex processes: Claude Code Workflow Studio provides a dedicated canvas view, allowing users to design workflows by dragging and dropping nodes.

🔄 AI-assisted editing: Users describe their requirements in natural language, and the system automatically adjusts the workflow structure.

🌐 Community feedback and ecological impact: This tool was launched by community developers and quickly received positive reviews from developers, further unleashing the potential of Claude Code in agentic workflow fields.

More details: https://github.com/breaking-brake/cc-wf-studio/