Machina Labs Completes $32 Million Series B Financing


Jia Zhangke's new screenwritten film 'Dunhuang Mama' has been registered, telling the story of a solitary mother in Dunhuang who uses AI to alleviate loneliness and gain knowledge about the outside world, eventually completing a journey across China. The film stars Zhao Tao and Liao Fan, and is expected to be released in 2027.
Microsoft announced on August 13 that it would integrate the consumer Copilot with the enterprise-level Microsoft 365 Copilot, shut down multiple AI features that did not meet expectations, and create a more focused and smooth experience. Starting August 18, 2026, group chat, AI-generated podcasts, Copilot Labs, and in-depth research will be discontinued for consumer users; paid professional users can access alternatives through Researcher.
Google officially launched the Pixel 11 series, with limited changes in appearance and core hardware, focusing on software experience and deep integration with Gemini artificial intelligence. Gemini has stronger autonomous agent execution capabilities, efficiently completing daily complex tasks in the background, further enhancing the intelligent user experience.
Quantinuum has reached a strategic partnership with Oracle, deploying the Helios quantum computer into the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI data center, offering it as a managed cloud service. Customers can directly access it through OCI Quantum Service without purchasing hardware, and use it in conjunction with local GPUs and high-performance computing resources, applied in fields such as drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, and large-scale optimization.
Nvidia is developing a trillion-parameter open-source model Nemotron 4 to challenge leading open-source AI, expand its ecosystem, and boost GPU demand. It has previously released several Nemotron series models.....