Mercedes-Benz Launches MB.OS Operating System for a Smarter Driving Experience


Mercedes-Benz (China) Investment Co., Ltd. has recently signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd., announcing in-depth collaboration and exploration in the fields of large models, generative artificial intelligence, and big data technology. This strategic partnership marks a further acceleration of Mercedes-Benz's digital innovation in China, aiming to enhance the smart cockpit experience through AI technology and provide Chinese customers with a more convenient and personalized digital luxury experience.
Mercedes-Benz will unveil the MBUX Virtual Assistant, integrated with artificial intelligence technology, at CES 2024, providing drivers with a personalized control and interaction experience. The new virtual assistant uses natural language interaction, allowing drivers to communicate with their vehicles in a human-like manner. This technology will be gradually applied to Mercedes-Benz's passenger car lineup, defining the future of digital luxury experience. The MBUX Virtual Assistant is regarded as the next generation of Mercedes-Benz's multimedia system, aiming to deliver unprecedented personalized services. Mercedes-Benz stated that the launch of this feature is a step towards achieving a smart MBUX virtual assistant.
Anthropic releases Claude Cowork third-party platform configuration guide for IT admins to deploy on Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI, and Azure AI Foundry. Supports macOS 13.0+ and Windows 10/11; Windows requires pre-enabling settings. Offers flexible multi-platform enterprise deployment.....
Lenovo recently launched new ThinkPad products and the Tianxi AI ecosystem, introducing an AI host series including ThinkCentre Mini, ThinkCentre, and ThinkCentre Pro, catering to diverse computing needs from personal to professional users. This move enhances on-device AI hardware, offering users a new option to shift from cloud rental to local AI deployment.....
Tencent Yuan released and open-sourced the Hy3preview language model on April 23. This is a Mixture of Experts model that combines fast and slow thinking, with a total of 295B parameters and 21B activated parameters, supporting a context length of 256K. As the first model trained after the reconstruction, it significantly improves in complex reasoning, instruction following, context learning, code generation, and agent capabilities, making it the most intelligent model in the history of Yuan. In February 2026, Tencent Yuan reconstructed its pre-training and reinforcement learning infrastructure, focusing on the practicality of the model.