New Trends in AI Courses: High-Priced Programs Targeting Anxious Workers


Notion launches a new developer platform, transforming workspaces into 'AI agent hubs'. To address limitations like inability to connect external data and lack of custom logic, the platform introduces cloud sandbox 'Workers', enabling developers to deploy logic code via Notion CLI for deep customization. Since February, over one million custom agents have been created.....
Artificial intelligence is deeply integrated into higher education. In the spring semester of 2026, the School of Computing and Intelligence Innovation launched a course titled "Generative Software Development" for students who are not majoring in computer science. The course aims to help students master generative AI skills, enhance interdisciplinary innovation and tool application capabilities, rather than train programmers. This is part of the AI education landscape, addressing the question of how to cultivate talents in the AI era.
The Xi'an Jiaotong University technology transfer enterprise Blue Bug Embodied released the new generation modular humanoid robot "Mantis Standard Xiao Bai" on September 14th. The starting price is only 0.98 ten thousand yuan, breaking the traditional high price barrier. The product is positioned as a flexible and transformable embodied intelligent platform, with standard module designs for the base, arms, waist, and head, supporting various form combinations, attracting widespread attention in the industry.
Anthropic accused Chinese labs of illicitly distilling frontier models through hidden identities, fraud and credential theft; CEO urged US regulation. Y Combinator's Garry Tan opposed regulation, saying "do nothing," arguing the US should build its own distillation capability.....
Tencent's WorkBuddy upgraded its PPT generation on September 14: supports generating a first draft with one sentence, continuing to edit based on the original file, and no need to recreate the entire document. Users can input instructions in the chat window or click on the slide to invoke the "/tencent-pptx" skill. If the materials are incomplete, only the topic and number of pages will be provided, and the system will ask questions about the audience, scenario, and goal, then generate content following the structure of problem - argument - conclusion - implementation. Users can also upload materials such as research reports.