Abandoning Transformers! The Last Author of 'Google's Eight' Starts a Venture to Overturn the Generative AI Paradigm


Pew Research Center reported Aug 20 that over one-third of webpages published after ChatGPT's launch show signs of AI writing or editing, indicating generative AI is rapidly reshaping online content. The study analyzed about 500,000 English pages from Common Crawl over five years using Open Pangram; about 10% of 10,000 randomly sampled pages had clear AI traces, partly because the sample includes many pre-AI pages.....
Enterprise AI deepens in customer service and operations, creating complex security risks. Beyond LLM jailbreaks and data leaks, new risks emerge: tool misuse, agent privilege escalation, and multi-agent coordinated attacks. On Aug 20, IDC released its 2026 vendor assessment on China's generative AI security assessment platform market.....
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.