China has updated its nuclear fusion development timeline, aiming for its first kilowatt-hour of fusion power by 2030. This target follows the technical acceptance of two domestically developed superconducting magnets for the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor, or CFETR, after full-parameter testing concluded in late June.

Tencent has launched its Hunyuan Hy3 large language model. This model features a Mixture of Experts architecture. It includes 295 billion total parameters with 21 billion activated, supporting a 256K context length. The model reportedly achieves a 90 per cent task resolution rate on Tencent's WorkBuddy enterprise platform, according to Tencent Tech.

ByteDance's Doubao and Alibaba's Qwen have withdrawn their artificial intelligence agent functions. This coordinated action, effective when new Chinese regulations on anthropomorphic AI services became enforceable, concludes a two year period of industry focus on consumer AI agents, according to a report by TMTPost. These regulatory changes, along with economic challenges, prompted the strategic withdrawal.