Thread by @heyBarsee

The last few days in AI is insane 🤯

12 most incredible developments from Google, OpenAI, Alibaba, Unitree, Manus and more

1/ China unveils new Quantum Computer ‘Zuchongzhi-3’—a 105-qubit machine that performs calculations one million times faster than Google's Supercomputer.

2/ A new AI agent called 'Manus' is taking over the internet.

People are calling this China's second DeepSeek moment.

Reports suggest it is more accurate than DeepSeek, capable of simultaneously handling financial transactions, research, purchasing, etc

Newly released footage shows Manus automating approximately 50 tasks, creating a rather dystopian scenario.

3/ Luma AI releases Ray2 Flash—three times faster and cheaper new model.

It creates realistic videos with natural and coherent motion

This model is a huge win for creators and everyone.

4/ AI can now generate high-quality classical sheet music and it sounds absolutely insanely good.

5/ Robotics is about to speed up

Unitree Robotics—the Hangzhou-based company behind the viral G1 humanoid robot—has open-sourced its algorithms and hardware designs.

This is really big news.

6/ OpenAI plans to introduce $20k/month PhD-level AI agents

This AI agent will be capable of handling specialized tasks like academic research and software development, with prices reaching up to 20,000 per month.

7/ Mistral AI has unveiled Mistral OCR, a powerful new API for document understanding.

This tool delivers highly accurate text extraction from images and PDFs, making it perfect for RAG systems.

8/ Google releases AI mode in Google Search, powered by Gemini.

This feature eliminates traditional organic search results, instead offering users conversational, AI-driven answers.

9/ Alibaba launches QwQ-32B that outperforms DeepSeek-R1

Despite having only 32 billion parameters (compared to DeepSeek-R1's 671 billion), it surpasses DeepSeek-R1 & OpenAI o1-mini in mathematical benchmarks and scientific reasoning tasks.

10/ Anduril recently unveiled 'Barracuda-500', a super-advanced weapon with vertical launch, autonomous flight, and precision target engagement.

This is just the start.

11/ Adam Robot by Chinese startup PNDbotics shows off "I’m Just Here for the Vibes" Shuffle and goes instant viral.

the balance of the hands is the most human-like of any robot.

12/ A new AI-powered ad is going viral for its clever techniques.

The storytelling, execution, and creativity are top-notch and probable saved them weeks of work and money.

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