AI Daily · Oct 21
Oct 20 06:00 – Oct 21 06:00 (Beijing time) · 15 items
Updated 10/21 08:03 (Beijing time)
Today's highlights
- Related companies · DeepSeekUS asks federal agencies to remove DeepSeek; Foreign Ministry respondsThe US Department of Homeland Security has asked federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek-related products from their information systems and to ban procurement of products and services from DeepSeek and its affiliated companies. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded on Oct 20, saying China opposes overstretching the concept of national security and politicizing sci-tech and trade issues, and will resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.
- Related companies · OpenAIChatGPT adds locked chats with PIN and biometricsOpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can enable "locked chats" for specific conversations, which are removed from regular history and search results; reopening them requires a 4-digit account PIN, and on mobile, Face ID, Touch ID, or device unlock verification can also be used.
- Related companies · AnthropicNew Anthropic Claude model exposed: can break out of fixed thinking patterns to fix bugsAccording to QbitAI, a new Anthropic Claude model has been exposed, claimed to break out of fixed thinking patterns and fix bugs by addressing both symptoms and root causes; the report also mentions that OpenAI only offered a 6.1 Terra.
Models and products
Mistral AIMistral releases Voxtral 3 voice agent SDK
Mistral releases the Voxtral 3 voice agent SDK, supporting real-time speech in over 50 languages, with accurate transcription, emotional TTS, and deep tool-calling capabilities, available with EU hosting or self-deployment.
OpenAIOpenAI API adds 12-hour prompt caching option
OpenAI has added a 12-hour prompt caching option to its API, allowing shared instructions, tools, and context to be cached for longer periods, so even requests spaced hours apart can benefit from lower cached input pricing; the 12-hour cache write costs 2.5 times the input token price.
Media reports
- Related companies
DeepSeekThird-party reportUS asks federal agencies to remove DeepSeek; Foreign Ministry responds
The US Department of Homeland Security has asked federal civilian agencies to remove DeepSeek-related products from their information systems and to ban procurement of products and services from DeepSeek and its affiliated companies. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded on Oct 20, saying China opposes overstretching the concept of national security and politicizing sci-tech and trade issues, and will resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
ChatGPT adds locked chats with PIN and biometrics
OpenAI announced that ChatGPT users can enable "locked chats" for specific conversations, which are removed from regular history and search results; reopening them requires a 4-digit account PIN, and on mobile, Face ID, Touch ID, or device unlock verification can also be used.
- Related companies
AnthropicThird-party reportNew Anthropic Claude model exposed: can break out of fixed thinking patterns to fix bugs
According to QbitAI, a new Anthropic Claude model has been exposed, claimed to break out of fixed thinking patterns and fix bugs by addressing both symptoms and root causes; the report also mentions that OpenAI only offered a 6.1 Terra.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
ChatGPT browser extension upgrade: can control tabs and complete web tasks
OpenAI has rolled out a major update to the ChatGPT browser extension, deepening its integration with Google Chrome so it can read web page content, analyze information, and execute tasks directly in the browser, while also adding voice features and support for more languages.
- Related companiesDeepSeekThird-party report
DeepSeek announces full open-source release of its internal inference framework DeepInfer
DeepSeek announced the full open-source release of its internal inference framework DeepInfer, along with the simultaneous open-sourcing of the production-grade token codec component deepseek-recipe. The goal is to help developers and enterprises optimize throughput and latency for large-scale inference, reduce compute costs, and make large models accessible to all.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Slides presentation tool
OpenAI has launched Slides in ChatGPT, a presentation tool that generates slide decks from conversations, uploaded files, or outlines, supports real-time collaborative editing and comments for teams, and exports to PDF or PowerPoint.
- Related companies
Google AIThird-party reportGoogle joins Amazon in challenging Nvidia's stronghold among AI app developers
Google joins Amazon in challenging Nvidia's stronghold among AI app developers
- Related companies
MetaThird-party reportMeta pauses Muse conversation sharing feature after links found publicly accessible
Meta paused the feature allowing users to share conversations with its AI assistant Muse after researchers found over 6,800 Muse links through public DNS records, as reported by Ars Technica.
- Related companiesDeepSeekThird-party report
DeepSeek engineers participate in Huawei AI chip design
Reports say DeepSeek and Huawei are collaborating deeply, with DeepSeek participating in the design of Huawei's future artificial intelligence chips. The collaboration has gone beyond the supplier-customer relationship, and both sides are accelerating efforts to reduce reliance on Nvidia chips.
- Related companies
Tencent HunyuanThird-party reportXiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro launches on WorkBuddy with 1M context support
Xiaomi announced that Xiaomi MiMo-V2.6-Pro is officially available on WorkBuddy, supporting a 1M ultra-long context and multi-agent division of labor collaboration, with joint omni-modal understanding of images, video, audio, and text, scoring 46 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index.
- Related companiesMetaThird-party report
Meta's Muse surpasses 10 million US downloads in 40 days
Meta's AI companion Muse surpassed 10 million downloads in the US within 40 days of launch, becoming one of the few apps to reach this milestone, with user retention higher than other AI competitors.
- Related companiesAnthropicThird-party report
Users use AI tools like Claude to remove smart TV ads and preinstalled apps
According to reports from TechCrunch and others, some developers are using AI tools such as Claude Code to remove ads and preinstalled software from smart TVs. The CleanYourTV project disabled 25 software packages on Xiaomi TVs, and the DumbTV project has been tested on TVs from multiple brands.
- Related companiesOpenAIAnthropicThird-party report
Microsoft: AI agents are like insider threats, frontier models untrustworthy
Microsoft says that when employees use systems not controlled by AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic, enterprises should closely monitor these AI agents and treat them as insider threats.
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