AI Daily · Oct 31
Oct 30 06:00 – Oct 31 06:00 (Beijing time) · 15 items
Updated 10/31 06:04 (Beijing time)
Today's perks
New perks in this issue come first; if there are fewer than 3, we add perks you can still claim.
- NewBaidu ERNIE / DeepSeekBaidu Search API promotional price drops to ¥4.9 per 1,000 calls, lower than DeepSeekBaidu announced that during the promotional period, its Search AI API costs as low as ¥4.9 per 1,000 calls, lower than the ¥5 per 1,000 calls pricing of similar DeepSeek products.
- NewByteDance DoubaoDoubao launches free quota event: check in for 30 days to get 8,800 creditsDoubao launches a free quota event: new users logging in to the desktop version for the first time can claim a 30-day free trial package; all users get 200 credits for daily check-in, and 8,800 credits after 30 cumulative check-ins. Granted credits are valid for 30 days.
Today's highlights
- Related companies · OpenAIOpenAI raises ChatGPT Pro usage limits and cancels plan to halve Pro 200 limitsOpenAI announced increased usage limits for Work and Codex in ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium subscriptions, doubled the limits for Pro 100/200/500, and canceled its earlier plan to reduce Pro 200 limits; the changes take effect automatically for new and existing users starting today.
- Related companies · OpenAIOpenAI updates Model Spec, restructuring around 5 core valuesOpenAI updated its Model Spec document on Thursday local time, restructuring the framework around 5 principles: staying faithful to human intent, minimizing harm, being honest and transparent, protecting people's autonomy, and being diligent and responsible. It said staying faithful to human intent is the foundation, and that current models cannot yet fully comply with the new version of the spec.
- Related companies · Google AIGoogle to phase out AI coding assistant JulesGoogle announced it will gradually discontinue Jules, the AI coding assistant launched in Dec 2024, and fold the lessons learned from the tool into its AI coding platform Antigravity.
Perks and offers
Baidu ERNIE
DeepSeekThird-party reportBaidu Search API promotional price drops to ¥4.9 per 1,000 calls, lower than DeepSeek
Baidu announced that during the promotional period, its Search AI API costs as low as ¥4.9 per 1,000 calls, lower than the ¥5 per 1,000 calls pricing of similar DeepSeek products.
ByteDance DoubaoThird-party reportDoubao launches free quota event: check in for 30 days to get 8,800 credits
Doubao launches a free quota event: new users logging in to the desktop version for the first time can claim a 30-day free trial package; all users get 200 credits for daily check-in, and 8,800 credits after 30 cumulative check-ins. Granted credits are valid for 30 days.
Models and products
OpenAIThird-party reportOpenAI raises ChatGPT Pro usage limits and cancels plan to halve Pro 200 limits
OpenAI announced increased usage limits for Work and Codex in ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium subscriptions, doubled the limits for Pro 100/200/500, and canceled its earlier plan to reduce Pro 200 limits; the changes take effect automatically for new and existing users starting today.
Media reports
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
OpenAI updates Model Spec, restructuring around 5 core values
OpenAI updated its Model Spec document on Thursday local time, restructuring the framework around 5 principles: staying faithful to human intent, minimizing harm, being honest and transparent, protecting people's autonomy, and being diligent and responsible. It said staying faithful to human intent is the foundation, and that current models cannot yet fully comply with the new version of the spec.
- Related companies
AnthropicThird-party reportNew Claude models exposed: new Fable, new Opus
QbitAI reports that Anthropic's new Claude models have been exposed, involving new Fable and Opus versions.
- Related companies
Google AIThird-party reportGoogle to phase out AI coding assistant Jules
Google announced it will gradually discontinue Jules, the AI coding assistant launched in Dec 2024, and fold the lessons learned from the tool into its AI coding platform Antigravity.
- Related companiesOpenAIThird-party report
The death of a 31-year-old Chinese female engineer and ChatGPT's "fatal" advice
At 8:01 PM on Feb 11, 2026, Bowen Wan asked ChatGPT about a headache. She wanted to confirm whether the pain she felt was somewhat like the pain of a fever. ChatGPT told her: "Not dangerous, it is a necessary structure of recovery." Read the full article
- Related companiesDeepSeekThird-party report
DeepSeek website code reveals Cyber security model, with enterprise and personal editions
Developers found an application entry for the Cyber network security model in the front-end code of the DeepSeek website, including two identifiers, cyber-personal-v3 and cyber-enterprise-v4, split into personal and enterprise editions. It is currently in a small-scale gray release test, and the public menu has not yet gone live.
- Related companiesBaidu ERNIEThird-party report
Baidu open-sources ERNIE Unlimited OCR 2 document parsing model
Baidu has released and open-sourced the ERNIE Unlimited OCR 2 document parsing model, pushing the document parsing limit from dozens of pages to "unlimited." It can parse all 7 books in the entire Harry Potter series, totaling over 3,600 pages, in a single pass, with native support for layout element segmentation and recognition, cross-page text merging, and table recognition and merging.
- Related companies
Alibaba QwenThird-party reportApple Intelligence launches in China with Alibaba's Qwen integration
Apple announced that the China version of Apple Intelligence will integrate Qwen in partnership with Alibaba, opening for testing with the iOS developer Beta on Nov 4 and officially launching to Chinese users with iOS 27.3 in December.
- Related companiesGoogle AIThird-party report
Google's first data center satellite goes online, AI creates poetry in space for the first time
Google's "Suncatcher" prototype space data center satellite has officially entered operation and successfully established communication with the ground. It launched into orbit earlier this month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
- Related companiesDeepSeek
Tencent HunyuanThird-party reportDeepSeek's second funding round reportedly raises ¥105.5 billion at a ¥615.5 billion valuation
The Information revealed details of DeepSeek's second funding round: about ¥105.5 billion raised at a ¥615.5 billion valuation, with nearly 30 investors participating, including Tencent and CATL as major investors again.
- Related companies
xAIThird-party reportLatest Neuralink breakthrough: Grok connects to the brain for mind-controlled AI
The scenarios from sci-fi films like The Matrix and Transcendence are being brought into reality bit by bit by Musk. Today, Neuralink unveiled a latest breakthrough that is truly stunning—this time, Musk has directly connected SpaceXSI's Grok into the human brain! Read the full article
- Related companiesAnthropicThird-party report
Claude mobile app upgrade: iPhone voice mode comes to CarPlay
Anthropic announced an upgrade to the Claude mobile app: the iPhone voice mode now supports Apple CarPlay, letting users ask Claude questions directly while driving; it also previewed features including pull-down search, multi-account switching, and a large-screen sidebar.
- Related companiesBaidu ERNIEThird-party report
Baidu App releases 4 major AI upgrades, search achieves recursive self-evolution
Baidu App released 4 major AI upgrades, among which search has achieved recursive self-evolution. This is Baidu's product update in the AI search direction, offering reference value for readers following the implementation of AI applications in China.
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