Zuckerberg: The development of AI agents has not accelerated "as we expected" in the past four months.
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Meta's Chief AI Officer Responds to Market Misunderstandings: Zuckerberg's Comments on Slowing AI Agent Development Did Not Specifically Refer to Meta
Odaily Odaily that in response to media reports that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees in an internal meeting that AI agent development over the past four months had not "accelerated at the pace we expected," Meta Chief AI Officer Alexander Wang clarified that Zuckerberg was referring to the overall progress of the entire industry in intelligent agent capabilities, not Meta itself. He also revealed that Meta is about to release a new round of Muse Spark updates, which will significantly improve the programming capabilities and intelligent agent capabilities of models to more competitively compete with leading models in the industry, and will be gradually rolled out to Meta AI and the new API platform.
Samsung's foundry business is expected to secure orders from Meta and Anthropic, and is projected to return to profitability in the fourth quarter.
According to ChainCatcher, South Korean media reports that Samsung Electronics' foundry business is accelerating its expansion in the global AI chip market. Following its AI chip order from Tesla last year, Samsung is currently advancing its custom ASIC production collaboration with Meta and Anthropic. Meta is reportedly in talks with Samsung for a next-generation ASIC design and manufacturing contract worth over 10 trillion won. Meta's third-generation AI accelerator, "MTIA," plans to switch from TSMC to Samsung's most advanced 2nm process for mass production, with early chip architecture design handled jointly by Samsung's System LSI division to match its rapid development cycle of one generation every six months. Furthermore, US AI company Anthropic is also evaluating the use of Samsung's 2nm process to develop custom ASICs, aiming to internalize its AI infrastructure. Industry insiders point out that with the influx of AI chip orders from global tech giants, coupled with the ongoing negotiations with BYD for an automotive chip manufacturing agreement, Samsung's medium- to long-term order backlog for its wafer foundry business is expected to approach 50 trillion won, and it is expected to achieve a turnaround in operating profit in the fourth quarter of this year.
Equation News founder Vida: Personal AI programming tools cost over $10,000 in the past three months.
According to Foresight News , Vida, the founder of Formula News, published an article titled "Where Did Vida Go?", revealing that he has been deeply involved in AI programming development over the past three months. During this period, his personal account has spent over $10,000 on tokens on OpenAI Codex and Anthropic Claude Code. He has also put his previously conceived projects and game assistance tools into practice and given away multiple Codex subscriptions to relatives and friends in China.
Wang Ruomeng of the National Development and Reform Commission: Sales of AI smartphones and AI computers are expected to surpass those of non-AI products for the first time this year.
According to Mars Finance, at 10:00 AM today, the Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference. Wang Ruomeng, Deputy Director of the Innovation and High-Tech Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that last year, my country's annual shipments of AI-powered smartphones, AI-powered computers, and other smart terminals exceeded 100 million units, and this high growth is expected to continue this year. Sales of AI-powered smartphones and AI-powered computers are projected to surpass those of non-AI products for the first time this year. Currently, my country's AI-native office intelligent agents receive over 20 million monthly visits, with daily meta-calls reaching trillions of times, a significant increase compared to last year. This demonstrates the vigorous development of new products and business models driven by "AI+". (Cailian Press)
India's Sensex index is expected to record its biggest one-day drop in two months.
According to Mars Finance, citing Jinshi, India's Sensex index is expected to experience its biggest single-day drop in two months.
Hao Lishun, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Revenue of large-scale robot companies exceeded 90 billion yuan in the first five months of this year, with an average annual growth rate of over 20% in the past five years.
According to Mars Finance, at a press conference for the 2026 World Robot Conference, Hao Lishun, Deputy Director of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that from January to May this year, the operating revenue of my country's large-scale robot enterprises exceeded 90 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.9%, with an average annual growth rate of over 20% in the past five years. The supporting capabilities for key components have significantly improved, the intelligence level of complete robot products has continued to rise, and the layout in cutting-edge areas such as humanoid robots is accelerating. The technological foundation, including operating systems and simulation platforms, is being built at a faster pace. High-value application scenarios are constantly being enriched, cultivating more new human-machine collaborative positions. The industry's development is gradually shifting from competition based on single-product technology and market size to the integration of supply chain collaboration and development ecosystem. (Reporter Li Mingming, Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)