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Reportedly, Ant Group's inclusionAI published Ling-3.1-flash weights under the MIT license, while Skywork AI reportedly released Matrix-Game 4.0 under Apache-2.0. Google added MCP support to Apigee hybrid and announced Earth AI geospatial agents. DeepSeek moves from #7 to #6 and xAI from #6 to #7 on the Vikshy Score; Muse is the #1 free app on the US App Store, and Google Gemini enters the top 10 at #10.
What mattered
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Ant Group open-sources Ling-3.1-flash MoE model under MIT license
Why it matters: The reported 560B hybrid-linear MoE has 25B active parameters per token, a 1M-token context window, and an MIT license, details relevant to builders evaluating its weights and terms.
Ant Group's inclusionAI published Ling-3.1-flash weights on Hugging Face under the MIT license. It is a 560B hybrid-linear MoE with 25B active parameters per token and a 1M-token context window.
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Skywork open-sources Matrix-Game 4.0 game engine and video model
Why it matters: The reported system pairs a game engine for rules and physics with a causal video model that renders low-poly frames into detailed game visuals, offering builders an open-source engine and video model under Apache-2.0.
Kunlun Tech's Skywork AI released Matrix-Game 4.0 under the Apache-2.0 license. The system pairs a game engine that runs rules and physics with a causal video model that renders low-poly frames into detailed game visuals.
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China chip exports jump 136% to $45b on AI-driven prices
Why it matters: Reportedly, China's integrated circuit exports rose 136 per cent year on year in September to US$45 billion, while volume grew only 1 per cent to 32.7 billion units, with higher memory chip prices driving the value increase.
China's integrated circuit exports rose 136 per cent year on year in September to US$45 billion, customs data show. Volume grew only 1 per cent to 32.7 billion units, with higher memory chip prices driving the value increase.
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Google adds MCP support to Apigee hybrid
Why it matters: Apigee hybrid 1.17.0 lets developers run the MCP data plane inside their own Kubernetes cluster, expose OpenAPI 3.0.x specs as MCP tools, and trace requests with W3C trace context headers.
Apigee hybrid 1.17.0 adds native Model Context Protocol support, letting the MCP data plane run inside a customer's own Kubernetes cluster. Developers can expose OpenAPI 3.0.x specs as MCP tools and trace requests with W3C trace context headers.
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Google Research launches Earth AI geospatial agents
Why it matters: Google Research announced Earth AI, a set of geospatial agents aimed at environmental and planetary challenges.
Google Research announced Earth AI, a set of geospatial agents aimed at environmental and planetary challenges.
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