🤖 AI HOT Daily · Jun 17, 2026
SpaceX acquires Cursor for $60B in stock, Anthropic surpasses OpenAI in enterprise share, DeepSeek raises at $50B+ valuation, Xiaomi launches MiMo Claw.
1. Cartesia Releases Sonic 3.5 & Ink 2 Voice Models
Cartesia launches Sonic 3.5 (TTS) and Ink 2 (STT) as a real-time voice stack, with Ink 2 ranking #1 on streaming speech-to-text leaderboard.
2. Qwen Drops Robot Trilogy: Manip/World/Nav
Qwen releases three robot foundation models: RobotManip scores 91.4% on LIBERO-Plus, RobotWorld unifies 20+ forms, RobotNav covers 5 navigation domains.
3. ByteDance Seedance 2.0 Mini Cuts Video Cost in Half
Volcano Engine launches Seedance 2.0 Mini, 2x faster than Fast version, ~$0.07 per second at 720P, roughly half the standard cost.
4. Xiaomi MiMo Claw Officially Launched
Powered by MiMo-V2.5-Pro flagship model, million-token context, native MCP compatibility, integrated with Kingsoft Office, free tier expanded to 4 hours daily.
5. SpaceX Acquires Cursor for $60B in Stock
Days after its IPO, SpaceX agrees to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion in stock, expected to close this quarter.
6. Anthropic Surpasses OpenAI in Enterprise Share
Anthropic captures 41% of enterprise AI subscriptions in May, surpassing OpenAI's 39.5%, with the Trump ban paradoxically boosting adoption.
7. DeepSeek Raises First Outside Round at $50B+
DeepSeek raises $7.4B+ in first outside round at $50B+ valuation, founder invested ~$3B personally, Tencent and CATL are key investors.
8. Pentagon Moves AI Workflows from Anthropic
Pentagon shifts over 2/3 of daily AI workflows away from Anthropic after it refused to sign agreements allowing Claude use for surveillance and autonomous weapons.
9. Microsoft Copilot Cowork GA Worldwide
Microsoft Copilot Cowork is now globally available with multi-model support, enabling long-running agents for complex multi-step tasks.
10. AI-Powered Alipay 'Abao' Opens Beta
Alipay launches AI version beta, users swipe right for 'Abao' AI assistant to handle tasks, 100 invite codes in the first batch.
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