The Alibaba engineer behind Qwen who walked away
Lin Junyang, a technical lead behind turning Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Qwen into one of the world’s most popular open-source AI model series, has left the company in a sudden departure that rattled China’s AI sector and raised questions about talent retention inside one of the country’s biggest tech companies.
TikTok clears Canadian national security review
The Canadian government announced on Monday that it has completed a national security review of investments related to TikTok under the Investment Canada Act and decided to allow the investments to proceed. The government said the decision was made after a comprehensive assessment of information and evidence, adding that TikTok will implement enhanced protection measures for Canadian citizens’ personal information, including using new security gateways and privacy-enhancing technologies. TikTok said in a Tuesday statement that it looks forward to new investments and continued projects to support the ecosystem of Canadian creators, artists, and small and midsize businesses.
Tencent moves to bring OpenClaw AI assistant into WeChat
Tencent Holdings Ltd. has launched a tool that it says can connect the fast-rising AI assistant OpenClaw to WeChat, potentially allowing users to control the system remotely through chat — a move that could open the company’s most valuable digital asset to an external AI agent. On Monday, Tencent’s PC Manager team unveiled QClaw, a product designed to allow users to remotely control OpenClaw directly through WeChat conversations. According to people familiar with the matter, QClaw is a localized AI assistant built on the OpenClaw ecosystem and that internal testing has not yet begun. The product’s website describes it as an invitation-only tool that uses natural language to execute tasks such as processing Excel data, publishing social-media posts and organizing academic papers.
Xiaohongshu cracks down on AI-hosted accounts
Xiaohongshu will strictly prohibit the use of technical means to simulate real people, create inauthentic content, or engage in fake interactions, the Chinese social media platform announced on Tuesday as it launched a crackdown on AI-hosted accounts. The platform said it will issue warnings and restrict content distribution for users who occasionally use AI to draft or publish posts. Accounts that rely entirely on AI tools for registration, publishing, and interaction will be banned.
Cybersecurity agency warns of OpenClaw risks
China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT) issued a warning on Tuesday regarding the security risks of the popular AI app OpenClaw. The agency said that the software, which is granted high system privileges to execute tasks based on natural language commands, has extremely vulnerable default security configurations that could allow attackers to easily gain full system control. The agency advised users to strengthen network controls, enhance credential management, and strictly manage plugin sources when deploying the app.
Honor launches new foldable smartphone
Honor launched its new foldable smartphone, the Magic V6, on Tuesday. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chip built on a 3-nanometer process, the device features LPDDR6 memory, UFS 4.1 flash storage, up to a 7150 mAh battery, a 6.52-inch outer screen, and a 7.95-inch inner screen, with prices starting at 8,999 yuan (about $1,300).
