Rising Star: GLM-4.6 Ties for Global Lead on Code Arena, Signaling a New Era in Open-Source AI
China's open-source AI community has achieved a major milestone: Zhipu AI's latest model, GLM-4.6, has ascended to a global #1 rank (tied) on the highly competitive LiveCodeBench (LCB) leaderboard. This achievement, surpassing giants like DeepSeek and closely trailing GPT-4, demonstrates a dramatic leap in practical programming capabilities for models outside the U.S. tech sphere, reshaping the global landscape of code-generation AI.
Dexmal's "Mind's Engine" Secures $1B+ in Mega-Rounds, Backed by Alibaba and NIO Capital, Defining New Frontiers of Embodied AI
Chinese embodied AI startup Dexmal (原力灵机) has secured nearly 10 billion RMB (approx. $1.4 billion USD) across two massive funding rounds led separately by Alibaba Group and NIO Capital. This colossal investment, one of the largest globally in AI for 2025, fuels the company's ambitious mission to develop a "one brain for all" general-purpose cognitive engine for robots and autonomous systems, signaling a fierce new battleground in the global race for advanced embodied intelligence.
