Xiaomi Reorganises Around MiMo, Its Base Model, for the Agent Era

Xiaomi has restructured its AI around the MiMo base model, splitting the technology behind its decade-old voice assistant XiaoAI into three pillars: the MiMo base-model team led by Luo Fuli, the cloud engineering team led by Luan Jian, and the on-device OS capability pushed down into the phone and car teams. The move signals that … Read more

Before Solid-State Batteries ‘Flip the Table,’ China Is Betting on the Hybrid

Huang Xuejie, a leading Chinese lithium-battery scientist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has a timing argument the industry should hear: 2026 is the mass-production year for hybrid solid-liquid batteries, and full solid-state will not “flip the table” until after 2035. Between now and then, the hybrid is where the money and the deployment are. … Read more

A Chinese Bionic Robot ‘Too Real’ Triggers Global Uncanny Valley Storm

A bionic robot developed by a Shanghai startup has ignited a fierce debate on overseas social media — not because it failed, but because it looked too human. At the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai on July 17, Shouxing Tech unveiled OriginF1: a desktop-scale bionic android with 26 degrees of freedom across … Read more