Apple’s New Siri App Features Auto-Delete Conversations and Gemini Model Integration

Last night, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman revealed more details about Apple’s upcoming standalone Siri app in the latest Power On newsletter.

Privacy design is one of the core selling points of this new app. Gurman disclosed that the app will include an auto-delete feature for conversations, allowing users to choose how long to retain conversations: 30 days, 1 year, or permanently. Apple is expected to continue emphasizing privacy protection at this year’s WWDC and highlight that its AI experience is ad-free.

In terms of models, Apple has significantly replaced the underlying AI model of the new Siri with Google’s Gemini and is running some services on Google’s cloud infrastructure. Previously, there were reports of a rift between Apple and its original partner OpenAI, with potential legal disputes arising because OpenAI felt the collaboration did not meet expectations.

Notably, despite the new AI Siri being delayed for about two years, Gurman stated that the internal testing version is still labeled as “Beta” and may continue to be used until its official release.

Malta to Provide Free One-Year ChatGPT Plus Subscription to All Citizens

OpenAI recently announced a partnership with the Maltese government to offer a one-year free subscription to ChatGPT Plus for citizens and residents of Malta.

Residents must first complete a free online course called “AI for All,” developed by the University of Malta, covering basic concepts of AI, its capabilities, and responsible usage. After completing the course, they can apply for a free subscription through the Malta Digital Innovation Authority.

Xiaomi REDMI Product Manager: Wait for Battery Upgrade Services

Xiaomi REDMI product manager “Sun Cun” recently suggested on Weibo that users who do not plan to change their phones soon might consider waiting for battery upgrades, noting that some models may see improved capacity after replacing the battery, referencing the current policy for the Xiaomi 13 series.

Sun Cun further explained that Xiaomi is actively promoting battery upgrades using Jinsha River technology for existing users, with the Xiaomi 13 series being the first to offer this service. She also mentioned that specific supported models will be announced later.

Previously, the Xiaomi 13 series launched a battery upgrade service for the Xiaomi 13, Xiaomi 13 Pro, and Xiaomi 13 Ultra, with a fee of 189 yuan, including 149 yuan for the battery upgrade and 40 yuan for labor.

SpaceX Plans IPO with a Target Valuation of $1.75 Trillion

According to Reuters, SpaceX has accelerated its IPO timeline, planning to go public on Nasdaq as early as June 12, with the stock symbol “SPCX,” about two weeks earlier than previously scheduled.

Three insiders revealed that the company plans to publicly file its prospectus as early as this Wednesday, with a roadshow starting on June 4 and the stock pricing expected to be completed by June 11. The earlier timeline is primarily due to the SEC’s faster-than-expected review of the offering materials.

This IPO is expected to raise about $75 billion, with a target valuation of approximately $1.75 trillion, potentially making it the largest stock issuance in history. The underwriting team includes Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan, and Goldman Sachs.

arXiv Introduces New Rules to Ban AI Spam

Recently, the preprint academic paper platform arXiv announced that if an author’s submitted paper contains undeniable evidence of AI-generated content, their account will be banned for one year, and all future submissions must first be accepted by a peer-reviewed journal before being uploaded.

Thomas Dietterich, chair of the computer science section at arXiv, stated on X that if a paper contains signs of “hallucinated citations” or large language model meta-comments (e.g., “Here is a 200-word summary, does it need modification?”), it can be determined that the author did not verify the AI-generated content.

Currently managed by Cornell Tech, arXiv will operate independently as a non-profit organization starting in July this year. Cornell Tech Dean Greg Morrisett stated that after independence, arXiv will be able to receive funding from a broader range of donors to address the operational pressures caused by “AI spam content.”

Xiaomi’s Lu Weibing: New Xuanjie Chip to Be Iterated This Year

Recently, Lu Weibing, partner and president of Xiaomi Group, stated during a live stream that the new Xuanjie chip will definitely see an iteration this year and will be featured in a “very excellent product.”

He also reminded the public that many of the related rumors circulating online are not credible, and specific specifications cannot be disclosed yet. Lu Weibing revealed that the new generation of the Xuanjie chip will not be limited to smartphones and plans to be widely used in various smart terminal devices under Xiaomi.

Regarding smartphone pricing, Lu Weibing predicted that some domestic flagship smartphones might break the 10,000 yuan mark by the end of this year, especially in the second half. He expects the pressure from rising memory prices to last at least until the end of 2027, possibly extending to 2028.

NIO’s Li Bin: Firefly is Like the iPhone, Evolving into a Fashion Brand

According to reports from Rui Jian Economy, Li Bin, founder, chairman, and CEO of NIO, attended the 18th Xuanyuan Automotive Blue Book Forum online and compared the Firefly to the iPhone, stating it has become “a very high-quality product.”

He emphasized that the Firefly has, in some sense, transcended the tool attribute of cars, evolving into “a lifestyle brand, a fashion brand,” and is beginning to form a unique brand culture.

Li Bin mentioned that the Firefly has broken the dual limitations of age and car purchase budget among its user base, stating that “recent graduates can buy it, and wealthy bosses can drive their kids to school without any issues.”

Demand for Forward Deployment Engineers Surges Over 700% in One Year

According to Business Insider, the demand for Forward Deployment Engineers (FDE) has surged over 700% in the past year, making it one of the fastest-growing positions in the tech industry amid the AI wave.

Data from the job platform Indeed shows that in April of this year, the number of job postings for this position reached 5,330, up about 729% from 643 postings during the same period last year. Companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, Palantir, Stripe, and Google Cloud are actively recruiting for this role.

The core responsibility of an FDE is to assist companies in integrating AI into their business processes and customizing AI tools based on client needs. In terms of salary, Indeed data indicates that the annual salary for this position ranges from about $170,000 to over $200,000.

Telecom Operators Launch Token Packages

China Telecom recently launched a series of trial Token packages aimed at developers, small and medium enterprises, and personal and family users, providing integrated services of “Token + Connectivity + Security,” with three pricing tiers. For personal and family users, the price starts at 9.9 yuan/month for 10 million Tokens; for developers and small and medium enterprises, it is 39.9 yuan/month for 15 million Tokens.

Both user types can purchase broadband upload speed enhancement packages (increasing upload speed by 50 Mbps for 100 yuan/month) and intelligent security management services (5 yuan/month). Personal and family users can also opt for a 5G-A premium package (including 10 GB of data, with a maximum upload speed of 300 Mbps for 20 yuan/month).

China Unicom and China Mobile have also launched their respective Token packages:

• Mobile: China Mobile Shanghai launched a universal Token service on May 17, World Telecommunications Day, priced at 1 yuan for 400,000 Tokens.
• Unicom: China Unicom Shanghai announced a full-stack domestic “National Chip, National Model, National Cloud” security base and launched multiple Token products and integrated packages.

Tesla Robotaxi Collision Report Unsealed

Recently, Tesla officially decrypted and released the complete, unredacted report submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regarding 17 “Robotaxi” autonomous driving collision incidents.

According to Electrek, these 17 incidents occurred between July 2025 and March 2026, all involving the testing of the 2026 Model Y in Austin, Texas, with safety personnel present during testing.

Injury data indicates that the overall incidents were relatively minor: 13 resulted only in property damage, 2 had no injuries, 1 involved minor injuries without hospitalization, and another involved minor injuries requiring hospitalization (the vehicle was rear-ended by an SUV while crawling at 2 mph at an intersection).

The official report indicates that most incidents were not due to Tesla’s autonomous driving system (ADS) but rather involved human drivers rear-ending or side-scraping stationary vehicles at traffic lights, stop signs, or during traffic congestion.

However, the data also revealed flaws in the system and backend interventions:

Two incidents occurred during remote operator takeover, resulting in the vehicles colliding with metal barriers and construction obstacles at speeds of 8 and 9 mph, respectively; several other incidents showed that the ADS had spatial perception blind spots, leading to collisions with metal chains, trailer hitches, wooden utility poles, and curbs while turning or reversing.

Zhihu CEO Zhou Yuan: Every Real Person Has Irreplaceable Value in the AI Era

According to “Ting Tong Tech,” Zhou Yuan, founder and CEO of Zhihu, stated at the 12th New Knowledge Youth Conference that the value of real creators in the AI era is irreplaceable.

AI creates wonders every minute, but the AI era still needs new knowledge. And new knowledge comes from real people. Every real person has irreplaceable value.

During the main forum of the conference, several guests discussed the relationship between AI and human creation. Fudan University humanities scholar Liang Yong’an proposed, “Technology has its role, but how to ensure we don’t lose our human scale and human attributes?” Writer Zhang Chun stated, “Imperfection is our perfection.”

Zhou Yuan concluded the conference by stating, “The more advanced technology becomes, the more precious human creations with warmth and depth will be.”

Xiaomi YU7 GT Volcano Gray Color Announced

Recently, Xiaomi Cars released teaser images of the YU7 GT, announcing a new color and interior information.

The Xiaomi YU7 series will introduce a color named “Volcano Gray,” inspired by the volcanic landscape under morning mist, featuring a high-purity gray tone layered with nano-scale mineral particles to present a delicate and textured metallic feel.

The new car’s interior will also feature a fresh “Track Red” design, utilizing a red and black color scheme with exclusive embroidery.

The official statement indicates that the Xiaomi YU7 will also offer the “Volcano Gray” exterior color, and the Cherry Red YU7 GT is already displayed in some Xiaomi car stores.

ChatGPT Can Help Manage Your Finances

Recently, OpenAI launched a personal finance management feature for ChatGPT Pro users in the U.S., allowing connections to over 12,000 financial institutions through Plaid.

After connecting accounts, ChatGPT will automatically read users’ real balances, spending history, and debt data, generating a financial dashboard covering investments, daily expenses, subscriptions, and recent bills. When users ask questions, the model can directly retrieve billing history, identify categories prone to overspending, and provide specific reduction plans.

Additionally, users can inform ChatGPT of off-the-books information, such as “I’m saving for a car” or “I owe my parents some money,” and the system will save this content as financial memory for future conversations.

Musk: Grok V9 Model with 1.5T Parameters to Be Released in 3 to 4 Weeks

Musk posted on X yesterday that the 1.5T parameter Grok base model version 9 (V9) being developed by SpaceXAI has completed training and is expected to be officially released in 3 to 4 weeks.

The current public version, Grok 4.3, is based on the 0.5T parameter V8 base model, with updates occurring every few days. V9 will increase the parameter count to 1.5T, which Musk described as a “major upgrade.”

At the end of the post, Musk referred to this version as a “banger” (a significant hit).

ByteDance Open Sources Cola DLM

ByteDance’s Seed team recently open-sourced the diffusion text generation model Cola DLM. Unlike mainstream large models that generate text token by token from left to right, this model first “thinks through the main idea” in a continuous semantic space before converting it back into specific text.

Technically, Cola DLM consists of Text VAE and block-causal DiT. Text VAE compresses text into a continuous latent space, and DiT learns semantic distribution within that space through Flow Matching, with the decoder then restoring the text. Diffusion denoising occurs at the semantic level rather than the token level.

The open-source version has approximately 2.3B parameters and, according to the paper, achieved an average score exceeding baseline models AR and LLaDA in eight evaluations, including LAMBADA, MMLU, and HellaSwag.

GitHub: github.com/ByteDance-Seed/Cola-DLM

Hugging Face: huggingface.co/ByteDance-Seed/Cola-DLM

Tencent’s Vibe Coding Product “Toast” Launching Soon

According to Tech Planet, Tencent’s internally incubated vibe coding product “Toast” is set to launch soon, with the Android version already available on the application treasure and official website, while the iOS version will follow.

“Toast” is positioned as an “application generation and inspiration co-creation platform,” allowing users without coding backgrounds to describe their needs in natural language, and AI can complete the entire process from functional breakdown to prototype generation to APK packaging.

Version 1.0 supports not only application creation but also social sharing, an inspiration square (one-click replication or secondary creation of others’ works), and AI application recommendations. The public beta is free for a limited time, offering five generation credits.

Mixue Ice Cream Launches Huang’s Favorite Peach Spring Tea

Recently, Mixue Ice Cream officially launched a special category in its ordering mini-program called “Boss’s Favorite,” prominently featuring “Peach Spring Tea.” Previously, NVIDIA CEO Huang Renxun visited the Mixue Ice Cream store in Beijing and ordered a cup of “Peach Spring Tea,” which garnered widespread attention.

According to Dahe Daily, Mixue Ice Cream staff responded that after launching the “Boss’s Favorite” mini-program, the sales of Peach Spring Tea surged nearly 140% compared to the previous day and increased over 90% compared to the previous Friday. The store where Huang Renxun visited saw a more than 90% increase in Peach Spring Tea sales.

Bank of China Shuts Down Independent Credit Card App

According to CCTV News, the Bank of China announced yesterday that its dedicated credit card mobile application “Colorful Life” will officially cease operations on July 1. Previously, several banks had announced the shutdown of their independent credit card apps.

The Bank of China stated that this shutdown will not affect customers’ normal usage experience, as all original services have been integrated into the main Bank of China app. Other banks that have also announced the closure of their credit card apps have indicated that this move is part of mobile application integration and will not lower credit card service standards.

Industry experts generally believe that reducing independent apps will help banks lower operational costs, while integrating credit card services into comprehensive apps will facilitate smoother transitions between various financial services for customers, enhancing the overall user experience.

Live-Action “How to Train Your Dragon 2” Wraps Filming

Recently, the live-action adaptation of “How to Train Your Dragon 2” officially announced that filming has wrapped, with plans to release in North America on June 11, 2027.

Following the storyline of the animated version, the sequel will continue the worldview of coexistence between humans and dragons, with Hiccup potentially facing a significant life change: he finds his long-lost mother, but Toothless is controlled by a villain, leading to his father’s death.

“Sonic the Hedgehog 4” Officially Wraps Filming

Director Jeff Fowler announced yesterday that “Sonic the Hedgehog 4” has officially wrapped filming, sharing a photo with the new character Metal Sonic. The film is scheduled for release in North America on March 19 next year.

Metal Sonic, previously hinted at the end of the third film, will officially appear as a main character for the first time in this series, marking the debut of this classic mechanical antagonist on the big screen. Additionally, Amy Rose will also appear in this film, voiced by Kristen Bell.