docs: update daily news EN 2026-05-24

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 title: "Awesome AI Daily | 2026-05-24"
 date: "2026-05-24"
-tags: ["AI Industry", "Google I/O", "OpenAI", "DeepSeek", "AI Ethics"]
-summary: "Ferrari partners with IBM to reshape F1 fan experience with AI; Musk's xAI pivots to natural gas power; DeepSeek V4 slashes prices; Google I/O 2026 highlights AI-driven science; OpenAI's PR chief tackles reputation crisis; Ansel Adams AI colorization copyright dispute."
+tags: ["AI Industry", "Google", "Anthropic", "DeepSeek", "OpenAI", "Fei-Fei Li"]
+summary: "Google CEO Pichai admits Gemini lags in coding; Anthropic's $30B+ funding round to surpass OpenAI valuation; DeepSeek V4 price permanently cut to 1/4; Apple preps Gen AI website before WWDC; OpenAI hires safety researchers at $445K; Fei-Fei Li releases ESI-Bench for spatial intelligence; OpenAI Codex power-user guide revealed."
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-## 1. Ferrari Partners with IBM to Create F1 Superfans with AI
+## 1. Google CEO Pichai Admits Gemini Is Behind in Coding
 
-IBM and Scuderia Ferrari HP are leveraging artificial intelligence to redefine the Formula 1 fan experience. The partnership uses AI to analyze fan behavior data, delivering personalized content and immersive interactions aimed at cultivating a more loyal "superfan" base.
+In a rare candid interview on the New York Times technology podcast, Google CEO Sundar Pichai openly acknowledged that Google's Gemini is indeed lagging behind competitors in coding. He admitted that in areas like agent-based programming with tool use, instruction following, and long-horizon multi-step tasks, Google is "a bit behind." Pichai also shared that the pace of AI progress over the past year or two makes him feel "AGI may be closer than previously imagined," with 30 to 60 days of industry change now equivalent to what used to take 5 years. These comments came right after Google I/O, where Gemini 3.5 Flash, Gemini Omini, and Gemini Spark were just announced.
 
-> **Awesome AI View:** The convergence of sports and AI is expanding beyond the track into fan engagement. IBM's Watson capabilities are increasingly penetrating the sports sector, and this personalized fan experience model could be replicated by more teams and leagues, establishing a new paradigm in sports marketing.
+> **Awesome AI View:** It is extremely rare for a Big Tech CEO to publicly admit their AI product is lagging. This suggests the coding agent race has reached white-hot intensity. Pichai's candor may signal a major strategic pivot within Google, and his "AGI is closer" assessment deserves serious attention from the industry.
 
-Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/23/ferrari-is-using-ai-to-create-f1-superfans/) | 2026-05-23
+Source: [36Kr](https://36kr.com/p/3823020763746435) | [QbitAI](https://www.qbitai.com/2026/05/423390.html) | 2026-05-24
 
-## 2. Musk Abandons Solar Power on Earth as xAI Goes All-In on Natural Gas
+## 2. Anthropic's $30B+ Funding Round to Surpass OpenAI Valuation
 
-TechCrunch reports that Musk's xAI has fully committed to natural gas-powered data centers for its AI infrastructure, while SpaceX focuses on orbital data centers. This marks a stark departure from the "solar-electric economy" vision Musk previously championed.
+According to Bloomberg on May 23, Anthropic is poised to close a mega funding round exceeding $30 billion, potentially finalized as early as next week, pushing its valuation above $900 billion. Once completed, Anthropic will formally surpass OpenAI as the world's most highly valued AI startup. Anthropic's Q2 revenue is projected to reach $10.9 billion, more than doubling from the previous quarter, and the company is on track for its first-ever profitable quarter.
 
-> **Awesome AI View:** The exponential growth in AI compute demand is reshaping the energy landscape. Natural gas, as a transition fuel, is becoming the choice for major AI companies, reflecting the urgent need for stable, large-scale power for AI infrastructure. This trend will accelerate the restructuring of global energy systems.
+> **Awesome AI View:** The AI investment landscape is shifting from OpenAI's dominance to a two-horse race. Anthropic's strong Claude lineup has won over capital markets, and its valuation overtaking OpenAI will reshape the entire AI industry. Both companies' expected fall IPOs make this competition even more compelling.
 
-Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/23/elon-musk-has-given-up-on-solar-power-on-earth/) | 2026-05-23
+Source: [GeekPark](https://www.geekpark.net/news/364709) (citing Bloomberg) | 2026-05-24
 
-## 3. DeepSeek V4 Slashes Prices as Top Chinese Tech Companies Rush to Adopt
+## 3. DeepSeek V4 Price Permanently Cut to 1/4 of Original; CATL, JD, NetEye Negotiate Investment
 
-QbitAI reports that DeepSeek V4 model pricing has been dramatically reduced, with CATL, JD.com, and NetEase among the leading companies racing to integrate it. DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng reaffirmed the company's commitment to open-source, stating that the ultimate goal is achieving AGI.
+DeepSeek announced that DeepSeek-V4-Pro API pricing will be permanently adjusted to 1/4 of the original price after the May 31 promotion ends: input (cache hit) at 0.025 yuan/million tokens, cache miss at 3 yuan, output at 6 yuan. According to Bloomberg and The Information, DeepSeek is pursuing approximately 70 billion yuan in funding at a $45 billion valuation. CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology), JD.com, and NetEase are negotiating to participate. Founder Liang Wenfeng has made clear to investors that DeepSeek will prioritize pursuing AGI over short-term monetization and has committed to its open-source route.
 
-> **Awesome AI View:** The large model price war is accelerating AI adoption across industries. DeepSeek's open-source strategy and aggressive pricing not only lower barriers for enterprises but also push the entire sector toward greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The rush of top-tier companies signals that AI has moved from experimentation to规模化 deployment.
+> **Awesome AI View:** DeepSeek's move to make its "discount" permanent signals a shift from promotional pricing to long-term low-cost AI. CATL, a battery giant, entering AI investment reflects how the AI race has expanded from the model layer to energy infrastructure. Energy is becoming the most underestimated strategic resource in the AI competition.
 
-Source: [QbitAI (量子位)](https://www.qbitai.com/2026/05/423162.html) | 2026-05-23
+Source: [QbitAI](https://www.qbitai.com/2026/05/423162.html) | [GeekPark](https://www.geekpark.net/news/364706) | 2026-05-23
 
-## 4. Google I/O 2026: The Path for AI-Driven Science Is Shifting
+## 4. Apple Preps "Gen AI" Website Ahead of WWDC, Subdomain Already Live
 
-MIT Technology Review notes that Google I/O 2026 showcased the evolving role of AI in scientific research. Two years ago, Google DeepMind's AI tool won a Nobel Prize. Today, researchers are climbing toward new goals. Multiple announcements at I/O demonstrate that AI is transitioning from an auxiliary tool to a core driver of scientific discovery.
+Apple is preparing to launch a new "Gen AI" website, with the subdomain genai.apple.com recently added to Apple's DNS records. This development comes weeks before WWDC 2026, where Apple has confirmed it will unveil a series of "AI-related updates" around Apple Intelligence, Siri, and more. The WWDC 2026 keynote is scheduled for June 8.
 
-> **Awesome AI View:** AI for Science is shifting from "nice to have" to "infrastructure." Google's I/O presentations demonstrated systematic AI applications in materials science, drug discovery, and climate modeling — a trend that will profoundly transform scientific methodology.
+> **Awesome AI View:** Apple registering a dedicated Gen AI domain ahead of WWDC suggests the company is systematically consolidating its AI strategy branding. Given Apple's historically conservative stance on AI, this could foreshadow a major AI product announcement worth watching.
 
-Source: [MIT Technology Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/22/1137813/google-i-o-showed-how-the-path-for-ai-science-is-shifting/) | 2026-05-22
+Source: [GeekPark](https://www.geekpark.net/news/364709) (citing cnBeta) | 2026-05-24
 
-## 5. Can OpenAI's 'Master of Disaster' Fix AI's Reputation Crisis?
+## 5. OpenAI Hiring Safety Researchers at Up to $445K Salary
 
-Wired profiles OpenAI's global affairs chief Chris Lehane, a veteran Obama administration communications expert. Lehane is working to tone down the debate over AI's societal impacts while pushing states to pass legislation that won't derail OpenAI's rapid growth.
+Business Insider reported on May 23 that OpenAI has posted a safety researcher position for its Preparedness team, offering $295K-$445K annually. The role focuses on studying risks when AI can train "stronger versions of itself," with emphasis on defending against data poisoning attacks, developing model interpretability tools, and tracking AI coding tool adoption. OpenAI specifically seeks candidates with "good taste and strategic thinking."
 
-> **Awesome AI View:** AI companies' PR strategies are shifting from technical defense to political maneuvering. Lehane's appointment signals that OpenAI has elevated reputation management to a strategic priority, but this "legislate first, govern later" approach raises questions about regulatory independence.
+> **Awesome AI View:** OpenAI's high-paying recruitment focused on "recursive self-improvement" safety suggests the company is upgrading its risk assessment for AI self-iteration capabilities. This proactive safety positioning reflects leading AI companies' preparedness for potential risks on the AGI path.
 
-Source: [Wired](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-chris-lehane-global-affairs-pr/) | 2026-05-22
+Source: [GeekPark](https://www.geekpark.net/news/364709) (citing Business Insider) | 2026-05-24
 
-## 6. AI Used to 'Resurrect' Dead Pilots' Voices Forces NTSB to Lock Down Data
+## 6. Fei-Fei Li's Team Releases ESI-Bench: The ImageNet for Spatial Intelligence
 
-TechCrunch reports that people used AI to reconstruct the voices of deceased pilots by analyzing spectrogram images of cockpit recordings, forcing the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to temporarily block access to its docket system. The incident sparks ethical debates about AI deepfakes and posthumous voice rights.
+Fei-Fei Li's team has released ESI-Bench, a new benchmark specifically designed for evaluating embodied spatial intelligence. Unlike previous "passive perception" evaluations, ESI-Bench transforms the observer into an active agent, closing the perception-action loop. The benchmark includes 10 task categories and 3,081 task instances, covering four dimensions of core human spatial cognition. Testing revealed that while current AI excels at image recognition, it falls short in active exploration strategy and metacognition — models "don't know what they don't know."
 
-> **Awesome AI View:** AI voice cloning abuse has extended from entertainment into serious investigation contexts. The NTSB's emergency response reveals that existing regulations are unprepared for these technological challenges, underscoring the urgent need for forensic and regulatory frameworks for AI-synthesized content.
+> **Awesome AI View:** ESI-Bench marks a paradigm shift in spatial intelligence evaluation from passive vision to active exploration. The "action blindness" and "metacognitive deficits" identified by Li's team point to core bottlenecks in embodied AI research, providing a new directional compass for robotics and embodied intelligence.
 
-Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/ai-is-being-used-to-resurrect-the-voices-of-dead-pilots/) | 2026-05-22
+Source: [QbitAI](https://www.qbitai.com/2026/05/422738.html) | 2026-05-22 (Paper: arXiv:2605.18746)
 
-## 7. Ansel Adams Trust Says AI-Colorized Work Exhibited Without Permission
+## 7. OpenAI Codex Power-User Guide: How to Make AI Agent Your Real "Employee"
 
-Engadget reports that the estate of renowned photographer Ansel Adams discovered an AI-colorized version of his iconic photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" on display at AIPAD's The Photography show, raising copyright and artistic intent concerns.
+Jason Liu, author of the 13k-star open-source library Instructor (now on OpenAI's Codex team), published a comprehensive Codex advanced usage guide. Key strategies include: using Heartbeats+@computer for scheduled task automation (e.g., checking Slack and Gmail every 30 minutes), storing personal memory in local Obsidian knowledge bases rather than platform-internal systems, using verification mechanisms to determine task completion, and leveraging Goal mode to let Codex work autonomously for hours to days. Codex's latest updates also include lock-screen continuation and remote mobile monitoring.
 
-> **Awesome AI View:** AI reinterpretation of classic artworks is entering the gray zone of copyright and artistic ethics. The estate's enforcement action could set a precedent for future disputes, providing legal reference points for AI-era artwork modification boundaries.
+> **Awesome AI View:** Jason Liu's Codex methodology represents the evolution of AI coding tools from "conversational Q&A" to "autonomous work systems." Storing memory locally and setting verification loops provides practical reliability methodologies for AI agents — a must-read for every AI developer.
 
-Source: [Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2180105/ansel-adams-trust-says-ai-colorized-version-moonrise-was-exhibited-without-permission/) | 2026-05-23
+Source: [QbitAI](https://www.qbitai.com/2026/05/423179.html) | 2026-05-23
 
-## 8. Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search
+## 8. DeepSeek API Speed Boost and Scaling, 500 Concurrent Connections by Default
 
-Wired's commentary argues that Google's AI-powered search answers are so convenient that users will be naturally "sucked in" — with the cost being degradation of the web ecosystem and harm to the creators behind it.
+On May 23, DeepSeek announced its API has completed output speed improvements and service scaling, now supporting 500 concurrent connections by default. Enterprise users needing higher concurrency can apply online. This follows a nearly 12-hour system crash DeepSeek experienced previously, highlighting the urgency of building its own infrastructure.
 
-> **Awesome AI View:** Google AI Search represents a classic technology adoption dilemma: individual rational choice (using more convenient AI search) versus collective irrational outcome (content ecosystem collapse). This may become one of the most iconic "tragedy of the commons" examples of the AI era.
+> **Awesome AI View:** 500 default concurrent connections significantly lowers the technical barrier for enterprises to adopt DeepSeek. Combined with the V4 Pro permanent price cut, DeepSeek is using a "lower price + more capacity" combo to accelerate developer ecosystem growth.
 
-Source: [Wired](https://www.wired.com/story/even-if-you-hate-ai-you-will-use-google-ai-search/) | 2026-05-22
+Source: [GeekPark](https://www.geekpark.net/news/364709) (citing IT Home) | 2026-05-24
 
-## 9. The Gulf's AI Boom Has an Undersea Cable Problem
+## 9. NVIDIA CFO Mocks Competitors: Memory Price Hikes Could Have Been Avoided
 
-Wired reports that hyperscalers are pushing the Gulf region to rethink internet infrastructure, as AI raises the stakes of undersea cable disruptions. The Gulf, emerging as a major AI data center hub, faces tests to its internet resilience.
+NVIDIA CFO Colette Kress recently stated that the current memory shortage sweeping the AI industry could have been avoided with earlier ordering, implying competitors failed to anticipate price surges. She emphasized that NVIDIA foresaw the AI wave would push up HBM and DDR memory prices and locked in large supplies early.
 
-> **Awesome AI View:** The geopolitical dimension of AI infrastructure is becoming apparent. Undersea cables, the physical lifelines of the global internet, directly determine AI service continuity. Behind the Middle East's AI investment boom, infrastructure vulnerability may be an overlooked "black swan" risk.
+> **Awesome AI View:** NVIDIA's forward-looking supply chain management once again demonstrates that its moat in AI chips lies not just in technology, but in deep industry chain control. Memory shortages may become the most critical supply chain bottleneck for the AI industry in 2026.
 
-Source: [Wired](https://www.wired.com/story/the-gulfs-ai-boom-has-an-undersea-cable-problem/) | 2026-05-22
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-## 10. How VCs and Founders Use Inflated 'ARR' to Crown AI Startups
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-TechCrunch investigation reveals that some AI startups are stretching traditional revenue metrics (ARR) when discussing progress publicly, and their investors are fully aware. This "metric inflation" is distorting valuation benchmarks in the AI investment market.
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-> **Awesome AI View:** Metric manipulation during AI boom periods isn't new, but it's being amplified in the current AI investment frenzy. When ARR can be "creatively interpreted," the market needs stricter audit standards to distinguish genuine commercial value from packaged narratives.
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-Source: [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/how-vcs-and-founders-use-inflated-arr-to-kingmake-ai-startups/) | 2026-05-22
+Source: [GeekPark](https://www.geekpark.net/news/364709) (citing cnBeta) | 2026-05-24
 
 ## Other Updates
 
-- **Kunlun Tech Fang Han @ AIGC2026**: Stated that "five types of people AI cannot replace" and advised companies to aim for second place, noting that "experience is no longer a moat in the AI era." (Source: [QbitAI](https://www.qbitai.com/2026/05/423202.html) | 2026-05-23)
-- **OpenAI Expert Shares Codex Mastery Tips**: Author of a 13k-star open-source library unlocks advanced Codex techniques, showing how to maximize AI coding tool usage. (Source: [QbitAI](https://www.qbitai.com/2026/05/423179.html) | 2026-05-23)
-- **36Kr AI Partner Conference**: Multiple panel discussions focused on "the next killer AI product category," "AI talent needs on the industrial front line," and more. (Source: [36Kr](https://36kr.com/feed) | 2026-05-23)
+- **Microsoft Win11 adds group policy to permanently block Copilot**: Following massive user pushback, Microsoft added a "Remove Microsoft Copilot App" group policy in the April 2026 update. (Source: [GeekPark](https://www.geekpark.net/news/364709) | 2026-05-24)
+- **Zhipu releases CodeAgent**: The fastest coding agent among top-tier programming agents. (Source: [QbitAI](https://www.qbitai.com/2026/05/422511.html) | 2026-05-23)
+- **Kunlun Wanwei Fang Han @ AIGC2026**: Stated "5 types of people AI can't replace" and advised companies to aim for second place. (Source: [QbitAI](https://www.qbitai.com/2026/05/423202.html) | 2026-05-23)