Chinese Tech Daily — 2026-06-13#

Top Story#

At the Huawei Developer Conference (HDC 2026), executive Richard Yu (Yu Chengdong) announced that he will personally lead the company’s AI and Pangu large model teams with the goal of taking the technology from being the best in China to the best in the world. Alongside this ambitious AI roadmap, Huawei revealed that its proprietary HarmonyOS 6 has surpassed 66 million terminal devices, solidifying its position as the second-largest smartphone operating system in China and signaling continued momentum for the company’s independent software ecosystem.

Engineering & Dev#

Critical Vulnerability in BigAnt IM A severe directory traversal and arbitrary file upload vulnerability has been discovered in the enterprise instant messaging system BigAnt (大蚂蚁). The flaw, located in the Pan/Upload/upload interface, allows malicious actors to upload crafted PHP files and execute arbitrary code, potentially leading to total server takeover and data theft.

The Evolution of AI-Driven Phishing AI has drastically altered the cybersecurity landscape by industrializing targeted phishing operations, pushing the click rate of automated AI-generated lures to an alarming 54% compared to just 12% for traditional methods. By utilizing LLMs and deepfakes to automate reconnaissance, victim profiling, content generation, and real-time interaction, attackers can now execute highly sophisticated spear-phishing campaigns at a massive scale and a fraction of the historical cost.

Extracting “Vibe” with Multimodal Analytics Snowflake’s Cortex AI is enabling organizations to turn previously unstructured media—such as video, audio, and images—into natively queryable assets. By automating the extraction of a content’s “vibe,” such as customer anger levels in call center audio or the emotional tension and background music in social media clips, engineering teams can build complex, multimodal agent workflows without moving their data outside the platform.

Optimizing Edge AI at AICon 2026 Jing Chenzhe, head of the open-source community at ModelBest (面壁智能), is slated to present on the future of efficient on-device AI models at the upcoming AICon in Shanghai. As the industry shifts from simply stacking parameters to improving inference efficiency, his session will dissect the technical pathways for deploying localized intelligence on mobile and IoT devices while balancing constraints like compute power, offline capability, and user privacy.

Products & Digital#

iOS 27 Developer Beta Hands-On Apple’s first iOS 27 Developer Beta heavily prioritizes fundamental system optimizations over flashy UI changes, boasting up to 80% faster AirDrop speeds and much smoother multitasking for older devices. While mainland Chinese users are geo-fenced out of the newly upgraded Gemini-powered Siri AI features, code diggers discovered strings related to an “App resizability” framework, strongly hinting at an upcoming foldable iPhone.

Saido Tech Launches Physical AI Auto Brand AIVA Saido Tech (赛豆科技) has unveiled AIVA, a new smart mobility brand backed by Seres, CATL, and Volcengine that treats the car as a physical vessel for an intelligent agent rather than a machine with bolted-on software. The upcoming AIVA ME7 features continuous, trigger-word-free voice interaction, behavioral deduction, and a smooth “bio-mechanical” design utilizing G4-level curvature.

DJI and Insta360 Enter Patent War Drone and camera giant DJI has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in a Texas federal court targeting Insta360’s (影石) recently launched Luna dual-lens handheld gimbal camera. In rapid response, Insta360 has countersued DJI, claiming infringement on five patents related to gimbal stabilization and panoramic video smoothing technologies.

Moonshot AI Open-Sources Kimi K2.7 Code Beijing-based AI startup Moonshot AI has officially launched and open-sourced its new programming model, Kimi K2.7 Code. Designed to improve instruction following for long-context programming tasks, the update reduces the model’s “overthinking” tendencies, cutting average token consumption by 30%.

News & Commentary#

SpaceX Reaches $2.1 Trillion Market Cap Following IPO SpaceX went public on the Nasdaq in a record-shattering IPO, raising $75 billion and closing its first trading day up 19%. The massive debut pushed the company’s valuation to roughly $2.1 trillion, catapulting CEO Elon Musk to become the world’s first trillionaire as the company looks to fund a massive 100,000-satellite constellation and build out space-based AI data centers.

Apple Execs Reject AI as an “Emotional Companion” In a recent interview, Apple executives Craig Federighi and Greg Joswiak clarified the company’s distinct philosophical approach to artificial intelligence, stating that Siri is strictly a utilitarian tool and will outright refuse to roleplay as a romantic partner. Federighi criticized competitor chatbots that rely on emotional engagement and flattery to drive user retention, emphasizing Apple’s focus on privacy and practical task completion.

Also Noted#

Genspark Raises $100M: AI office agent startup Genspark secured an additional $100 million in Series B funding, pushing its post-money valuation to $2.6 billion.
Xiaomi’s MiMo Code: Xiaomi’s AI team lead revealed that their newly open-sourced AI programming tool, MiMo Code, was developed by just 5 people over 14 days using a “vibe-coding” approach.
Codex “Bankable” Resets: OpenAI’s Codex has introduced a new feature allowing paid users to bank their rate-limit resets for up to 30 days, rather than losing them to fixed-cycle expirations.
Water-Harvesting Jacket: Researchers at UT Austin have developed a wearable jacket utilizing “HOP-Fiber” that can extract up to 894 milliliters of drinkable water per day directly from the air.