Amazon Web Services (AWS) SageMaker Feature Store released new features on September 8, 2026, with the addition of the UpdateRecord API. This feature supports single calls to update one or more feature values without needing to read or rewrite the entire record, and is suitable for both standard (DynamoDB backend) and memory (ElastiCache backend) online storage layers. UpdateRecord can atomically merge changes and retain unmodified features, while automatically syncing the full snapshot to offline storage to ensure accurate training data. The API request requires specifying RecordIdentifierValueAsString and a list of Features (up to 100 features per call), with an optional TTL setting; if EventTime is updated, the new timestamp must be greater than the existing value otherwise the request will be rejected. This feature aims to address the read-modify-write issues caused by the traditional PutRecord mode…
On September 8, 2026, Meta officially launched Muse, the world’s first personalized AI agent designed for everyone. Built on the Meta Spark model and running on a dedicated Muse Secure VM, Muse can directly perform tasks such as sending emails, booking trips, and negotiating through dialogue. It can also autonomously plan resources to achieve complex goals. In terms of payment and security, Muse integrates Stripe Link and Shop Pay, using a single valid card to protect user information and providing purchase protection. It also supports login with OnePassword. To ensure security, Muse operates independently in the cloud, with network access controlled by the Sentinel proxy system-level isolation. Visibility of passwords and payment methods is strictly limited; all sensitive operations require user authorization, and data is not used for advertising or model training.
On September 8, 2026, the AI company Pathway launched its latest large-model architecture – BDH (Dragon Hatchling) – on the Amazon SageMaker HyperPod platform. This architecture abandoned the traditional chain-of-thinking reasoning model and adopted a brain-inspired sparse local interactive neuron graph structure. By using potential space for iterative calculations to update internal memories and decode candidate answers, BDH can handle new problems without generating intermediate text traces or fine-tuning. This design effectively overcomes the challenges associated with traditional Transformer models, such as low推理 efficiency and poor long-term consistency due to fixed context windows, catastrophic forgetting, and high computational costs, while maintaining state adaptation without relying on weight updates during testing.
On September 4, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution by an overwhelming majority of 164 votes in favor, 6 abstentions, and 1 against. The resolution encouraged the gradual elimination of the Mercator projection, which had been used for over 400 years, in scenarios where accurate representation of area proportions was required, and the adoption of the “equitable Earth projection.” The purpose of the resolution was to address the issue of severe distortion in the areas such as Greenland caused by the stretching of high-latitude regions using the Mercator projection. It also believed that exaggeration of areas in Africa, South Asia, and other regions reinforced Western cultural hegemony. The United Nations emphasized that the resolution applied only to non-navigation scenarios such as education and public communication, and did not mandate the replacement of航海 or mobile navigation systems. The United States was the only country that voted against the resolution, considering it a waste of time by the United Nations. China currently uses the “equal-spacing parallel polyconic projection,” which balances visual and area representation, so the resolution has little impact on China.
On September 9, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a loan of $1.9 billion for NextEra to restart the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant, which had been shut down. The plant has a capacity of 615 megawatts. This loan is intended to support its reopening project, and specific technical details and subsequent plans will be determined based on relevant arrangements.
In September 2026, Google plans to launch a $1.9 billion project aimed at reviving a abandoned nuclear power plant. This project will utilize artificial intelligence technology to reconstruct and optimize the energy system in order to address the challenges faced in the transition to traditional energy sources. This move is seen as a major breakthrough in the application of AI technology in the nuclear energy sector, with the potential to reshape global energy production rules. Currently, the project is still in the preliminary planning stage, and specific implementation details and timelines have not been fully announced.
Zhang Hong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and researcher at the Institute of Biophysics, won the Life Sciences Award of the 2026 Future Science Prize. Based on research on Caenorhabditis elegans, his team established a genetic screening system for autophagy in multicellular organisms and revealed the key mechanism by which local calcium signals on the endoplasmic reticulum regulate the initiation of autophagy. Regarding the current technical bottlenecks in the field of autophagy, such as the lack of biomarkers, inability to precisely regulate, and selective removal of substrates, Zhang Hong pointed out that artificial intelligence has limited role at this stage when the basic mechanisms are not fully understood. He emphasized the need to optimize the evaluation system constrained by journal impact factors, return to peer review, foster original innovation, be vigilant against the harms of “resource-based scientific research,” and call for the establishment of a scientific and technological evaluation system, adhering to an original research approach, and maintaining determination in facing the pressures faced by young researchers.
Nvidia plans to launch a new version of the RTX 5070 graphics card, which will use the GB203 chip. The GB203 chip has an area of 378 mm² and integrates 45.6 billion transistors. The complete configuration includes 10,752 CUDA cores, 84 fourth-generation RT Cores, 336 fifth-generation Tensor Cores, 336 texture units, and 112 raster units. The memory bus width is 256-bit. Currently, it is known that the RTX 5070 will only have 6,144 CUDA cores, approximately 57% of the total capacity, with the remaining space reserved for redundancy. Previously, Nvidia used the larger-size GB205 chip instead of the original GB206 for the RTX 5060. The complete configuration of the GB205 includes 6,400 CUDA cores and a 192-bit memory bus width. There are differences between the GB205 and GB203 in the GPC internal TPC and SM configuration ratios; whether these differences affect heat dissipation performance and performance output…
On September 8, New York-based artificial intelligence startup Runway announced that its annual recurring revenue (ARR) exceeded 200 million US dollars. This milestone marks a shift in the company’s strategy from being merely a provider of video generation tools to an infrastructure provider offering underlying “world model” technologies. Runway no longer sells only text-to-video clips but also offers simulation technologies that can simulate physical laws and assist in training robots and autonomous vehicles. Despite competition from large-scale cloud providers offering free services, Runway believes that long-term corporate contracts are more sustainable than炒作 cycles. Currently, the company’s valuation reaches 5.3 billion US dollars, with a price-to-book ratio of approximately 26.5 times. Its customer base has diversified to include film studios, advertising agencies, and large enterprise teams such as Chime, Robinhood, and Siemens. Its growth stems from structural factors rather than cyclical fluctuations. The tools have been deeply integrated into production pipelines like “The Whole Universe” and are used in partnerships with Lionsgate and AMC Networks, evolving into model routers…
The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Shanxi Province issued the “Service Manual for Open Access to Pilot Testing Platforms in Shanxi Provincial Enterprises (2026 Edition)”, offering open access to 9 pilot testing platforms and 25 service items. This initiative aims to transform heavy assets of provincial enterprises into industry public goods, addressing the challenge of facilitating the pilot-to-commercial conversion of university research achievements due to lack of facilities, equipment, and operating conditions. The open platforms cover five areas: resource utilization of industrial solid waste and artificial intelligence in the coal industry. By making capacity parameters and contact information publicly available, it promotes precise matching of resources between small and medium-sized enterprises and research institutions for collaborative innovation. This measure helps to shorten the cycle of achievement conversion, reducing it from annual to quarterly. Relevant measures have been included in the “Action Plan for Systematic Promotion of Scientific and Technological Achievement Conversion (2026–2028)” and are supported by financial policies such as “Pilot Testing Loans” and “Pilot Testing Insurance”.
On September 6, Qingdao Zhongke Green Carbon Technology Co., Ltd. officially launched a new type of plant fiber cushioning material. This material is made from agricultural and forestry waste, with properties comparable to plastic foam and capable of complete biodegradation. Relying on the wooden fiber green carbon material team at the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Process Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the company has mastered core technologies such as physical foaming at normal temperature and pressure and biomimetic cross-linking of plant fibers. Currently, the pilot production line has been fully put into operation. The product is targeted at four major sectors: packaging, building materials, automotive, and logistics. Its high-end wine linings and fruit and vegetable shock-absorbing pads have been verified through actual tests and launched on the market. Over the next two to three years, the company plans to expand its mass production line to support the industry’s deep carbon reduction transformation with independently developed green new materials.