September 20, 2026
Quick hits from across the AI world in the last 24 hours.
- ⚡ Quick hits
- Safety Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang rejected AI-doom narratives, calling fear-based messaging irresponsible and politically motivated in some cases. IT之家 ↗
- AIGC Recraft introduced V4 Styles, letting users preserve a reference image’s visual identity across subjects, scenes, and formats. X @recraftai ↗
- Research A new report described world-model companies as unusually secretive about their data, training methods, and evaluation results. TechCrunch ↗
- AIGC AI MediaKit demonstrated removing video subtitles invisibly by interpreting scene content rather than treating captions as isolated text. InfoQ 中文 ↗
- Open Source Simon Willison released llm-keys-ui 0.1, a small interface for managing API keys used by local LLM tooling. Simon Willison’s Weblog ↗
- Open Source GitHub announced that Eyeball, an internal tool for inspecting AI-assisted development workflows, is now open source. X @github ↗
- AIGC ScrollEd wants to convert textbook material into short-form, TikTok-style educational videos using AI. TechCrunch ↗
- Funding Chinese AI infrastructure provider SiliconFlow completed a B-plus second tranche and Series C, bringing cumulative 2026 financing near 2.9 billion yuan. InfoQ 中文 ↗
- Agents Tencent’s Gander aims to keep conversations active while completing tasks in the background, according to a new product report. The Decoder ↗
- Industry Zhipu’s MaaS platform added an opt-in mechanism allowing customers to prevent retention of submitted data. IT之家 ↗
- Agents Faraday Future announced nine configurations of EAI robots, with its most expensive model priced above 920,000 yuan. IT之家 ↗
- AIGC Meshy launched a ChatGPT plugin that can generate described 3D objects and use Astra for part segmentation through its API. X @MeshyAI ↗
- AIGC Alibaba released Qwen-Image-2.1, a 7-billion-parameter open-weight model supporting transparent images, multi-reference editing, and native 2K output. GitHub ↗
- Industry A Chinese startup showcased a full-stack domestic AI office model reportedly capable of running on a single RTX 3090. 量子位 ↗
- AIGC Runway previewed research on streaming video generation that responds continuously to prompts, camera movements, robot commands, and audio. The Decoder ↗