Krypton Evening News | ThinkPad releases AI host, which can deploy "Lobster" with one click and save 48% of the total cost in three years compared with cloud hosts; Martin Luke, a pioneer in quantitative investment, warns against entrusting all trading decisions to artificial intelligence; The National Intellectual Property Administration: A total of 972,000 invention patents were authorized in China in 2025.
Large Companies:
The "cross - enterprise labor union" of Samsung Electronics, in which more than half of the employees have joined, held a rally at the Pyeongtaek plant of Samsung Electronics starting at 1 pm on the 23rd, demanding that the employer abolish the performance bonus cap. The labor union requires the company to pay performance bonuses accounting for 15% of operating profit and abolish the performance bonus cap. If the labor and management fail to reach an agreement, the labor side will conduct a full - scale strike from the 21st of next month to June 7th. As of now, the number of members of the "cross - enterprise labor union" is more than 74,000, making it the first labor union with more than half of the employees joining since the establishment of Samsung Electronics. After being confirmed by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, it has officially obtained the status of a "majority labor union" and can independently exercise rights such as collective bargaining rights. (Caixin)
Flash Express open - sources CLI, becoming the first in the same - city instant delivery industry
36Kr learned that recently, Flash Express, a one - to - one urgent delivery platform, announced the official open - sourcing of its core CLI (Command Line Interface) tool, becoming the first enterprise in the same - city instant delivery industry to achieve CLI open - source. This open - source initiative fully opens the access permission, and opens access ports to all users, developers, and mainstream AI agents such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Openclaw.
36Kr learned that on April 23rd, at the TIMEDAY event held by Tencent Smart Mobility, Tang Daosheng, the senior executive vice - president of Tencent Group and the CEO of the Cloud and Smart Industry Group, said that the competition in the automotive industry is being redefined by AI. In the future, the gap between automakers will no longer depend on whether they have intelligence itself, but on who can implement AI on a large - scale and systematic basis more quickly. Based on the "vehicle - cloud integration" strategy, Tencent Smart Mobility provides basic models and engineering capabilities for automakers. Currently, its business covers 100% of leading automakers and general mobility companies, and it has carried out in - depth cooperation with more than 40 mainstream automakers in the field of AI.
New Products:
ByteDance releases the 3D generation large model Seed3D 2.0
36Kr learned that ByteDance officially released a new - generation 3D generation large model with higher precision - Seed3D 2.0. It is reported that this model uses the MoE architecture. Through sparse expert routing, it controls the inference computing volume while expanding the model's parameter quantity and resolution, enabling the model to generate richer texture details and more accurate metal - roughness boundaries. Currently, the technical report of Seed3D 2.0 has been made public, and the API has also been launched on Volcengine.
HarmonyOS Mobility releases multiple products such as Wenjie M6
36Kr learned that on the evening of April 22nd, at the HarmonyOS Mobility spring new product launch event, the Wenjie M6 was officially released, and the pre - sale of the new - generation Wenjie M9 was launched. The starting price is 499,800 yuan, and the starting price of the Ultimate extended version is 669,800 yuan. At the same time, HarmonyOS Mobility released its first flagship MPV, the Zhijie V9, with a pre - sale price range of 399,800 to 529,800 yuan.
Alibaba Cloud: The enterprise - level Agent construction platform JVS Crew is launched
36Kr learned that Alibaba Cloud officially launched an enterprise - level intelligent agent construction platform - JVS Crew. JVS Crew is designed with the concept of "being integrated". Enterprises can quickly embed it into existing apps, SaaS services, or smart hardware, and obtain production - level AI Agent construction capabilities without any threshold. 80% of the platform - level labor - intensive tasks such as multi - tenant isolation, security compliance, cost accounting, and channel access are all borne by JVS Crew. Through the built - in atomic APIs and SDKs, intelligent agent capabilities can be quickly added to existing products, achieving a leap from "individual shrimp farming" to "mass - produced lobsters".
On April 22nd, at the ThinkPad 2026 new product and Tianxi AI ecosystem launch event, Wang Zhong, the chief thinker of ThinkPad, launched a new AI edge device - Lenovo AI host. Wang Zhong said that the AI usage mode is shifting from "using AI" to "owning AI". The Lenovo AI host of ThinkPad includes the ThinkCentre Mini for lightweight AI needs, which can deploy "lobsters" with one click and save 48% of the total cost in three years compared with cloud hosts. The ThinkCentre and ThinkCentre Pro support high - concurrency and local inference with a larger parameter magnitude, breaking through the traditional single - step work mode and achieving "one machine with multiple lobsters", comprehensively reshaping the workflow.
Kingsoft Office releases a new WPS Multidimensional Table
36Kr learned that on April 22nd, Kingsoft Office released a new - generation WPS Multidimensional Table at the WPS AI NEXT Wuhan event. The data announced on - site shows that the monthly active user number of WPS AI in China has exceeded 80 million. Under the conditions of a data scale of one million rows and a connection concurrency of thousands, the average editing response time of the new engine of the WPS Multidimensional Table is as low as 32 milliseconds. At the same time, Kingsoft Office's self - developed new table AI engine, Qingqiu Agent, ranks second in the world on the SpreadsheetBench test list, closely following Gemini in Google Sheets, setting the highest ranking of a Chinese AI product on this list.
Today's Views:
One of the most well - known figures in the field of quantitative investment warns that investment decision - making power should not be fully entrusted to artificial intelligence, and points out that some areas of the hedge fund industry have gone too far in adopting this technology. Martin Lueck is one of the three founders of the quantitative pioneer AHL and the co - founder and president of the hedge fund Man Group. He said that it is crucial for his company to accurately understand why its computer model recommends specific trades. "My starting point is that I won't stake my name or my company's reputation on something whose reasons for holding certain positions I don't fully understand," Lueck said. The assets under management of the company he manages amount to $9 billion. (Sina Finance)
Other Noteworthy News:
36Kr learned that the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the "Action Plan for Service Trade Standardization (2026 - 2030)". It mentioned that the service trade standardization work should be promoted in an overall manner. Research on the standard layout in the service trade field should be strengthened. Guided by market demand, based on aspects such as basic general, key industries, international cooperation, and service trade digitization, Chinese standard brands in key areas should be cultivated, standard promotion, implementation, and international cooperation should be strengthened, and a standard system with a reasonable structure, prominent focus, international connection, and in line with the development stage and needs of China's service trade should be quickly established, gradually forming a work pattern driven by the market, guided by the government, fully participated in, and open and shared.
National Intellectual Property Administration: China granted 972,000 invention patents in 2025
The State Council Information Office held a press conference this afternoon (23rd), and the National Intellectual Property Administration introduced the situation of China's intellectual property power construction in 2025. In 2025, the quality of intellectual property creation in China continued to improve. A total of 972,000 invention patents were granted throughout the year, 10.677 million trademarks were registered and copyrights were obtained, 104 geographical indication products were recognized, 51 geographical indications were approved for registration as collective trademarks and certification trademarks, and 6,986 new plant variety rights were granted. China became the first country in the world with more than 5 million valid invention patents, and a number of key core technology patents were laid out in future industries such as quantum technology, biological manufacturing, brain - computer interface, and 6G communication. (CCTV News)