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Track major events, funding, model releases and breakthroughs across the AI Agent landscape
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Track major events, funding, model releases and breakthroughs across the AI Agent landscape
Key events timeline
OpenClaw erupts on GitHub
OpenClaw hits global GitHub Top 10 in 10 days, outpacing the Linux kernel star growth
Meta acquires Manus for $2B
Meta acquires Manus AI for $2B, locking in the general-purpose Agent race
DeepSeek-V3 open-sourced
The value king, at just 5% of GPT-4 cost
Manus goes viral overnight
The world's first general-purpose AI Agent draws unprecedented attention
OpenAI Deep Research
OpenAI ships a deep-research Agent that generates professional reports in one click
MCP Servers pass 500
The MCP ecosystem erupts — 500+ servers built in 3 months
DeepSeek-R1 stuns the world
Open-source reasoning model at just 3% of OpenAI cost, reshaping the global AI landscape
MCP protocol born
Anthropic releases the Model Context Protocol, the de facto standard for Agent interfaces
Claude Computer Use
Anthropic lets AI directly control the computer screen for the first time, opening a new paradigm
Replit Agent full-stack automation
Natural language to a shipped product, aimed at non-engineers
Cursor ARR passes $100M
The fastest-growing SaaS ever, the new king of AI coding tools
Claude 3.5 tops SWE-bench
The strongest coding AI, bug-fixing at a junior engineer level
Devin launches
The world's first autonomous AI software engineer, able to complete full coding tasks on its own
AI Copyright War 2026: NYT vs OpenAI Settlement, New Framework for AI Training Data Copyright Taking Shape
The copyright lawsuit between The New York Times and OpenAI reached a settlement in March 2026, establishing a precedent that AI companies must pay content copyright holders for training data licensing. Concurrently, Getty Images won its case against Stability AI, and Adobe Firefly's "copyright-safe" model became the new standard for commercial use. This article analyzes the impact of these rulings on the AI industry, as well as copyright protection strategies for content creators and media companies in the AI era.
EU AI Act Full Enforcement 2026: Which AI Products Are Banned? How Should Companies Respond to Compliance Requirements?
The EU AI Act enters full enforcement in February 2026, essentially banning facial recognition in public spaces, requiring registration for high-risk AI systems, and mandating labeling of AI-generated content. This article outlines the core prohibitions and compliance requirements of the AI Act, analyzes the compliance strategies of Meta, Google, and OpenAI, and examines the compliance barriers and opportunities for Chinese AI companies entering the EU market.
AI Government 2026: How Governments in China, the US, and Europe Use AI to Improve Public Service Efficiency
In 2026, governments worldwide are accelerating AI adoption: China's government AI has automated over 1,200 approval processes, reducing average approval time to 1.2 days; the US federal government launched a GPT-4o-powered AI assistant system handling over 2 million queries; the EU AI Act officially came into effect. This article reviews the progress, highlights, and controversies over the digital divide and data security in AI adoption across the three regions.