Embark Studios has listened to the community asking for a PvE mode by introducing Shared Watch, a new event that rewards defeating Arc enemies.

Saritha Rai / Bloomberg:
Alibaba's DAMO Academy releases RynnBrain, an open-source foundation model to help robots perform real-world tasks like navigating rooms, trained on Qwen3-VL  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. debuted an AI model that can help robots and other devices perform real-world tasks …

Sherry Qin / Wall Street Journal:
SMIC reports Q4 revenue up 13% YoY to $2.49B, above est., net profit up 61% YoY to $172.85M, above $139.5M est., and 2025 revenue of $9.33B, above 2024's $8.03B  —  For the first quarter of 2026, the chip maker expects revenue to be flat sequentially  —  Semiconductor Manufacturing …

Juro Osawa / The Information:
Source: Chinese AI startup Zhipu anonymously released its new AI model on OpenRouter under the name Pony Alpha; Zhipu plans to launch GLM-5 later this week  —  Zhipu, one of China's prominent AI developers, has anonymously released its new large language model under a different name on OpenRouter …

Chester Dawson / Bloomberg:
Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI and Toyota begin commercial production of an autonomous Toyota bZ4X; Pony AI aims to have 3,000+ robotaxis by the end of 2026  —  Chinese robotaxi operator Pony AI Inc. has started commercial production of a driverless vehicle in partnership with Toyota Motor Corp., one of its backers.