Nanjing University
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- 2026-11-07 regulatory Nanjing University stopped using its AI student monitoring system due to public backlash over privacy concerns. source
- 2026-06-16 research_milestone A team from Nanjing University achieved a world record photoelectric conversion efficiency of 26.2% for a large-area perovskite tandem solar module. source
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China university halts AI student monitoring after privacy backlash
Nanjing University in China has ceased using an AI-powered system designed to monitor student attentiveness after significant public backlash. The "smart classroom" software tracked not only attendance but also a "head-…
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iFlytek execs take pay cuts; Baidu VP departs, Wenyun model advances
iFlytek's chairman and president have voluntarily taken significant pay cuts, each foregoing over 20 million yuan in salary for the current year. This move comes amidst investor inquiries about executive compensation. I…
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Mathematician Sun Zhiwei challenges AI with 1,000 new problems
Chinese mathematician Sun Zhiwei has proposed over 1,000 problems to challenge the capabilities of artificial intelligence. Sun, a professor at Nanjing University, believes that while AI can be a powerful assistant, gen…
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Chinese university course encourages students to call strangers
Nanjing University in China has introduced an unconventional course designed to enhance students' social skills and confidence. The "Oral Expression" course, led by former television producer Xu Kai, challenges traditio…
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New research refines on-policy distillation with multi-teacher strategies · 4 sources tracked
Researchers are exploring advanced techniques in on-policy distillation (OPD) to improve model learning. One approach, "Compatibility Matters," introduces token-level teacher selection heuristics to enhance reasoning pa…
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NEUROTOKEN system enhances auditory attention decoding for noisy environments
Researchers have developed NEUROTOKEN, a novel system for auditory attention decoding (AAD) that aims to solve the cocktail-party problem by identifying which speaker a listener is attending to in noisy environments. Th…
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New benchmark CoCoBench evaluates AI agent coordination
Researchers have developed CoCoBench, a new benchmark designed to evaluate the coordination capabilities of multiple AI agents. While agents may successfully complete a task and achieve a positive outcome, their process…
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Thousands of interstellar objects may be lurking in our solar system
Scientists predict that thousands of interstellar objects may be present in the outer regions of our solar system, specifically within the Oort cloud. These objects are believed to have been captured by our Sun during c…
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Chinese stem cell therapy shows 90% recovery rate in heart failure trial
A clinical trial in China has shown promising results for a novel stem cell therapy aimed at treating severe heart failure. Researchers at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, affiliated with Nanjing University, reported that 9…
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AI system Spellcaster generates playable game prototypes from text descriptions
A new AI system called Spellcaster, developed by DarwinMind with researchers from Zhejiang University, Nanjing University, and the Australian National University, aims to address the "playability black hole" in AI-gener…
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Nanjing University & Renshine achieve 22% efficiency with perovskite solar modules
Researchers from Nanjing University, in collaboration with Renshine, have developed perovskite solar modules achieving a certified efficiency of 22.0% on a 0.72m2 area. This breakthrough, detailed in Nature, utilizes a …
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Face AI launches MiniCPM-Robot series for embodied AI
Face AI, in collaboration with OpenBMB, has launched the MiniCPM-Robot series, its first embodied AI achievements. This series includes two models: MiniCPM-RobotManip, a general-purpose VLA model, and MiniCPM-RobotTrack…
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China pivots to 2D semiconductors, bypassing silicon export curbs
China is accelerating its development of 2D semiconductors, such as molybdenum disulfide, as a response to Western export restrictions on advanced silicon chips. Researchers at Fudan University, in collaboration with Sh…
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Cancer-on-a-chip pioneer Chen Weiqiang returns to China from NYU
Biomedical engineering professor Chen Weiqiang, a pioneer in cancer-on-a-chip technology, has returned to China from New York University. He has joined Nanjing University's school of biomedical engineering, a move descr…
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Alibaba Cloud launches interactive world model HappyOyster 1.0
Alibaba Cloud has launched HappyOyster 1.0, an interactive world model designed to allow users to build, explore, and modify AI-generated digital environments in real-time. Unlike traditional text-to-video models, Happy…
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Nanjing University team sets world record for perovskite solar module efficiency
A team led by Nanjing University professor Tan Hairren, in collaboration with Ren Shuo Guang Neng (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., has developed a large-area perovskite tandem solar module with a certified photoelectric conversion e…
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Nanjing University Achieves Record 26.2% Efficiency with New Solar Cell
Researchers at Nanjing University, in collaboration with Renshuo Guangneng (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., have developed a large-area perovskite tandem solar cell module. This new module achieved a world-record photoelectric conve…
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Materials Scientist Pei Qibing Appointed Director at University of Macau
Pei Qibing, a materials scientist specializing in artificial muscles and skin, has been appointed as the chair professor and director of the Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering at the University of Ma…
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3D AI advances: object articulation, 4D dynamics, and efficient reconstruction
Recent research in 3D computer vision is moving beyond simply reconstructing shapes to understanding object articulation, motion, and efficient processing. Papers presented at CVPR 2026 explore how AI can infer an objec…
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Huawei and scientists debut 2D chip, challenging Moore's Law
Chinese researchers, in collaboration with Huawei, have developed the world's first parallel processor utilizing a two-dimensional semiconductor. This new chip, named Mengqi-1000, utilizes molybdenum disulfide to overco…