本周 AI 回顾 — 2026年7月20日 – 7月26日

A research paper titled "Anthropomorphism in Children's Interactions with LLM Chatbots" has been accepted by ACM IDC '26. This study, categorized under Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC), explores how children interact with large language model chatbots, focusing on anthropomorphism. The paper, identified as arXiv:2607.18250v1, was submitted by Renkai Ma on May 9, 2026.

Startup founders are urging the U.S. government not to restrict access to Chinese open-weight AI models. They argue that such a move could stifle innovation and hinder the development of AI technologies globally. The founders believe that maintaining an open exchange of AI research and models is crucial for progress and for the U.S. to remain competitive in the AI landscape.

Etched, an AI chip startup founded in 2022 by three Harvard dropouts, has successfully closed a $300 million Series C funding round, achieving a $10.3 billion valuation. Co-founder and COO Robert Wachen confirmed this to TechCrunch. Etched's systems are designed to run various AI models, including Mixture of Experts models like DeepSeek and Qwen, and non-transformer designs such as Mamba, which utilizes a state-space model architecture.

The ChatGPT Work sales plugin assists sales teams in leveraging customer context to advance deals. It enables them to identify high-priority accounts and signals, prepare for meetings, manage follow-ups, update customer records, develop close plans, and assess at-risk deals. This functionality integrates with various tools such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Outreach, Clay, Rox, and Actively. Users who already have ChatGPT Work installed can easily add the Sales plugin.

The Space Project is a self-running space economy simulation built in Rust and Bevy. It features Ship AI using a GOAP forward planner for trade, delivery, and exploration, and an economy with order-book markets for 13 commodities. The simulation includes six types of contracts, facilities with production recipes and degradation, factions that manage taxes and subsidies, and populations that consume resources and migrate. Crew members have skill progression and wages, and construction sites materialize new facilities. Persistence is handled via SQLite, and a spatial LOD system optimizes performance.