China AI Native Industry Insights – 20260814 – Deepseek | MiniMax | Tencent | more
DeepSeek V4 Pro, MiniMax, and WorkBuddy take center stage in today’s digest with their innovative developments. From major agent upgrades in DeepSeek V4 Pro to MiniMax’s release of the MiniMax-Music3 open-weights music generation model, today’s news highlights advancements in AI capabilities and integration. WorkBuddy’s transformation of its library into an AI-native knowledge space introduces real-time human-AI co-editing in HTML and Markdown, paving the way for more seamless content creation. Notably, DeepSeek’s new API pricing model now distinguishes between peak and off-peak periods, offering potentially significant cost savings. Discover more in Today’s China AI Native Industry Insights.
1. DeepSeek V4 Pro Officially Launches with Major Agent Upgrades and Peak-Off-Peak API Pricing
DeepSeek has released the official V4 Pro (DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813), now live across app, web, and API, accessible via “Expert Mode” with the API model name unchanged. The update significantly strengthens agentic capabilities, with notable gains on public Code Agent benchmarks. Two new API features: native support for OpenAI’s Responses API with dedicated Codex integration (one-click setup script), and adjustable reasoning effort across low/high/max tiers. DeepSeek is also shifting to peak/off-peak API pricing, with off-peak rates at half the peak price, effective August 17 at 00:00 Beijing time.
Read more: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/XGzdn5Kk5jmaM9XYAy9JMg
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2. MiniMax Releases MiniMax-Music3 Open-Weights Music Generation Model
MiniMax has released MiniMax-Music3, its next-generation open-weights music generation model. The model is described as production-ready and versatile, targeting developers and creators who need a capable, deployable music AI solution. By releasing the model weights openly, MiniMax enables broader community access and downstream customization. The release marks MiniMax’s continued expansion into generative audio alongside its other AI product lines.
Read more: https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-Music3
Video Credit: @MiniMax_AI on X
3. WorkBuddy Upgrades Its Library into an AI-Native Knowledge Space, Bringing Real-Time Human-AI Co-Editing to HTML and Markdown
Tencent’s WorkBuddy has released version 5.3.11, upgrading its core “Library” into an AI-native knowledge space with deep support for HTML and Markdown alongside traditional formats like Word and Excel. HTML now supports “human-AI dual editing” — manual edits, AI-directed changes, or team collaboration, all synced in real time and publishable as a web link with one click. Markdown gains a review workflow where AI-suggested edits appear as annotations requiring individual approval before merging. The update also adds “Lite Apps”: a single instruction generates a web page with live data storage, where HTML handles the front end and a CSV table handles the data, syncing both ways — with CSV also supporting file attachments like images and contracts. The goal is to fix AI content’s “disposable” problem, turning the Library into a persistent hub for ongoing human-AI collaboration.
Read more: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/07Y5pX6t2k50WyuBb36PQQ
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