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快科技3月31日消息，开发者Tonino Catapano推出了一款名为Slap Mac的macOS应用，利用MacBook内置的加速度传感器，在检测到外部冲击时发出各种音效。 该应用上架后迅速走红，三天内收入超过5000美元（约34534元人民币）。 Slap Mac的原理是读取MacBook内部的加速度传感器数据，当检测到瞬间冲击时触发音效，就是声音有点不正经。 目前应用内置8种情绪类别、超过

3 月 30 日，由深圳市人工智能产业办公室指导，自变量机器人、深圳市人工智能行业协会与广东省具身智能训练场联合主办的全球首届具身智能开发者大会（EAIDC 2026）暨「具亮计划」黑客松・大湾区巅峰赛在深圳落幕。作为全球首个大型线下具身智能基础模型真机操作黑客松，本次赛事吸引上百支队伍报名，覆盖清华、北大、浙大等顶尖高校、科研院所及高新企业，最终 20 支队伍共约 60 人晋级决赛，赛事成果远超

人工智能领域迎来里程碑式融资。近日，由“深度学习三巨头”之一、著名科学家杨立昆（Yann LeCun）联合创立的人工智能初创公司AMI正式宣布，已完成种子轮融资，融资额高达10.3亿美元。此举创下了欧洲历史上规模最大的人工智能领域种子轮融资纪录，公司投前估值已达到35亿美元。AMI致力于开发区别于当前主流大语言模型的“世界模型”。该模型旨在通过视频和空间数据进行训练，使AI系统能够理解物理世界，具

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