Qianwen said it open-sourced Qwen-Image-2.1 today. The 7B-parameter image model combines text-to-image generation and image editing, is optimized for inference efficiency and low cost, and natively supports generation and editing of transparent images. Main features include a compact, inference-optimized architecture that balances quality and compute cost; native transparent-image generation with transparent-layer editing and matting; multi-reference editing support (up to 10 reference images) t

Fed's Kashkari says the U.S. labor market remains quite strong.

Sept 20 — At Baidu Smart Cloud’s Super Intelligent Agent Conference, Baidu Executive VP and head of Baidu Smart Cloud Shen Dou said deployment of industry intelligent agents is more than a technical roll‑out; it is an organizational transformation that will vertically penetrate enterprise operating systems, IT systems and underlying resources. He said enterprises must achieve three layers of penetration: resource layer — compose resources on demand around tasks and enable flexible scheduling; tool layer — expose standard interfaces so agents can be invoked, composed and governed; organization layer — reorganize cross‑department collaboration, accountability and risk‑control around task‑centric workflows.