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At a Shanghai conference on Sept. 22 on boosting high‑quality development of the nuclear sector and strengthening nuclear safety, China Shipbuilding Power Group unveiled the domestically developed "Hechai‑1" 6 MW‑class nuclear emergency diesel generator set and opened the CSSC Hudong Heavy Machinery Nuclear Power Service Center. The group said the rollout signifies China has fully mastered autonomous design, R&D and manufacturing core technologies for this class of units, addressing a prior gap in domestic high‑power emergency power equipment for nuclear plants.

The Information reports OpenAI is developing new AI agent features to directly compete with SpaceX’s Grok Bot and Meta’s personal AI assistants. Insiders say the work targets persistent, background ‘assistant teams’ that can handle multi‑step tasks, manage software and collaborate — mirroring Grok Bot’s capabilities. OpenAI is also discussing a standalone personal assistant to counter Meta. The company may repackage and rename existing agent technology used in Codex and ChatGPT to accelerate deployment. Some users already connect OpenAI apps to email, calendars and other services to auto‑schedule meetings, liaise with businesses and run multi‑day automated tasks.