According to 1M AI News monitoring, Mercedes-Benz China announced that an edge-side multimodal large language model jointly developed with Tsinghua University and Zhipu, an AI large model company that listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in January this year, will be deployed in the new generation Maybach S-Class and the new S-Class sedan. The model is deployed in the rear-seat entertainment system, integrating natural language processing with multimodal understanding and generation capabilities in vision, audio, and other modalities. Combined with in-vehicle cameras and other sensing hardware, it completes inference under local computing power conditions. According to Zhipu's official statement, Mercedes-Benz has thus become the first automotive brand to apply a multimodal large language model in a rear-seat entertainment system.

Recently, there has been a new development in Wyoming politics. Representative Harriet Hageman released a five-second video shortly after Senator Cynthia Lummis confirmed her resignation, featuring only the word "Soon" next to her avatar. This move quickly broke the months of silence on her social media account and is seen by outsiders as a strong signal that she may run for the Wyoming Senate seat in 2026. Lummis has long been regarded as one of the staunchest supporters of cryptocurrency in the U.S. Congress. She has played a key role in advancing legislation on crypto market structure, regulatory frameworks for stablecoins, and banking access for digital asset companies, and has co-sponsored important proposals such as the Responsible Financial Innovation Act. As she nears retirement, the digital asset industry may lose a highly influential ally in the Senate.

Austrian police recently arrested two Ukrainian men suspected of torturing a 21-year-old university student, robbing him of his cryptocurrency, and ultimately killing and burning his body. The victim was identified as Danylo K., the son of the deputy mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine; his body was found burned in the back seat of a Mercedes. Police indicated that all the funds in the victim’s crypto wallet were withdrawn after the crime, with the motive strongly suspected to be crypto extortion. Vienna police stated that the two suspects, aged 19 and 45, fled to Austria three days after committing the crime and were subsequently arrested in Ukraine. The case has been handed over to Ukrainian authorities and no extradition will take place. Local media revealed that the incident began in the parking lot of the Sofitel Hotel, where the victim was ambushed and forced into a car. He was then brutally beaten in the Donaustadt district, his teeth knocked out, nearly suffocated to death, and ultimately doused with gasoline and set on fire. Police found a melted fuel can in the back seat of the car, confirming that the fire originated from gasoline.

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Odaily Planet Daily reports that Cointelegraph stated on the X platform that John Deaton, the lawyer supporting XRP, announced his candidacy for the 2026 U.S. Senate seat. Previously, he lost to Elizabeth Warren in the 2024 election.