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Unisound Releases U2: A Native Agentic Large Model Built for Execution, Capable of Autonomously Decomposing and Completing 100+ Steps in Complex Real-World Workflows

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HONG KONG, June 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Just now, Unisound officially released U2, its new-generation general-purpose large language model.

As a native agentic large model built for individuals, developers, and organizations, U2 is guided by a clear technical proposition: high intelligence density × high Token value. Instead of blindly stacking parameters, it pursues high intelligence density, using fewer activated resources to carry stronger capabilities. Instead of simply competing on output length, it pursues high Token value, making every call move closer to a deliverable result.

Unlike traditional large language models, which are often more oriented toward single-turn Q&A or short-chain generation, U2 places greater emphasis on continuous execution for real-world tasks. Across complex office work, software engineering, deep research, and multi-tool collaboration scenarios, U2 can autonomously decompose and advance complex workflows of 100+ steps, connecting requirement understanding, task planning, environment interaction, tool use, process correction, and result validation into a complete execution loop—moving beyond “providing answers” toward “getting work done.”

Top-tier performance in authoritative evaluations, demonstrating U2’s core strength

In the latest series of authoritative capability evaluations in China and overseas, U2 has entered the top tier of mainstream large models across several key capability areas:

On GPQA Diamond, which measures knowledge and complex reasoning capability, U2 scored 87.9, outperforming GLM-5.1, Hy3 preview, DeepSeek-V4-Flash (High), and MiniMax M2.7, showing stable understanding, reasoning, and problem-solving capability on highly challenging knowledge questions.

On SWE-Bench Verified, which evaluates real-world software engineering capability, U2 scored 75, placing it among the top tier of mainstream models.

On Claw-Eval (pass@3), an end-to-end evaluation of autonomous Agent execution capability, U2 scored 76.9, outperforming Hy3 preview, DeepSeek-V4-Flash (High), and MiniMax M2.7. This further validates its stable performance in tool use, workflow orchestration, and task delivery.

On GDPval, which evaluates real-world office and knowledge-work delivery capability, U2 scored 72.9, demonstrating solid professional office productivity. Compared with traditional question-answering benchmarks, GDPval focuses more on whether a model can complete high-value deliverables in real work scenarios, including document analysis, report writing, spreadsheet processing, chart generation, slide creation, and other typical office tasks.

Together, these results send an important signal: U2 does not win through a single isolated capability. Instead, it delivers systematic performance across reasoning, coding, Agent execution, and office delivery.

Hybrid Thinking + Harness joint training: bringing native model capabilities into real workflows

For Unisound, U2 is not merely a model codename. It represents our renewed thinking about the value of large models in the AI 2.0 era. We believe that today’s large models should no longer be evaluated only by parameter scale or content generation length. When AI truly enters real workflows, users care not only whether a model can produce an impressive answer, but whether it can actually complete the task.

Therefore, from the beginning of its design, U2 was not intended to be a general-purpose model limited to chat scenarios. It is a native agentic large model built for task execution.

To enable a model to truly complete tasks, larger parameters alone are not enough. Real workflows are often complex, dynamic, and long-chain. The model must quickly understand goals, decompose tasks, and search for solution paths, while also performing logical calibration, constraint checking, and result verification at critical points. Traditional explicit Chain-of-Thought (CoT) offers stronger interpretability, but often requires generating large volumes of intermediate reasoning text, resulting in higher Token consumption and inference latency. Fully relying on latent-space reasoning, while more efficient, may lead to logical drift in complex tasks and lacks sufficient controllability and verification capability.

To resolve this tension, U2 innovatively introduces a Hybrid Thinking mechanism. It does not choose between explicit CoT and implicit reasoning. Instead, within the same reasoning process, it dynamically switches thinking modes according to task stage, complexity, and uncertainty.

At the early stage of a task, U2 prioritizes efficient exploration in latent space, completing path search, task decomposition, candidate solution generation, and execution planning without decoding every intermediate thought into visible Tokens. When the task reaches critical judgment, complex constraint handling, or result convergence, the model switches to explicit reasoning, using a readable and verifiable reasoning process to complete logical calibration, process verification, and final decision-making.

Furthermore, U2 introduces Bounded Latent Rollout and Entropy-aware Switching, enabling the model to dynamically adjust its thinking mode based on uncertainty in the reasoning process. When implicit exploration remains stable, the model maintains efficient reasoning. When uncertainty rises and the reasoning path may diverge, it promptly returns to explicit Chain-of-Thought, using deterministic Tokens for precise derivation and result convergence.

This means U2 is not simply shortening the reasoning chain. It is reconstructing the division of labor in model thinking: high-cost stages such as open-ended exploration and path planning are internalized more into latent space, while logical verification, constraint calibration, and result convergence are left to explicit reasoning. As a result, U2 can reduce ineffective reasoning steps and redundant intermediate text while maintaining reliability and controllability in complex tasks, achieving “fewer Tokens, deeper thinking.”

On the knowledge foundation, U2 further applies high-knowledge-density data screening and purification to filter duplicated, low-quality, and hallucinated data, and to perform knowledge-point-level refinement and extraction. Combined with sparse knowledge encoding and a knowledge distillation architecture, U2 compresses redundant model parameters and solidifies high-value knowledge capabilities into a more efficient model structure.

At the task execution layer, U2 introduces an Agent-Harness collaborative training paradigm. We believe Harness should not simply be an external wrapper, but should co-evolve with model capabilities. Therefore, U2 incorporates the improvement of native Agent capability and the iterative optimization of Harness into the same training loop: on one hand, Harness continuously optimizes the task execution chain according to U2’s model characteristics; on the other hand, high-quality execution trajectories generated in real tasks feed back into the model, further strengthening its capabilities in task planning, tool use, process correction, and result acceptance.

Ultimately, this complete closed loop must be grounded in a pragmatic training system. We did not train U2 to merely memorize correct answers. Instead, through curriculum learning, process supervision, trajectory comparison, and multidimensional rewards, we teach it how to plan, execute, correct errors, and validate results in complex tasks. With Agent-Harness co-evolution, U2 can continuously strengthen long-chain execution capability in real task trajectories, truly moving from “able to chat” to “able to complete tasks.”

Three core capabilities supporting a closed loop of task delivery

Around real task delivery, U2 focuses on strengthening three core capabilities: Reasoning, Coding, and Agent.

In Reasoning, U2 emphasizes low-deviation execution and long-horizon logical stability. When facing complex, multi-step tasks, the model must not only answer local questions, but also maintain goal consistency over time, dynamically balance budget, time, constraints, and feasible paths, and ultimately produce a better solution.

In Coding, U2 is no longer limited to code generation. It is oriented toward end-to-end engineering delivery. It can generate code from natural-language requirements, understand multi-file project structures, maintain consistency across interfaces, dependencies, and invocation logic, and continuously advance task completion through environment debugging and autonomous debugging.

In Agent capability, U2 focuses on improving multi-tool collaboration, long-process orchestration, and environment interaction. When facing open-ended goals, it can decompose task priorities, understand the capability boundaries of APIs, combine calls across different tools, and adjust execution strategies based on feedback from external systems.

Together, these three capabilities form U2’s closed loop of task delivery: first understanding and planning, then execution and collaboration, and finally verification and delivery. This is why U2 is better suited to being tested in real work scenarios, rather than remaining at the level of single-turn dialogue or isolated capability demos.

Application scenario: from a single answer to task completion

U2 has autonomous task execution capability from requirement understanding to complete deliverable generation, and can be widely applied to the following four typical scenarios:

1. Full-spectrum interface design

Responsive web development: Generate multi-page websites with production-grade layouts, real navigation flows, and complete interaction states based on design requirements, with one-click packaging and deployment support.

Mobile Web App: Build native-like social applications, including Feed streams, Stories, posting entrances, notifications, personal profiles, image grids, and bottom navigation, with all resources localized.

Design system implementation: Automatically constrain colors, fonts, spacing, and other style systems while adapting to both PC and mobile interfaces, enabling end-to-end output from visual design to code.

2. Deep research and analysis

Industry and policy research: Retrieve and clean multi-source data across platforms, then output structured research reports in formats including Word, PPT, and HTML deep-dive webpages with dynamic interactive charts.

Data visualization analysis: Automatically generate interactive charts such as timelines, trend curves, and heatmaps to support expert-level analysis and presentation.

Multi-format compliant delivery: Support one-click export of documents that meet formatting requirements, serving different scenarios such as internal sharing and external reporting.

3. Immersive interactive game development

Classic casual games: Independently complete the closed loop of algorithm design, code writing, and debugging, delivering playable and interactive HTML5 games such as Tetris.

Physics simulators: Build simulators for multi-pendulum chaotic systems, particle motion, and other scenarios based on real physics formulas, supporting parameter adjustment and real-time trajectory rendering.

4. Efficient office automation

Business report analysis: Capture core metrics such as sales, costs, and inventory across systems, then automatically generate visual dashboards and Word reports with trend charts and anomaly annotations.

Industry landscape analysis: Aggregate data on market structure, technology routes, and policy drivers, then output interactive competitive matrices and presentation-ready PPTs.

Periodic business reviews: Fully autonomously orchestrate data cleaning, cross-validation, and report generation workflows, automating core business review processes for organizations.

For Unisound, the release of U2 is not just a routine model upgrade. It is a critical move in our long-term journey toward native agentic large models.

From benchmark results to closed-loop delivery in real scenarios, we aim to use higher intelligence density and higher Token value to turn every call into tangible productivity.

U2 is now officially available on Unisound Token Hub, open to individuals, developers, and organizations.

Experience it here: https://maas.unisound.com/models/u2 

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Triskell Software unveils new AI capabilities in its 2026 SP2 Release

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MADRID, Oct. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Triskell Software, a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) and Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) solutions, announces an expansion of its artificial intelligence capabilities with the release of Triskell 2026 SP2.

Building on previous innovations, Triskell Software integrates enhanced AI capabilities into everyday workflows, enabling organizations to analyze portfolio information, automate routine operations, optimize resource allocation, and interact with project data using natural language.

The update also introduces the Triskell MCP Server, enabling organizations to connect compatible external AI assistants to their Triskell environment.

AI-Powered Project and Portfolio Management
Through the Triskell AI Assistant, users can analyze project data, generate summaries and charts, identify resource constraints, and support portfolio decision-making using natural-language instructions.

The assistant also simplifies everyday operations, including creating project objects, updating timesheets, generating SQL queries, configuring business rules, and translating or summarizing content.

“One of our main objectives with AI is to make portfolio management more intuitive and accessible. We want users to spend less time navigating data and performing repetitive tasks, and more time making decisions that create business value,” explains Angel Garcia, CEO of Triskell Software.

Triskell MCP Server: Connecting PPM with external AI Assistants
One of the most significant innovations is the Triskell MCP Server, built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard connecting AI applications with external systems.

It enables compatible AI assistants to retrieve project information, analyze portfolio data, and execute supported actions directly through conversational interfaces, without constantly switching applications.

For example, users can ask an external AI assistant to retrieve project information, review attributes, create project objects, or record timesheet entries.

“The introduction of the Triskell MCP Server is an important step in our AI strategy. By extending Triskell beyond its traditional interface, we are making portfolio information more accessible through the AI tools and workflows organizations increasingly use,” adds Angel Garcia.

AI tailored to business needs
This new release also introduces an AI Knowledge Base, enabling organizations to upload corporate documentation and obtain contextualized responses using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technology.

Additionally, Custom AI Skills allow administrators to configure specific AI instructions for different business contexts, adapting how the assistant interprets project and portfolio information.

To strengthen data governance, the new Data Security module allows administrators to exclude sensitive attributes from information shared with external AI providers.

Organizations can also choose between Triskell’s built-in OpenAI provider and other supported providers, including Anthropic, Google Gemini, and Mistral.

These enhancements reinforce Triskell Software’s commitment to making portfolio management more intelligent, connected, and efficient while helping organizations improve decision-making and align strategic objectives with execution.

About Triskell Software
Triskell is an enterprise solution focusing on Strategy Execution Management with advanced Project Portfolio Management features, helping to fill the gap between planning and proper execution. Triskell allows companies to plan, prioritize, manage and monitor their organization’s initiatives from one centralized platform.

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Pudu Robotics Opens European Headquarters in Germany to Support Continued Growth Across the Region

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NEUSS, Germany, Oct. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Pudu Robotics, a global leader in commercial robotics, today announced the opening of its European headquarters in Neuss, Germany, strengthening its local operating capabilities as its business continues to expand across the region.

The new headquarters brings together sales, product demonstrations, training, warehousing and after-sales services, reinforcing Pudu Robotics’ investment in the local infrastructure and customer support needed to scale robotic deployments across European markets.

Strong Growth and Scaled Deployments Across Europe

Pudu Robotics’ business spans more than 20 countries across Europe, reflecting its expanding presence throughout the region. Over the past two years, markets including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic and Poland have each recorded annual business growth of more than 60%.

The company serves customers across 16 industries, including retail, food and beverage, hospitality, healthcare, transportation, education, and more. Its European customers include leading retailers and hospitality groups such as EDEKA, Albert Heijn, Carrefour, Marriott, Van der Valk, Pizza Hut, Intermarché and Denner, as well as major transportation hubs such as Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

A notable example is Denner, a leading Swiss supermarket chain, which has deployed more than 200 PUDU CC1 Series cleaning robots across its store network. The deployment illustrates how autonomous cleaning can scale in demanding retail environments, where reliability, store-specific workflows and consistent service support are essential.

Supporting deployments of this scale requires more than supplying robotic equipment. Pudu works with customers to adapt deployment plans to store layouts and operating patterns, while providing technical assistance and ongoing operational support. This combination helps customers integrate robotic cleaning into daily operations and expand its use across their businesses.

Building Local Capabilities to Support Customers

Pudu Robotics’ European growth is supported by an operating model built around local teams, regional partners and service infrastructure. The company continues to invest in local capabilities to strengthen collaboration with customers and partners and provide support throughout the deployment lifecycle.

Across Europe, Pudu has nearly 50 sales professionals supporting channel partners and customer projects, alongside nearly 40 technical support personnel serving different markets and deployments. Its local infrastructure includes a service center in Germany and warehousing facilities in the Netherlands and Germany for whole-robot inventory and spare parts, helping support delivery coordination and service responsiveness.

The company also works closely with local distributors, system integrators and service providers to support market development, deployment and ongoing maintenance. Within its European subsidiaries, Pudu has established local organizational structures and operational objectives, with continued investment in sales and service teams, warehousing and local service networks.

By combining local market knowledge and service capabilities with its global technical resources, Pudu aims to help customers deploy robotic solutions more effectively across diverse operating environments. Multilingual support in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and other languages further facilitates collaboration across the region.

A Regional Hub for the Next Phase of Growth

Located in Neuss, Germany, the new European headquarters brings together office operations, a product showroom, warehousing, training, sales, after-sales service and repair capabilities, all of which are now operational. The facility supports product demonstrations, customer engagement, distributor training and local service delivery, while providing a hub for coordinating regional business activities.

The headquarters complements Pudu Robotics’ existing European offices, partner network and warehousing infrastructure in the Netherlands and Germany. Together, these resources strengthen coordination across sales, deployment and after-sales support, providing a foundation for continued growth across the region.

Looking ahead, Pudu Robotics will continue to develop its local operating capabilities, deepen collaboration with regional partners and expand the application of its robotic solutions across industries, supporting customers as robotics becomes increasingly integrated into everyday operations.

“Europe is an important growth market for Pudu Robotics. As adoption expands, customers need more than reliable robotic solutions—they need local teams and service capabilities that can support deployment and ongoing operations over the long term. Our European headquarters in Neuss strengthens our ability to work closely with partners and customers across the region and support the next phase of our growth,” said Bella Sun, Vice President and General Manager for Europe at Pudu Robotics.

About Pudu Robotics

Pudu Robotics is a global commercial robotics leader dedicated to empowering easier work and better lives through AI and robotics, with a vision of building a global intelligent robotics infrastructure serving 10 billion people worldwide.

Pudu has pioneered a “One Brain, Multiple Embodiments” architecture spanning specialized, semi-humanoid, and humanoid robots. Pudu develops robotic solutions across commercial and home robotics, with a portfolio spanning service delivery, commercial cleaning, industrial delivery, general embodied AI, commercial grounds care, and consumer lawn care.

With over 130,000 robots shipped and a presence in more than 85 countries and regions, Pudu serves customers across diverse industries, including retail, hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare, real estate and property services, education, entertainment and sport, and public services.

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As AI Gets Smarter, Healthcare Education Must Get More Human

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WHITTIER, Calif., Oct. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into healthcare, the next generation of healthcare professionals will need more than technological proficiency. They will need stronger critical thinking, clinical judgment, and interpersonal skills to ensure that advances in technology translate into better care for patients, according to Tamara Rozhon, EdD, Provost of Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU).

AI is already helping healthcare professionals analyze medical images, support clinical decisions, and advance research. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration maintains a list of AI-enabled medical devices authorized for marketing, while the World Health Organization identifies applications across clinical care, drug development, and health systems management.

As access to information expands, Rozhon says that educators must place greater emphasis on how students evaluate and apply it. Future healthcare professionals need to assess the evidence, recognize potential bias and error, consider ethical concerns, and determine whether an AI-generated finding makes sense for an individual patient.

“The best healthcare requires not just understanding patient data, but understanding patients: their individual circumstances, preferences, goals, aspirations, and all the factors that may be supporting or hindering their health and well-being,” Rozhon says.

For educators, this means designing learning experiences and assessments that require students to question and defend an answer and make sound decisions in the context of a real person. Clinical experiences must also strengthen listening, empathy, communication, judgment, and connection. These abilities become increasingly important as technology takes on more of the work of generating and synthesizing information.

“Perhaps the greatest challenge for health sciences education, then, is not keeping pace with artificial intelligence. It is developing the human intelligence required to use it well,” says Rozhon.

Read Rozhon’s full perspective: “As AI Gets Smarter, Healthcare Education Must Get More Human.”

About Southern California University of Health Sciences

Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) is one of the world’s only Integrative, Whole Health universities—teaching students to blend the best of conventional medicine with proven complementary approaches, and to treat the whole person (body, mind, and spirit). Founded in 1911, SCU has been challenging convention and pushing healthcare forward for more than 100 years. Today, the institution offers graduate, undergraduate, and certificate programs in a wide range of disciplines, including Chiropractic, Sports Medicine, Physical & Occupational Therapy, Genetic Counseling, Genetics & Genomics, Medical Science, Physician Assistant, Ayurveda, Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine, Clinical Psychology, Whole Health Leadership, and beyond. Learn more at scuhs.edu.

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