(September 2026, Cambridge / XX Group Headquarters / Global Tech Media)
The astonishing energy-efficiency ratio displayed by the SONIC prototype photonic chip from Singularity Near (PSD)—which outperformed current industry leaders by more than fivefold in the complex AI task of "real-time scheduling and optimization for massive urban traffic flows"—was ready to be unveiled. Following the meticulous planning of XX Group’s Ministry of Heraldry (Junior) "Global Brand and Diplomatic Affairs" division, and with the final approval of Li Banjia and PSD’s new CEO Shen Hao, the news was set to be unleashed like a "deep-sea nuclear bomb" on the global tech scene. They chose to "detonate" it simultaneously at several of the most authoritative and influential "ignition points."
First, an academic preprint paper, co-signed by Arthur Pendragon and Alan Turing (with Shen Hao and Dr. Lin Yixuan listed as key contributors), detailing the core architecture and preliminary test data of the Ideological Algorithm and the SONIC Photonic Chip, quietly appeared on ArXiv, the global repository for top-tier physics and computer science research.
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