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Phoenix Technology reported that on September 29, the DeepSeek Harness v0.2 preview version was officially released, providing installation packages for macOS and Windows desktop, and is now available on the DeepSeek official website. The new version comes pre-equipped with commonly used features for daily office work and development, and introduces a plugin installation and management page.This update optimizes file display, content preview, and code change display, improves the settings and management of automated tasks, and offers various ways to showcase work processes. Users can provide documents, spreadsheets, or PDFs for organizing materials, analyzing data, generating charts, or creating presentations, and can also modify projects and run code.The built-in automation task plugin can be activated as needed, supporting the scheduling of repetitive tasks and allowing users to view running records, adjust execution frequency, and task instructions. The plugin management page supports installing by entering the plugin package name, as well as disabling, uninstalling plugins, and viewing introductions and sources; in the experimental creative mode, users can describe their needs through dialogue, allowing it to write and modify plugins. The official statement indicates that the product is still in its early stages and will continue to improve the sandbox and security, agent teams, long-term memory, browser and other GUI software automation, remote and mobile usage, and explore session sharing and multi-user collaboration. According to the official model API user statistics, about 60% of users have used third-party plugins.

DeepSeek Harness official desktop version has appeared in the main branch of the official repository. This desktop version is based on Electron, turning the existing Harness Web UI into a standalone app, allowing users to avoid starting the web service themselves.The code includes build, signing, notarization, automatic update, and upload processes for macOS and Windows installation packages, with the production update address pointing to download.deepseek.com. Recent submissions mainly fix issues related to packaging, notarization, and startup recovery. The official release time has not yet been announced, and there are no installation packages in the GitHub Release.

According to the DeepSeek Harness team, the new version DeepSeek Harness v0.1.5 has been deeply debugged with the DeepSeek V4.1 Flash model, covering standard mode, Programmatic Tool Calling (PTC) mode, and minimalist mode, and supports updating system prompts while retaining the existing KV Cache.The web version adds support for uploading various file types such as images and PDFs, as well as a sidebar file tree preview, allowing direct viewing of Markdown, HTML, PDF, code, and images. The interface provides standardized extension entry points for plugins on both the left and right sides, supporting global entry, multiple tabs on the right, and column display.Long session loading and storage performance have been optimized, and bidirectional communication between the parent Agent and child Agents is more flexible, with the experimental plugin "Agent Teams" enabling multi-Agent team collaboration and task splitting.

Minara officially released the next-generation universal financial intelligence tool Minara Harness, which is now available for download by users worldwide. Minara Harness covers multiple asset markets, allowing for investment research 24/7 and operating automated trading within the scope authorized by users. Users can query financial markets using natural language, generate research reports, develop quantitative strategies, and handle daily tasks such as programming, web searching, and document processing. The platform supports users in selecting their own underlying large models.On the investment research side, Minara Harness can simultaneously call multiple professional AI Agents to analyze the same investment opportunity from perspectives such as fundamentals, valuation, market trends, and potential risks. Users can view the information sources and different judgments of each Agent and decide whether to execute trades based on the research results. Minara Harness also supports writing trading strategies in natural language, automatically generating code, and completing backtesting. Users can also subscribe to other traders' strategies, view strategy codes, historical performance, and real-time operating metrics. Minara also offers an optional decision review mechanism, which can verify past judgments against subsequent market results and assess which experiences can be applied to future research. At the same time, Minara announced the benchmark test results of Harness, which outperformed OpenClaw, Hermes, and Claude Code in multiple tests and demonstrated leading performance in tasks such as financial reporting, web research, and spreadsheets.

According to IT Home, WeChat Pay announced that the AI Exclusive Card now supports usage in DeepSeek Harness and OpenClaw. After user authorization, the process from smart recommendations to order payment can be completed in conversations.The AI Exclusive Card can currently be used to pay for over 700 Pay Skills on Skillhub in the aforementioned two products, with plans to expand to more scenarios in the future. The activation process includes: installing the weixinpay plugin for DeepSeek Harness or OpenClaw via the npx command, generating a binding link by the Agent when using paid skills on Skillhub, and completing the binding of the WeChat Pay AI Exclusive Card. After that, each order requires user confirmation on the mobile end, deducting funds from the exclusive card balance. The official emphasizes that the exclusive card funds are isolated from the main account, the limit is self-controllable, and each payment requires user confirmation.

According to blogger Max For AI, DeepSeek Harness (DSH) will officially start public testing on August 13. The final internal test version will be pushed tonight for developers to complete the final plugin compatibility work, and the plugin repository should include the #dsh topic tag. Plugins developed during the internal testing period can be migrated to the developer's personal account and made public. This means that DeepSeek is not only releasing the Harness product this time, but its accompanying plugin ecosystem will also be opened simultaneously. Currently, the official announcement has not been made, and specific details will be based on official information.

DeepSeek has just participated in a strategic placement of YuTree Technology with approximately 141 million yuan. The head of the Harness team, Cui Tianyi, subsequently publicly criticized the description of DeepSeek in the related IPO materials.The materials claim that DeepSeek V4 "ranks among the top tier globally in performance, with programming capability only 0.3% weaker than Claude flagship." Cui Tianyi pointed out that in the V4 paper, only one SWE Verified score is close to Opus 4.6, with scores of 80.6 and 80.8 respectively, which cannot be directly generalized to mean that the overall programming capability is only 0.3% weaker.He sarcastically stated that such writing is hard not to be considered "pure fabrication." However, the criticism was aimed at the exaggerated statements in the intermediary materials.

According to Fortune magazine, Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, stated that artificial intelligence is changing the way wealth is created, and businesses and individuals should not try to compete with machines but should leverage AI to amplify their own capabilities. In an interview, Saylor mentioned that he used ChatGPT to help Strategy design a preferred stock financing plan based on Bitcoin, ultimately enabling the company to raise about $15 billion through an IPO and related financing. He stated, "AI helped me create $15 billion."Saylor believes that the core advantage of the AI era is not to repeatedly execute tasks that machines can accomplish, but to ask better questions and use AI to explore new opportunities that were previously unattainable. "Don't try to work harder than robots." In recent years, Saylor has pushed Strategy to allocate Bitcoin on a large scale, transforming the company from a traditional software enterprise into a publicly traded company with Bitcoin as its core asset. Although this strategy comes with higher risks, Saylor stated that significant innovations often require enduring volatility and continuously adjusting direction. He noted that the successful entrepreneurs of the future will be those who can combine AI with human creativity, rather than individuals trying to replace AI in completing tasks.

According to X platform blogger @MaxForAI, a screenshot of the DeepSeek Harness internal testing recruitment is circulating on social media. The screenshot shows that the DeepSeek Harness plans to start internal testing later this week, with the first batch of users being selected from small group chats. Selected individuals must submit personal information and sign a "Confidentiality Commitment Letter." The screenshot also specifically reminds that any leaks will result in disqualification and affect future opportunities for selection in the DeepSeek model and product internal testing. If the news is true, the official version of DeepSeek V4 and the Harness product are expected to be launched soon.

ChainCatcher news, President Joe Biden has officially vetoed the SAB121 bill. In the veto message released on Friday evening, Biden stated that his administration will not support measures that jeopardize the welfare of consumers and investors. Proper safeguards to protect consumers and investors are essential to harnessing the potential benefits and opportunities of cryptocurrency innovation. Biden added in the statement that he looks forward to working with Congress to ensure the establishment of a comprehensive and balanced regulatory framework for digital assets.