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A |     LONDON -- Voters are casting ballots Thursday in two special elections in England that could add more misery to the beleaguered governing Conservative Party as it prepares to fight a national election next year.The Conservatives won both Tamworth in central England and Mid-Bedfordshire, north of London, by large margins during the last national election in 2019. But both constituencies’ lawmakers resigned under a cloud.Tamworth legislator Chris Pincher quit after Parliament’s standards watchdog recommended he be suspended for “completely inappropriate” behavior after groping two men at a London private members’ club. Then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson’ s reluctance to sanction Pincher when the allegations emerged helped trigger Johnson's ouster at the hands of his own party last year.Mid-Bedfordshire member of Parliament Nadine Dorries resigned over the treatment of Johnson and her own failure to be appointed to Parliament’s upper chamber, the House of Lords. Dorries is a strong ally of Johnson who has blamed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for helping to topple the former leader.The Conservatives acknowledge they face “difficult headwinds” in both seats. Polls close at 10 p.m. (2100GMT), with results announced early Friday.The main opposition Labour Party and the smaller Liberal Democrats hope to win the seats but have tried to manage expectations, noting that the Conservatives won substantial majorities in 2019. Labour has called both districts “super-safe Tory seats.”Losing either one would add to pressure on the governing party, which has lost several byelections since Sunak took office just under a year ago. He replaced Liz Truss, who quit in October 2022 after her plan for unfunded tax cuts sent financial markets into turmoil and rocked the economy.Truss spent just seven weeks in office after winning a party leadership contest to replace Johnson, who quit after three years in office when scandals over money and ethics turned party lawmakers against him.Sunak steadied the economy but has not managed to boost the party’s rating in opinion polls, where it consistently lags between 10 and 20 points behind Labour.The Conservatives have been in power nationally since 2010, years that saw austerity following the world banking crisis, Britain’s divisive decision to leave the European Union, a global pandemic and a European war that has triggered the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades.Polls show the Conservatives are losing support across the country, from affluent southern voters turned off by Brexit to working-class northern voters who switched from Labour in 2019 after Johnson promised to spread prosperity to long-neglected areas.Sunak has tried to rally support by arguing he has a long-term vision and is prepared to make tough decisions to change Britain.Earlier this month Labour won a special election victory over the Scottish National Party in Scotland. Winning seats in Scotland, where the pro-independence SNP has long been dominant, is key to Labour’s attempt to secure a majority in the next national election, due by the end of 2024.。

B |     每经记者：张梓桐 每经编辑：余婷婷          “如果过去五年AI（人工智能）的主旋律是‘数字智能’，让机器能看、能听、能说、能画，那么下一个五年的关键命题就是‘物理智能’——让机器能在真实世界中感知、决策、行动。”7月19日，网易灵动总经理杨新伟在接受《每日经济新闻》专访时如是说。         2026世界人工智能大会（WAIC）上海世博展览馆内，网易灵动展区的远程智控平台前，参观者络绎不绝。座舱内，一名工作人员手握方向盘，拇指悬在红色急停按钮上方，分屏画面里机械铲斗正在煤堆间精准起落——切入、翻转、卸料，整套动作行云流水。

C | 他正跨越千里，远程操控真实电厂、港口的生产一线设备。         图片来源：企业供图          这是网易灵动集中展现具身智能规模化落地高危场景的一个缩影。近年来，网易一方面继续深耕创造稳定收入的传统游戏业务，另一方面重仓仍在高速“烧钱”但具备实体产业渗透潜力的具身智能基础设施。         5月21日，网易2026年一季报披露，当期研发支出约45亿元；另据2025年年报统计，2020年至2025年，网易已连续六年研发投入突破百亿元。

D | 对网易而言，传统游戏、具身智能基建并非孤立的布局。把时间线拉长，这是一家市值超6000亿港元、以游戏和内容见长的互联网公司，在同一个技术底座上完成的战略转身。         跨界底气：游戏是AI最有效的试验场          从游戏到工程机械，这条跨界之路在外界看来充满跳跃感。杨新伟告诉记者，网易并非凭空跨界，“在互联网大数据、游戏AI、工程机械具身智能这些领域，跨界可以带来足够的创新和思维的碰撞”。         他向记者强调了一个常被忽视的事实：“游戏一直是AI技术最有效的试验场。”从IBM深蓝（IBM研发的专用国际象棋超级计算机）到AlphaGo（阿尔法围棋），AI在游戏中取得突破后再迁移到真实世界，这是被反复验证的路径。“网易做具身智能不是凭空跨界，而是沿着这条路径在走。”杨新伟说。

E |          据杨新伟介绍，网易使用爆款游戏《逆水寒》同款的渲染引擎和管线搭建仿真环境，能在虚拟世界里低成本、高保真地生成作业场景，让算法先在仿真中学习和训练再迁移到实机。         但飞轮要转起来，光靠仿真不够，还需要高可靠的工程化能力。“游戏业务对可靠性要求极高——千万级并发下不能崩，这和工程机械的工业级可靠性，在工程文化上是相通的。”杨新伟认为，技术如果停留在实验室只能叫做Demo（演示），能扛住产线连续运转才叫产品。“这一层和数据飞轮是一体的——没有工程化能力，仿真到实机的闭环根本跑不起来。

F | ”          完成仿真环境搭建、补齐工程化落地能力后，网易还实现了整套AI训练方法论的跨行业迁移复用。“我们最早的版本，直接使用了《永劫无间》的模仿学习框架，让老师傅在模拟器里操作，算法跟着学。”杨新伟告诉记者，这套从游戏里搬过来的行为克隆方法，用在工程机械操作技能学习上，训练收敛速度提升了50%。         “这不是简单的技术复用——我们用数据证明了游戏AI的方法论，真的可以迁移到具身智能。这个验证做完，团队内部才彻底相信：我们选的路走得通。”杨新伟说。         依托游戏技术打通工程机械具身智能落地路径后，网易灵动将目光投向港口无人化赛道。业内已有玩家在水平运输场景实现规模化落地，网易灵动为何选择“散货清舱”这一垂直场景切入？“水平运输和散货清舱看起来都在‘港口无人化’这个大框里，但本质是两类技术问题。”面对记者的疑问，杨新伟表示，水平运输是移动机器人问题——核心是导航、调度、车队协同，难点在规模化和系统集成，技术栈相对成熟。“散货清舱是作业机器人问题——核心是非结构化环境下的操作。船舱里物料形态随机，抓取路径、力度、策略每秒都在变，这不是路径规划能解决的，而是感知—决策—执行的闭环。这类场景技术天花板更高，也更难被快速复制。”          至于未来是否会向港口全链条延伸，杨新伟的回答务实而克制：“我们不排除横向拓展的可能性，但本质上仍然要把有价值的事情做好做透。”          生态定位：与主机厂互补，做“能力放大器”          值得一提的是，港口、矿山无人化赛道虽已出现规模化玩家，但行业落地高度集中于水平运输、矿卡自动驾驶等结构化场景，技术门槛相对偏低，市场同质化竞争加剧。因此，在采访中，杨新伟向记者反复强调网易灵动的生态定位——不做硬件，做“大脑”。         图片来源：网易灵动公众号          “我们与工程机械厂家是互补生态位——他们有机械、渠道、客户信任，我们有仿真、算法、迭代速度。”杨新伟认为，“这种定位让我们避免与主机厂正面竞争，成为他们的能力放大器，一起为客户、为社会创造价值。”          这一理念在本届WAIC的展台上得到了具象化呈现。网易灵动将“智能座舱”搬入展区，工作人员远程操控电厂、港口的生产一线设备；而在千里之外的内蒙古霍林河北露天煤矿，网易“灵掘”挖掘机器人单机装车效率已达熟练人工的80%，近70%作业时间无需人为干预，可以适配极寒、高粉尘等严苛环境与多型号设备。         “中国不缺工程机械供应商，但缺能啃下智能化硬骨头的团队。

G | ”杨新伟向记者强调，正是基于这一判断，网易灵动选择开放部分数据，推动行业生态共同繁荣。         “行业预测无人矿卡即将迈入万台规模化节点，这也标志着第一步产业培育成熟——矿山客户已经充分认可无人装备的安全、人力、能耗优势，采购预算、运维体系、政策配套全部到位。”杨新伟表示，无人挖掘设备掌控整体开采效率，是矿山产能核心。         从《逆水寒》的虚拟江湖到千里之外的煤堆船舱，游戏AI与工业具身智能的跨界打通，印证了数字智能向物理智能跃迁的可行路径。当下矿山、港口无人化赛道同质化竞争愈演愈烈，不少厂商扎堆硬件制造、争抢标准化场景，网易灵动选择“只做大脑、不造设备”的差异化定位，试图走出一条与主机厂共生而非对抗的落地路线。         当水平运输等规模化场景逐步成熟，散货清舱、露天挖掘这类高度依赖实时感知、动态决策的作业场景，将成为下一阶段产业竞争的新焦点。         每日经济新闻。

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