A | As Massoud walked down a Kabul street one cold Sunday morning, looking for a day job to feed his family, pickup trucks full of armed Taliban members stopped in front of him. He told CBS News the men aimed their AK-47s at him, he was handcuffed, blindfolded and taken to an office of the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence.For more than a month, Massoud's family had no idea where he was. They searched everywhere, including hospitals, until they arrived at the Taliban's intelligence department. "After six weeks of searching, they found me at the Taliban's 040 intelligence department," Massoud told CBS News in a phone interview. He said during the first 15 days of his imprisonment, he was "beaten, struck with electric shock sticks, electrocuted, waterboarded and hanged upside down."Taliban members ride in a pickup truck during a celebration of the first anniversary of the Taliban's return to power, August 15, 2022, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Nava Jamshidi/Getty His crime? Massoud worked for the U.S. military as an interpreter from 2011 to 2013, including a year spent working with U.S. Navy SEALs. (CBS News is not using the real name of Massoud or the other former interpreter interviewed for this story to protect them from possible retaliation.)
"Don't want to see that horror again"
Massoud said that during interrogations, Taliban intelligence officers told him that, "with my help, the Americans have killed our people, and that I was still spying for the Americans.""I told them, 'You have announced a general amnesty,'" Massoud told CBS News, but he was informed by the Taliban interrogators, "there is no amnesty for you people."
Massoud was finally released by the Taliban after more than three months of imprisonment, after his brothers signed two separate guarantees promising the Taliban they would bring him back to the intelligence agency if ever asked to do so. CBS News has seen the letters and other documents his family filed with Taliban officials while he was imprisoned."They can find me anytime they wish and put me back in the prison," he told CBS News. "I just don't want to see that horror again."
"Still in danger"
U.S. Army Sgt. Jordan David Johnson, who has since been honorably discharged, was Massoud's direct supervisor in Helmand province and has written to members of the U.S. Congress supporting his former Afghan colleague's application for a U.S. visa, but to no avail. "Every time I hear from Massoud I feel guilty, because he is still in danger," Johnson told CBS News. "We told them that, 'You help us, and we will help you.' But now we are not, and that is wrong."U.S. Army Sgt. Jordan David Johnson (right), who has since been honorably discharged, is seen during his deployment in Afghanistan's Helmand province, with his Afghan interpreter Massoud (top left) and others. Photo courtesy of Jordan David Johnson In a September 2022 letter to lawmakers, Johnson said he trusted Massoud then, "and I am proud to call him a friend today," adding that he did not believe the Afghan "poses a national security threat to the United States of America."
"They will come after me and my family"
Omar, 32, told CBS News that he worked with the U.S. military from 2008 until 2012 and was deployed alongside U.S. troops in eastern Paktia province. From 2012 until Afghanistan fell back into the Taliban's hands in August 2021, he worked on various projects with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. He was threatened many times for working with the U.S. and was injured in what he believes was an assassination attempt in 2014, after he filed for a U.S. visa.
Afghan women who served with Americans fight for U.S. residency 2 years after Taliban takeover03:05Despite the threats, which he continued reporting to his supervisors at the embassy, Omar was informed that his U.S. Special Immigration Visa, or SIV, application had been rejected because documents he submitted previously had been deemed fraudulent. He believes it's because he failed a polygraph administered by U.S. officials eight years earlier, and that the process was unfair. "They intentionally make you a criminal," he told CBS News. "You are only allowed to answer their questions with yes and no, and they don't give you a chance to explain." Omar filed an appeal against the rejection of his application in mid-June and is waiting for a response. He urged the U.S. government to "seriously look into our cases and take us into safety," adding that if it doesn't happen, "they will come after me and my family one day."
"Absurd that it takes so long"
During the 20-year war that followed the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, thousands of Afghans served as interpreters and translators, working shoulder to shoulder with U.S. troops and diplomats, risking their lives serving on the battlefield and communicating with locals.
These interpreters were essential to bridge the language barrier, but also to provide cultural context, gather intelligence, negotiate with tribal elders and build trust with local communities. Massoud and Omar both applied for SIVs under a program created by the U.S. Congress in 2006 to offer legal pathways to the United States for Iraqis and Afghans who helped during the U.S. military operations in those countries. But the bureaucracy of the SIV application process has left many applicants frustrated, with little faith in the program.Massoud said his application was rejected due to a lack of documentation from his supervisors, despite Johnson trying to help. He said he submitted the requested documents and has waited for more than 320 days with no update from the U.S. government. "Every time Massoud submits all his documents and we think, 'now we are waiting for his visa to be approved,' then Massoud would contact me again saying, 'I need this and this document, because they keep changing the requirements,'" Johnson said.
The backlog, and work to improve a "vital program"
"We have surged resources to this vital program, significantly increasing the number of staff dedicated to it. We have reviewed every stage of the multiple step application process to streamline it wherever possible, consistent with U.S. law, and continue to look for areas to improve," a State Department spokesperson told CBS News.The official said the steps had enabled the State Department to issue "nearly 34,000 SIVs to principal applicants and their eligible family members" from the beginning of the Biden administration until August 1, 2023.
As of the end of March, State Department figures show about 9,800 principal SIV applicants had cleared a major hurdle in the process, securing Chief Of Mission (COM) approval. Those individuals are "awaiting further processing and their eventual visa interview before being issued an SIV," the spokesperson said, adding: "We are working to process these cases as quickly as possible."The State Department's figures show that another 69,000 principal applicants were undergoing the review process, and the spokesperson told CBS News that, historically, about half of the applications who reach that stage of the process do not end up qualifying for an SIV.According to the figures, 3,241 Afghan applicants were "deemed unqualified to receive COM approval or had the approval revoked during the second quarter" of 2023."The Department will continue to ensure Afghan SIV applications are processed as quickly as possible in accordance with the statutorily required program parameters and national security requirements," the spokesman told CBS News. A report issued this week by a State Department inspector general said, meanwhile, that according to the department's own estimation, as of April 2023, a total of "more than 840,000 principal and derivative SIV applicants remained in Afghanistan."CBS News' Tucker Reals and Paulina Smolinski contributed to this report.
C | 而对于完成这一切的过程,彭铭裕在现场这样说:我相当于一个文盲,英语都不会说一句;但即便是零基础、一个人,在两个月的时间里还是把它给做出来了。不得不说,AI,真的立了大功。如此有趣且励志的一幕,便发生在TRAE AI创造力大会上;而彭铭裕所用的AI,正是TRAE。值得一提的是,这个路演,仅仅是创造力大会的一环,现场便已经是水泄不通之势,来感受一下这个feel:之所以会如此,是因为除了彭铭裕之外,现场还有太多有趣的选手和项目(共计3.7万人报名,从1.4W个作品挑选出Top 20):有上天的、有入地的、有造梦的、有古籍的、有音乐的、有亲子的……先简单剧透一下比赛最终成绩:第一名:《词元开物》,获30万元奖金;第二名:《动作帧MotionFrame》,获25万元奖金(亚军20万奖金+5万社会公益奖奖金);第三名:《开源太空·卫星守望者》,获10万元奖金。颁奖嘉宾更是重磅,歌手、Vibe Coder胡彦斌,影视飓风创始人Tim,宇树科技创始人 CEO/CTO 王兴兴(线上),还有教主楼天城等等。
D | 胡彦斌和Tim不仅亲自给彭铭裕颁了奖,还在现场体验了一波《动动脖子》:热闹,真的太热闹了。
E | 而且在热闹的背后,这场创造力大赛不仅把“人人皆可创作”体现得淋漓尽致,更重要的是让人感受到了有技术、有实力,更有温度的AI。高中生拿走了25万元大奖那么接下来,我们就来具体看下分别拿下冠、亚、季军的项目,“创造力值”到底几何。冠军:让Token走进硬件里拿下本届TRAE AI创造力大会冠军的团队,他们直接盯上了AI Coding至今一个很明显的断点:软件现在可以用说的做出来,那硬件怎么办?△《词元开物》项目团队,杨振宇、郑仲鹏和鹿诚龙《词元开物》的三名成员分别是杨振宇、郑仲鹏和鹿诚龙,他们都是全职创业者,一个主攻硬件,一个负责工业设计,一个做软件研发和产品落地。三个人在深圳科创学院认识后,都希望让一个没有电子、嵌入式经验的人,也能像Vibe Coding一样,只说一句自己想要什么,就把一件真正的硬件做出来。
F | 于是,他们做了一套AI硬件IDE,再配上一台桌面PCB雕刻机。比如你输入一句“给我做一个音乐键盘”,AI会先和你确认需求,再生成PRD、选择元器件、梳理引脚连接;接着自动生成代码,完成编译、烧录和仿真。确认方案能跑以后,它还能继续做PCB Layout、自动布线并生成加工文件,最后直接发给桌面机器,把电路板雕出来。初赛时,这条链路便已经跑通,但它更像一个“条件都对时能工作的Demo”。
G | 真正的变化发生在复赛。团队没有继续关起门来加功能,而是把产品直接扔给真实用户,在青少年挑战营、启航营等活动里提供软件、打板和现场支持,累计接触约500名用户。结果问题一下全冒了出来……有人不会选开发板,有人的元件资料缺引脚,有人仿真能跑、实物却接不上,还有人换一台电脑,编译环境直接崩掉。于是复赛阶段,他们开始死磕一件事,就是让AI生成的答案真的能拿去制造。元件信息不完整,就让系统停下来要求补充,避免AI猜;编译失败,要继续判断是代码、依赖还是开发板配置的问题;真实用户遇到Bug,则通过Sentry记录现场,再让TRAE读取报错上下文、定位根因并直接修复,有时候甚至省掉了人手动描述Bug这一步。最密集的一轮,他们连续近5天、每天14小时高强度开发,提交了361次Git,终于让真实用户把整套流程顺利跑完。硬件本身也在继续重做。
H | 到了决赛现场,新一代PCB机器的尺寸和重量已经缩减超过50%,加入自动找平、一次装夹加工PCB正反面等功能,还和软件做了数字孪生联动:电脑上生成完板子,可以直接控制机器加工,同时看到实时状态。8月初,他们又把这套东西带进一场青少年黑客松,一群高中生用8天时间完成了各自的硬件作品。
I | 现场展示中,还有一对母女想亲手做硬件送给别人当礼物。这大概也是“词元开物”这个名字最直观的解释——让AI里的词元(Token),最后真的变成一件能摸得到的东西。除此之外,在颁奖现场,Tim还用一双轮滑鞋演示了《词元开物》,让气球人表演了一波劈叉:
K | 但那时候,它还主要停留在看卫星,也就是把真实轨道数据放到3D地球上,显示卫星此刻在哪、接下来往哪飞。而到了复赛阶段,谭谈开始让它真正管卫星。新版本不仅加入国产AOE轨道数据和更多卫星3D模型,还做出了一个虚拟的“TREA-01”卫星任务中心。用户可以给卫星安排遥感任务,AI自动计算合适的任务窗口;遇到太空碎片接近,还会触发预警,生成躲避方案,再把整个任务过程回放出来。
L | 甚至还加了第一视角驾驶舱——屏幕上的视角直接来到卫星旁边,看着脚下地球明暗交替,体验“自己就是一颗卫星”。复赛开发也一路在改。
M | 7月24日晋级后,谭谈先修Bug、补数据库同步,随后几天又让TRAE生成新的测运控开发文档,继续加入遥感任务编排、AI任务规划、报告导出和任务回放。
N | 有些原本计划好的方案实际效果不好,比如卫星避障的表现形式,他也直接舍掉重来。到了决赛现场,父子俩把分工说得更直白:爸爸是“架构师+码农”,儿子负责搜资料、挑毛病,再时不时塞进去几个新点子。
o | 而谭谈真正想做的,其实还不止这一个软件。
p | 他希望比赛结束后把这些能力逐步开源,让更多人能用更低的门槛接触航天软件、理解卫星,甚至一起参与完善这套“开源太空”体系。还有直接造梦的还有一组选手,干脆把做梦做成了一款App。梦迹DreamTrace项目的队长李一璇还是一名大学生。她做这个产品,起因就是自己曾梦见去看偶像演唱会,不仅拿到亲签,还一起合了影。醒来以后兴奋劲还在,梦里的细节却会一点点消失,她便一直想做个能把梦保存下来的工具。到了这次比赛,她和21岁的队友组了个“梦里啥都有”队。
r | 而这事在当下能发生,或多或少也离不开TRAE这两年本身的变化。2025年初刚上线时,它还更接近一款AI IDE,AI主要待在开发环境里帮人写代码、改代码。
s | 半年后SOLO出现,事情开始有了明显变化——用户只需要给出一个目标,AI就可以继续往下拆任务、读项目、调用工具,再一步步把事情做完。此时,TRAE解决的已经不只是“这段代码怎么写”,而是“这个东西怎么做出来”。再加上Skills、Rules、MCP、自定义智能体、Plan和Spec这些能力逐步补齐,现在很多开发任务已经变成,你只需要把想法和约束讲清楚,AI自己规划、调用工具、修改文件、跑命令,再把结果交回来验收。所以回头看这段演进,值得注意的其实不是名字换了几次、入口多了几个,而是把原本需要人亲手完成的开发步骤,一点点交给AI。当然,这并不意味着做产品突然变简单了。
t | 只是以前最先卡住人的,往往是“我不会写”;现在真正难的,越来越变成“我到底要做什么”、“哪里做得不对”、“接下来该怎么改”。换句话说,代码这道门槛正在往后退,对问题的理解、判断和取舍,反而被推到了更前面。AI比赛,现在不能只拼技术了这也是看完整场比赛之后,一个很明显的感受。AI Coding发展到今天,单纯“帮你写一段代码”已经越来越接近基础能力。真正拉开作品差距的,开始往代码之前移动。《词元开物》团队首先得知道现在AI时代的硬件底缺什么;Kyle得真的花钱问过羽毛球教练,才知道一个高中生想获得专业指导有多贵;李一璇想把自己做过的梦里的故事继续延续下去……这些问题,AI自己不会凭空发现。等问题找到了,接下来才轮到怎么把需求拆清楚、怎么判断AI做得对不对、出了Bug怎么测、方向跑偏了敢不敢把已经写好的东西推倒重来。也因此,回头看这届比赛,技术依然决定一个产品能不能跑起来,但创造力开始更多决定它为什么值得被做出来。
u | 所以未来未必人人都要成为程序员。但一个老师可以给自己的学生做工具,一个家长可以围绕孩子的需求做应用,一个普通人也可以因为生活里某个反复折磨自己的小问题,临时给自己“造”一件软件。当制造软件的能力开始下放,真正稀缺的东西,反而重新回到了人身上——你有没有认真生活,有没有发现那个值得解决的问题,又愿不愿意真的动手把它解决。这大概也是3.7万人跑来参加这场比赛,最值得关注的地方。所以,你有什么一直想做、但过去觉得“我又不会编程”的点子吗?不妨,来TRAE一下。
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