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The first share of HKEX AIGC may be coming! Google and Goertek participated in the investment, with an annual revenue of 500 million yuan
Tencent Hao Future invested in AI company Shenyan Technology
XinMedia and iFLYTEK jointly established the Metaverse XR Joint Innovation Lab
Xuanya International announced the launch of OrangeGPT to accelerate the implementation of AIGC applications
Chengdu encourages the development of the AI industry: 19 financial support measures have been proposed, with the highest award of 10 million
OmniVision Technology launches LCOS displays for AR, MR and XR glasses
Harvard CS50 introduces AI virtual teaching assistants
Chat software Line launched AI selfie service
Google Presentations app Slides introduces AI-generated image capabilities
The South Korean government will spend nearly 500 billion won to support the core industry of AI technology
Song Haitao, executive director of Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Research Institute: In the next three years, the penetration rate of AI technology into the whole industry will exceed 20%
Apple's mixed reality headset will drive the development of gaming and the metaverse
AR military technology developer Red 6 closed $70 million in Series B funding
Ctrip Group incubates its first NFT series "Trekki", which will be sold blind boxes in the third quarter
Metaverse headlines
The first share of HKEX AIGC may be coming! Google and Goertek participated in the investment, with an annual revenue of 500 million yuan
According to Zhidong reports, the IPO of domestic AI startups going out to ask the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was accepted. Founded in 2012, the company has formed two product systems, AI software solutions and AIoT solutions, with AIGC and voice interaction technology as the core, and launched AIGC products such as writing, painting, dubbing, and digital humans for content creators.
Its founder and CEO Li Zhifei is a hot figure in this wave of generative AI. Li Zhifei has been engaged in the field of AI for more than 13 years, and from May 2010 to August 2012, he worked as a research scientist at Google headquarters, responsible for the algorithm development of language translation models.
According to media reports, after ChatGPT became popular, Li Zhifei went to Silicon Valley many times to learn from the experience, wanting to understand why the big model is so powerful, and determined to plunge into this wave of enthusiasm. In April this year, Mobvoi officially announced the opening of the internal beta of the self-developed large model sequence monkey, and released four AIGC products for content creators, namely the AI writing platform "Wonderful Text", the AI painting platform "Yanzhi Painting", the AI dubbing platform "Magic Sound Workshop", and the digital human video and live broadcast platform "Wonderful Yuan".
It is worth mentioning that the prospectus shows that Mobvoi began to develop its own general large model UCLAI in 2020 and launched AIGC products for content creators.
Domestic dynamics
Tencent Hao Future invested in AI company Shenyan Technology
According to 36Kr reports, the Tianyancha App shows that recently, Beijing Shenyan Technology Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, and shareholders have added Guangxi Tencent Venture Capital Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Tencent, and Xinxin Fusion Education Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Good Future, etc., and at the same time, the registered capital has increased from about 1.316 million yuan to about 1.835 million yuan.
Beijing Shenyan Technology Co., Ltd. was established in March 2022, the legal representative is Yu Fanchao, and its business scope includes technical services, software development, artificial intelligence application software development, artificial intelligence theory and algorithm software development, artificial intelligence basic software development, etc.
XinMedia and iFLYTEK jointly established the Metaverse XR Joint Innovation Lab
According to the Securities Times, on June 2, the unveiling ceremony of the joint innovation laboratory of Xinmedia and iFLYTEK Metaverse XR was successfully held in Guangzhou.
In the future, XinMedia Co., Ltd. will cooperate with iFLYTEK to focus on the core key technologies of the metaverse such as artificial intelligence and virtual digital humans, with the core goal of "forward-looking technology research, productization demonstration and application value exploration", focusing on "metaverse technology and application research" and "metaverse business model exploration".
The two parties will use the "Metaverse XR Joint Innovation Lab" as a link, integrate superior resources, equip professional talent teams, and promote the high-quality development of radio and television.
Xuanya International announced the launch of OrangeGPT to accelerate the implementation of AIGC applications
According to the Securities Times, recently, Xuanya International officially announced that it will focus on the application scenarios related to the main business, relying on the closed-source and open source GPT artificial intelligence underlying key technologies to build OrangeGPT, and it is expected that version 1.0 will start internal testing in the near future.
Chengdu encourages the development of the AI industry: 19 financial support measures have been proposed, with the highest award of 10 million
On June 1, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology of Sichuan Province issued a notice to solicit public comments on the "Several Policies and Measures of Chengdu on Further Promoting the High-quality Development of the Artificial Intelligence Industry (Draft for Comments)". The Draft gives a number of financial subsidies and incentives.
Among them, support enterprises and scientific research institutions to carry out the research and development of core algorithms and professional algorithms, lay out large-scale semantic models, multimodal general models, small parameter models, industry models, etc., and give up to 10 million yuan of financial support for those who have obtained major national science and technology projects (including scientific and technological innovation 2030 - major projects), national key research and development plan project achievements or the winning achievements of the National Science and Technology Award in Chengdu.
In addition, if a venture capital enterprise introduces a high-tech enterprise that has invested in artificial intelligence from outside the region (outside the province or overseas) to land in Chengdu, the venture capital enterprise will be given an incentive of 2% of the actual investment amount and a cumulative reward of not more than 10 million yuan.
Overseas news
OmniVision Technology launches LCOS displays for AR, MR and XR glasses
IMAGE SENSOR AND DISPLAY GIANT OMNIVISION ANNOUNCED A FULLY INTEGRATED SINGLE-CHIP SILICON-BASED LIQUID CRYSTAL (LCOS) DISPLAY PANEL, A LOW-POWER PRODUCT THAT IT HOPES TO BE APPLIED TO AUGMENTED REALITY, EXTENDED REALITY AND MIXED REALITY HEADSETS.
According to reports, the OP03011 LCOS panel is packaged in 0.14" optical format, with 3.8μm pixels and an overall resolution of 648×648. OmniVision is currently providing samples, which will enter mass production in the fourth quarter of 2023, and pricing has not yet been announced.
Harvard CS50 introduces AI virtual teaching assistants
According to Bloomberg, known as "the world's most popular online programming learning course", the CS50 course from Harvard is being reinvented, focusing on the introduction of ChatGPT generative AI elements, further lowering the learning threshold and improving learning efficiency.
Chat software Line launched AI selfie service
According to IT House news, on June 2, chat software Line announced the launch of an AI selfie service, which uses artificial intelligence technology to generate photos uploaded by users into portrait pictures in various styles.
Line said that users do not need to download additional applications, just open Line's "Profile Studio" to use the "AI Selfie" service. Users upload between 10 and 20 mugshots to choose from five AI-generated portrait styles.
Line offers basic styles that restore reality, art styles that sketch or watercolor, and dreamy styles that create avatars, etc. Line emphasized that the AI selfie service uses artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, even if the user uploads the same photo, the result will be different each time.
Google Presentations app Slides introduces AI-generated image capabilities
According to IT House news, Google recently announced the introduction of AI image generation for its presentation application Google Slides, which can generate photos, illustrations, planes, backgrounds and clip art based on the text description entered by the user.
Google aptly names this feature "Help me visualize," which can generate a variety of illustrations in seconds based on the text content entered by the user.
The South Korean government will spend nearly 500 billion won to support the core industry of AI technology
According to the South Korean "Asia Daily" quoted by Cai Lian News, in order to further strengthen the field of emerging technologies, accelerate the process of new technologies and create new advantages in economic development, and increase investment in artificial intelligence technology research and development, the South Korean government will invest about 500 billion won (about 2.695 billion yuan) to promote artificial intelligence projects.
Metaverse perspective
Song Haitao, executive director of Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Research Institute: In the next three years, the penetration rate of AI technology into the whole industry will exceed 20%
On June 2, at the 2023 Yangtze River Delta Jiashan Modern Service Industry (Shanghai) Promotion Conference, Song Haitao, Executive Director of Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, shared his thoughts on digitalization and intelligence on the transformation of the times in his speech.
He believes that in the next three years, the penetration rate of AI technology for the entire industry will exceed 20%. By 2035, the development of artificial intelligence will bring outstanding contributions to continental and even global economic growth.
Institutional perspective
Apple's mixed reality headset will drive the development of gaming and the metaverse
According to Decrypt, Apple will announce the introduction of mixed reality headsets at WWDC's annual conference on Monday. Apple excels at adopting emerging technologies to make them more sophisticated and accessible to the masses, and its headsets can do the same for AR. Such platforms will be key catalysts to expand the metaverse and blockchain-powered gaming through novel experiences that integrate into everyday life.
According to previous reports, Mark Gurman, a well-known Apple reporter, said that it is estimated that Apple's WWDC 2023 will have three key contents: several new Mac products, the first mixed reality headset, and a new operating system.
Financing news
AR military technology developer Red 6 closed $70 million in Series B funding
Gyro Technology news, a few days ago, the US AR air combat training technology developer Red 6 announced the completion of $70 million Series B financing. Led by RedBird Capital Partners, with participation from Alpha Edison, AEI Horizon X Fund, Lockheed Ventures, Accelerator Investments LLC, Washington Harbor Partners and others.
This round of financing will enable Red 6 to continue to develop its proprietary Advanced Tactical Augmentation System (ATARS).
It is understood that ATARS is a multi-node, full-field AR system, which can provide a complete outdoor comprehensive training environment for multiple users. This technology enables pilots to conduct realistic, scalable simulation training in outdoor environments, thereby enhancing pilots' perception of actual flight.
Digital collections
Ctrip Group incubates its first NFT series "Trekki", which will be sold blind boxes in the third quarter
On June 2, Ctrip Group (Trip.com) announced the incubation of its first NFT collection, "Trekki," which consists of 10,000 dolphin-themed NFTs, which is now open for registration on Trekki's official website and will be sold through blind boxes in the third quarter of 2023.
Trekki is categorized according to its scarcity, with each NFT featuring a unique character and various travel backgrounds. Trekki will come with a gamified growth mechanic, and the more trips a holder has, the more benefits they unlock through Trekki.