Krypton Evening News | OpenAI's CEO predicts Israel will play a "huge role" in mitigating AI risks; "Wang Huiwen completed a new round of financing outside of light years" news is not true

Large companies:

Spotify laid off 200 jobs in its podcasting division

According to Variety on June 5, Spotify is making a "strategic adjustment" to its podcast division, cutting about 200 employees, or about 2% of its total global workforce. Sahar Elhabashi, Spotify's vice president and head of podcasts, announced the layoffs in a publicly released memo to employees on Monday. (Interface)

JA Technology: It plans to invest 6.02 billion yuan in the construction of the Ordos High-tech Zone project

36Kr learned that JA Technology announced that the company plans to expand the company's integrated production capacity, and the investment project is an annual output of 30GW crystal pulling, 10GW silicon wafers and 10GW module projects in Ordos High-tech Zone, with an estimated investment of 6.02 billion yuan.

OpenAI CEO predicts Israel will play a "huge role" in reducing AI risks

On June 5, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman predicted that Israel will play a "huge role" in reducing AI risks, although Israel is currently debating whether and how to regulate the technology behind ChatGPT. (Interface)

"Wang Huiwen completed a new round of financing outside of light years" news is not true

Recently, there are market rumors that Meituan co-founder Wang Huiwen's AI startup - Lightyear has recently completed a new round of $230 million financing, this round of financing led by Source Code Capital, betting $80 million. The reporter learned from the relevant parties of Source Code Capital and relevant parties outside Lightyear that the news is untrue, and a new round of financing has not been opened in the near future outside Lightyear, so the valuation and financing amount in the relevant rumors are also untrue. (Securities Times)

AutoNavi Maps wheelchair navigation has been upgraded, and the cumulative number of services has exceeded 3.5 million

Recently, AutoNavi Maps wheelchair navigation has upgraded its measures to help accessibility digitalization. The specific functions of this upgrade include: support for querying barrier-free toilet information in subway stations and emergency help numbers in subway stations; In the pedestrian navigation function mode, it can query the barrier-free toilet information along the road, and nearly 2,200 barrier-free public restroom information has been online. At present, AutoNavi wheelchair navigation and the above updates have covered 14 cities including Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Nanjing, and the cumulative number of services has exceeded 3.5 million.

Xmind Mind Map acquires ChatMind

36Kr learned that Xmind Mind Map, a tool vertical enterprise, announced today that it has successfully acquired the AI product ChatMind series software. With this acquisition, Xmind will further enhance the AI features of its products. It is understood that Xmind has launched the AI product Xmind Copilot.

Ali Yida Commercial Factoring Company increased its capital to 300 million

36Kr learned that the Tianyancha App shows that recently, Shenzhen Yida Commercial Factoring Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, and the registered capital has increased from 200 million yuan to 300 million yuan, an increase of 50%. The company was established in June 2016, the legal representative is Yang Hao, and the business scope is factoring agency. The shareholding panorama shows that the company is wholly owned by Shenzhen Yida Tong Enterprise Service Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alibaba (China) Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Seven, former head of Douyin products, joined Shenyan Technology

36Kr learned from a number of independent sources that Seven (Wang Jingjin), the former head of Douyin products, recently joined Tsinghua's AI startup "Shenyan Technology". Regarding the above information, Shenyan Technology said that the news to 36Kr is true, "Seven is a very senior product expert, which will be of great help to the direction of our entire product." ”

Huawei: There will be no such name as "Pangu Chat"

At present, there is news in the market that Huawei's large model "Pangu Chat" has applied for relevant trademarks and will be released in July. In this regard, the reporter learned that Huawei's official caliber did not directly mention the release of Pangu large model, Huawei will not have such a name as "Pangu Chat", nor does it "benchmark" industry products. (Securities Times)

Investment and financing:

Shenzhen lighting equipment provider "Xiaoyang" completed tens of millions of yuan A round of financing

36Kr Guangdong learned that according to the "Xiaoyang Film and Television" public account news, Shenzhen Xiaoyang Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xiaoyang") recently completed tens of millions of yuan of Series A financing, and the investor is Shenzhen High-tech Investment. This round of funds will be used for the research and development of new technologies and new products, as well as to strengthen the development and layout of international markets and domestic sales channels. Founded in 2016, "Xiaoyang" is a provider of industrial lighting and film and television lighting equipment.

New products:

"Wu Carbon Rivers and Lakes" was officially launched

36Kr learned that under the guidance of the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, the "Wuhan Carbon Rivers and Lakes" mini program jointly produced by Wuhan Carbon Inclusive Management Co., Ltd. and Tencent Sustainable Social Value Business Department was officially launched. This is a low-carbon life platform for citizens and an important part of Wuhan's carbon inclusive comprehensive service platform. The first batch of access scenarios includes bus travel, subway travel, cycling, self-provided shopping bags and new energy vehicle travel, and will continue to connect to no less than 20 emission reduction scenarios such as electricity and gas.

The national integrated computing network scheduling platform was officially released

On June 5, the "Computing Power Innovation and Development Summit Forum" hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and undertaken by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology was successfully held in Beijing. Zhao Ce, Deputy Director General of the Department of Information and Communication Development of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Wang Zhiqin, Vice President of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, and other leaders attended the meeting and delivered speeches. At the meeting, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology and China Telecom jointly released the first national platform in mainland China to realize multi-heterogeneous computing power scheduling - "National Integrated Computing Power Computing Network Scheduling Platform (Version 1.0)". (Securities Times)

Today's View:

China Coal Transportation and Marketing Association: The relationship between coal supply and demand may be relatively loose in the later period, and the market price of coal may continue to decline

China Coal Transportation and Marketing Association predicts the later trend of the coal market, it is expected that the support of coal demand in the later period is expected to continue to recover, on the supply side, the relevant departments and coal-producing provinces and regions in the later period will continue to promote the work of increasing coal production and ensuring supply, high-quality coal production capacity will continue to be released, various places will anchor the target task of coal production, and it is expected that mainland coal production will maintain a growth trend. Under the influence of factors such as weakening international coal supply and demand, zero import tariffs, comparative advantages, and rising demand, mainland coal imports are expected to continue their rapid growth in the later period. On the whole, it is judged that the demand for coal in the mainland will maintain growth in the later stage, the coal supply will be relatively sufficient, the relationship between coal supply and demand may be relatively loose overall, and the coal market price may continue to decline. (Securities Times)

Other news worth watching:

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) held a special meeting on energy and power supply guarantee for some central enterprises to meet the peak summer season

On June 1, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) organized a special meeting on energy and power supply guarantee for some central enterprises in the peak summer in Guangzhou. The meeting required that coal, petroleum and petrochemical enterprises should focus on improving the supply capacity of thermal coal and natural gas, power generation enterprises should develop as much as possible, and power grid enterprises should adhere to the safety lifeline of the power grid and the bottom line of people's livelihood electricity consumption, and make every effort to ensure the safe and reliable supply of energy and electricity in peak summer. (Securities Times)