On June 9, at the 24th anniversary celebration of iFLYTEK, iFLYTEK Spark Cognitive Model V1.5 was officially released. After one month, the Spark model has not only continuously improved its capabilities, but also achieved three major upgrades in comprehensive capabilities: breakthroughs in open-ended knowledge quizzes, and multiple rounds of dialogue, logic and mathematics capabilities. The Xinghuo APP was released simultaneously, and 200+ assistants were launched for high-frequency use scenarios such as life and work, and the user creation center also supports continuous co-creation and sharing, which will create a portable assistant in the era of large models.
At the press conference, Wu Xiaoru, president of iFLYTEK, and Liu Cong, president of the research institute, measured that whether it was real-time information questions and answers, complex logical reasoning problems, or complex multi-round dialogue tasks, the Spark model had an "IQ" online, which was smarter than in May and had more diverse application scenarios.
In terms of application landing, iFLYTEK further promoted the application of the Xinghuo cognitive big model in education, medical care, industry, office and other fields, enabling Xinghuo Language APP, medical post-diagnosis rehabilitation management platform, Antelope industrial Internet platform, iFLYTEK hearing smart screen and other products, and opened the development interface of iFLYTEK Spark to work with developers to build a "Spark" ecosystem.
iFLYTEK also joined hands with the first batch of 22 national key universities in China to launch the Spark Big Model Scenario Innovation Competition, build the iFLYTEK University AI Spark Camp, and cultivate leading talents in the era of general artificial intelligence for the future of the industry.
"Today we are releasing the latest results of the Spark model again as scheduled, because all our technology platforms are completely independently developed, and we are very confident that the technology at every stage is controllable and very confident." Liu Qingfeng, Chairman of iFLYTEK, said that iFLYTEK should not only pay tribute to and catch up with OpenAI, but also do independent innovation at the source, and has explored more potential paths and cutting-edge cross-research opportunities for general artificial intelligence in brain-like intelligence, neural network large models, and game intelligence.
Since the release of the Xunfei Spark cognitive model on May 6, it has continuously received attention and recognition from all walks of life. On May 30, iFLYTEK was awarded the deputy leader of the large model working group under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to participate in the construction of the large model standard system 2.0 of the Chinese Academy of Information and Communications Technology; at the same time, the "General Artificial Intelligence Big Model Evaluation System" led by iFLYTEK was highly recognized by the industry.
iFLYTEK Spark enabling products have won the favor of the majority of users. The activation of iFLYTEK AI learning machine series increased by 214% year-on-year, the activation of iFLYTEK intelligent office series increased by 176% year-on-year, the new users of iFLYTEK heard website increased by 205% year-on-year, and all categories of hardware products achieved a good start to 618 promotions.
At this conference, Xinghuo Cognitive Big Model V1.5 was officially released, and a number of core capabilities were continuously improved, among which open-ended knowledge question and answer, logical reasoning and mathematical ability, and multi-round dialogue ability ushered in important upgrades.
"What is the essay question of the 2023 National College Entrance Examination A Paper, and analyze the meaning it conveys."
"The college entrance examination has just ended, and the child is about to start a new beginning, please write a warm letter to your child."
Even if Zhang San encountered a legal dispute and wanted to ask the big model to help write a complaint, iFLYTEK Xinghuo Cognitive Big Model V1.5 can cope with it easily.
Wu Xiaoru said that by combining the language understanding ability and summary expression ability of the large model with the class search plug-in, the Spark big model effectively solved the industry problems such as the difficulty of updating new knowledge and the easy "Zhang Guan Li Dai" of fact-based Q&A, and achieved a 24% improvement in knowledge Q&A ability compared with the original.
"The real power of the big model is not to make the generated content exactly the same as direct search, only to take natural language understanding as the core, combined with plug-in capabilities such as class search, which can solve more complex problems." He further said that language understanding ability is the most important ability for large models to become human assistants in the future, and the breakthrough of this open question and answer reflects the leading position of iFLYTEK's language understanding ability.
Logical reasoning and mathematical ability upgraded, and the Spark model is smarterWith the blessing of long-chain thinking reasoning and mathematical logical reasoning ability, "iFLYTEK Spark" ushered in the upgrade of logic and mathematical ability.
"Farmers need to cross the river with wolves, sheep and vegetables, only farmers can row, and the boat is relatively small, farmers can only bring one thing across the river at a time. If the farmer is not there, the sheep will steal the vegetables and the wolves will eat the sheep. Please devise a way for farmers to safely bring everything across the river. ”
"There are three people in a boat, but there are two fathers and two sons, what is going on?"
"There are many fish in 1 tank, there are 5 species, how many fish must be caught at least to ensure that there are 4 fish of the same species?"
Whether it is logical reasoning problems or mathematical problems, Xinghuo has an "IQ" online, which can comprehensively apply various mathematical methods and give answers under rigorous reasoning.
In addition, for polynomial arithmetic problems that are difficult to input by voice or typing, you can also use iFLYTEK's "Math Problem Solving Assistant" to solve problems by taking pictures and recognition. At the scene, Liu Cong took out a high school mathematics exam paper, faced with a complex polynomial question, Xinghuo APP selected the specified question through the photo box, and quickly gave the correct answer on the basis of OCR recognition.
Multiple rounds of dialogue have been newly upgraded, and Spark incarnates as an interviewer to face each other on the spot"I'm a graduating college student and I want to interview for a position as a product manager."
iFLYTEK Xinghuo cognitive large model incarnated as an interviewer on the spot, and presented an interview confrontation online through multiple rounds of dialogue and follow-up questions.
The upgrade of multiple rounds of dialogue ability allows "iFLYTEK Spark" to complete specific complex tasks, and dialogue with examiners through simulated interview scenarios, providing assistance for college students and job seekers who are about to enter the society. It also creates more inspiring and imaginative content between conversations.
Type "I want to write the story of a little rabbit on a tourist adventure to Huangshan." After a few seconds, the Spark Cognitive Model generated a wonderful short story, and of course, further plot requirements could be made, such as "Little Bunny meets a new friend, Pikachu." "It encountered a big bad wolf on its way to travel." Through multiple rounds of dialogue and interaction on the spot, an imaginative story quickly "jumps on paper".
Release the Spark APP to launch 200+ scene assistants, your portable assistant is hereiFLYTEK Spark APP and mini program were officially released at the meeting.
Pure voice dialogue, multi-modal input, multi-terminal support, multi-function assistantand other functions are launched, which can realize barrier-free voice communication anytime, anywhere, support graphic and text recognition, mathematical formula recognition, and present in a variety of terminals in a variety of forms.
Among them, the new "Spark Assistant Creation Center" is even more eye-catching. "As a wedding host, write a cheerful and humorous wedding speech, and quote scriptures to bless the couple Guo Jing and Huang Rong." The play of the Spark Model V1.5 triggered warm applause at the scene.
The little assistant can not only write wedding speeches, but also write copywriting in the circle of friends, can do resume polishing, can become a weekly assistant, and even incarnate the god of love to assist... It is understood that Xinghuo APP has launched a total of 200+ official assistants this time, which penetrates into high-frequency scenarios of users such as workplace, life, travel, and writing, and not only supports personalized customization, but also supports creation, publishing and sharing.
"We can use the ability of Spark through the APP anytime, anywhere, and provide various kinds of help in life through more assistants." Wu Xiaoru issued an invitation to the majority of users at the meeting, "Welcome more creative partners to join the common creativity of Xinghuo, participate in the '1024 Spark Talent Show', and use your creativity to ignite greater and stronger productivity of human beings." ”
Two The commercial achievements in many fields have landed, and the "spark" can be expectedFollowing its release in May, iFLYTEK Xinghuo Cognitive Big Model V1.5 has further broadened the empowerment of "N" industry fields. At this press conference, iFLYTEK released the new results of the implementation of large models in learning, office, medical care, industry and other fields.
The Spark Language APP was released, and virtual humans accompanied to achieve efficient speaking practiceAt the press conference, iFLYTEK upgraded the AI speaking assistant released on May 6 to the Spark Language Companion APP to better meet the oral sparring needs of college students and business people. With the blessing of the large model, the Xinghuo Language Partner APP can conduct open-ended dialogue, situational communication, sparring like a speaking teacher, and perform real-time oral error correction. Users can also use video conversations to communicate face-to-face with virtual human teachers and practice speaking in an immersive way. In addition, the APP also supports text, voice and image translation in 9 languages, which is a good helper for users to learn foreign languages.
In the office field, iFLYTEK released the industry's first conference room intelligent terminal equipped with a large model - iFLYTEK Hearing Smart Screen. It can realize dynamic meeting records, automatic organization and output of meeting content, and generate various types of meeting copy with one click, helping users work efficiently.
After discharge, there can also be an exclusive AI rehabilitation doctor, and the rehabilitation management platform of iFLYTEK has landed in the hospitalWhat should I do if my condition suddenly changes after being discharged from the hospital? Still have a lot of questions for the doctor? "In the process of discharging patients from the hospital for rehabilitation, personalized rehabilitation service guidance is needed, but there is currently a lack of post-diagnosis continuity services." Wu Xiaoru introduced that at present, 250 million patients are discharged from the mainland every year, and only 1.88 million doctors at or above the intermediate level, and the vast majority of patients are "discharged from the hospital".
Based on iterative optimization of large model technology, iFLYTEK Medical comprehensively upgraded its post-diagnosis rehabilitation management platform, extending professional post-diagnosis management and rehabilitation guidance to outside the hospital. Liu Cong demonstrated the various service capabilities of the post-diagnosis rehabilitation management platform: according to the automatic analysis of the patient's health portrait, the platform can intelligently generate personalized rehabilitation plans for patients, including focus attention, medication guidance, rehabilitation exercises, discharge follow-up, health knowledge, patient consultation, etc., and urge patients to implement the plan.
iFLYTEK's post-diagnosis rehabilitation management platform can also provide timely responses to patients in the rehabilitation process through outbound robots, mini programs, and APP, and reply to open and cross-cutting questions, such as: In my case, can I take ibuprofen if I have a fever? , truly help doctors provide round-the-clock rehabilitation services for patients in a human-machine collaborative way.
"We have now carried out close cooperation with Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Sichuan West China Hospital, Wuhan Tongji Hospital, Anhui Provincial Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Zaozhuang Municipal Hospital and other hospitals in post-diagnosis rehabilitation management, covering the main diseases of more than 20 departments." Wu Xiaoru introduced that the data shows that the management efficiency of doctors has increased by more than 10 times, the follow-up rate and consultation response rate of patients in the process of recovery have reached 100%, and the satisfaction rate of discharged patients has reached more than 98%. "With the continuous iteration of the Xinghuo cognitive big model, the post-diagnosis rehabilitation management platform gradually realizes the refined management of all diseases and the whole course of the disease, so that every discharged patient can not leave the hospital without leaving the hospital, and has an exclusive AI rehabilitation doctor to enjoy continuous medical services to the greatest extent."
The large model helps to efficiently match supply and demand, and the industrial AI "Antelope Machine Movement" was officially releasedIn the industrial field, the Spark cognitive big model can help the Antelope industrial Internet platform efficiently match supply and demand. On the basis of the Spark model, the antelope platform combined with the development status of the industrial industry and launched the industrial AI - "Antelope Machine Move". Small and medium-sized enterprises freely publish their needs on the Antelope platform, and Antelope gives professional suggestions and strategies for the needs of enterprises, intelligent matching solutions, service providers, experts and other resources.
"The recommendation of Lingji is much more accurate and efficient than the results of online searches." Wu Xiaoru introduced.
In addition, the Spark cognitive big model can also build an enterprise knowledge brain on the internal knowledge base and industrial knowledge base of the enterprise, and accurately locate problems and obtain effective solutions in all aspects of R&D, production, service and marketing. So as to effectively manage enterprise knowledge, so that each enterprise can have its own intelligent enterprise service assistant.
Three Open Spark Develop interfaces , work with developers to build a large model open ecosystem The spark has been ignited, and the industry can be expected.
"On the iFLYTEK artificial intelligence open platform, there are currently more than 4 million developer teams, this time the ecology brought by general artificial intelligence will be more prosperous, and we will work with all ecological partners to promote the arrival of the era of large models." Liu Qingfeng said.
At the scene, he announced the opening of the Xinghuo cognitive big model development interface, fully opening the seven dimensional capabilities and 200+ assistant corresponding capabilities to developers, and supporting rapid integration of multi-terminal access, supporting private deployment, and building an ecosystem with the majority of developers.
Discovering and cultivating college students to become leading talents in China's general artificial intelligence era is related to the future development of Chinese intelligence. iFLYTEK also announced that it will join hands with the first batch of 22 national key universities including Peking University, Tsinghua University, and China University of Science and Technology to launch the Spark Model Scene Innovation Competition and launch the iFLYTEK University AI Spark Camp to cultivate leading talents in the era of general artificial intelligence for the future of the industry.
The ecology also needs more companies to build based on common values and mission vision. iFLYTEK, as the rotating chairman, jointly issued the Declaration on General Artificial Intelligence in the Yangtze River Delta (Hefei) on behalf of the Yangtze River Delta Entrepreneurs Alliance on June 3 with the co-chair units, jointly advocating that "we should bravely undertake the mission and adhere to technological innovation at the source; To achieve autonomy and control, ensure data security; It is necessary to attach importance to ethics and humanities and guide science and technology for good; We must work together to develop together and prosper the industrial ecology. "Given the great strategic significance and extensive influence of general artificial intelligence on the future, there must be an industrial development declaration that everyone recognizes, and these basic values and concepts determine whether the artificial intelligence industry is healthy and how far it can go." Liu Qingfeng said.
He said that through the cooperation of enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta is expected to build an influential general artificial intelligence technology innovation source and emerging industry cluster in the world.
Fourth, the key modules of Xinghuo are independent research and development, and the technology at each stage is controllable From the release of the Spark cognitive large model on May 6 to the upgrade to V1.5 on June 9, according to the key milestones of the development of the large model previously announced by iFLYTEK, this year's 1024 will be benchmarked against ChatGPT: Chinese surpassed, English equivalent.
"The reason why we can set such a clear goal is because we not only have a good technology accumulation, a well-established team, but also every key module is completely independently developed, and the software and hardware platforms are all run on domestic reliable platforms." Liu Qingfeng especially thanked strategic partners such as Huawei, Cambrian, and Dawning, and said, "We have a complete innovation system, which is the key for iFLYTEK to move forward step by step and give clear milestones and time nodes. iFLYTEK is also the only one in China that currently gives a clear time for the development of large models, and we hope to work with industry partners to make the dream of independent and controllable and continuous evolution more realistic. ”
Supporting the continuous progress of iFLYTEK Xinghuo is the "1+3+1" innovation system, specifically relying on the self-developed safe and controllable large model training base, through massive data and knowledge construction, multilingual and multi-task unified training, and reinforcement learning based on user data, to build a high-performance large model inference platform that integrates software and hardware.
Liu Qingfeng said: "We are not only paying tribute to and catching up with OpenAI, but also doing independent innovation at the source. "It is reported that the National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Intelligence undertaken by iFLYTEK has been laid out in many fields such as brain-like intelligence, neural network large models, and game intelligence, exploring more potential paths and opportunities for cutting-edge cross-research." The new era of general artificial intelligence will be a great historical process, by no means achieved overnight, so we must have both short-term ambitions and long-term perseverance. ”
"This is the industrial logic we should follow and the laws that scientific research development should have, so that we can truly win in the long-distance run, truly solve the rigid needs of society, and build a better world."
In the future, iFLYTEK will continue to focus on technological breakthroughs and scenario applications, accelerate the emergence of wisdom of the Spark model, allow the industry to enjoy more AI dividends on the independent and controllable platform, and build a bright future of close human-machine collaboration.