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Online rumor Xiaohongshu suspended the sale of digital collections, customer service responded "support normal sales"
Visual China announces AI-inspired drawing and screen expansion capabilities
Ali Dharma Academy open source Video-LLaMA helps large language models add "eyes" and "ears"
New H3C Group released the private domain large model "Baiye Lingxi" LinSeer
Canon introduces its first VR camera
Sony has been rumored to refuse to expand MicroOLED panels for Vision Pro
Walmart launched a Web3 accelerator program that covers the metaverse and immersive experiences
Apple released the visionOS Computer Vision Development Kit, which can be used to track creatures such as cats and dogs
OpenAI CEO called for U.S. and China to work together to address AI risks
Zheng Yong, CTO of Alibaba Entertainment: Innovate technology to create AI capabilities suitable for China's film and television industry
Giant Network Shi Yuzhu: plans to make a game with metaverse elements, and is using AI as a tool to develop games
Survey: AI chatbot usage is much lower than people think, and not so many people are actually using ChatGPT
SmartVision received tens of millions of yuan in pre-B round financing, which will be used for the research and development of new technologies such as AI large models
Mushroom completed a new round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, which will be mainly used for the research and development of large model-driven AI digital assistant products
AI start-up large model company "The Dark Side of the Moon" completed its first round of market financing, and the market valuation was exposed to about $300 million
AIGC automation design service provider "Collov" completed nearly ten million US dollars in Series A financing metaverse head
Metaverse headlines
Online rumor Xiaohongshu suspended the sale of digital collections, customer service responded "support normal sales"
According to Blue Whale TMT, recently, there were rumors that Xiaohongshu officials issued an announcement on May 4, saying that the platform would suspend the sale of "R-digital collections" (including R-digital works, R-digital avatar virtual goods), and close the publishing and editing permissions of goods in this category. Merchants are required to conduct self-inspections before May 15 and remove relevant products by themselves; In the announcement, it was announced that the rules would take effect on May 18.
In this regard, the Blue Whale financial reporter entered "digital collection" in the search bar and inquired, and it can be seen that there are still a large number of digital collectible goods on sale, and there is no impact on the suspension of sale and release as mentioned in the announcement.
The reporter inquired about the official account "Little Red Book R-Space Lab", that is, the official account responsible for R-SPACE functions and activities, and can see that a large number of digital collections are still on sale. However, it is worth mentioning that the official account was last updated on April 26, which is more than a month longer than the previous update frequency of about three days.
In addition, the reporter asked the professional number of manual customer service, the customer service denied the rumored content, said: Yes, and suggested that the recommended category of uploaded goods is cultural play/handicrafts - cultural play hobbies/collections - collectibles maintenance/appraisal tools.
On November 12, 2021, Xiaohongshu's Hot Neutron Studio launched an R- digital collection based on the letter chain, with a unique serial number on the chain, which also represents the copyright ownership and originality of the creator, and people can see the display of the R-digital collection released by the creator through the 3D space of the creator's Xiaohongshu personal homepage R-SPACE page.
On January 26, 2023, Xiaohongshu said that it has integrated the Conflux Network, allowing users to display NFTs minted on Conflux on their profile page in the digital collection section called "R-Space".
Domestic dynamics
Visual China announces AI-inspired drawing and screen expansion capabilities
According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily on June 12, Visual China today announced the launch of AI-inspired drawing (that is, text-generated images) and outPainting functions.
For the former, users can generate four different styles of image materials based on text: photography, cartoon, 3D, and illustration to match different usage scenarios.
The latter is a creative tool that can help users expand more creativity, just need to continue the picture beyond its original boundary, and add the same style of visual elements, including shadows, reflections and textures, etc., arbitrarily expand the size, using the description through language, you can bring the original work creation to a new direction while maintaining the effect of the original graphics and text.
Ali Dharma Academy open source Video-LLaMA helps large language models add "eyes" and "ears"
Researchers from the Ali Dharma Academy came up with Video-LLaMA, a large model with integrated audiovisual capabilities. Video-LLaMA is able to perceive and understand video and audio signals in video, and can understand the instructions entered by the user to complete a series of complex tasks based on audio and video, such as audio/video description, writing, Q&A, etc. At present, papers, code, and interactive demos are all open.
In addition, on the Video-LLaMA project homepage, the research team also provides Chinese versions of the model to make the experience of Chinese users better.
New H3C Group released the private domain large model "Baiye Lingxi" LinSeer
According to the "Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily" reported on June 12, at the recent 2023 NAVIGATE Leader Summit, New H3C Group released a private domain large model - "Baiye Lingxi" LinSeer. New H3C Group said that it will use the power of the big model to provide safe, customized, exclusive and growing intelligent services for customers in vertical industries and exclusive regions with four "specialized".
You Xuejun, co-president, chief technology officer and chairman of the technical committee of New H3C Group, mentioned that New H3C officially launched the "AIGC Open Strategy", which not only supports the model of "Baiye Lingxi + New H3C ICT Infrastructure" to ensure data security and achieve optimal cooperation; At the same time, it also supports the model of "customer-selected large model + New H3C ICT infrastructure" to meet various needs.
Overseas news
Canon introduces its first VR camera
Recently, Canon unveiled its first VR camera at Photo Next 2023 in Japan, and displayed the camera model during the exhibition, it is understood that the camera uses an anamorphic design to support folding, and also supports users to shoot 360-degree video content and 180-degree 3D content.
According to Canon, the model of this camera comes with a design that simulates the Insta360 EVO camera, based on a folding mechanism, and supports 180-degree 3D video recording.
Sony has been rumored to refuse to expand MicroOLED panels for Vision Pro
According to TheElec, Sony provides an annual production capacity of 900,000 OLED panels for Apple's Vision Pro.
Sources said that Sony's production capacity means that Apple's Vision Pro will ship up to about 100,000 units next year; At the same time, Apple was rumored to have asked Sony to expand its OLED production capacity, but the company refused.
Walmart launched a Web3 accelerator program that covers the metaverse and immersive experiences
Nearly recently, Walmart's incubator division Store No8 announced that it has partnered with investment firm Outlier Ventures to launch the Web3 accelerator program "Store No8 dCommerce Base Camp", which aims to provide Web3 startups with solutions to improve the global retail and business experience.
The accelerator program covers decentralized infrastructure, data and growth solutions, immersive experiences and metaverses, and AI and blockchain technology interactions, and winners will receive financial support and help in building and refining product roadmaps, community building, token economy and launches, fundraising and merchandising, and governance.
The program will provide funding to each selected founder, with expert guidance from the Outlier Ventures and Store Nº8 teams, to support and engage entrepreneurs established at the forefront of this technology to help them achieve scale.
Apple released the visionOS Computer Vision Development Kit, which can be used to track creatures such as cats and dogs
Gyro Technology News, WWDC2023, Apple launched a theme sharing activity called "Detecting Animal Poses in Vision". The presentation pointed out that Apple's visual tracking tools can process the position of animals' bodies in videos and photos in real time.
In addition to tracking people's location information, the tool can also identify cats and dogs, and can track up to two animals at the same time in one scene. The most likely application of this current computer vision framework is to detect whether someone enters the Vision Pro's field of view, and then use an animation to facilitate communication between users.
Speculation may be to prevent accidentally kicking a pet at home when using the headset, although it is not ruled out that more new gameplay may appear in the future.
Metaverse perspective
OpenAI CEO called for U.S. and China to work together to address AI risks
On June 12, according to the Wall Street Journal, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attended a large-participant AI conference in Beijing from overseas on Saturday, and in his speech he emphasized the importance of U.S. and Chinese researchers working together to reduce the risk of AI systems.
"China has the best AI talent in the world, so I really hope that Chinese AI researchers can make a huge contribution in this regard," he said. ”
Zheng Yong, CTO of Alibaba Entertainment: Innovate technology to create AI capabilities suitable for China's film and television industry
According to interface news reports, at the 2023 Global Artificial Intelligence Technology Conference Intelligent Media Forum, Zheng Yong, CTO of Alida Entertainment, said that generative AI is subverting the digital entertainment industry, and with the advent of ChatGPT at the beginning of this year, the entire content industry will also usher in tremendous changes.
It will promote the deep integration of AI and film and television, innovate technology, and create AI capabilities suitable for China's film and television industry.
Giant Network Shi Yuzhu: plans to make a game with metaverse elements, and is using AI as a tool to develop games
According to Cai Lian News Agency reported on June 12, at the 2023 Journey Carnival, Shi Yuzhu, chairman of Giant Network, said that the current public beta version of "Original Journey" is still a semi-finished product, and it will take 12 months to polish the product and launch an official version.
According to him, in the future, after completing the research and development of the official version of "Original Journey", he plans to make a game with meta-universe elements. He also said that not only "Journey", but almost all projects of the Giant Network are currently using artificial intelligence as a tool to develop games.
Institutional perspective
Survey: AI chatbot usage is much lower than people think, and not so many people are actually using ChatGPT
According to a survey by Morgan Stanley on June 12, the use of artificial intelligence chatbots is much lower than people think. The survey, which surveyed 2,000 people in April, focused on the use of AI.
It was found that only 19% of respondents had used a ChatGPT chatbot, while an even lower percentage had used Google's Bard chatbot at 9%. And the vast majority of respondents who have not used chatbots said they are also unlikely to use these tools in the next six months.
Financing news
SmartVision received tens of millions of yuan in pre-B round financing, which will be used for the research and development of new technologies such as AI large models
According to the "Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily" reported on June 12, the fusion perception and vehicle-road coordination service provider based on multimodal artificial intelligence announced the completion of a pre-B round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, this round of financing led by Haoshuo Zhi'er Fund, followed by Yaotu Capital, the funds will be mainly used for product market expansion, AI large model and other new technology research and development, AI training platform construction, etc.
Mushroom completed a new round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, which will be mainly used for the research and development of large model-driven AI digital assistant products
According to the "Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily" reported on June 12, Mushroom, a provider of intelligent social marketing solutions in the financial vertical, has completed a new round of financing of tens of millions of yuan, which is jointly invested by Dewu Capital and Fukun Venture Capital, with Beishen Capital as the exclusive financial advisor.
This round of financing will be mainly used for the research and development of large model-driven AI digital intelligence assistant products, as well as cross-financial market segment expansion, further extending from the securities industry to institutional customers such as funds, futures, and banks.
AI start-up large model company "The Dark Side of the Moon" completed its first round of market financing, and the market valuation was exposed to about $300 million
According to the "Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily" reported on June 12, recently, the dark side of the moon completed the first round of market financing, and won the bet of first-line VCs such as Sequoia and Zhenge, and the market valuation was exposed to about 300 million US dollars.
The Dark Side of the Moon is an AI start-up large model company, whose main business is AGI, committed to maximizing the value of AI.
"Collov", an AIGC automation design service provider, completed a series A financing of nearly ten million US dollars
According to 36Kr reported on June 12, AIGC automation design service provider "Collov" has recently completed a series A financing of nearly ten million US dollars.
The lead investor of this round is Detao Capital, the old shareholder Amoeba Capital, Jiangmen Venture Capital, Boston Deep Technology Investment Fund Taihill Venture co-investment, and Xinghan Capital as the exclusive financial advisor. The financing amount will be mainly used for technology research and development and market expansion.