Zhou Hongyi posted the admission notice of Dr. Tsinghua; OpenAI software engineers earn up to $6.7 million a year

According to reports, Baidu Chief Technology Officer Wang Haifeng said that one of the biggest changes in Wenxin Model 3.5 is the new plug-in mechanism, the default built-in plug-in "Baidu Search", so that Wenxin has the ability to generate real-time accurate information; Long text summaries and Q&A plugin "ChatFile" support super long text input and much more. (China Science News)

[Musk won the 2023 World Space Supreme Award] The official website of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) recently announced that SpaceX founder Elon Musk won the 2023 IAF World Space Award. This is the highest award in the world in astronautics. Musk's reason for winning the award is that Mr. Musk has a visionary understanding of the importance of spaceflight to the future of mankind and is willing to use his resources, lives, efforts and capabilities to realize his vision through SpaceX. The company has achieved achievements comparable to those of the National Space Administration in the field of launch vehicles and manned spaceflight, making space affordable and pioneering space for all. (Upstream News)

[Global technology industry layoffs record high, 210,000 tech talents have lost their jobs this year] According to statistics from the Layoffs.fyi website, more than 210,000 employees in the global technology industry have been laid off since 2023. This number is far more than the 154,000 in 2022, and only half a year has passed this year. (IT House)

[OpenAI salary exposed: software engineers earn up to $925,000 a year] According to Levels.fyi, OpenAI offers an annual salary of up to $925,000 (note: currently about 6.697 million yuan) to attract software engineers to join. This salary includes a base salary of $300,000 and a $625,000 profit participation unit (PPU), an incentive mechanism created by OpenAI to allow employees to share in the company's future profitability. Since OpenAI is not a company in the ordinary sense and cannot sell shares, PPU is used as a way to compete with big tech companies for talent. (IT House)

【WeChat file transfer assistant is a real person?】 On June 27, Tencent's WeChat team issued a statement denying that the "file transfer assistant" was a real person. Tencent's WeChat team said, "The little secret you sent to the 'file transfer assistant' is only known to you." (Daily Economic News)

[Informed sources: MG India is seeking to increase capital and shares, SAIC "will not lose control"] The reporter learned from people familiar with the matter on June 27 that in order to further realize the development of MG India in the local market, SAIC Motor is seeking to cooperate with local Indian companies by way of capital increase and share expansion, but SAIC will not lose control of MG India. The day before, SAIC issued a statement saying that the recent report that "MG India was forcibly acquired by the local company at a low price and lost control" seriously deviated from the facts. (CaiLian News)

[Zhou Hongyi was admitted to Tsinghua at the age of 53 and studied for a doctorate! ] On the evening of June 27, @周鸿祎 Weibo posted: "I was finally admitted, and I hope that 360 Wisdom Brain will help me graduate successfully." And attached is a photo of Tsinghua's admission letter. According to the notice, Zhou Hongyi was admitted as a doctoral student (part-time, directed employment) in the Department of Computer Science and Technology of Tsinghua University, majoring in electronic information. (Daily Economic News)

Faraday Future secures additional funding commitment of up to $105 million, according to Faraday Future (FFIE. Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. received $90 million in additional financing commitments and $15 million in existing financing commitments paid in advance. The round was led by existing investor ATW Partners with participation from Senyun International. In addition, independent investment fund Metaverse Horizon Limited (investors include FF Global Partners) and V W Investment Holding Limited, an affiliate of the Company's long-term shareholders, prepaid US$25.2 million in connection with its May 2023 commitment of US$100 million in unsecured note financing and waived corresponding closing conditions to support the Company's growth. (Sina Finance)

On the afternoon of June 27, Li Xiang, CEO of Ideal Auto, posted on Weibo that today there are media reports that our target for this year has been adjusted to 400,000 vehicles, which is wrong and groundless. Li Xiang said, "We completed more than 130,000 vehicles in the first half of the year, and there is no capacity to complete 400,000 vehicles in the whole year. Product, sales, production capacity, organization and other capabilities do not support 400,000 vehicles this year, and the gap is still huge. The capability chain of the automotive industry is established step by step, and there are no special shortcuts. (Yicai.com)

[Xiaomi Wanghua: Xiaomi car 149,900 sales are fake news] Xiaomi public relations head Wang Hua said on his Weibo that rumors say that "Xiaomi cars start at 149,900 yuan and have a range of 800 kilometers", which is untrue. Wang Hua added that the earliest source of news about Xiaomi car pricing was conjecture information reported by self-media in May 2022, which was captured by "Xiaoai". And when someone asked a question, "Xiao Ai" directly retrieved this information from the database. (Daily Economic News)

[More than 2,000 families collectively bargained for wages from AIWAYS: more than 3 months in arrears] On June 25, a letter titled "Call for Justice!" circulated on social platforms. Nearly 2,000 families collectively bargain for wages from AIWAYS. The article pointed out that nearly 2,000 employees have been owed wages for more than three months, and the relevant demands of employees have only been ignored, can not be read, refuse to answer the phone or even block, cut off salaries, cut off social security, and endlessly work from home. Finally, the long article issued the cry "Please do not let our appeals and voices be ignored, and do not let our pain and difficulties continue to be buried deeply". (Sina Finance)

[Li Auto: Li Auto's sales have reached 27,300 units this month, and the monthly sales target of 30,000 units is about to be achieved] Li Auto: In the 26th week of 2023 (6.19-6.25), Li Auto's weekly sales reached 07,500 units, and the three models of Li L7, Li L8 and Li L9 alone surpassed the sales of all models of other new force brands, continuing to lead the new forces. As of June 25, Li Auto's sales this month have reached 27,300 units, and the monthly sales target of 30,000 units is about to be achieved. (Sina Finance)

[Douyin takeaway adjustment strategy, focusing on packages of more than 60 yuan, or avoiding direct competition with Meituan] Douyin takeaway adjusted its business strategy, while abandoning the GMV target of 100 billion yuan, focusing the takeaway business on packages of more than 60 yuan. Douyin takeaway's move may be to avoid direct competition with Meituan and Ele.me takeout platforms. (Tech Planet)

U.S. judge has now dismissed Apple's application to drop a class-action lawsuit that accused Apple CEO Tim Cook of deceiving shareholders by concealing declining demand for iPhones in China.

The case, filed by shareholders led by a British pension fund, stemmed from a November 2018 analyst call in which Cook said that while Apple was under sales pressure in some markets, "I don't think China falls into that category." But in fact, Apple only a few days later notified suppliers to reduce production, and on January 2, 2019, it lowered its quarterly revenue forecast by up to $9 billion (note: currently about 65.16 billion yuan). This is the first time Apple has lowered its revenue forecast since the iPhone was released in 2007. As a result, its share price fell by 10% the next day. (IT House)

According to Business Insider, Google terminated an AR glasses project. According to three people familiar with the matter, Google shelved a project of augmented reality glasses (internally codenamed "Iris") that had been in development for several years earlier this year due to layoffs, restructuring, and the departure of AR/VR head Clay Bavor. The Verge website first reported on the project in January 2022, saying it resembled a pair of ski goggles. However, Google employees say that the "ski goggles" are actually the basis for a separate AR project after working with Samsung, while the "Iris" is a series of devices that are more like glasses. (IT House)

[SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son: is developing a Japanese version of ChatGPT, if you can't embrace AI, you will lose the future] SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son announced at the annual shareholder meeting on June 21 that the AI revolution is breaking out, and SoftBank will "turn defense into attack", and he recently announced that he will develop a Japanese version of ChatGPT, and made a statement, saying that "if you can't embrace AI, you will lose the future." According to Reuters, Son has organized a team of about 1,000 people and is working on the development of a Japanese version of ChatGPT. (Interface)

[South Korea's Samsung heirs borrowed $3 billion to pay inheritance tax] Bloomberg News reported on the 26th that as of last month, in order to pay a huge inheritance tax, the survivor of Lee Kun-hee, former chairman of South Korea's Samsung Group, had borrowed about $3 billion (about 21.64 billion yuan). Lee Kun-hee died of illness on October 25, 2020, at the age of 78. After Lee Kun-hee's death, his heirs should pay more than 12 trillion won (about 66.5 billion yuan at the current exchange rate) in inheritance tax. (Sina Finance)

According to foreign media Axios, the US House of Representatives is putting forward a new requirement for congressional offices: offices are only allowed to use the paid version of ChatGPT Plus. According to House Chief Executive Officer Catherine L. Szpindor, the $20-a-month ChatGPT Plus has "important privacy features necessary to protect House data." In addition, she said that in addition to ChatGPT Plus, offices are still not allowed to use other AI big language models. (IT House)

Shanghai Natsugene Technology Co., Ltd. completed the B round of financing, led by Longpan Investment, and jointly funded by Penglai Capital, Tongde Capital, Shanlan Capital and Chunhe Capital, with a financing amount of more than 200 million yuan. Coupling Capital acted as financial advisor for the financing. This round of financing will facilitate the clinical application and clinical research of multiple pipelines under research and development, the further development of new pipelines, as well as base construction and team expansion. (Daily Economic News)

【Timely Language completed tens of millions of yuan of pre-A+ round of financing】Beijing Timely Language Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. has completed tens of millions of yuan of pre-A+ round of financing. This round of financing is exclusively completed by Yuandu Capital, and the funds are mainly used for the research and development of cross-border overseas AI customer service related scenarios, and continuously improve technical barriers and leading advantages. At the same time, build a regional sales team to provide more perfect services for overseas enterprises. (Brilliant beast analysis? Poke here to see more)

【Hante Cloud completed 10 million yuan Pre-A+ round of financing】Hante Cloud announced the completion of 10 million yuan Pre-A+ round of financing, this round of investors is Fuzhou Financial Holding Group Co., Ltd. Hante Cloud is an intelligent service robot developer, focusing on the research and development of indoor and outdoor intelligent robots and low-speed unmanned vehicles in specific scenarios. (Brilliant beast analysis? Poke here to see more)

Financial analytics startup Mosaic has just completed a Series C round led by OMERS Ventures and invested by Founders Fund, General Catalyst and Friends and Family Capital, raising a total of $26 million. To date, Mosaic has raised a total of $73 million. (Brilliant beast analysis? Poke here to see more)

【New Era Big Data Completes Angel Round Financing】New Era Big Data recently completed an angel round of financing with a valuation of 120 million yuan, which was completed by Shanghai Manrud Investment Management Co., Ltd., with an investment amount of millions of yuan. This round of financing funds is mainly used for data collection, enterprise operation and other aspects. (Brilliant beast analysis? Poke here to see more)

Microsoft researchers have launched a new technology called ZeRO++ to optimize the problems of data transmission costs and bandwidth limitations that are easy to encounter when training large AI models, which can significantly reduce the time and cost of large model training. It is reported that ZeRO++ builds on the existing ZeRO transmission technology and provides enhanced communication strategies that improve training efficiency while reducing training time and cost. (IT House)

【The world's first AI naked-eye 3D tablet ZTE nubia Pad 3D goes on sale in China】On June 27, following overseas hot sales, the world's first AI glasses-free 3D tablet computer brought by ZTE-nubia Pad 3D finally opened pre-sale in the domestic open market. On the same day, nubia Pad 3D officially opened pre-sale in ZTE Mall, priced at 10,999 yuan, and will officially go on sale on June 30. (SSE Report)

【Shadowstone Insta360 GO 3 released, priced from 2298 yuan】On June 27, Shadowstone Insta360 new generation thumb camera GO 3 was launched worldwide. The GO 3 is only the size of a thumb and weighs only 35.5g. GO 3 is equipped with FlowState stabilization technology and 360° horizontal correction function, retaining fun gameplay such as time-lapse photography and motion delay, adding a time-lapse photo mode and a new 2.2-inch flip touch screen, increasing the battery life to up to 170 minutes. GO 3 is now available on sale in the Shadowstone Insta360 official store, Tmall official flagship store and JD.com official flagship store, priced from 2298 yuan. (Start-up)

[Volkswagen will launch SSP platform in 2026: maximum output of more than 1700 horsepower, 80% charging in 12 minutes] Recently, at the Volkswagen investor conference, Volkswagen CEO Obermu disclosed the new progress of its latest pure electric platform SSP (Scalable Systems Platform): it will be launched in 2026. According to Volkswagen's report, the SSP platform model will support a power range from 160 horsepower to 1740 horsepower, and support L4 autonomous driving (Note: L4 autonomous driving, that is, the vehicle can be driven for a long time without the driver's intervention). In addition, the platform model will be equipped with a battery from Volkswagen's subsidiary PowerCO, which can charge from 10% to 80% in 12 minutes. (Global Network)

[RTHK launches AI weather anchor Aida, expressions and movements are synthesized by computer] Aida, an AI weather anchor under RTHK, has officially debuted and will report local and international weather conditions on the station's "RTHK Weather Brief" program from June 26. RTHK said on its official Facebook page that the AI anchor "never eats screws (i.e., stuck, forgets words, and can't speak clearly)." According to relevant sources of the station, Aida is one of the experimental projects of AI applications in Taiwan, which took about 3 months to prepare and was produced by AI virtual avatar technology. (IT House)

On June 27, Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. applied for a patent for "palm-based payment processing method and device" was announced. The patent abstract shows that a palm-based payment processing method comprises: after obtaining the payment verification request of the user for self-service order payment through the palm payment channel, the target palm image is determined in the user's benchmark palm image according to the palm type of the palm image collected by the user's terminal calling the rear camera, and the user is paid for based on the palm image and the target palm image. The instruction manual shows that the above user terminals can be mobile phones, tablet computers, e-book readers, VR-based information interaction devices, vehicle terminals, etc. (Hexun.com)

【China Association of Automobile Manufacturers: BYD's cumulative sales of new energy vehicles from January to May exceeded 1 million】According to the statistical analysis of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, from January to May 2023, the sales volume of the top ten enterprise groups in new energy vehicle sales increased by 62.8% year-on-year, accounting for 85% of the total sales of new energy vehicles, up from 8.3 percentage points in the same period of the previous year, and the entire new energy market is still in a stage of rapid growth. Among the above ten companies, BYD's sales continued to maintain a high growth rate on a high base, with cumulative sales exceeding 1 million units, and Lili, GAC and FAW all more than doubled the year-on-year growth rate. (Securities Times)

【40°C high temperature made air conditioners sell out, 11.95 million units of air conditioners omni-channel retail sales during 618】Oviyun.com report shows that this year's air conditioning market can be described as "high and steady, riding the dust", 618 air conditioning omni-channel retail sales of 11.95 million units, a year-on-year increase of 35.9%, sales of 41.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38%. (Times Finance)