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Jingdong version of ChatGPT: Yanxi big model officially unveiled
Xinhua Zhiyun released AI model products "Miaobi" and "Raw Flowers"
Unbounded AI has opened the copyright market for AI works, and blockchain confirmation registration can be carried out on works
The Voice of China released the metaverse app "Sing! Meta Yaoyin"
Google Bard AI Assistant now supports Chinese Traditional conversations
Google Play updated its tokenized digital asset policy to allow the integration of NFTs in apps and games
Li Baodong, Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia: AI may pose challenges to human survival, and a global governance mechanism should be established
Nature Human Behaviour Review: The metaverse brings both opportunities and challenges to science
Meta CTO: The confusion about the metaverse is like the confusion about the Internet in the 90s
Binance Labs announced a $15 million investment in Web3 game publisher Xterio
Web3 music company Sound closed $20 million in Series A funding, led by a16z crypto
Nvidia is betting on AI drug discovery, investing $50 million in Recursion
Hunan Library's first digital collection "Qi Baishi Water Cuttlefish and Shrimp Diagram" was registered in Whale Scout
Metaverse headlines
Jingdong version of ChatGPT: Yanxi big model officially unveiled
On July 13, at the 2023 JD Global Technology Explorer Conference and JD Cloud Summit, the JD Yanxi model was officially released, and the official Yanxi AI development and computing platform was officially released. The platform has already started pre-registration and is expected to go live in August.
The large-scale pre-training language model launched by JD.com will be oriented to multi-modality, going deep into retail, logistics, industry and other industrial scenarios, and is the "JD version" of ChatGPT.
The pre-training parameters of Yanxi model reach 100 billion, the categories cover 3000+, the manual review pass rate is 95%+, and the generated text is 3 billion+.
This is a machine learning/deep learning engineering platform for developers and enterprises, providing AI development full-link services including data preparation, model development, model training, and model deployment, and built-in multiple open source models and datasets, providing users with low-threshold, cost-effective cloud-native AI engineering capabilities and helping AI algorithms and applications increase their value.
Domestic dynamics
Xinhua Zhiyun released AI model products "Miaobi" and "Raw Flowers"
According to Interface News reported on July 13, at the 2023 China New Media Conference held in Changsha, Xinhua Zhiyun released two AI model products: "Miaobi" and "Shenghua". It is reported that the newly launched "Miaobi" can write high-quality articles in a short period of time, making content production more efficient. And "Raw Flowers" can quickly generate drawings.
Unbounded AI has opened the copyright market for AI works, and blockchain confirmation registration can be carried out on works
Unbounded AI has recently opened the copyright market for AI works, and will conduct blockchain confirmation registration for works entering the AI copyright market. In response to the previous "Kun Jiajun" incident, the blockchain copyright certificate issued by Unbounded AI for the creator hero provided important evidence support for his rights protection.
On June 27, Daxia uploaded his work to the Unbounded AI Digital Copyright Market and made the corresponding confirmation registration. Later, communication with the porter was fruitless, so he complained about his removal of the work on this basis.
The Voice of China released the metaverse app "Sing! Meta Yaoyin"
PANews news, Web3 technology company Shanghai Ona Technology Co., Ltd. (NFKings) will cooperate with Star Chinese Holdings Co., Ltd. to hold the "Voice of China" metaverse application "Sing! Meta Yaoyin" product launch.
Overseas news
Google Bard AI Assistant now supports Chinese Traditional conversations
According to the news of IT House on July 13, Google AI chat tool Bard has updated the Chinese environment to use simple and traditional Chinese to communicate.
In addition, Google also updated the Bard log page, saying that Bard is now available in more countries and supports more languages.
Samsung announced that it is developing LEDoS technology that can be used in AR devices
Gyro Technology learned that according to The Elec, Kim Kyung-min, executive director of the technology strategy team of Samsung Display R&D Center, announced at the "Deep Tech Forum 2023" event held at the Northeast Asia Trade Building in Seoul, South Korea, that Samsung Display is developing LED oS technology that can be used for AR devices.
"OLEDoS has limitations in meeting the high brightness, light form factor, and product longevity required to realize microdisplays for AR devices," said Kim. Our goal is to make LEDs smaller while ensuring characteristics, and maintain higher resolution and brightness, better characteristics and product life. We are developing LEDOS technology that uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs). ”
Google Play updated its tokenized digital asset policy to allow the integration of NFTs in apps and games
According to CoinDesk, Google Play announced a major policy shift that allows developers to integrate digital assets such as NFTs into apps and games. Companies that allow the purchase, sale or earning of tokenized assets are required to disclose the presence of blockchain-based elements in their apps in the Play Console. Reddit is one of the partners working with Google to develop the new policy.
Matt Williamson, senior engineering manager at Reddit, said the new guidelines "aim to level the playing field, promote user trust, and use blockchain technology responsibly." A Google Play spokesperson said the first tests will take place in late summer, and the new policy will be fully rolled out later this year.
Metaverse perspective
Li Baodong, Secretary-General of the Boao Forum for Asia: AI may pose challenges to human survival, and a global governance mechanism should be established
According to surging news reports, on July 13, at the press conference of the second conference of the Boao Forum for Asia Global Economic Development and Security Forum, Li Baodong, secretary-general of the Boao Forum for Asia, said that the problems of cybersecurity and data security accompanied by the development of science and technology have become more and more prominent.
Especially in the past half a year, the rapid development of large language models in artificial intelligence and the emergence of ChatGPT have made the concern of whether machines will replace humans for the first time in front of humans.
How to deal with the challenges brought by artificial intelligence to employment, education, ethics and even human survival, and establish corresponding global governance mechanisms, has become a major frontier issue related to economic development and security.
Nature Human Behaviour Review: The metaverse brings both opportunities and challenges to science
According to The Paper, on July 13, a commentary article published in Nature Human Behaviour looked forward to the opportunities and challenges that the metaverse will bring to science. The metaverse will make science labs and conferences more accessible, help improve the reproducibility of research, and provide new opportunities for experimental design. The metaverse has long been deified as the future of the internet.
With advances in virtual reality devices and high-speed communication technology, and increased acceptance of remote work during the pandemic, there has been a huge focus on the metaverse, which has attracted a lot of investment and optimistic ambitious statements, but its future is still full of unknowns: its definition and boundaries are blurred, oscillating between utopian visions, tech mixtures such as Web3 and blockchain, and entertainment spaces.
As the metaverse continues to evolve and its realization becomes clearer, scientists have begun to bring their labs into 3D virtual spaces, experimenting with virtual reality and learning with immersive methods. Scientists should consider how to flexibly and reliably use the metaverse to prepare for its uncertain future.
Meta CTO: The confusion about the metaverse is like the confusion about the Internet in the 90s
News on July 13, according to foreign media reports, in an Instagram Q&A, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth (Andrew Bosworth) was asked whether the term "meta-universe" does more harm than good. He illustrated his point by comparing it with examples: the current situation of the metaverse is like the confusion people experienced when trying to understand the Internet in the early 90s.
He pointed out that to this day, the Internet is actually difficult to define. But because of the universal use let us know what he is. As for the metaverse, the problem is that even those who study this field will have different understandings of the term differently by different people, which is quite normal for new technologies. At the same time, Bosworth admits that the term "metaverse" has received far more attention than he expected.
Financing news
Binance Labs announced a $15 million investment in Web3 game publisher Xterio
PANews reported on July 13 that according to the official announcement, Binance Labs announced that it will invest $15 million in Xterio to expand its game development capabilities in the AI and Web3 fields.
Xterio is a Web3 gaming platform and publisher that connects free-to-play and on-chain games with in-house and third-party games currently in development. The company plans to use the investment to further advance game and technology development, including the integration of artificial intelligence and the launch of tokens.
Web3 music company Sound closed $20 million in Series A funding, led by a16z crypto
PANews reported on July 12 that Web3 music company Sound raised $20 million in Series A funding from a16z crypto and other investors.
The company will use the funding to expand its team and expand its web3 music strategy. Sound has not disclosed its valuation at this time. In addition to announcing new funding, Sound has also opened up its web3 minting tool. Sound allows artists to create and sell music in the form of NFTs.
Nvidia is betting on AI drug discovery, investing $50 million in Recursion
According to WuXi AppTec, on July 12, NVIDIA announced that it will invest $50 million in biotechnology company Recursion to accelerate the training of artificial intelligence models in drug discovery.
The company will utilize more than 23,000TB of biological and chemical datasets to train AI models on NVIDIA's cloud platform. Recursion is undergoing human trials of five drugs, including a drug candidate, in the mid-phase trial phase for the treatment of a neurovascular disorder caused by small vessel malformations in the brain.
Digital collections
Hunan Library's first digital collection "Qi Baishi Water Cuttlefish and Shrimp Diagram" was registered in Whale Scout
According to Xiaoxiang Morning News, on July 14, the digital collection of "Qi Baishi Water Cuttlefish and Shrimp Map" was publicly sold on the whale scouting APP, limited to 10,000 copies, which is the first digital collection of Hunan Library.
The sale of "Qi Baishi Water Cuttlefish and Shrimp Diagram" is now in the Hunan Library, on paper, vertical shaft, height 96 cm, width 36.6 cm, Qi Baishi created in 1924.
Hunan Library seized the opportunity of the national cultural digitization strategy layout, and through blockchain technology, generated a unique digital certificate of "Qibai Stone Water Cuttlefish and Shrimp Diagram", and transformed it into a unique, scarce and traceable digital collection, playing an active role in the implementation of the national cultural digitization strategy.