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Zhipu AI launched the third generation of pedestal large models
On the 27th, Zhipu AI launched the self-developed third-generation pedestal model ChatGLM3 and related series of products. The evaluation shows that compared with the second-generation ChatGLM model, ChatGLM3 ranks first among domestic models of the same size in the test of 44 Chinese and English public datasets. Among them, MMLU increased by 36%, CEval increased by 33%, GSM8K increased by 179%, and BBH increased by 126%. （CSDN）
Hinton Bengio co-authored: AI will be scaled up 100 times in 18 months
On October 29, it was reported that the three Turing Award winners Hinton, Bengio, and Yao Qizhi jointly published an article "Managing AI Risk in the Era of Rapid Development". This is a consensus paper, and in addition to AI researchers, there are also scholars in public governance, such as Xue Lan of Tsinghua University's Institute of Artificial Intelligence and International Governance, and Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman. According to Hinton, companies are planning to scale AI models by a factor of 100 in 18 months, and no one knows how powerful these models will be or how they will use them. (100x plan for 18 months from InflectionAI) "Considering the continuous investment in AI R&D and the trend of self-evolution, the possibility of general-purpose AI surpassing humans in the next 10 to 20 years cannot be ignored. When applied correctly and fairly, advanced AI can solve long-standing problems for humanity, such as disease, poverty, and the environment. But at the same time, powerful AI comes with huge risks that we are far from ready for." The paper reads. (qubits)
Former Apple employees secretly develop AI hardware products, no screen, can build the next iPhone?
Humane, a developer of smart software and consumer devices co-founded by two former Apple employees, is committed to freeing humans from their addiction to screens and creating a vision for a future beyond Apple's smartphones or Google Glass. Humane is scheduled to unveil its first product, the Ai Pin, which it has been secretly developing for several years, a "clothing-based wearable" powered by Qualcomm's advanced Snapdragon chip and powered by OpenAI, on November 9. (Tencent Technology)
OpenAI: A preparatory team is being formed to assess the risks posed by AI
On October 28, OpenAI said that we are building a new preparatory team to assess, predict, and protect many risks that may be posed by artificial intelligence with outstanding capabilities such as current large language models and artificial intelligence generals. These include personalized persuasion, overall cybersecurity, and even some factors that threaten the survival of humanity. (i Dark Horse)
Citi plans to deploy generative AI for its more than 40,000 programmers
Citigroup reportedly plans to use generative artificial intelligence (GAI) for the vast majority of its more than 40,000 programmers, as Wall Street continues to embrace the emerging technology of artificial intelligence. As part of a small pilot project, Citigroup began allowing about 250 developers to be the first to experience generative AI. Next year, Citigroup plans to expand the program to the vast majority of programmers. (Sina Finance)
Baichuan Intelligent launched the world's longest context window large model Baichuan2-192K
Baichuan Intelligent released the Baichuan2-192K large model. Its context window length is as high as 192K, which is currently the longest context window in the world. Baichuan2-192K is capable of processing about 350,000 Chinese characters. At present, Baichuan2-192K has launched the API internal testing of Baichuan2-192K, which is open to core partners in the legal, media, financial and other industries. (Enniu data)
Kunlun Wanwei open source "Tiangong" Skywork-13B series large model
According to Kunlun Wanwei's official WeChat, Kunlun Wanwei announced the open-source 10-billion-level large language model "Tiangong" Skywork-13B series, and supporting the open-source Chinese dataset of 600GB and 150B Tokens. At the same time, Kunlun Wanwei's "Tiangong" Skywork-13B series large model will soon be fully opened for commercial use, and developers can use it commercially without applying. (Enniu data)
ChatGPT Plus launches a new beta version: it supports uploading and analyzing processed files
OpenAI is rolling out a new beta feature for ChatGPT Plus members. Subscriber reports show that the update includes the ability to upload and process files, as well as multimodal support.
Users don't need to select a mode such as "Browse with Bing" from the GPT-4 drop-down list, and the system can guess what they want to do based on context. Once the file is uploaded, it takes a short period of time for ChatGPT to digest the file, and then it can perform actions such as aggregating the data, answering questions, or generating data visualizations based on prompts. In addition to text, users can also upload pictures and request specific image processing. These new features allow ChatGPT Plus members to experience some of the office features offered by the ChatGPT Enterprise plan as well. (Love Fan'er)
Nvidia introduced AI chatbots in the chip development process
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a new study using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots in the design of semiconductors to produce human-like responses. Bill Dally, chief scientist at NVIDIA, told the media: "As it turns out, many of our senior designers spend quite a bit of time answering some questions from junior designers. Using a chatbot to answer questions from junior designers can save a lot of time for senior designers." In addition to answering questions from junior designers, another feature that Nvidia showcased was the use of artificial intelligence to generate code. (Sina Technology)
South Korea released its first large language model
On October 31, Korea Telecom Corporation (KT) released a large AI model "Mi:dm" on Tuesday, which is the first large language model (LLM) developed by a South Korean company, and has been trained on more than 1 trillion tokens. KT said Mi:dm will be available in four versions, ranging from a basic version with about 7 billion parameters to a large version with about 200 billion parameters. The company plans to open up the Mi:dm base model to other companies and provide a complete AI development package such as KT Cloud's ultra-large-scale AI computing service and AI chip startup Rebellions' neural processing unit infrastructure, and promote the development of various AI services. (i Dark Horse)
The 100-billion-level parameter model Tongyi Qianwen 2.0 was released
Alibaba Cloud officially released the 100-billion-level parameter model Tongyi Qianwen 2.0. According to reports, in 10 authoritative evaluations, Tongyi Qianwen 2.0 surpassed GPT-3.5 in comprehensive performance and is accelerating to catch up with GPT-4. Compared with version 1.0 released in April, Tongyi Qianwen 2.0 has significantly improved its ability to understand complex instructions, create literature, general mathematics, memorize knowledge, and resist illusions. At present, Alibaba Cloud has built the largest open-source community for large models in China, with more than 2,300 models and more than 100 million model downloads. Tongyi Qianwen APP has been officially launched in major mobile app markets, and everyone can directly experience the latest model capabilities through the APP. (Love Fan'er)
Around the vice president of vivo: There is no upper limit on the investment in AI large models, and the average after-tax cost of talent is 1 million yuan
The vice president of vivo told the interface news reporter that the vivo model now has an annual input cost of 20-3 billion yuan, half of which is for talents and equipment, and the average after-tax cost of talent is 1 million yuan. The company's investment in large models is defined as high-standard investment, and there is currently no upper limit. (Interface)
ChatGPT's real parameters are only 20 billion, and it was exposed by Microsoft for the first time!
Recently, the whole large model circle is talking about the same thing. A statistical chart in Microsoft's paper that "is not surprising at first glance" leaks the "heavenly machine". ChatGPT, which is leading the global storm, has only 20 billion parameters behind the large model? As soon as the paper was published, it attracted a lot of attention at home and abroad. Many netizens still don't believe it: Are you sure it's not a spelling error?
Some people have also started conspiracy theories, perhaps this is the "appetizer" of OpenAI's open source, deliberately - because many large models have caught up, and as early as May this year, foreign media broke the news that OpenAI is preparing to open source new large language models. It is worth mentioning that as early as February this year, a Forbes news report revealed that ChatGPT only has 20 billion parameters. (qubits)
AutoNavi Releases Self-developed Industrial Model "Yunrui"
On November 1, at the 2023 Apsara Conference, AutoNavi Yuntu, a subsidiary of AutoNavi Map, released its self-developed industrial model "Yunrui", which integrates map spatiotemporal data to deploy training models and provide customized and scalable generative artificial intelligence (AIGC) fusion solutions for multiple industries. AutoNavi said that this is the industry's first industrial model based on spatio-temporal information. (Sino-Singapore Jingwei)
Microsoft has officially launched the Windows 11 23H2 update, bringing the Copilot AI assistant
On October 31, local time, Microsoft announced the launch of the Windows 11 major version update "23H2", which will incorporate an AI chatbot called Copilot. Copilot is a generative AI tool that relies on an underlying large language model (LLM) that allows users to write the text of an email, answer a question, automate actions on Windows, and more. This update will also include a slew of new features released in September, including AI-powered drawing, updates to the Snipping Tool and Photos app, RGB lighting support, and an improved Culture Explorer. Windows 11 23H2 also converts the built-in chat application (Chat) to Microsoft Teams and pins it in the taskbar by default. Users can also find apps like Microsoft Store, Game Bar, Phone Link, and more under the new System tab in the All Apps section of the Start menu. (Love Fan'er)
Baidu Wenxin Yiyan launched a professional version
Baidu Wenxin Yiyan launched a professional version, priced at 59.9 yuan/month, and the continuous monthly price is 49.9 yuan/month; At the same time, the basic version of Wenxin Yiyan, which has been opened to users before, can still be used for free. Users can choose between a free basic version or a paid professional version depending on their needs. According to reports, compared with the basic version based on Wenxin large model 3.5, the professional version based on 4.0 has stronger model capabilities and image generation capabilities. It supports a variety of plug-ins, which is suitable for users who need to use Wenxin Yiyan for code programming, copywriting, painting design and other professional work needs. (Love Fan'er)
vivo released the self-developed AI model "Blue Heart Model" matrix
At the 2023 vivo developer conference, vivo released the self-developed AI large model "Blue Heart Large Model" matrix, including five large models with a data volume of one billion, ten billion, and hundreds of billions. Shi Yujian, senior vice president of vivo, said that this is the first open-source self-developed large model in the mobile phone industry. At present, vivo's 13 billion blue heart large model parameters have been run through on the mobile phone side. vivo also released its self-developed Blue River operating system, BlueOS, which supports the Blue Heart large model. The first product to be equipped with this system is the vivo Watch3. (Love Fan'er)
AI acts as your job search advisor! LinkedIn launches GPT-4-powered chatbot
On November 2, Microsoft's workplace social platform LinkedIn launched an artificial intelligence chatbot, known as "Job Seeker Guidance". The tool is powered by OpenAI's GPT-4 technology, in part to help users determine whether a job posting is worth their time. In addition, the platform has launched an additional suite of generative AI tools for advanced users, enhancing reading and writing tools. (Finance Associated Press)
The UK will invest £300 million to increase AI supercomputing power by more than 30 times
The British government announced on the 2nd that it will increase investment in artificial intelligence (AI) research resources to 300 million pounds (about 366 million US dollars) to increase the UK's supercomputing power by more than 30 times. In addition, British Prime Minister Sunak announced on the 2nd that the first artificial intelligence security research institute was officially established. (Xinhua News Agency)
Babytree released the Mika-Brain vertical model for the maternal and infant industry
36Kr learned that on November 3, the domestic Internet maternal and infant platform Babytree officially released the vertical model of the maternal and infant industry, Mika-Brain, and announced that it would be applied to the major product matrix of Babytree. According to reports, the data shows that the current size of the Babytree private domain community is nearly 2 million, and the average community activity exceeds 20%. (36 Krypton)
AI Named the 2023 Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary: Usage Quadrupled
On November 3, "artificial intelligence (AI)" was named the 2023 word of the year by British dictionary publisher Collins. According to Collins, AI is defined as "the modeling of human mental functions through computer programs" and was chosen because it "is evolving so quickly and becoming the dominant topic in 2023". Over the past year, the use of this word (strictly an acronym) has increased fourfold.
Artificial intelligence (AI) was chosen from a range of words that Collins said reflected "our evolving language and the concerns of our users." These include "greedflation", defined as "the use of inflation as an excuse to artificially raise prices to increase corporate profits", and "debanking", which is "the act of depriving individuals of their use of banking services". "Nepo Baby" is used to describe the children of celebrities whose careers are believed to have taken off because of their parents. "Deinfluencing" is also on the list, with Collins lexicographers defining "deinfluencing" as "the use of social media to warn fans to avoid certain commercial products, lifestyle choices, etc." (The Paper)
Numbers & Reports
Analyst firms: 2024 will see an increase in investment and acquisitions in the gaming industry
On October 30, Drake Star, a financial analysis company, today released a global game market survey report for the third quarter, believing that with Microsoft's successful acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the investment and acquisition phenomenon in the game industry will increase in 2024, and the game giants will become more and more powerful. After a "short lull", Drake Star expects the gaming industry's investment and acquisition activity to grow next year, and the company's consolidation will make the gaming giants stronger, Drake Star said. In terms of gaming giants, Drake Star believes that companies such as Sony and Take-Two are expected to be the most active potential buyers, while Embracer Group will dissolve more studios, and game manufacturers such as EA and Nintendo, which have more cash, will further create potential for acquisitions in the industry. (IT House)
Alixplatinum's Singles' Day survey: 66% of consumers plan to increase their spending on Chinese brands
According to the latest 2023 Singles' Day Annual Survey Report released by global consulting firm AlixPlatinum, this year's Singles' Day is still the largest shopping festival in China. Nearly half of the respondents said they would spend more this year than last year, and 62% said they would spend at least 3,000 yuan this year, up 11 percentage points from 2022. According to the data, 66% of consumers said they plan to increase their spending on Chinese brands. (Enniu data)
Q3 U.S. smartphone shipments fell 19% year-on-year
Market monitoring data from Counterpoint Research shows that U.S. smartphone shipments fell 19% in the third quarter of 2023. Samsung, Google, and TCL saw significant declines of 26%, 37%, and 51% respectively in smartphone shipments. Compared to the same period last year, shipments of Motorola and Nokia HMDs increased by 31% and 17%, respectively. Apple's shipments were down 11% from the third quarter of 2022, in part due to delays in the launch of the iPhone 15 series compared to the iPhone 14 series, which delayed shipments to the fourth quarter of 2023. (Sina Technology)
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The bubble is already too big? Open AI Early Investors: Most AI investments lose money
Vinod Khosla, an early investor in OpenAI and a trendsetter, recently said that AI startups are overvalued and most will not be profitable. Khosla notes that most AI startups are overvalued and will self-correct because the winner-takes-all phenomenon will be more severe. (All-weather technology)
Alibaba's Tsai Chongxin: At present, 80% of China's technology companies and more than half of the large model companies are running on Alibaba Cloud
On the morning of October 31, the 2023 Yunqi Conference opened in Yunqi Town, Hangzhou. Tsai Chongxin, founding partner and chairman of Alibaba Group, said that 80% of China's technology companies and more than half of the large model companies are currently running on Alibaba Cloud. It is understood that at last year's Apsara Conference, Alibaba Cloud released the AI open source community "Magic Ride". In just one year, Moda has gathered 2.8 million developers, more than 2,300 high-quality models, and more than 100 million model downloads. (Enniu data)
Google DeepMind Co-Founder: 50% chance of achieving AGI by 2028
Ten years ago, the co-founders of Google's DeepMind AI Lab predicted that by 2028, there would be a half-chance that AI would reach a level of intelligence comparable to that of humans. Now, he sticks to that prediction. In an interview with Dwarkesh Patel, DeepMind co-founder Shane Legg said he still believes that researchers have a 50% chance of achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). However, Shane Legg also points out that the current definition of AGI is difficult to accurately determine because of the complexity of the human way of thinking. "One can never have a complete list of all human abilities, but if researchers can run a series of tests on human intelligence, and the AI model can perform well enough on those tests, then we can say that we already have AGI." When asked where we are currently on the road to AGI, Legg said that computing power is needed to make it happen, and that the first step will be to "start training models with more data than a person can experience in a lifetime," and he believes the AI industry is ready for this challenge. (Love Fan'er)
Open AI Chief Scientist: ChatGPT may already be conscious
According to Zhongguancun Online, citing MIT Technology Review, OpenAI's co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever said in a recent interview that his priority is not to make "the next GPT or DALL-E", but to study how to stop "super AI" from getting out of control. He believes that ChatGPT may be conscious, that the world needs to be soberly aware of the true power of AI, and that one day, humans will choose to merge with machines. Sutskever believes that in the future of artificial intelligence, "super AI" will become a potential risk, "it will see more clearly, it will be able to see things that we can't see." He also mentioned that "many people are still uneasy about whether smart assistants will become more and more intelligent in the future". But he believes that "we have entered an era of rapid change", whether it is intelligent assistants or super AI, "there will be more possibilities". (36 Krypton)
Meta AI executives believe open source licensing needs to change
Meta's large model, Llama 2, is open source but not free, allowing researchers to view the source code, but restricting commercial use and not meeting the Open Source Initiative (OSI) definition of open source. According to the OSI definition, open source is more than just sharing code or research, it also includes free redistribution, access to source code, allowing modifications, and not being tied to a specific product. Meta has restricted the commercial use of Llama 2 models, requiring companies with more than 700 million daily active users to pay for commercial licenses and prohibiting training of other models on top of Llama 2. Joelle Pinea, vice president of research at Meta AI, acknowledged that there are limits to the company's openness to large models, but said it was a necessary balance between the benefits of information sharing and the potential costs of Meta's business. Pineau pointed out that existing open source licenses do not take into account the fact that software is built with massive amounts of external data, and that the vast majority of open source closed-source licenses only give users and developers limited liability for copyright infringement. Models such as Llama 2 may be held more liable if they produce infringing works. Current software licenses do not take such situations into account. （Solidot）
Elon Musk: AI is much smarter than humans and needs to be guided and controlled
The world's first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Security Summit opened in the UK. At the meeting, Musk called artificial intelligence a "double-edged sword" and pointed out that in his opinion, the technology has at least an 80% chance of being beneficial to humans and a 20% chance of being dangerous. He stressed that AI is one of the "greatest threats" to humanity, and that for the first time in human history, something much smarter than us has appeared, and it is not clear whether such a thing (AI) can be controlled, "but I think we can aspire to steer it in a direction that benefits humanity." (surging)
Jensen Huang: In just two years, Nvidia and the industry as a whole will be unrecognizable
In his latest interview, Huang predicts that computing technology will advance a million times over the next decade, and that Nvidia and the industry could face dramatic changes within two years. This judgment is based on two technological transformations: AI and general-purpose computing. Huang pointed out that general-purpose computing is moving towards accelerated computing, with GPU computing power increasing rapidly, while neural networks and deep learning will accelerate the process of intelligence. In addition, he also admitted that it is a million times more difficult to create Nvidia than he imagined, and expressed optimism about the future of AI. (qubits)
Microsoft CEO Nadella Publishes Annual Open Letter: "Two Breakthroughs" Define a New Era of Artificial Intelligence
On November 3, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published her annual open letter. In the open letter, Nadella said, "We are living through a historic moment where challenges and opportunities coexist. The world is facing ongoing economic, social, and geopolitical uncertainty. At the same time, we are entering a new era of artificial intelligence, a technology that will fundamentally transform the productivity of every person, organization and industry on the planet, and help solve some of the most pressing challenges."
In his view, the next generation of artificial intelligence will reshape every software category and every enterprise, including Microsoft. Nadella said two breakthroughs have combined to define this new era of artificial intelligence. The first is the most versatile interface: natural language. The second breakthrough is the emergence of a powerful new inference engine. (Sohu Technology)
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Tencent Cloud Vector Database is officially open for public beta
Tencent Cloud announced that Vector Database is officially open for public beta, and at the same time, it has brought great performance improvements. Luo Yun, deputy general manager of Tencent Cloud Database, said that in addition to the public beta, Tencent Cloud Vector Database single index has supported tens of billions of vector scales and millions of QPS millisecond query latency, which is more than 1.5 times ahead of the industry average, and the computing cost is more than 2 times lower than the industry level. (Enniu data)
Alibaba Cloud launched the world's first container computing service, and the serverless process has entered the fast lane
At the Hangzhou Yunqi Conference, Zhou Jingren, CTO of Alibaba Cloud, said that after a lot of R&D investment, the performance of Alibaba Cloud's basic cloud products has been further improved, the overall availability has increased from 4 9s to 5 9s, and more than 30 cloud products have been intelligently upgraded. At the same time, Alibaba Cloud's serverless process has entered the fast lane, with more than 40 cloud products providing serverless capabilities and the world's first container computing service (ACS). ACS uses Alibaba Cloud's self-developed scheduling technology to pioneer computing power allocation and resource reuse, which supports switching computing power between user workloads and cloud products, improving resource utilization and saving 20% of resource costs for enterprises. （CSDN）
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Meta launches Instagram, Facebook ad-free subscription services in Europe
On October 30, Meta announced on its official website that Facebook and Instagram will provide ad-free subscription services in the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, and will begin to provide users with options in November: continue to use these personalized services with ads for free, or subscribe to block ads. After subscribing, user information will not be used for advertising. Depending on where you buy it, the web version costs €9.99 per month (note from IT House: currently about 77 RMB), and the iOS and Android versions cost €12.99 per month (currently about 101 RMB). Pricing for iOS and Android takes into account what Apple and Google charge through their respective purchase policies. (IT House)
Station B Jingdong "Jinghuo Plan" was officially launched during the Double 11 period
During the "Double 11" promotion, the "Jinghuo Plan" jointly built by Bilibili and JD Alliance was officially launched. This is also another data ecological co-construction project after Bilibili and Taobao Alliance launched the "Spark Plan" last year. The plan will further improve the grass planting system of Station B, help brands achieve marketing link analysis, and better measure the value of grass planting. It is reported that by placing an order through the Jinghuo plan, merchants and service providers can view the e-commerce behavior that occurs on JD within 15 days after the user watches the corresponding content on station B, and view the UV data and GMV of the product browsing, add-on, collection, and order generated on JD due to the content. (Love Fan'er)
Double 11 Taobao may add a new level of artificial intelligence services
Taobao opened a new first-level category of artificial intelligence services during the Double 11 period. It can be seen from the management background of Taobao merchants that artificial intelligence service options have been added to the product category, including AI painting, AI photo generation, AI four-dimensional color ultrasound, AI voice pack, etc. After the addition of this first-level category, it is expected that Taobao will have support policies for merchants in this category, and there will be special small two to operate and gradually enrich the product categories. (Enniu data)
Kuaishou e-commerce power consumption home furnishing 10 hours in the first 10 hours of double 11 transaction GMV increased by 450% year-on-year
Kuaishou e-commerce power consumption home furnishing industry ushered in the outbreak of Double 11. According to the data, as of 10 a.m. on October 31, the transaction GMV of the electric home furnishing industry increased by 450% year-on-year, the transaction GMV of the mobile phone category increased by 2500% year-on-year, the transaction GMV of the major appliance category increased by more than 1500% year-on-year, the transaction GMV of the notebook category increased by more than 470% year-on-year, the transaction GMV of the household appliances category increased by 380% year-on-year, and the transaction GMV of the kitchen appliances category increased by 170% year-on-year. It is worth noting that the GMV of the first 10 hours of home appliances and furniture categories on October 31 has exceeded the GMV of last year's Double 11 full cycle. (Enniu data)
In the U.S. market, the GMV of TikTok stores exceeded 10 million US dollars in a single day
Recently, the FastMoss data platform shows that TikTok Shop in the United States has more than 250,000 merchants settled, and the single-day transaction volume has exceeded 10 million US dollars. According to reports, the GMV task of TikTok Shop in the United States this year is 5 billion US dollars. (Enniu data)
Kuaishou announced the promotion of real-name work at the front desk of some "self-media" accounts
Kuaishou announced that the platform will guide some "self-media" accounts to improve the authentication of real identity information and authorize the display of real-name information on the personal account profile page. The feature will be tested and available in the near future. According to the announcement, the scope of real-name accounts at the front desk is: "self-media" accounts with more than 500,000 followers in professional fields such as domestic and foreign news, social hotspots, medical treatment, and justice will receive relevant notices in batches and stages, and can operate according to the notification prompts, and display real-name information on the personal account profile page after seeking consent. Kuaishou said that the first batch of notices will be sent to self-media accounts in related fields with more than 1 million fans. Accounts that mainly share personal daily life are not within the scope of real-name in the foreground. (Enniu data)
1688 and Xianyu were upgraded to the first-class business of Taotian Group
Alibaba's domestic wholesale e-commerce platform 1688 and second-hand e-commerce platform Xianyu have increased in importance, and have recently been upgraded to Taotian Group's first-class business. Previously, Yu Yong (nickname: Pu Chu), president of 1688, reported to Wang Hai (nickname: Qigong), head of the SME Development Division of Taotian Group, and Ding Jian (nickname: Ji Shan), general manager of Xianyu, reported to Liu Bo (nickname: Jia Luo), head of Alimama; After the business upgrade, Yu Yong and Ding Jian will report directly to Dai Shan, CEO of Taotian Group. (LatePost)
Amazon Business will partner with Affirm to launch a buy now, pay later option
On November 2, Amazon and Affirm, a U.S. consumer finance company, announced the expansion of their partnership, and Affirm became the first "buy now, pay later" option at checkout for Amazon Business. Amazon Business customers can use Affirm to pay in installments with no late fees or hidden fees. Amazon Business will roll out Affirm to eligible sole proprietors starting today and will be available to all eligible Amazon Business sole proprietors until Black Friday. (Interface News)
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Dentsu China appoints Fei Huang as Chief Executive Officer of Merkle China
Dentsu China has announced the appointment of Derek Huang as Chief Executive Officer of Merkle China, the customer experience management business. Derek will lead the transformation and rapid growth of dentsu's CX management business, bringing together strategy, consulting and implementation capabilities across Experience, Digital Commerce, Data Platform, Data Analytics, AI, MarTech, Customer Value Optimisation, Identity Resolution and Activation. He will work closely with dentsu China's leadership team to take dentsu's customer transformation, technology capabilities, solutions and customer value proposition to the next level through full integration with dentsu's media and creative capabilities.
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Samsung, LG, and Qualcomm will join forces to enter the XR market and collaborate on the development of next-generation chip-based devices
On October 29, according to Korean media etnews, Samsung and LG have been confirmed to be developing XR devices based on Qualcomm chips. Hugo Swart, vice president and general manager of Qualcomm Technologies' XR division, said at an event on the island of Maui in the United States a few days ago, "We can't disclose details about the cooperation at this time, but we are indeed working with Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics." Si Hongguo said that LG has expertise in several areas, while Samsung has made a lot of progress since announcing its cooperation with Qualcomm and Google. Samsung and LG have not specified when they will launch their products, with reports reporting that they are expected to be in the first half of next year at the earliest. At the same time, Si Hongguo said that he currently plans to launch the next generation of XR chips in the first quarter of next year, which will be more advanced than the second-generation chip (XR2) used in the Meta Quest headset, and is expected to surpass the second-generation chip in graphics processing power, video perspective capabilities and AI performance. (IT House)
Lenovo, Intel, and iQIYI reached a cooperation
On October 31, Lenovo Group, Intel, and iQiyi signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to accelerate the implementation of AI transformation on the application side, and the three parties will give full play to the advantages of all parties to carry out in-depth cooperation in the field of AI PC. At the 2023 Tech World conference held a few days ago, Lenovo showcased its first AI PC and said that AI PCs will be more powerful and creative intelligent productivity tools that can create local knowledge bases, run large personal models, support AI calculations, and use natural interactions. (Sina Technology)
Intime Department Store's digital IP has been launched on the AI platform ImageStory
36Kr learned that Intime Department Store recently reached an IP and content cooperation with ImageStory, an AI content service company. In this collaboration, Intime Department Store's digital IP image "Makari" will be integrated into ImageStory, a children's story, and participate in users' AI-themed creation as a character. At the same time, the AI picture book "Intime Journey to the Tomorrow's World" has also been released on the children's story ImageStory. (36 Krypton)
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Huawei: Sales revenue in the first three quarters of 2023 reached 456.6 billion yuan, up 2.4% year-on-year
On October 27, Huawei announced its operating results for the first three quarters of 2023, achieving sales revenue of 456.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.4%, and a net profit margin of 16.0%. Ken Hu, Huawei's Rotating Chairman, said that the company's operating results are in line with expectations, and the company will continue to increase R&D investment, leverage the advantages of the company's industrial portfolio, and continuously improve the competitiveness of its products and services. (i Dark Horse)
Wondershare Technology's revenue in the first three quarters exceeded 1 billion, up 30.69% year-on-year
On October 29, it was reported that Wondershare Technology (300624.SZ), an A-share listed company of AIGC software, released its third quarter report for 2023. In the first three quarters, the company's operating income reached 1.096 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.69%, and the net profit attributable to the parent company reached 65.068 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 166.91%. During the reporting period, on the basis of increasing self-research, Wondershare Technology strengthened cooperation with leading enterprises and institutions at home and abroad, such as Microsoft, Baidu, Xiangjiang Laboratory, etc., and made breakthroughs in technical capabilities such as 3D video generation, AI picture video, AI cultural video, AI music/sound effect generation, video stylization, and AI virtual human. (i Dark Horse)
Citi plans to deploy generative AI for its more than 40,000 programmers
Citigroup reportedly plans to use generative artificial intelligence (GAI) for the vast majority of its more than 40,000 programmers, as Wall Street continues to embrace the emerging technology of artificial intelligence. As part of a small pilot project, Citigroup began allowing about 250 developers to be the first to experience generative AI. Next year, Citigroup plans to expand the program to the vast majority of programmers. (Sina Finance)
Samsung, LG, and Qualcomm will join forces to enter the XR market and collaborate on the development of next-generation chip-based devices
On October 29, according to Korean media etnews, Samsung and LG have been confirmed to be developing XR devices based on Qualcomm chips. Hugo Swart, vice president and general manager of Qualcomm Technologies' XR division, said at an event on the island of Maui in the United States a few days ago, "We can't disclose details about the cooperation at this time, but we are indeed working with Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics." Si Hongguo said that LG has expertise in several areas, while Samsung has made a lot of progress since announcing its cooperation with Qualcomm and Google.
Samsung and LG have not specified when they will launch their products, with reports reporting that they are expected to be in the first half of next year at the earliest. At the same time, Si Hongguo said that he currently plans to launch the next generation of XR chips in the first quarter of next year, which will be more advanced than the second-generation chip (XR2) used in the Meta Quest headset, and is expected to surpass the second-generation chip in graphics processing power, video perspective capabilities and AI performance. (IT House)
Baichuan Intelligent launched the world's longest context window large model Baichuan2-192K
Baichuan Intelligent released the Baichuan2-192K large model. Its context window length is as high as 192K, which is currently the longest context window in the world. Baichuan2-192K is capable of processing about 350,000 Chinese characters. At present, Baichuan2-192K has launched the API internal testing of Baichuan2-192K, which is open to core partners in the legal, media, financial and other industries. (Enniu data)
Kunlun Wanwei open source "Tiangong" Skywork-13B series large model
According to Kunlun Wanwei's official WeChat, Kunlun Wanwei announced the open-source 10-billion-level large language model "Tiangong" Skywork-13B series, and supporting the open-source Chinese dataset of 600GB and 150B Tokens. At the same time, Kunlun Wanwei's "Tiangong" Skywork-13B series large model will soon be fully opened for commercial use, and developers can use it commercially without applying. (Enniu data)
Apple's stock price has fallen 11% since the last earnings report
Apple's stock price has fallen 11% since its last earnings report in August, and its market value has shrunk by more than $400 billion. On Thursday, Apple Inc. will release its new quarterly earnings report, a decline that has attracted attention from the outside world. This is the first time in eight years that Apple's stock price has fallen between the WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) and its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, a new report notes. The Wall Street Journal notes that this is unusual. (Sina Technology)
Broadcom said the acquisition of VMware is well underway
Recently, American chipmaker Broadcom and cloud service provider VMware issued a joint statement saying that Broadcom expects to acquire VMware for $69 billion (about 505.77 billion yuan) before the expiration of the merger agreement. The trading agreement between the two companies, which expires on November 26, has now been approved by regulators in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, and others, but does not appear to have received regulatory approval from Chinese regulators. It is reported that VMware is currently owned by Dell Computer Inc., which is currently the world's largest virtual machine service company. However, if the acquisition is terminated due to the failure to obtain regulatory approvals in a timely manner, Broadcom will have to pay a termination fee of US$1.5 billion (about 10.995 billion yuan). (IT House)
25 game companies earned 3.2 billion yuan in the third quarter, with a total revenue of more than 20 billion yuan
According to statistics, the "Big Three" Sanqi Mutual Entertainment, Century Huatong and Perfect World are still among the top three A-share game companies (Shenwan classification) in the third quarter of 2023, with revenues of 4.28 billion yuan, 3.74 billion yuan, and 1.74 billion yuan respectively. The total revenue of 25 A-share game listed companies in the third quarter was 20.197 billion yuan, and the revenue of 10 game companies fell year-on-year. In terms of net profit, the top three were Sanqi Mutual Entertainment, Century Huatong and Giant Network, with 970 million yuan, 560 million yuan and 420 million yuan respectively, and the total net profit of 25 game companies was 3.23 billion yuan, and the net profit of 13 fell year-on-year. (i Dark Horse)
Apple's revenue fell for the fourth consecutive quarter, and its outlook for the next quarter is poor
On November 3, it was reported that Apple's revenue in the fourth fiscal quarter was $89.50 billion, declining for the fourth consecutive quarter, with analysts expecting $89.35 billion, iPhone revenue in the fourth fiscal quarter was $43.81 billion, analysts expected $43.73 billion, earnings per share in the fourth fiscal quarter were $1.46, analysts expected $1.39, and Greater China revenue in the fourth quarter was $15.08 billion, with analysts expecting $17.01 billion. Apple also said that total revenue in the December quarter will be on par with a year earlier, after a 5% year-on-year decline, but Wall Street believes that total revenue could return year-over-year to $123.1 billion in the three months including the heaviest holiday shopping period at the end of the year, which represents poor guidance. Apple's stock price rose more than 2% after hours, and fell more than 4% after the earnings call began. (i Dark Horse)
Qualcomm's net profit for fiscal year 2023 was $7.232 billion, down 44% year-on-year
On November 2, Qualcomm released its fourth fiscal quarter and full-year results for the fiscal year ended September 24, 2023. According to the financial report, revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $8.67 billion, down 24% year-on-year; Net profit was $1.489 billion, down 48% year-on-year. Full-year revenue for fiscal year 2023 was $35.820 billion, down 19% year-on-year; Net profit was $7.232 billion, down 44% year-on-year. Qualcomm expects revenue of $9.1 billion to $9.9 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
Policy supervision and self-discipline
The G7 will today agree on a code of conduct for the development of AI
The Group of Seven (G7) countries will agree on a code of conduct for companies developing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems on Monday, a move that comes as governments seek to mitigate the risks and potential misuse of the technology, according to a document. The document shows that this voluntary code of conduct will be an important milestone in the management of AI in a number of major countries, given the privacy and security risks that AI may pose. (Sina Finance)
Biden signs an executive order promulgating the White House's first generative AI regulation
On October 30, local time, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a "landmarking" executive order to introduce the first set of regulations on generative artificial intelligence in the White House. Under the Executive Order, U.S. government agencies are required to develop standards to prevent threats such as the use of artificial intelligence to design biological or nuclear weapons, and to develop advanced cybersecurity programs by seeking best practices for content verification such as "watermarks." Specifically, the order requires that AI products be tested and the results of the tests reported to the federal government. It also offers to attract global AI talent to stay in the United States. The executive order requires companies running cloud services to notify the government about their foreign customers, as previously reported by multiple media outlets. (The Paper)
The Hangzhou Bureau of Justice proposed that live-streaming e-commerce companies should not require the lowest price agreement
On October 30, the Hangzhou Bureau of Justice issued an announcement on the public solicitation of the "Compliance Guidelines for the Live Streaming E-commerce Industry", which mentioned that live streaming e-commerce practitioners are not allowed to require merchants to sign "lowest price agreements" or take other agreements, decisions or concerted actions that eliminate or restrict competition, except for those that do not constitute monopoly agreements in accordance with the law. (Sina Technology)
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Promote the implementation of humanoid robot innovation projects and support the listing and financing of leading enterprises
On November 2, it was reported that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "Guiding Opinions on the Innovation and Development of Humanoid Robots". Among them, it is proposed to promote the implementation of humanoid robot innovation projects, and increase investment in key tasks such as special software, core components, complete machines and application demonstrations. Give full play to the leading role of the manufacturing transformation and upgrading fund, and guide the active participation of industrial capital and financial capital. Make good use of the national industry-finance cooperation platform, support the listing and financing of leading enterprises, and promote the formation of a virtuous circle of "technology-industry-finance". Organize humanoid robot competitions, exhibitions and other activities to stimulate innovation vitality from all walks of life.
World's First AI Security Summit Held, 28 Countries Sign the Bletchley Declaration
On November 1, the inaugural Global AI Security Summit kicked off at Bletchley Manor, UK. At the opening ceremony, the Bletchley Declaration, jointly reached by China, was officially announced. This is the world's first international statement on the rapidly emerging technology of artificial intelligence, focusing on concerns about the existential threat posed to humanity by powerful AI models in the future, as well as concerns about AI currently enhancing harmful or biased information. The Bletchley Declaration calls for and advocates for people to be human-centric, and hopes that AI research institutions, enterprises, and others will design, develop, and use AI in a responsible way. The Declaration affirms the great potential of AI to improve human well-being, but also warns of intentional or unintentional harm caused by the development of AI, and hopes to avoid the related risks through regulations and other means. (Love Fan'er)
Amazon is accused of making a profit of $1 billion through a secret pricing algorithm
According to new details of the antitrust case against Amazon released by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday, Amazon's secret pricing algorithm may have brought the company more than $1 billion in additional profits. The FTC filed a lawsuit against Amazon in September, saying that Amazon had created a secret algorithm internally code-named "Project Nessie" to identify specific products that were predicted to be emulated by other online stores on its platform. Amazon uses the Nessie program to increase the prices of these specific products and keep them higher as other platforms follow suit. Tim Doyle, a spokesman for Amazon, said the FTC had "grossly mischaracterized" the tool and that Amazon stopped using it years ago. "Nessie was being used to try to stop our price matching from leading to an unusual result, where the price became so low that it was unsustainable," he said. (Love Fan'er)