According to Ping An Xihu's official WeChat news, the Xihu District Branch of the Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a police report on the 12th. The public security organs carried out investigations in accordance with the law. After investigation, in order to attract fans and drain traffic, netizen Xu Moumou (female, 29 years old, online name "Thurman Cat Cup") and his colleague Xue Moumou (male, 30 years old) jointly planned and fabricated a series of video scripts of "Finding the Lost Homework Book of Elementary School Student Qin Lang", and then purchased the winter vacation homework book online, took selfies with mobile phones, made relevant videos, and spread them to multiple online platforms, causing a bad impact. At present, the public security organs have imposed administrative penalties on Xu, Xue and their companies in accordance with the law. (CCTV)
[Google Alphabet's market value briefly touched $2 trillion intraday] Google's parent company Alphabet rose in the short term at the beginning of the session, and the US stock price rose 15% this year, with a market value of $2 trillion. (Sina Finance)
[Dong Yuhui responds to the poor quality of the explanation: it may be more calm after getting on the right track] Dong Yuhui returned to the live broadcast room with Hui in the early morning to respond to the suggestions of netizens. Dong Yuhui said that now that the energy is largely dispersed, the company may have to have such a period of time when it is on the right track, and when the company is relatively on the right track, it may be more calm. (Sina Finance)
[Lei Jun: Nearly 30% of Xiaomi SU7 buyers are women] Lei Jun, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, said that nearly 30% of Xiaomi SU7 buyers are women. And in the order, there are many people who buy it for his wife, girlfriend or his sister and sister, so this car is expected to be 40% or even 50% female owner. Lei Jun said in the comment area, "Good looks, sun protection, and storage are especially popular with female car owners, and it should be the first time in Xiaomi's history that it has won so many female users!" (Whip Bull)
On the evening of April 11, the official Weibo of "World of Warcraft" China announced that as of 23:59 on April 10, 2024, the number of reservations for the "World of Warcraft" national server reached 2 million. On April 10, Microsoft Games and NetEase jointly announced that Blizzard Entertainment's game titles, including "World of Warcraft", "Hearthstone" and "Overwatch" series, will return to the Chinese mainland market from this summer according to the updated game publishing agreement. (Hexun.com)
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) recently issued an announcement that, in accordance with the Provisions on the Administration of Deep Synthesis of Internet Information Services, the fifth batch of domestic deep synthesis service algorithm filing information is hereby publicly released. According to the announcement, a total of 394 algorithms have passed the filing this time, including the "Ideal Classmate" MindGPT large model algorithm of Li Auto, the AI deep synthesis algorithm of Zhihu "Zhihaitu", the Youku generation synthesis algorithm, and the Ele.me user dialogue shopping guide algorithm. (Finance Associated Press)
According to reports, TikTok is already developing an AI-based virtual digital human function to better help merchants on e-commerce platforms promote and sell. To put it simply, this feature can generate a virtual influencer avatar for the merchant to act as the protagonist and create the right ad based on the script provided by the advertiser and the prompts given by the store, so as to help the merchant promote and sell the goods. Foreign media believe that this feature may compete with human creators for the market. (IT House)
[BYD Sales Company's new second-hand car auction business] Tianyancha App shows that recently, BYD Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. has undergone industrial and commercial changes, adding the license of "second-hand car trading market operators and second-hand car business entities filing documents", and at the same time, the business scope has added auction business and second-hand car auctions. BYD Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. was established in March 2004 with Wang Chuanfu as the legal representative, chairman and general manager, with a registered capital of 1.05 billion yuan. According to shareholder information, the company is jointly held by BYD (002594), BYD Automobile Co., Ltd., and Shenzhen BYD Lithium Battery Co., Ltd. (China Energy Network)
Douyin has restarted the grass-planting community APP "Croissant", which has been removed from the shelves for nearly two years, and has recently re-launched a new version in major app stores, with the latest version 2.1.0. Compared with the version before it was taken off the shelves, the new version of the croissant is more like a Douyin version of Xiaohongshu in terms of experience. (Tech Planet)
One of Wang Jianlin's core assets, the shareholders of Beijing Wanda Plaza Industrial Co., Ltd. quietly changed, the original wholly-owned shareholder Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co., Ltd. withdrew, and the new shareholders Kunhua (Tianjin) Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership) and Kunyuan Chenxing (Xiamen) Investment Management Consulting Co., Ltd. also changed their core management personnel. According to the data, the purchase of Beijing Wanda Plaza is Kunhua (Tianjin) Equity Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), which is held by Xinhua Life Insurance Co., Ltd. and CICC Capital Operation Co., Ltd. 99.99% and 0.01% respectively. In response to the market news that Beijing Vanke has adjusted its organizational structure, Vanke Beijing said that in order to adapt to the changes in the industry market environment and match the needs of business development, it will further restructure and allocate the city companies in the region. (National Business Daily)
[OpenAI: New GPT-4 Turbo model is now available for paid ChatGPT users] On April 12, OpenAI announced on social platform X that the new GPT-4 Turbo model is now available for paid ChatGPT users. OpenAI says it has improved the model's ability to write, math, reason logically and code. According to OpenAI, GPT-4 Turbo is now available in ChatGPT Plus, Team, Enterprise, and API. (Tencent News)
California regulators: Tesla's robo-taxi license application has not yet been received, two agencies responsible for regulating robo-taxis said on Thursday that Tesla has not yet applied for the two permits needed to launch driverless taxi services in the most populous state in the United States, two agencies responsible for regulating robo-taxis said on Thursday. This raises questions about how quickly Tesla will be able to get the robo-taxi service up and running. Prior to that, it took eight months for Waymo, a subsidiary of Google, to get a license to start operating a fee-based robotaxi business in California. (Global Market Broadcast)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hosted hundreds of Fortune 500 executives in San Francisco, New York and London this month, and he and other OpenAI executives provided AI services to the company and in some cases went head-to-head with financial backer Microsoft. Attendees said Altman spoke to more than 100 executives in each city. At each event, Altman and OpenAI's COO will give product demonstrations, including ChatGPT Enterprise and a showcase of these customer applications connected to their AI services. (Reuters)
South Korean internet giant Kakao said on Friday that it has joined a global alliance to promote open-source artificial intelligence (AI) research and development, becoming the first Korean corporate member of the alliance. Founded in December last year by a range of organizations such as large global tech companies and startups, public institutions and universities, the alliance now has about 100 members and aims to accelerate open innovation in AI technology to improve the foundational capabilities, security and trust of AI. (Sina Finance)
[Samsung Electronics is reported to announce a $44 billion U.S. chip plan as soon as next week, and is expected to receive more than $6 billion in subsidies from the U.S. government] According to people familiar with the matter, Samsung Electronics plans to announce an investment of $44 billion in U.S. chip manufacturing as soon as next week, considering outlining the project with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Raimondo in Taylor, Texas. It is reported that Samsung Electronics will receive more than $6 billion in subsidies from the U.S. government. The timing and details of the announcement of the investment plan are still subject to change before it is finalized, people familiar with the matter said. This is the latest in a multibillion-dollar subsidy provided by the Biden administration. After decades of shifting production to Asia, the Biden administration is using the CHIPS and Science Act to try to revive U.S. chip manufacturing. (Interface News)
On April 12, the Douyin E-commerce Security Center issued an announcement saying that in recent days, the platform found that a small number of criminals distributed the so-called "Douyin shopping card" and "Douyin mall shopping card" offline, using "freebies", "preferential prices" and "lucky draws" as gimmicks to induce users to defraud their personal information after scanning and commit fraud. Douyin e-commerce emphasized that the platform has never released the above-mentioned "shopping card". At the same time, Douyin also launched a warm reminder to remind users to guard against the risk of fraud. (E-commerce News)
Baidu and Geely cooperation project Jiyue Automobile is carrying out drastic reforms on its marketing side and sales side, and Yang Zhen, head of the UD-user development department on the marketing side, and a number of directors and other executive levels have been "out of class", and the current CEO Xia Yiping is personally in charge of the department head. The person in charge of the UO-user operation department on the sales side has also been changed from the original operation head Luo Gang to Andy.Gao from Tesla. Since the end of March, there has been a dense turnover of personnel between the two major departments of UD and UO. (CBN)
On April 12, 360 (hereinafter referred to as "360") self-developed artificial intelligence model 360 Brain 7B parameter model was officially open sourced, including 4K, 32K, and 360K text lengths, which are now available on the Github open source community. It is understood that the 360 Zhi Brain 7B parameter large model can support about 500,000 words input at a length of 360K, and you can read the "Three-Body Problem" in three seconds. (Finance Associated Press)
[Himalaya IPO in Hong Kong: 2023 revenue of 6.16 billion, net profit of 224 million] On April 12, according to the official website of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Himalaya submitted a prospectus. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and CICC are the joint sponsors. According to the prospectus, Himalaya's revenue in 2023 will be 6.16 billion yuan, and the adjusted net profit for the year will reach 220 million yuan. At the same time, the average monthly active users of all scenarios are 303 million, and the average monthly active users of mobile terminals are 133 million. (Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily)
On April 12, local time, Ark Venture Fund, a venture capital fund under "Sister Wood" Cathy Wood, announced on social platform X that it had invested in OpenAI. "Ark Venture Fund has invested in OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT, Dall-E and Sora. According to the official website of the Ark Venture Fund, the fund made an initial investment in OpenAI in April 2024, but did not disclose the size of the investment. (National Business Daily)
【Chopsticks Technology Completes B1 Round of Financing of Nearly 50 Million Yuan】The content business AIGC video application platform Chopsticks Technology announced the completion of nearly 50 million yuan of B1 round of financing, which is jointly invested by GSR Ventures, Haizhu Digital, Minghui Yide, and Hainan Bixin, with Viva Capital as the exclusive financial advisor. The financing funds will be used for market expansion at home and abroad, training its own vertical large model, and optimizing the product matrix, including the international version. (Smartbeast analysis here to see more)
Wuhan Ruijiakang, a synthetic biology manufacturing company, recently completed tens of millions of yuan in Series A and Series A+ financing, led by Kaifeng Venture Capital and followed by Huaheng Biotechnology, and Series A+ was invested by CDH VGC and Shouyi Science and Technology Innovation Fund. Palm Capital acted as financial advisor. (Smartbeast analysis here to see more)
[Yupan Technology Completes Nearly 100 Million Yuan Financing] Yupan Technology, an intelligent chassis company, has successively completed seed and angel round financing, with a cumulative financing amount of nearly 100 million yuan. The seed round was led by Lushi Investment, followed by Crystal Stream Capital, Westwood Investment and other investors, and the angel round was led by Xiaomi Zhan Investment, followed by Shunwei Capital and its old shareholder Lushi Investment. The financing funds will be mainly used for production line investment, product research and development, market expansion, etc. (Smartbeast analysis here to see more)
RealAI, an artificial intelligence security infrastructure provider, announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing, with the participation of Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund and others. At present, Rely Intelligence has launched two product lines, "Large Model Security Base" and "AI-generated Content Detection Base", which correspond to endogenous and derived security risks of artificial intelligence, respectively. (Smartbeast analysis here to see more)
The new generation of Wenjie M5 model will be unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show on April 23, and the official teaser picture is displayed, and the new car extended range version adopts a closed front face design, and the air intake is retained below. On April 12th, two real car pictures of the new M5 appeared on the Internet, and it was revealed that it was "Snow Peak Gray" color, which can be seen to be consistent with the design of the official preheat map, AITO's front LOGO, wheels are blackened, and they are equipped with red brake calipers. (IT House)
[OPPO A3 Pro released, priced from 1999 yuan] OPPO A3 Pro released, priced from 1999 yuan. According to reports, OPPO A3 Pro debuted OPPO Jingdun Glass, which has passed the national military standard impact resistance test, in addition, it also supports IP69, IP68, IP66 waterproof. In terms of battery, the OPPO A3 Pro is also equipped with a four-year long-lasting 5000mAh four-year long-lasting large battery, which supports 67W super flash charging, in addition, it also inherits the AI cancellation function applied on the previous flagship model. (Xinhuanet)
[The new Range Rover Sport SV EDITION ONE is on the market, priced at 2.438 million yuan] The Land Rover Range Rover Sport SV EDITION ONE limited edition is on sale at a price of 2.438 million yuan. As a high-performance version of the Range Rover Sport, the new car will be available in a limited edition of 15 units in mainland China, with a sporty exterior package made of a large number of lightweight materials, dynamic hydraulic suspension and a 4.4T V8 engine. (Sina Finance)
[Gartner: It is estimated that 75% of enterprise software engineers will use AI code assistants in 2028] Gartner, a market research agency, recently released a report that the proportion of enterprise software engineers using AI code assistants will be less than 10% at the beginning of 2023, but it is estimated that it will reach 75% by 2028. The agency surveyed 598 well-known companies around the world in the third quarter of 2023, and the results showed that 63% of enterprises are currently trying, deploying, or have already deployed AI code assistants. (Finance Associated Press)
According to data released by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan on April 12, as of October 1, 2023, Japan's total population, including foreigners in Japan, was 124.352 million, a decrease of 595,000 from last year, and negative growth for 13 consecutive years. The number of Japanese citizens decreased by 837,000, the largest decrease in history. (CCTV)
According to the statistical analysis of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in March 2024, passenger car sales achieved rapid growth month-on-month and year-on-year due to multiple factors such as a large number of new car launches, auto shows and other activities, price reductions and promotions, and quarter-end sprints. In March 2024, passenger vehicle production and sales totaled 2.25 million units and 2.236 million units, up 76.7% m/m and 67.8% m/m and 4.7% and 10.9% y/y, respectively. From January to March 2024, passenger vehicle production and sales totaled 5.609 million units and 5.687 million units, up 6.6% and 10.7% y/y, respectively. (China News Network)
Global sales of new energy vehicles increased by 12% in March, market research firm Rho Motion said on Friday that global sales of pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles increased by 12% year-on-year to 1.23 million units in March this year. Sales in China and the U.S. increased by 27% and 15%, respectively, while sales in Europe decreased by 9%. Charles Lester, data manager at Rho Motion, said: "Overall, sales growth has slowed but remains positive. Rho Motion, which had previously forecast a 25% to 30% increase in global EV and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales this year, now believes it could be closer to the lower end of this forecast range. (Viewpoint.com)