iPhone 16 Pro storage may start at 256GB / Yu Chengdong: Pura70 has good news in two days / OpenAI CEO: AI costs can be reduced to close to zero
Yu Chengdong responds to when the Pura 70 will go on sale: There will be good news in two more days
The number of users of Wenxin Yiyan exceeded 200 million, and Robin Li talked about the open source of large models
Tesla layoffs: Employees went to the factory gate to find that they had been laid off, and high-performing employees were not spared
AI Scholar Li Feifei's Team Releases "2024 Artificial Intelligence Index Report"
OpenAI 为错峰 GPT API 打五折
Baichuan Intelligent responds to the rumors of financing and valuation of 13 billion
Makeup CEO、CO:Hey 成本可降至接近零
Baidu released DuerOS X, the world's first AI-native operating system
PS5 Pro Open Developer Kit subscription
BYD's Equation Leopard product matrix was unveiled
The iPhone 16 Pro starts with 256 GB of storage
The Geely Galaxy E8 has been officially released
The Insta 360 X4 action camera was released
Yu Chengdong responds to when the Pura 70 will go on sale: There will be good news in two more days
Yesterday, Yu Chengdong, executive director of Huawei and CEO of the terminal BG, told the first financial reporter that the Pura 70 can be regarded as the P70, "There will be good news in two days. 」
The day before yesterday, Yu Chengdong and Huawei officially announced that the Huawei P series brand will be upgraded to Pura, and the Pura series will bring a comprehensive upgrade in image, design, and style.
Subsequently, the first promotional video of Huawei's PURA series was released. In the video, the triangular shape stands out, and it also confirms that the Huawei Pura 70 series may have a new triangular camera island design.
The number of users of Wenxin Yiyan exceeded 200 million, and Robin Li talked about the open source of large models
Yesterday, Baidu held the 2024 Create AI Developer Conference, at which Baidu founder Robin Li announced the latest progress of its generative AI Wenxin Yiyan and Wenxin large models.
Wenxin Yiyan was released in March last year, and the number of users and the average daily API call volume have exceeded 200 million, the number of customers served has reached 85,000, and the number of AI native applications developed using the Qianfan platform has exceeded 190,000.
At the conference, Robin Li talked about the disadvantages of open source of large models:
In the past, people used to think that open source was cheap, but in fact, in the large model scenario, open source is the most expensive.
Robin Li also said in an internal conversation that the closed source of large models has a real business model and can gather talents and computing power.
Robin Li also talked about multimodal large models at the conference, believing that this is the only way to general artificial intelligence (AGI), and Baidu will invest in these areas for a long time.
Robin Li also delivered a keynote speech titled "Everyone is a Developer", arguing that large models and generative AI will revolutionize the developer community, and in the future, as long as you can speak, you can become a developer.
Tesla layoffs: Employees went to the factory gate to find that they had been laid off, and high-performing employees were not spared
The day before yesterday, Tesla notified its global employees via internal email that it would lay off 10% of its workforce, and some employees only found out they had been laid off when they arrived at the company's factory the next day.
One employee said he arrived at the factory on a shuttle bus Monday morning local time and waited in line for two hours to check the badges one by one, checking that the fired employees would be put in another vehicle and left.
Workers at the Fremont plant said they were told by security guards that if badges were not available, they would be fired.
TechCrunch reported that the layoffs also involved some high-performing employees, with more layoffs on lower-priority projects.
The domestic blogger @胖虎Shawn revealed that the domestic Tesla has begun to communicate with the store about the list of layoffs, and the compensation standard is "N+3", and basically every store has people laid off.
AI Scholar Li Feifei's Team Releases "2024 Artificial Intelligence Index Report"
Yesterday, the Institute for Human-Centered AI at Stanford University, co-led by AI scholar Feifei Li, released the 2024 Artificial Intelligence Index Report.
According to Vanessa Parli, research director of the project, the most exciting advantage of AI research is the combination of large language models with robots and agents.
The report tracks the top 10 trends in global AI development in 2023:
AI outperforms humans on some tasks, but not at all;
Compared with academia, industry continues to dominate cutting-edge AI research.
Cutting-edge AI models will be more expensive;
The U.S. became a major source of top AI models;
For large language models, there is a lack of reliable and standardized assessment of responsibility;
Generative AI investment has surged;
AI is more productive and has a higher quality of work than workers;
AI accelerates scientific progress;
The number of AI regulations in the U.S. has increased dramatically;
There is a greater awareness of the potential impact of AI, and there is also greater anxiety.
OpenAI 为错峰 GPT API 打五折
OpenAI launched the Batch API to developers yesterday, giving results within 24 hours and offering half price.
The Batch API is suitable for processing large amounts of text, images, and summaries, and OpenAI will give the processing results within 24 hours, so that OpenAI can process these data during off-peak hours, saving server resources.
The detailed usage of the Batch API has been described in the OpenAI API documentation, including how to create, retrieve, and cancel Batch batches.
Baichuan Intelligent responds to the rumors of financing and valuation of 13 billion
Yesterday, it was reported that Baichuan Intelligence, founded by Wang Xiaochuan, has a new round of financing of hundreds of millions of dollars. Participating investors confirmed that Baichuan Intelligence has been valued at more than 1.8 billion US dollars (about 13 billion yuan) since the beginning of this year.
Baichuan Intelligent responded to Sina Technology that the company had not disclosed the latest financing information, and the amount involved in the report was not accurate.
Founded in 2023 by Wang Xiaochuan, former CEO of Sogou, Baichuan Intelligence claims to be the "Chinese version of OpenAI".
Makeup CEO、CO:Hey 成本可降至接近零
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman、COO Brad Lightcap 近日一同接受了 20VC 采访。
In the interview, Altman argues that the key to limiting the development of AI today is geopolitical, socio-economic and other instability, which may even be the "root cause".
He also said that OpenAI could reduce the cost of very high-quality AI technology to "near zero", which would be very beneficial for most things in the world.
Lightcap believes that enterprise supply chains are "in great need of AI technology", and that investing ChatGPT in the supply chain management process can cut spending in specific areas by 20%.
Baidu released DuerOS X, the world's first AI-native operating system
At yesterday's Baidu Create 2024 conference, Xiaodu Technology announced the launch of "the world's first AI native operating system" DuerOS X.
According to reports,The operating system relies on the Baidu Wenxin model,And has been deeply optimized,It has made "significant progress" in multimodal perception and humanized performance,It can realize the voice interaction function of small devices without wake-up all weather。
DuerOS was launched in 2017 for products such as small smart speakers, and DuerOS X will usher in more AI function upgrades, claiming that "the wake-up recognition rate is as high as 99%, and the ability to understand and meet user needs is more than 95%".
PS5 Pro Open Developer Kit subscription
The PS5 Pro is a high-end version of the PlayStation 5 series, codenamed "Trinity", and is rumored to be released in late 2024.
Test kits are now available for developers to order, and Sony is asking developers to ensure that their games are compatible with PS5 Pro, and expects all games submitted for certification to work on PS5 Pro in August.
According to reports, the PS5 Pro will come with a more powerful GPU with 3x the rendering performance of the base PS5. This will allow for better support for ray tracing, higher resolutions, and higher frame rates.
Sony sued a Youtuber yesterday for leaking information about the PS5 Pro in a video and took the video down.
BYD's Equation Leopard product matrix was unveiled
At the spring launch of the "Fanghua" Equation Leopard brand held last night, the Equation Leopard product matrix was released.
The Leopard 5 is known as the "optimal solution for new energy off-road", and since its launch in November last year, nearly 20,000 units have been delivered.
The Leopard 8, which was officially released at the conference, is known as the "hard-core flagship deep solution", positioned as a large SUV, equipped with a DMO hybrid system and Yunnan-P intelligent body control system, and the price has not yet been announced.
Positioned as a mid-size SUV, the Leopard SUPER 3 concept car is inspired by the "Star Chariot", with a drone kit on the roof and an interactive screen on the front of the body that can display charging status and customization.
Also unveiled was Formula Leopard's first concept car, the SUPER 9, a professional sports car in the Speedster category, featuring a "space cockpit" style with dual cabs and an open roof.
At the Beijing Auto Show to be held this month, Formula Leopard will also bring its product matrix to the public in close contact.
The iPhone 16 Pro starts with 256 GB of storage
@leaksapplepro broke the news that the starting storage space of Apple's iPhone 16 Pro models will be increased to 256 GB.
The iPhone 15 Pro Max has increased the starting storage to 256 GB and increased the price by $100, while the iPhone 15 Pro has the same price as the previous generation and the starting storage has also remained at 128 GB.
The iPhone 16 Pro is expected to remain unchanged at $999, although the storage may be upgraded.
The Geely Galaxy E8 has been officially released
Yesterday, Geely Automobile officially released two new versions of the Geely Galaxy E8, "550km 400V two-wheel drive Longteng Edition" and "620km 800V four-wheel drive Longteng Edition", priced at 165,800 yuan and 215,800 yuan respectively, which are 10,000 yuan and 13,000 yuan lower than the original entry-level model, and add three new body colors: Xizi Blue, Smoke Gray and Daybreak Black.
It is reported that the Galaxy E8 has a wheelbase of 2925mm, the world's first 45-inch 8K unbounded large screen, equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 flagship cockpit chip, built-in "Galaxy Unbounded Cockpit", and Meizu Flyme supports functions such as three-finger task flow and address transfer on the car.
The Insta 360 X4 action camera was released
Yesterday, Insta 360 released a new 8K action camera X4, which can shoot 8K 30 frames + 5.7K 60 frames ultra-high-definition panoramic video, 72 million pixel photos, and support 4K 100 frames slow motion shooting. Bare metal is 10-meter water resistant.
The X4 also features a new natural wide-angle FOV that eliminates distortion in fisheye lenses, as well as in-house FlowState stabilization technology and 360° horizontal correction.
In terms of battery life, the X4 has been upgraded to 2290 mAh, which can shoot continuously for 135 minutes at 5.7K at 30 frames, which is a 67% increase in battery life.
The X4 has been sold on multiple platforms such as Shadow Stone Official City, Tmall Official Flagship Store, and JD.com's Official Flagship Store, with a price starting at 3499 yuan.
CASETiFY embarks on a journey of reinvention
CASETiFY has launched JOURNEY TO Re/BiRTH, which aims to drive positive environmental change through a series of eco-friendly practices.
As part of the campaign, CASETiFY launched the "Re/CASETiFY Renewal" phone case recycling program. The program has been implemented in more than 40 stores around the world, and by setting up recycling bins, consumers are encouraged to participate in environmental protection and jointly contribute to reducing the burden on the planet.
The recycling program consists of four steps: collecting used phone cases, polishing them, converting them into recycled raw materials called "Re/CASETiFY pellets", and using these pellets in the production of new products to achieve durability and sustainability.
5 regional flavor potato chips such as new snail noodles on Lay's
Yesterday, Lay's officially announced that there are 5 new flavors in the region.
These 5 regional flavors are: the three provinces of Northeast China limited stick bone stewed sauerkraut flavor, Hebei Shijiazhuang limited beef plate noodle flavor, Qilu Shandong limited pancake roll green onion flavor, Guizhou Zunyi limited Zunyi mutton powder flavor, Guangxi limited snail noodles flavor.
Tea Baidao has launched a new series of ice cream teas
Tea Baidao 3 new iced coconut ice cream products were launched yesterday and are available for a limited time of 10 days.
The three flavours of Iced Coconut Ice Cream are:
Watermelon Iced Coconut Ice Cream: Refreshing watermelon + tender custard + coconut ice cream
Black Tea Iced Coconut Ice Cream: Mellow Black Tea + Brown Sugar Pearls + Coconut Ice Cream
Matcha Iced Coconut Ice Cream: Fresh matcha + tender custard + coconut ice cream
Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" is open for pre-sale
Hayao Miyazaki's classic film "Howl's Moving Castle" officially opened pre-sale yesterday, and the mainland is scheduled to be released on April 30.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the film's release, and Studio Ghibli announced yesterday that it will give away a surprise gift prepared by Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki at its premiere in Shanghai on April 27.
Set in a fictional kingdom, the film tells the story of Sophie, a young milliner, who is cursed by a witch of the wilderness to become an old woman, against the backdrop of a war with another kingdom. She then meets a wizard named Hal and is drawn into the resistance and admiration of the king.
Writer Sanmao's biographical film began to show the scene
In the former residence of Sanmao in Ayong City, a netizen happened to meet the crew who were conducting scene surveys for the movie "The Story of the Sahara". In the shared photos, it can be seen that it seems to be director Xue Xiaolu and screenwriter Ami.
The synopsis of the record story of this film is as follows: It mainly tells the growth experience of the writer Sanmao as an idol of the literary era, and uses her unique life course to show the detached, independent, and true female appearance of the new era, as well as the deep affection for her lover and her dedication to love, which is a modern romantic love movie story.
Netflix's film department has been realigned
According to reports, after Netflix's film director Lin Wei arrived on April 1, he laid off 15 members of the film executive team, basically all executives, accounting for about 10% of the film department's employees.
He also said that in the future, Netflix movies will not only shoot star action movies with large investments, but will also produce more diversified movies with different budgets in the future to take care of the different interests of Netflix's 260 million users. In the future, we will focus more on the needs of the audience than the needs of the creators. For the remuneration of stars, it will change the previous model of high advance payment.