Meta released the latest artificial intelligence model Llama 3, Tesla has launched a compensation plan for global layoffs, Musk apologizes, and Huawei's Pura 70 series is sold out in a minute|Geeks already knew

Ideal L6 launched: the price starts at 249,800 yuan, and mass delivery will start in May

On April 18, the Ideal L6 was officially announced to be on sale, with a price starting at 249,800 yuan, and mass deliveries will start in May.

The Ideal L6 is positioned as a mid-to-large SUV with a length of 4,925 mm, a width of 1,960 mm, and a height of 1,735 mm. It is equipped with an electric three-person sofa, panoramic canopy, independent air conditioning, compressor refrigerator, silent cockpit, etc., and the trunk supports one-key electric folding and resetting.

The Ideal L6 is an extended-range four-wheel drive, with a CLTC comprehensive range of 1,390 kilometers and a pure electric range of 212 kilometers. According to Li Auto, the Ideal L6 has a range-extended electric system based on a new generation of lithium iron phosphate batteries, and the Ideal L6 can be charged from 20% to 80% in 20 minutes.

The Ideal L6 has two sets of intelligent driving configurations: the Ideal Intelligent Driving AD Pro, which is mainly based on pure vision and is equipped with an intelligent driving chip with 128TOPS computing power. AD Pro will be upgraded to AD Pro 3.0 with the delivery of the Ideal L6, and the Ideal Intelligent Driving AD Max will have dual redundancy of vision + LiDAR and an intelligent driving chip equipped with 508TOPS computing power. The Ideal AD Max 3.0 will further enhance high-end intelligent driving capabilities.

In terms of price, the Ideal L6 Pro is priced at 249,800 yuan, and the Ideal L6 Max is priced at 279,800 yuan. The first batch of user deliveries of the Ideal L6 will begin next week, and mass deliveries will begin in May. (Source: Sina Technology)

Meta released its latest AI model, Llama 3

On April 18, local time, Meta released two open-source Llama 3 8B and Llama 3 70B models for external developers to use for free. Both versions of Llama 3 will also be available soon to major cloud providers.

According to Meta, Llama 3 8B and Llama 3 70B are the best performing open source models of the same volume. Llama 3 8B outperforms Llama 2 70B on some test sets.

And in the coming months, Meta will launch more versions. Jim Fan, a senior scientist at NVIDIA, believes that the possible release of Llama 3-400B and above will be a kind of "watershed", and the open source community may be able to use GPT-4-level models.

After the release of Llama 3, Zuckerberg told foreign media, "Our goal is not to compete with open source models, but to surpass everyone else and build the most advanced artificial intelligence." (Source: 36Kr)

Huawei Pura 70 series sold out in one minute, dealers: 500 markup in stock

On April 18, the Huawei Pura 70 Ultra and Huawei Pura 70 Pro officially launched the Pioneer Program, and officially launched online and offline sales. The Huawei Pura 70 series includes four models: Pura 70 Standard Edition, Pura 70 Pro, Pura 70 Pro+, and Pura 70 Ultra, with retail prices starting at 5499 yuan, 6499 yuan, 7999 yuan, and 9999 yuan respectively.

According to the announcement, the Pioneer Program will be divided into two batches, of which the first batch of Huawei Pura 70 Ultra and Pura 70 Pro will be officially launched at 10:08 today, and the second batch of Huawei Pura 70 Pro+ and Huawei Pura 70 will go on sale on April 22.

At present, Huawei Mall, JD.com and other Huawei officially authorized stores, related products have been shown to be out of stock. Among them, the Pura 70 Ultra and Pura 70 Pro were sold out in less than a minute on the Huawei store. An offline Huawei dealer told reporters that the order has been completed a few days ago, and the premium of Pura 70 Pro is 500 yuan, and the current volume of goods is relatively sufficient. (Source: Sohu Technology)

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According to the news, Microsoft plans to accumulate 1.8 million AI chips by the end of the year, tripling the number of its GPUs

On April 18, according to an internal document seen by the media, Microsoft aims to accumulate 1.8 million AI chips by the end of 2024. Microsoft is trying to make generative AI faster, better, and cheaper, but this effort relies heavily on Microsoft sourcing chips and graphics processing units (GPUs), mostly from Nvidia.

According to this document, Microsoft plans to triple the number of GPUs it has in 2024. Microsoft is partnering with OpenAI and is at the forefront of the generative AI boom, and staying at the forefront of this space will be costly. Microsoft expects to spend about $100 billion on GPUs and data centers from the current fiscal year through fiscal 2027, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Frank Shaw, a spokesman for Microsoft, declined to comment, citing a standard quiet period that public companies must adhere to before reporting results. Microsoft plans to report results in the coming days. (Source: Sina Technology)

Tesla has laid off employees worldwide, and China and the United States have launched compensation plans

On April 18, Tesla Inc. has already initiated global layoffs, with its main markets in the United States and China being the hardest hit. According to domestic media reports, Tesla's layoffs in China cover multiple departments, some of which have been laid off, and sales staff are the "hardest hit areas". Because all of Tesla's stores adopt a direct sales model, store sales are also among the candidates for layoffs, and the proportion of layoffs in China may exceed 20%. The compensation standard for the retrenched employee is "N+3 (i.e. the number of years of service in the company plus 3 months)" times the salary.

According to people familiar with the matter, some departments will optimize the layoffs by 30 to 40 percent, and some departments will optimize by 50 percent. Other departments are generally at 20%, and the compensation ranges from "N+1" to "N+3", and it is "N+3" when the day is over.

According to US media reports, Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued an all-staff letter on April 14 local time, announcing a global layoff of more than 10%. According to information revealed by five former Tesla employees, the company appears to have offered 2 months of severance payments to the laid-off employees, which do not appear to be calculated based on the employee's years of employment at Tesla, as employees who have worked at Tesla for months to years receive the same compensation.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote in a brief internal email: "As we restructured Tesla, I noticed some severance packages that were unreasonably low. I apologize for the mistake. We are making immediate corrections. (Source: Phoenix Technology)

Cook's visit may promote Apple's expansion in Southeast Asia, and it is reported that it will open its first physical store in Malaysia

On April 18, Apple CEO Tim Cook will meet with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong on Thursday and Friday local time, which will be the end of Cook's biggest trip to Southeast Asia in years, people familiar with the matter said.

It is reported that Cook's trip may pave the way for Apple's more active sales activities in Southeast Asia. As part of the plan, Apple is close to opening its first brick-and-mortar store in Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. According to Apple's official website, the company currently has five physical stores in Southeast Asia, three of which are in Singapore and two in Thailand. Cook has recently met with the leaders of Vietnam and Indonesia to discuss investment. (Source: Jiemian News)

News says NIO will implement a second round of layoffs, 5 months ago announced a 10% optimization of employees

On April 18, EV reported that NIO has begun informing its China team about the second round of layoffs in response to market pressure and declining sales. NIO's Chinese human resources department will hold a meeting in the coming days, but it is uncertain about the extent or specific terms of the layoffs. In the face of increasingly fierce market competition, Li Bin, chairman of NIO, has mentioned "long-termism" on many occasions.

According to the financial report, NIO lost 20.7 billion yuan last year, and by the end of 2023, NIO had 32,820 employees.

It is reported that in November 2023, Li Bin of NIO issued an all-staff letter stating that the company's personnel will be optimized by 10%, and in December, there were media reports that NIO will expand the proportion of layoffs. In this regard, NIO said that NIO has no further layoff plans. (Source: Fast Technology)

Ali Auction responds to "laid-off female employees exposed to workplace harassment": there are conflicts of interest, rough management and other issues

On April 18, the official Weibo of "Ali Auction" issued a statement in response to the recent incident of a former employee's essay circulating on the Internet. The company said that after being reported by his subordinates for conflicts of interest and rough management, the reports were found to be true after investigation. Subsequently, the employee violated the company's discipline and refused to return to the company to explain the situation, so the company terminated the employment contract with him on April 11.

According to media reports, a long article titled "The Complete Record of Workplace Bullying at Alibaba Taotian Group" appeared on April 16. In the article, an author, who identified himself as a former employee of Alibaba's Taotian Group's former Alibaba Auction-Commercial Team (now renamed Alibaba Assets), claimed that he had been subjected to unfair treatment during his five years with the company, including "backstabbing", workplace sexual harassment, physical and verbal bullying.

At present, Weibo user Nancy_Hong717 posted this long article "Alibaba Taotian Group's Workplace Bullying Full Record" has been deleted. (Source: Zhongguancun Online)

Volvo Cars signed a memorandum of understanding with CATL

On April 18, according to CATL, Volvo Cars and CATL signed a strategic cooperation memorandum on April 16, aiming to deepen the cooperation between the two sides in sustainable development.

According to the agreement between the two parties, Volvo Cars will recycle retired and used batteries, hand them over to Volvo Cars' certified downstream suppliers for recycling, and extract nickel, cobalt, lithium and other metal materials. CATL uses these recycled materials to produce new batteries, which are used in the production of new Volvo Cars. The two companies will also work together to establish an efficient, collaborative and transparent management mechanism to ensure that the entire recycling production process meets the quality requirements of both parties and complies with the legal and regulatory requirements of various regions around the world. (Source: 36Kr)

AI startup Stability AI to lay off 10% of its workforce

On April 18, according to foreign media reports, artificial intelligence startup Stability AI laid off more than 20 employees in order to adjust the scale of its business, most of which are responsible for business operations.

It is reported that Stability AI's layoffs account for about 10% of its more than 200 employees worldwide. Last month, Stability announced that its former CEO, Mostaque, would be leaving the company to "pursue decentralized AI" and would be replaced by Wong and Laforte. (Source: vCNBC)

Douyin Mini Program should make graphic content and support third-party companies to distribute content and monetize

On April 18, it was reported that the Douyin Mini Program is expanding the platform's content diversity through open source, including graphics and text. Douyin has invited a number of content apps to distribute content and monetize on Douyin Mini Programs and Douyin Videos.

In Douyin's planning, the Mini Program will carry the same complete content as the content APP, and the Douyin video account will be used as the drainage content carrier, and the clips will be released through the official and user accounts to complete the drainage of the Mini Program. In addition, users of content apps can also contribute and forward graphic content to Douyin in the future, covering the entire Douyin domain through distribution scenarios such as search and private domain. According to people familiar with the matter, Douyin will support partners to monetize content and advertising on the platform.

While Douyin's expansion of content types may sound like a benchmark against the WeChat subscription account ecosystem, the product itself is actually closer to a WeChat mini-program. However, most of the mini programs most frequently used by WeChat users are life service mini programs, while Douyin mini programs have high traffic in terms of knowledge reading and video information. (Source: 36Kr)

Hefei will welcome the first Apple Store and the first in Anhui

On April 18, according to the latest recruitment announcement on Apple's official website, Apple will open an Apple Store in Hefei, Anhui Province, which will also be the first Apple Apple Store in Anhui. To date, Apple has opened 57 Apple Stores in Greater China.

There are currently 47 Apple Stores in Chinese mainland, including 5 in Beijing, 8 in Shanghai, 3 in Tianjin, 3 in Chongqing, 1 in Yunnan (Kunming), 2 in Sichuan (Chengdu), 2 in Shandong (Jinan and Qingdao), 4 in Guangdong (Guangzhou and Shenzhen), 1 in Guangxi (Nanning), 5 in Jiangsu (Nanjing, Wuxi and Suzhou), 1 in Henan (Zhengzhou), 4 in Zhejiang (Hangzhou, Ningbo and Wenzhou), 1 in Hubei (Wuhan), 1 in Hunan (Changsha) and 2 in Fujian home (Xiamen and Fuzhou), Liaoning 4 (Dalian and Shenyang). (Source: IT House)

There are more than 1.7 million AI monthly active enterprises, and DingTalk has launched the AI assistant market

On April 18, DingTalk officially launched the AI assistant market (AI Agent Store), and the first batch of more than 200 AI assistants will be launched, covering enterprise services, industry applications, efficiency tools, finance and taxation legal affairs, education and learning, life and entertainment and other categories.

At the same time, DingTalk released a set of data: since April 18, 2023, it was announced that it would access the Tongyi Qianwen model and start a comprehensive intelligent strategy, and one year after the launch of the comprehensive intelligent strategy, DingTalk AI assistant, document AI, Yida AI, intelligent OA and other products are penetrating into thousands of industries. As of the end of March 2024, DingTalk AI has been used by more than 2.2 million enterprises and more than 1.7 million monthly active enterprises. (Source: Sohu Technology)

China's FAW will launch high-end mobile phones under the Hongqi brand

On April 18, at the 5th China FAW Science and Technology Conference, China FAW and ECARX signed a strategic cooperation agreement on intelligent cockpit. According to the cooperation agreement, the two parties will start a comprehensive strategic cooperation in the field of intelligent cockpit, cooperate in the design and development of cockpit domain control-related products, the co-creation of ecological terminal-related products, and the ecological operation and operation and maintenance of the Internet of Vehicles, establish a full-stack R&D capability of "device-pipe-cloud" integration of intelligent cockpit, and jointly launch the highly competitive Hongqi intelligent cockpit and Hongqi OS. At the same time, the two parties will also jointly launch high-end mobile phones under the Hongqi brand.

Lei Jun Live refuted the rumors online: Carry did not have a "cold 4 billion", and he did not score more than 700 points in the college entrance examination

At 16 p.m. on April 18, Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, started the live broadcast on time at the Xiaomi Automobile Delivery Center in Beijing, which instantly attracted more than 100,000 viewers.

During the live broadcast, Lei Jun also refuted the rumors of his "cool life", saying that he was not the top student in the college entrance examination, and he did not score more than 700 points. When he was at a low point in his life, Kari didn't have a cold 4 billion, and I hope everyone can help refute the rumors. In fact, in December last year, a spokesman for Xiaomi refuted rumors that the so-called "cold 4 billion" is pure fiction, please don't believe it or spread it. Lei Jun himself forwarded and commented: "Life is never a cool article, it is a down-to-earth process, thank you for your understanding and support. 」

Lei Jun's establishment of Xiaomi is also full of challenges and setbacks. "Shuangwen" does not downplay the hardships along the way, and the secret of success is to always strive after constantly experiencing failures and challenges. (Source: Sohu Technology)