[The world's most powerful open-source large model Llama 3 released: pre-trained with 15T data, the maximum model parameters will exceed 400 billion] On Thursday, local time, the American technology giant Meta launched its most powerful open-source artificial intelligence (AI) model, Llama 3, to catch up with industry leader OpenAI.
Meta CEO Zuckerberg claimed that Llama 3 is available in 8B and 70B versions, and that the larger version of Llama 3 will have more than 400 billion parameters. Thanks to pre-training and instruction fine-tuning, Llama 3 is a huge improvement over Llama 2. (Finance Associated Press)
[Lei Jun's live broadcast responds to the loss of car manufacturing: I haven't heard that there is a company that makes money] At 4 pm on April 18, Lei Jun, the founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi, started a live broadcast on Douyin. Lei Jun said that Xiaomi SU7 has only been released for 20 days, and it is a bit too early to talk about success. Regarding the question raised by netizens that the delivery time of Xiaomi SU7 is too long, he said: "The sales volume is 3-5 times higher than we expected, and a supplier conference was urgently held a week ago, and production is being stepped up." As for whether off-road vehicles will be launched in the future, Lei Jun said: There is no such plan for the time being. Lei Jun reiterated in the live broadcast that future model plans are kept secret within the company.
Some netizens think that Xiaomi SU7 is not cost-effective enough, Lei Jun responded that pure electric car companies are basically not profitable, and there is an outrageous one with a loss of more than 100,000 yuan. "Don't talk about cost performance in an industry with huge losses, pure electric cars are basically loss-making. Lei Jun also mentioned in the live broadcast that there are many rumors about himself on the Internet. "I am not the top student in the college entrance examination, I have not scored 700 points, and I do not have a cold 4 billion in the trough of my life. Lei Jun said that he was born in the countryside and has come to this day step by step by relying on hard work. Success in life is not cool, it depends on dreams, struggle and the help of nobles. At 18 o'clock in the afternoon of the 18th, Lei Jun's two-hour live broadcast ended. Sina Technology found that before the live broadcast began, Lei Jun's fans were 17.376 million, and after the live broadcast ended, it was 18.263 million, with a total increase of 887,000 fans.
In addition, Xiaomi Auto: At 9 a.m. on April 19, Xiaomi SU7 will be turned on for a 24-hour limited time change. (Sina Technology)
On April 18, Ali Auction responded to the heated discussion on the Internet about "Ali Auction's former employees accused executives of workplace bullying", and Ali Auction officially responded. Ali Auction's official Weibo post said: "The former employee was reported by his subordinates for conflicts of interest and rough management, and the company determined that the report was true after investigation and adjusted his management position." After that, he violated the company's discipline and refused to return to the company to explain the situation, and the company terminated the labor contract with him on April 11. On April 16, a long article "The Complete Record of Workplace Bullying of Alibaba Taotian Group" circulated on the Internet. According to the long article, an employee who identified himself as the former Ali Auction-Commercial Institution team of Alibaba Taotian Group (Alibaba Auction is now renamed Alibaba Assets) has experienced five years of unfair treatment since joining the company on December 10, 2018, involving "'backstabbing', workplace sexual harassment, physical bullying and verbal bullying." (Xiaoxiang Morning News)
[Zhang Hezi, the founder of Nucleon Gene, appeared in response to the three major controversies of the "nucleic acid fraud" incident] Zhang Hezi, the founder of Nucleon Gene, who had been on the cusp of public opinion for a long time two years ago, finally appeared publicly on the Internet. Since March this year, Zhang Hezi, the founder of Nucleon Gene, has successively posted self-described videos on social media in response to the incident reported by the Lanzhou government that the nucleic acid test results of its nucleic acid testing laboratory were incorrectly entered two years ago.
In his autobiography, Zhang Hezi said that he "earned a number of villas" by relying on the decoration industry. This is also the source of its capital accumulation and the first pot of gold for subsequent entrepreneurship, "make money and make rich people's money". Zhang Hezi also said that at that time, it also accumulated a lot of villa real estate located all over the country. However, with the idea of gene technology inclusiveness, it sold a number of villas to raise the start-up capital to enter the gene industry. In 2011, he officially entered the gene industry. In addition, Zhang Shanshan, a shareholder of Nucleon Gene, had a senior executive experience in a number of nucleic acid testing companies, and the mystery of Zhang Shanshan's identity was also one of the biggest unsolved cases at that time. Zhang Hezi said that Zhang Shanshan was not his daughter, but an old colleague of his company. (Interface)
On the morning of April 18, the Huawei Pura 70 series was launched on Huawei's official mall and offline stores. In the official mall, within 1 minute of the listing of many products, the words "temporarily not for sale" or "temporarily out of stock" appeared. Offline, the officially authorized experience store said that it has opened blind booking for the Pura 70 series. A channel dealer told reporters: "The specific volume and distribution rules are not very clear, but the volume of our Pura series is expected to be more than that of the Mate 60 series." (National Business Daily)
On the evening of April 17, Hongmeng Zhixing announced that the cumulative orders for the new M5 reached 10,000 units in 12 hours. (Finance Associated Press)
[Tesla's 10,000-person layoffs caused a sensation in the United States, US media: Musk apologized for the "too low" severance pay of some laid off employees] Tesla's 10,000-person layoffs are causing a sensation in the United States, and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Musk apologized. According to Bloomberg, Musk admitted in an email sent to employees on the 17th local time that the severance pay given to some laid off employees was "too low" and said that he would correct the mistake. Bloomberg said it saw that Musk said in a brief email sent to employees that day, "In the process of restructuring Tesla, I noticed that some severance payments were wrongly depressed" and "I apologize for the mistake." I correct it promptly. It is unclear how many of the laid-off employees were affected, the report said. (Huanqiu.com)
On the morning of April 18, in response to "Robin Li said that the open source model will be more and more backward", Zhou Hongyi replied in public, "I believe in the power of open source, some celebrities on the Internet say that open source is not as good as closed source, don't be fooled by nonsense, even the company that said this has grown to this day with the help of open source." (Sina Technology)
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Following the announcement of business integration in February, on April 18, Meituan CEO Wang Xing released an internal email announcing the progress of the organizational iteration after the integration. According to the email, the previously integrated Meituan platform, the store group, the home business group and the basic R&D platform will be merged into the "Core Local Commerce" (Core Local Commerce) sector, and Wang Puzhong will be the CEO of the core local business. According to the email, Meituan will "no longer set up the in-store business group and the home-to-home business group, and the departments under the original jurisdiction of the two business groups will be adjusted to directly belong to the 'core local business'". (Jimu News)
[Tesla fell four times in a row, and Musk's wealth ranking was surpassed by Xiaozha again] Tesla's stock price fell for the fourth consecutive trading day, and its market value fell below $500 billion. As of Wednesday's close, Musk's worth of $174 billion dropped to fourth place on the list of the world's richest people, surpassed by Zuckerberg, who has a net worth of $175 billion. This is the second time this month that Musk's ranking has been surpassed by Zuckerberg. So far this year, Musk's worth has evaporated by $55.2 billion. (Global Market Broadcast)
According to reports, NIO has begun to inform its Chinese team about the second round of layoffs and held meetings with its team in China to deal with 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. (Hexun)
【Beijing's first Tsutaya Bookstore opens on April 20th】Beijing's first Tsutaya Bookstore will open on April 20th at THE BOX B. According to reports, Tsutaya Bookstore Beijing Chaoyang THE BOX has the largest magazine area among all the stores of Tsutaya Bookstore in China, in addition to book selection, there are also comprehensive stationery and daily necessities. According to public information, Tsutaya Bookstore was founded in Osaka, Japan in 1983 and is known as the "most beautiful bookstore", with more than 1,400 branches around the world. (Beijing Daily)
Recently, some netizens posted a video saying that after visiting Sam's for more than an hour, they have seen adults sitting in the shopping cart directly with shoes on, and the relevant video has triggered a discussion among netizens about the health and safety issues of this kind of behavior. In this regard, on April 18, Sam's customer service staff responded to reporters that after inquiry, there are currently no relevant explicit regulations prohibiting such behavior, consumers can ask the staff to coordinate and deal with it in the store, Sam's shopping cart will also be cleaned regularly, and relevant suggestions will be recorded feedback. (Nandu)
[It is reported that the Douyin Mini Program should make graphic content and support third-party companies to distribute content and monetize] It is reported that the Douyin Mini Program is expanding the diversity of the platform's content through open source, including various forms such as graphics and text. According to people familiar with the matter, Douyin will support partners to monetize content and advertising on the platform. (Sina Finance)
According to an internal document seen by the media, Microsoft aims to accumulate 1.8 million AI chips by the end of 2024 and triple the number of GPUs it has, according to an internal document seen by the media. Microsoft expects to spend about $100 billion on GPUs and data centers from the current fiscal year to fiscal year 2027, according to two people familiar with the matter. A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment. (Global Market Broadcast)
According to a Reuters report on the 17th, the U.S. and Dutch governments are negotiating on restricting lithography machine manufacturer ASML from providing services for relevant equipment purchased by Chinese customers, in this context, ASML CEO (CEO) Peter Wennink said on the 17th that the company has no reason not to provide services for equipment that has been sold to Chinese customers. (Huanqiu.com)
According to a plan outlined by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, the TikTok stripping bill will "soon become law," with the new plan tying up the TikTok stripping bill with a series of fast-moving bills designed to provide new aid to Ukraine and Israel. On April 18, TikTok responded to the latest developments, saying that the U.S. House of Representatives once again forcibly pushed forward a ban bill under the cover of a bill related to foreign humanitarian assistance, which would trample on the free speech rights of 170 million Americans, destroy 7 million businesses, and shut down a platform that contributes $24 billion to the U.S. economy every year. (Interface News)
[Cook's visit may promote Apple's expansion in Southeast Asia, and it is reported that it will open the first physical store in Malaysia] On April 18, people familiar with the matter said that Apple CEO 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 largest trip to Southeast Asia in many years. 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. (Interface)
It is reported that Samsung Group recently proposed that executives of its main subsidiaries work six days a week, covering Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI, Samsung SDS and Samsung Display. This move has been interpreted by the industry as part of the implementation of emergency operations. It is reported that Samsung Group executives will have the opportunity to work on Saturday or Sunday of their own choice. At the same time, executives of financial subsidiaries such as Samsung Life are also expected to implement a six-day work week soon. (Interface)
[Databao has completed a new round of financing of nearly 200 million yuan] Guizhou Databao Network Technology Co., Ltd. has completed a new round of financing of nearly 200 million yuan. This round of financing is the sixth round of new state-owned equity investment by Databao, and the investor is Guizhou Guiyang Big Data Science and Technology Innovation City Industrial Development Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership). (Smartbeast analysis here to see more)
Danish payment company Flatpay closes Series B financing: Danish modern payment solutions provider Flatpay announced the completion of its Series B financing. The round was co-invested by Dawn Capital and Seed Capital, and the amount of the investment was not disclosed. (Smartbeast analysis here to see more)
【Yitai Microelectronics Completes Pre-A+ Round of Financing】Yitai Microelectronics recently completed the Pre-A+ round of financing, led by Zhongke Chuangxing, co-invested with Co-creation, and continued to follow by Pengchen Capital and Yiqi Lihe. Yitai Microelectronics said that this round of financing is mainly used for the research and development of automotive Ethernet chips and product delivery. (Smartbeast analysis here to see more)
[Ideal L6 listing: price starts at 249,800 yuan, mass delivery will start in May] At the new ideal L6 listing conference on April 18, the ideal L6 was officially announced to be listed, with a price starting at 249,800 yuan, and mass delivery will start in May. 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 start next week, and mass delivery will start in May. (Sina Technology)
[Kimi improves logical reasoning and other capabilities, and the APP supports voice input and broadcasting] The Kimi intelligent assistant under the dark side of the moon has been updated, and the basic model has been updated to moonshot-v1-20240416 In addition, the web version (kimi.ai) supports adding your own common words, and the search results support traceability. (Titanium Media)
[Zhidou Rainbow pure electric car listing: range 125/205km, subsidy price from 27,900 yuan] Zhidou Rainbow, the first model after the renewal of the Zhidou automobile brand, was officially launched on April 18, with an official guide price of 31,900-43,900 yuan, and an order of 1,999 yuan, you can enjoy a subsidy of 4,000 yuan, and the price range after the subsidy is 27,900-39,900 yuan. (IT House)
[National Bureau of Statistics released data on unemployment rate by age group in March] The National Bureau of Statistics released data on the unemployment rate by age group in March on April 18. According to the data, in March, the unemployment rate of the labor force aged 25-29 in urban areas excluding school students was 7.2%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points from February (6.4%). In addition, the unemployment rate of the labor force aged 16-24 excluding school students in urban areas was 15.3 percent, unchanged from February, and the unemployment rate of labor force aged 30-59 excluding school students was 4.1 percent, down 0.1 percentage points from February (4.2 percent). (The Paper)
[Agency: Monopoly GO Super King Glory Returns to the Top of the Global Mobile Game Best-Selling List] SensorTower Store Intelligence Data shows that in March 2024, Scopely's "Monopoly GO!" attracted $277 million in the global AppStore and GooglePlay, returning to the top of the global mobile game best-selling list. Tencent's "Honor of Kings" ranked second on the list with a revenue of $234 million. The other three games in the top five are DreamGames' RoyalMatch, Roblox, and King's CandyCrushSaga. (Interface)
[Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: 56.43 million 5G mobile phone shipments in the first quarter, accounting for 83.7% of mobile phone shipments in the same period] Zhao Zhiguo, spokesman and chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in the first quarter, the mainland's telecommunications business revenue reached 443.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%, and the overall steady growth was maintained, laying a good start for the year's work. By the end of March, a total of 3.647 million 5G base stations had been built across the country, the 5G user penetration rate had exceeded 60%, 24.56 million ports with gigabit network service capabilities had reached 24.56 million, and the world's first 400G all-optical inter-provincial backbone network link was officially put into commercial use. In addition, in the first quarter, mainland mobile phone shipments, especially 5G mobile phone shipments, reached 56.43 million units, accounting for 83.7% of mobile phone shipments in the same period. (Securities Times)
According to the statistical analysis of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, from January to March 2024, the top 10 enterprises (groups) in automobile sales sold a total of 5.689 million vehicles, accounting for 84.7% of the total automobile sales. Among the above ten companies, compared with the same period last year, the sales of SAIC Group, Guangzhou Automobile Group and BAIC Group decreased to varying degrees, and the sales of other enterprises increased to varying degrees, among which Chery Holding had the most significant growth rate. (Poster News)
[2024 May Day new film pre-sale box office exceeded 10 million yuan] According to Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 17:51 on April 18, the total box office of 2024 May Day new film pre-sale (including screening) exceeded 10 million. "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team", "There is No Thing That Can't Be Solved by a Hot Pot", and "Spy Playing Family Codename: White" are temporarily in the top three. (National Business Daily)