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Chinese Academy of Sciences Unveils Next-Generation AI Model ‘Zidong Taichu 2.0’

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has launched a new generation AI model, "Zidong Taichu 2.0", which supports various modalities of data including video and 3D.

Apple Vision Pro Faces Potential Trademark Conflict with Huawei in China

Apple may face a naming controversy with its newly launched mixed reality (MR) headset, the Apple Vision Pro. Reports suggest it shares its name with a trademark registered by Huawei four years ago.

ByteDance Tests AI Chatbot Product “Grace”

Amidst a flood of AI products from leading corporations such as Baidu, Huawei, and Alibaba, ByteDance's AI project has also emerged on the surface.

Tencent Backs Large-Scale AI Models with Investment in MiniMax

Tencent has reportedly made its first investment in large-scale AI models, contributing to a new $250 million financing round for startup MiniMax, which values the firm at over $1.2 billion.

“AI First” Applications are the Favorites of the Future, Says Kai-Fu Lee

May 28, 2023, Kai-Fu Lee, Chairman and CEO of Innovation Works, delivered a keynote speech at the "Artificial Intelligence Large Model Development Forum" parallel forum of the Zhongguancun Forum on May 28th, explaining new opportunities from AI 1.0 to AI 2.0.

Meituan’s AI Model in Development, Predicts Major Changes

During the earnings call, Meituan's founder&CEO, Wang Xing, discussed the latest trends in AI and the company's ongoing development of AI models.

Xiaomi Reports Q1 2023 Performance: Progress in Chip Production, Electric Vehicles, and AI

Xiaomi has reported its Q1 2023 performance. In this quarter, the company achieved revenue of 8.42 billion USD, and an adjusted net profit of 452.6 million USD, marking a 13% year-on-year increase and a 121% sequential increase.

AI Face-Swapping Technology Used in High-End Scam in China

On May 20th, the Public Security Bureau of Baotou City revealed a shocking case of fraud involving AI face-swapping technology, demonstrating the potential misuses of advanced technology.

Stefanie Sun Reacts to Her AI Counterpart’s Viral Trend

Recent online trend involving an "AI Stefanie Sun" has been sweeping across social media platforms, captivating fans and critics alike. Enthusiasts have utilized sophisticated AI models combined with post-production techniques to simulate the unique voice of popular singer Stefanie Sun, covering a vast array of songs.

Tencent’s Pony Ma Says AI is a Once-in-a-century Opportunity

"I feel that many companies are too hasty and seem to be boosting their stock prices. We have never been this kind of style."

Baidu’s Robin Li Says AI Cannot Replace Humans

Robin Li said: "I am not worried that large models will lead to a reduction in human job opportunities.

Midjourney Releases Chinese Version on Tencent Platform

AI image generators Midjourney released a notice on Tencent's WeChat platform titled 'Beta Application of Midjourney's Chinese Version', inviting Chinese creators to join the beta testing of Midjourney's official Chinese version

Ad Agency BlueFocus Halts Outsourcing Copywriting to Adopt Generative AI

BlueFocus, a well-known Chinese advertising service provider, issued an internal email stating that "The management has decided to indefinitely suspend all outsourcing expenditures related to creative design, proposal writing, copywriting, and short-term employees."

Baidu Responds to Functional Plagiarism of ERNIE Bot

On March 23rd, a blogger on Weibo published an article that questioned ERNIE Bot's image generating function has all but copied "StableDiffusion", and that ERNIE Bot has limitations in its Chinese semantic understanding. To this, Baidu responded that ERNIE Bot is a big language model fully developed by the company, and the ability of words to generate pictures comes from the big model ERNIE-ViLG.

Kingsoft Office Increases Investment in AI

On March 21st, Kingsoft Office officially released its 2022 financial report. It achieved an operating income of 3.885 billion yuan (about $ 0.56 billion), a year-on-year increase of 18.44%.

NVIDIA Offers AI Supercomputing Capabilities through Chinese Cloud Service Providers

On March 21st, local time, Huang Renxun, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, disclosed new artificial intelligence and chip technologies at GTC, an annual technology summit for software developers. The most impressive announcement was that the company will rent powerful and expensive supercomputers that were used to develop artificial intelligence technologies such as ChatGPT to almost all enterprises.

Former Leader of Alibaba M6 Joins ByteDance AI Lab

Yang Hongxia, the former leader of Alibaba's M6 model, left her post at the Alibaba DAMO Academy Intelligent Computing Lab in September last year for personal and family reasons, and has now joined ByteDance's AI Lab (Artificial Intelligence Lab) to participate in the R&D of language generation model.

Baidu Unveils ERNIE Bot, Share Price Rises More Than 12%

Baidu's ChatGPT-like product ERNIE Bot was unveiled yesterday and subsequently caused huge fluctuations in its share price. Before the Hong Kong stock market opened today, Baidu's share price rebounded. Around 15:00 Beijing time, the share price rose by over 12% to HK $142.8 (about 18.2 $).

Baidu Unveils ChatGPT-Style “ERNIE Bot”

Today, Baidu's "ERNIE Bot", known as the Chinese version of ChatGPT, has been officially released at the company's Beijing Headquarters at 14:00 Beijing time. Baidu will set up a venue at its PaddlePaddle Center on Artificial Intelligence Island, Zhang Jiang High-Tech Park. Robin Li, founder of Baidu, attended the launch event and personally introduced the ERNIE Bot.

Baidu AI Cloud Releases New Generation Cloud Strategy

Baidu AI Cloud, an intelligent cloud computing brand under Chinese technology giant Baidu, released a new strategy consisting of the "Integration of Cloud and Intelligence, Deepening the Industry" and "Integration of Cloud and Intelligence 3.0".

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