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OpenAI completes a new round of financing, the valuation is close to 30 billion US dollars
According to reports, OpenAI has completed financing of US$300 million, with a valuation of US$27 billion to US$29 billion. Venture capital firms participating in this round of financing include Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz of California, Thrive of New York, K2 Global and Founders Fund. This round of financing is separate from Microsoft’s previous investment of tens of billions of dollars. According to this calculation, OpenAI has completed a financing of 10.3 billion U.S. dollars.
Industry insiders: TSMC will start the construction of a German factory as soon as August, mainly producing 28nm
According to reports, people familiar with the matter revealed that TSMC is planning to establish a joint venture with NXP Semiconductors, Bosch, Infineon, etc., and will spend up to 10 billion euros to set up a wafer production plant in Saxony, Germany. According to some sources, TSMC will pass the project of setting up a factory in Germany as soon as August, and the German factory mainly produces 28nm chips.
Baidu is the first completed unit to publish a paper in the regular issue of "Nature"
In the early hours of May 2, Beijing time, the top international academic journal "Nature" published the research results of Baidu and its partners in the field of biocomputing - "Algorithm for Optimized mRNA Design Improves Stability and Immunogenicity", and proposed the mRNA sequence optimization algorithm LinearDesign .
This is the first time that a Chinese technology company has published a paper in the journal Nature as the first completion unit. In view of the importance of the paper to the biomedical field, Nature published the accelerated article preview before the official typesetting. This is also the first CNS main journal paper on the application of AI in the field of mRNA.
China Logistics Group and others established a digital technology company with a registered capital of 500 million
Tianyancha App shows that recently, China Logistics Group Digital Technology Co., Ltd. was established, the legal representative is Rongguang, and the registered capital is 500 million yuan. The business scope includes big data services, data processing services, Internet data services, information technology consulting services, and information consulting services. , computer system services, network technology services, etc. Shareholder information shows that the company is held 60%, 36%, and 4% by China Logistics Group Co., Ltd., China Software and Technology Services Co., Ltd., and China Electronics Corporation.
iSoftStone takes the lead in opening up the interconnection road from OpenHarmony mobile terminal to PC terminal
Honghu Wanlian, a subsidiary of iSoftStone, took the lead in releasing the SwanLinkOS commercial PC release version (Beta version) based on OpenHarmony 3.2 Release, which is the first domestically-made PC terminal distribution for the X86 platform architecture based on OpenHarmony as a digital base. type operating system. This breakthrough marks that iSoftStone is the first in the industry to open up the interconnection road from the OpenHarmony mobile terminal to the PC terminal, realizing the cross-terminal calling of multiple hardware capabilities. The adaptation hardware uses a certain type of office notebook, and the driver adaptation of USB, network port, SATA port, PCIE and other hardware interfaces has been completed, and the performance has met the basic production and living needs.
Microsoft will launch a private version of ChatGPT, the price is 10 times the regular version
On May 4th, according to foreign media reports, Microsoft plans to launch a private version of ChatGPT, allowing industry users who resist the current hottest artificial intelligence technology to become their customers. It is reported that the purpose of Microsoft's plan is to reassure customers that their secrets will not be leaked to ChatGPT's main system. However, the cost of using this product may be more than 10 times that of the regular version of ChatGPT.
Tom Cat: The company's domestic and foreign teams have advanced the research and development of artificial intelligence interactive products
Tom Cat said in a recent survey that as of now, the company's domestic and foreign teams have promoted the research and development of artificial intelligence interactive products. Among them, the company's domestic R&D team has implanted the "Tom Cat" IP image into the functional prototype of AI interactive products, added functions such as speech recognition, speech synthesis, personality setting, content filtering, etc., and tested products such as voice interaction and continuous dialogue Performance, preliminarily verified the feasibility of related technologies, and formally started the development of application products.
With the help of pre-trained language models such as ChatGPT, the company's overseas R&D team actively promotes the innovation of AI-based content gameplay and interactive experience of mobile applications under the "Talking Tom Family" IP. Currently, it has access to test technical services such as Embeddings provided by OpenAI. Promote the preliminary research and development of related products.
Huibo Yuntong: In the future, it plans to increase R&D investment in cloud computing, big data and other emerging technologies and business fields
Huibo Yuntong stated on the interactive platform on May 4 that the increase in the company's R&D expenses in the first quarter of 2023 was mainly due to the increase in R&D investment in the company's main business. In the future, the company plans to focus on strengthening the development of industries with high demand for software development services, and increase R&D investment in emerging technologies and business fields such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things. Please pay attention to the relevant information on subsequent R&D investment The company reports regularly.
Medical Association released medGPT, the first large-scale model-driven AI doctor in China is about to come out
Recently, the Internet Hospital Medical Association announced that it has developed the first large-scale model-driven AI doctor in China - MedGPT. This product has entered the internal testing stage and is planned to be released soon. According to the Medical Association, MedGPT currently has the ability to diagnose nearly 3,000 diseases for the first time, covering more than 80% of adult diseases and more than 90% of pediatric diseases aged 0-12.
According to the Medical Association, MedGPT uses large-scale model technology to provide rich, accurate and structured medical knowledge for the model based on the medical knowledge map, and collects and sorts out nearly 2 billion real doctor-patient communication dialogues, inspection and testing and case information for in-depth training and learning. At the same time, real feedback from doctors is used for reinforcement learning to ensure the reasoning quality, accuracy and reliability of the model.
It is worth mentioning that MedGPT has for the first time broken through the difficulty that AI doctors cannot have continuous and free dialogue with real patients, and supports multi-modal input and output in medical consultation scenarios.
China Telecom released Tianyi cloud intelligent computing platform "Yunxiao" and "Hexinghe" general visual large model 2.0
Recently, at the 6th Digital China Construction Summit Cloud Ecology Conference, China Telecom released the Tianyi cloud intelligent computing platform "Yunxiao". According to the relevant person in charge of Tianyi Cloud, the Yunxiao platform relies on the Tianyi Cloud 4.0 base to create a high-performance computing power base, achieve an ultra-high linear acceleration ratio of up to 80% and improve computing efficiency, support a variety of mainstream frameworks and chips, and support multi-level computing power. system and green and low-carbon capabilities.
And released the "Galaxy" general visual model 2.0. According to reports, the data volume of the "Galaxy" large model has increased from one million to one billion, and the model parameters have increased from one billion to ten billion. In terms of capabilities, the "Galaxy" large model integrates image, video, and semantic multi-source information to improve the model's semantic understanding ability, and expand the ability of visual multi-perception, fine segmentation, and spatial interaction relationships. The algorithm has improved by an average of 10% in more than 100 businesses. %above.
Meta pushes new language model Toolformer: "beat" GPT-3 by calling tools autonomously
Recently, artificial intelligence researchers at Meta launched a new language model Toolformer designed to handle multiple API calls in natural language processing use cases. Toolformer is based on GPT-J, a 6.7 billion parameter open source language model. Meta's researchers acknowledge in their paper that Toolformer is less complete than its contemporaries ChatGPT and that it still has limitations in its current use.
Jiadu Technology: In-depth research has been carried out on the industrial application of large models
On April 28, Jiadu Technology responded to questions about the layout of the large model on the interactive platform. In terms of rail transit, intelligent customer service and intelligent operation and maintenance are considered to be the most promising scenarios. The company's R&D team is using LLM (Large Language Model) with nearly 10 billion parameters, combined with industry knowledge base data and industry know-how, to iterate Train the industry knowledge engine. In terms of traffic, based on massive traffic information data, the strong cognitive ability of large models is used to empower traffic governance.
Great Star Technology: At the beginning of 2023, the company's American team will actively connect to ChatGPT for customer service communication and social media communication
Recently, Yestar Technology stated on the interactive platform that in early 2023, the company's US team actively connected to ChatGPT for customer service communication and social media communication, and has achieved certain results. It is believed that the company's cross-border e-commerce business will make greater progress in 2023.
financial report
Huawei's revenue in the first quarter of this year was 132.1 billion yuan, an increase of 0.8% year-on-year
On the afternoon of April 28, Huawei released its operating results for the first quarter of 2023, achieving sales revenue of 132.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.8%, and a net profit margin of 2.3%. Huawei said that the overall operating results were in line with expectations, and the company continued to increase investment in research and development.
Qualcomm's second-quarter revenue was US$9.275 billion, and net profit fell 42% year-on-year
On the morning of May 4, Qualcomm released the company's financial report for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023. According to the report, Qualcomm’s second-quarter revenue was US$9.275 billion, down 17% from US$11.164 billion in the same period last year; net profit was US$1.704 billion, down 42% from US$2.934 billion in the same period last year; According to US GAAP, Qualcomm's adjusted net profit in the second fiscal quarter was US$2.420 billion, down 34% from US$3.661 billion in the same period last year.
The financial report shows that Qualcomm's revenue in mobile phone chips, automotive chips, and Internet of Things businesses fell by 17%, 20%, and 24% year-on-year, respectively. Qualcomm's second-quarter revenue exceeded Wall Street analysts' expectations, and adjusted diluted earnings per share were in line with expectations. But at the same time, Qualcomm's outlook for third-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings per share fell short of expectations, leading to a sharp drop of nearly 7% in its after-hours stock price.
Amazon's Q1 turned around, with a net profit of 3.2 billion U.S. dollars
Recently, Amazon released its financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. The financial report shows that Amazon's total net sales in the first quarter were US$127.358 billion, an increase of 9% from US$116.444 billion in the same period last year; net profit was US$3.172 billion, a net loss of US$3.844 billion in the same period last year. Amazon's first-quarter net profit included a $500 million investment loss in electric vehicle company Rivian. The first quarter net sales of the AWS cloud service sector were US$21.354 billion, an increase of 16% from US$18.441 billion in the same period last year.
Chip giant Intel suffers biggest quarterly loss ever
Recently, Intel's first-quarter revenue was US$11.7 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 36%, falling to a low level not seen since 2010, but better than analysts' average forecast of US$11.04 billion. Intel posted a net loss of $2.76 billion in the first quarter, its second consecutive quarterly loss, surpassing the record loss of $687 million set in the first quarter of 2017. Intel said the company will continue to lose money in the second quarter.
Policy/Report
In 2022, China's autonomous driving development platform market will grow by 106%
Recently, IDC officially released "IDC MarketShare: Autonomous Driving Development Platform Market Share, 2022". According to research, the market size of China's autonomous driving platform will reach RMB 589 million in 2022. Thanks to the rapid development of the autonomous driving industry, the iteration speed of autonomous driving algorithms and the demand for computing power are showing a rapid increase, significantly promoting market growth.
GlobalData: The global 5G market will continue to grow slowly in the next few years, with connections accounting for 48% in 2027
May 4th, a new report from market research firm GlobalData predicts that the global 5G market will continue to grow slowly in the next few years. By 2027, 48% of all cellular connections will be via 5G connections, a steady increase from 18% at the end of 2022, and the number of connections will increase from 1.7 billion last year to 5.5 billion in 2027.
IDC released the 2022 China's autonomous driving development platform market share rankings: Baidu Apollo, Huawei, and Ali rank among the top three
Recently, the research institution IDC released the report "IDC MarketShare: Autonomous Driving Development Platform Market Share, 2022". According to the report, the market size of China's autonomous driving platform will reach 589 million yuan in 2022. According to IDC, the autonomous driving development platform in this research is an autonomous driving system development platform for auto companies or autonomous driving solution providers, enabling them to quickly build their own autonomous driving systems to meet the needs of technology buyers to process massive amounts of data , The requirements for the update and iteration of the automatic driving scheme, the platform needs to have: data processing, storage, analysis and processing; algorithm model development tool chain; simulation system and other functional modules. In terms of market share, the overall market concentration is relatively high, and the market share of enterprises dominated by cloud computing vendors exceeds 80%. Among them, Baidu Apollo's autonomous driving cloud share is 34.4%, Huawei's 29.7%, Alibaba's 9.2%, Tencent Cloud's 5.0%, Amazon Cloud Technology 3.4%, and the remaining manufacturers' share of 18.3%.
Investment and Financing
Kuxun Intelligent completed tens of millions of RMB A round of financing
Recently, Kuxun Intelligent completed tens of millions of RMB in Series A financing, led by Yida Capital. This round of financing will be mainly used for Kuxun’s smart product research and development, supply chain construction, market operations, etc. Kuxun Intelligent is a supplier specializing in "one-stop" overall solutions for mobile robots and intelligent warehousing. Relying on core products such as industrial mobile robots and intelligent warehousing independently developed by the company, the company strives to provide overall intelligence for industrial manufacturing and intelligent factories. Through digital, networked and integrated intelligent solutions, it can effectively help the manufacturing industry to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
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The 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference SAIL Award invites nominations from all over the world
On May 4, the reporter learned from the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission that, as the highest award of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, the 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Conference SAIL Award (Super AI Leader, outstanding artificial intelligence leader) set sail again and is now officially open to the world. Send out invitations to nominate.
Adhering to the concept of "pursuing excellence and leading the future", the SAIL Awards discover projects that are highly recognized and well-known in the field of artificial intelligence and have the significance of improving human well-being from a global perspective. The SAIL Award was established in 2018, and the SAIL Awards are selected and the list is released every year. The SAIL Awards continue to track the development of artificial intelligence technology, the industry boom caused by generative artificial intelligence, explore the new industrial formats catalyzed by AIGC, and continue to encourage the field of artificial intelligence to make directional technological breakthroughs and application innovations, and artificial intelligence that is or will change future life project. The selection of the SAIL Awards still adopts the expert recommendation system, and through independent and fair high-level and professional review, the SAIL Awards are finally selected.
Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and more will discuss AI issues at the White House
On May 3, according to a Reuters report, the CEOs of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic will meet with senior administration officials including Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday to discuss the future of artificial intelligence, a White House official said. development problem.
The White House invitation letter to CEOs shows that U.S. officials plan to have "frank discussions" with these CEOs about AI, especially about the risks posed by the technology's "current and near-term" developments. Companies must make sure their products are safe before making them available to the public." The rapid development of AI technology has raised concerns, including invasion of privacy, bias, and concerns that it could spread fraud and disinformation. Anthropic representatives confirmed the company will be attending the meeting. Google and OpenAI have yet to comment. Microsoft declined to comment.
EU reaches agreement on Artificial Intelligence Law to set copyright rules for generative AI
Members of the European Parliament have reached an interim political agreement on a proposal for The AI Act, which would require companies deploying generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT to disclose the copyrighted material used to develop their systems. The agreement paves the way for the world's first comprehensive AI law, the AI Act, which is expected to have global impact. The text of the proposal may still need to be fine-tuned on a technical level ahead of a key committee vote scheduled for May 11, with a plenary vote expected in mid-June.
It is reported that TSMC's US-made chips may be 30% more expensive than Taiwan-made chips, and some US customers are considering switching to Samsung and Intel.
On May 3, according to US media reports, the foundry price of TSMC’s US factory may be 20% to 30% higher than that of Taiwan’s factory. As for chips produced by Japan’s Kumamoto factory, the price difference may be between 10% and 15%. Many U.S. customers are negotiating with TSMC, and some customers are considering switching to Samsung Electronics to control costs more flexibly. According to unconfirmed news, AMD and Qualcomm are considering switching to Samsung, while Nvidia may turn to Intel for help.
Twitter adjusts API payment policy, public service accounts such as weather forecast can be free
News on May 3, according to media reports, a few days ago, Musk’s Twitter company adjusted the API paywall policy, allowing some public service accounts to stay on the platform for free. Previously, Twitter closed free API access, causing some important public service accounts to be forced to stop updating. The platform's Twitter Dev account shared an update on Wednesday, saying that certified government or public service accounts can now use the Twitter API for free for important purposes such as weather alerts, traffic updates and emergency notifications.
UK watchdog to scrutinize tech behind software like ChatGPT
On May 3 local time, the British "Financial Times" reported that the British competition regulator will launch a review of the artificial intelligence market, involving the technology behind tools such as ChatGPT.
The head of Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Kadle, said the agency would examine "the underlying models" and "how the markets around these models develop". Khadr noted that the CMA will assess the real opportunities in this area, and what kind of guardrails and principles should be put in place to ensure competition works effectively and consumers are protected. Khadr said the CMA's "fact-finding" on AI would involve stakeholders such as business and academia, and aim to gather rich and wide-ranging information. The review will not target any particular company.
