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Intel and Boston Consulting Group Launch Enterprise-Grade Generative AI Solution
Recently, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Intel announced a strategic partnership to provide enterprise customers with fully customized proprietary solutions while isolating private data in a trusted environment. The solution is powered by an Intel AI supercomputer with a custom dataset that guarantees high security and data privacy.
Google releases AI language model PaLM 2
In the early hours of May 11, Google CEO Sundar Pichai (Sundar Pichai) released its latest artificial intelligence language model "PaLM 2" at the Google I/O conference, challenging competitors such as OpenAI's GPT-4 . Pichai said: "PaLM 2 has undergone extensive training in logic and reasoning, and has extremely strong logic and reasoning capabilities. At the same time, it has also received multilingual text training and supports more than 100 languages.
For PaLM 2, Google engineers said in a research paper that the system's language proficiency is "sufficient to teach the language." Like other large language models, PaLM 2 is not so much a single product as a family of products. It comes in different editions and can be deployed in consumer and enterprise environments. Google also said that PaLM 2 has been used to support 25 of its own features and products, including the AI chatbot Bard, as well as Google Docs, Slides and Sheets.
Meiya Pico: The company has core technologies such as big data native data security technology
On May 11, Meiya Pico stated on the interactive platform that the company has the following core technologies in terms of data security: 1. Big data native data security technology; 2. Artificial intelligence security technology; 3. Metadata-driven technology; 4. Data protocol Analysis and restoration technology; 5. Cryptography technology and privacy computing, etc. These technologies are at the domestic leading and international advanced level.
Zhongke Deep Intelligence big language model "Digital Jiang Shang" is online
On May 10, Zhongke Shenzhi officially announced the launch of the large language model Digital Jiangshang at the strategy conference. This is a large language model specially designed for enterprise privatization deployment and digital humans. At the event, Zhongke Shenzhi released two large models with parameters of 20 billion and 2 billion. According to reports, this is the first privatization deployment of domestic commercial large-scale models.
Wasu Media: The company's virtual human, Ai Jia, has been released
On May 10, Wasu Media stated on the interactive platform that the company's virtual human Aijia has been released, and will actively try to explore the realization of various scenarios such as brand announcements , virtual customer service, smart tour guides, AI anchors, and live broadcast delivery. application.
Ziguang Guowei: Company President Ma Daojie resigns
On the evening of May 10, Ziguang Guowei announced that due to work arrangements, Ma Daojie applied to resign as the company's president. After resigning from the above position, Ma Daojie continued to serve as the chairman of the company's seventh board of directors and a member of the nomination committee of the board of directors. As of the disclosure date of the announcement, Mr. Ma Daojie did not hold any shares in the company. The board of directors will appoint Mr. Xie Wengang as the president of the company and Mr. Yue Chao as the vice president of the company. The term of office will start from the date of deliberation and approval at the board meeting to the expiration date of the term of the current board of directors.
GAC Aian and Didi set up a joint venture company to mass produce L4 driverless new energy vehicles in 2025
Recently, GAC Aian New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. and Didi Autopilot signed a deepening cooperation agreement to jointly release the "AIDI Plan" for the unmanned new energy mass-produced vehicle project. According to the AIDI plan, GAC Aian and Didi will establish a joint venture company to jointly define and mass-produce shared travel L4 driverless new energy vehicles, and promote the ecological construction of driverless travel at full speed. The first mass-produced model will be based on GAC Aian’s AEP3.0 pure electric platform, Xingling electronic and electrical architecture, and multi-fusion perception autonomous driving mass production technology, equipped with Didi L4 urban generalization engine and unique autonomous driving technology for travel services plan. The mass-produced car will be connected to Didi's shared travel network in 2025 , which can realize all-weather and large-scale mixed order dispatching, and promote the accelerated implementation of L4 commercialization.
BYD's intelligent driving research and development changed coaches and prepared for the AI chip team
On May 11, it was reported that Wang Huan, the person in charge of intelligent driving research and development of BYD Planning Institute, had resigned. The intelligent driving development department he was in charge of was split and integrated. Most of the more than 500 employees in this department were diverted to Han Bing. Electronic Integration Department. After the completion of this adjustment, Han Bing, Director of the Electronics Integration Department, has become the person in charge of intelligent driving research and development of BYD Planning Institute. At the same time, it is reported that Han Bing is also preparing for BYD's smart driving chip design team. Regarding the division of labor between Han Bing’s chip design team and the semiconductor business of BYD’s Sixth Division, the source revealed that “the packaging and integration of the chip may be handed over to six.” Positive sign.
Fibocom: The current market for FWA products is mainly in North America, and in the future, it will also target countries with fast 5G development such as Japan and South Korea
Fibocom recently received an agency survey and stated that the company’s FWA products are mainly for overseas markets. It is currently the time window for overseas home wireless gateways to switch from 4G to 5G. From 2021, the current market is mainly in North America. In the future, there will be Japan, South Korea, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and other regions with rapid 5G development.
Microsoft China established "Intelligent Innovation Center"
On May 11, Microsoft China announced the establishment of the "Intelligent Innovation Exchange", L'Oreal, Weilai, Anker Innovation, Midea Group and other leading companies from the cosmetics, new energy vehicles, consumer electronics, and home appliances industries, partner ecological representatives Accenture, and Academic representatives Guanghua School of Management of Peking University will join the alliance as a founding member. In the future, the alliance members of "Intelligent Innovation Hub" will help the application of technical services, scientific research results to the industry, and the transformation of ecological construction through various methods such as regular online and offline activities, AI innovation projects, technical courses, and knowledge bases.
SoftBank has established a new entity to develop a "Japanese version of ChatGPT"
SoftBank CEO Jun Miyagawa said at a performance briefing on May 10 that SoftBank established a new entity in March and selected nearly 1,000 employees to participate in the development of the "Japanese version of ChatGPT". Miyagawa did not elaborate on the project's goals or current progress.
Wisdom Shares: In the first quarter, after overseas business access to ChatGPT, the overall income increased
In a recent survey by investors, Zhidu shares said that the effect of overseas business access to ChatGPT is still in the testing and data observation stage. In the first quarter of 2023, after the overseas business is connected to ChatGPT, the advertising placement will decrease year-on-year, but due to the increase in the frequency of user interaction, the length of customer retention will increase, which will promote the realization of the company's traffic and revenue growth; overall, the overall revenue will increase.
HKUST Xunfei: There are rumors on the Internet that OpenAI’s ChatGPT is neither true nor logical
HKUST Xunfei said in a recent survey by investors that there are rumors on the Internet that the large model of Xunfei Xinghuo "ChatGPT with OpenAI shell" is neither true nor logical: if it is ChatGPT with a casing, Xunfei Xinghuo will not appear The response speed of the large model is faster than that of ChatGPT; there will be no situation where the Xunfei Xinghuo large model is better than ChatGPT in terms of text generation, knowledge question and answer, and mathematical ability.
Yaxia shares: the company's attitude in the artificial intelligence model is to embrace boldly and be aggressive
Yasha Co., Ltd. recently stated at the performance presentation meeting that the company agrees with the obvious improvement of artificial intelligence large-scale models in reducing costs and increasing efficiency in the construction industry. Therefore, the company's attitude in this regard is to embrace boldly and be aggressive. The company has no projects in the field of the Belt and Road, but its subsidiary Yingchuang Construction and the central enterprise have already cooperated in projects in the Middle East, and 3D printing construction technology has been applied. In the future, the company will keep up with the pace of the country and bring in the company's advanced industrialized decoration products and technologies in the field of the Belt and Road Initiative to benefit the people along the route.
Google launches AI video lip-sync technology: change the way you speak according to language
On May 11, Google announced that it is developing an experimental technology called Universal Translator that can translate videos from one language to another while preserving the overall tone and atmosphere. This tool can not only translate the audio, but also imitate the speaker's voice, tone and facial expression. The character's speech video will change the mouth shape synchronously according to the pronunciation of the target language. Considering the possibility of abuse, Google stated that it will restrict access to the tool, and only Google authorized partners can use it for constructive projects, and ordinary users cannot use it.
OpenAI CEO to go to Congress to defend AI
On May 11, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (Sam Altman) proposed that he would testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on May 16 to discuss the growing pressure on the government and corporations in fields ranging from medicine and finance to spying on employees. Uses of AI in various fields, and what laws might be needed to protect Americans As AI technologies become more powerful and pervasive, the U.S. Congress is grappling with how best to regulate AI. The subcommittee said it would be Altman's first testimony before Congress.
Tom Cat Receives Inquiry Letter: Request to Explain the Construction Progress of Tom Cat Theme Park
On May 11, Tom Cat received an inquiry letter on the annual report of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, requesting to supplement the main work carried out by the Tom Cat industry since the completion of the investment, the progress of the construction of the Tom Cat theme park, and whether the project construction is in line with expectations. The reason for the business operation, the reason and rationality of paying a large amount of authorization fee to the company before the actual operation.
financial report
JD.com: Net profit of 6.3 billion yuan in the first quarter
On May 11, JD.com released its financial report for the first quarter of 2023. The financial report shows that JD.com’s revenue in the quarter was 243 billion yuan, an increase of 1.4% over the first quarter of 2022. Realized a net profit of 6.3 billion yuan, compared with a net loss of 3 billion yuan in the same period last year. As of press time, JD.com’s U.S. stocks rose more than 4% before the market.
Hua Hong Semiconductor: In the first quarter, the profit attributable to owners of the parent company increased by 47.9% year-on-year
On May 11, Hua Hong Semiconductor announced that sales revenue in the first quarter reached 631 million US dollars, an increase of 6.1% year-on-year, and the same as the previous quarter; the gross profit margin was 32.1%, an increase of 5.2 percentage points year-on-year, and a decrease of 6.1 percentage points from the previous quarter; the owner of the parent company The attributable profit was US$152 million, an increase of 47.9% year-on-year and a decrease of 4.3% month-on-month. The company expects sales revenue in the second quarter to be about US$630 million; the gross profit margin is expected to be between 25% and 27%.
SoftBank Group's net loss in fiscal year 2022 is 970.14 billion yen
On May 11, SoftBank Group released its financial report for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal year 2022 as of March 31. The annual net revenue was 6.57 trillion yen, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%; the net loss was 970.14 billion yen, which was significantly worse than the market's expected loss of 343.71 billion yen. In fiscal year 2022, the Softbank Vision Fund lost 4.31 trillion yen, an increase of 68.8% year-on-year.
Hon Hai’s net profit in the first quarter was NT$12.825 billion, down 68% from the previous quarter
On May 11, Hon Hai released its first-quarter financial report. In the first quarter, revenue was NT$1.46 trillion, operating profit was NT$40.523 billion; net profit was NT$12.825 billion, a decrease of 68% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 56% . Hon Hai’s gross profit margin and operating profit margin both increased in the first quarter, of which the gross profit margin was 6.04%, an increase of 0.38 percentage points from the previous quarter. Looking forward to the second quarter, the consumer smart product category will decline, the cloud network product category and the computer terminal product category will be flat quarter-on-quarter, and other component products will grow quarter-on-quarter.
Youzan: GMV in the first quarter of 2023 will be about 23.4 billion yuan
China Youzan, a SaaS service provider listed on the Hong Kong stock market, released its first quarter performance report for 2023. The financial report shows that China Youzan’s GMV in the first quarter of 2023 will reach about 23.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 2%. In the first quarter, the average sales of a single merchant in Youzan was nearly 300,000 yuan, an increase of about 16% compared to the same period in 2022. In addition, during the reporting period, the GMV of Youzanmen’s SaaS business was about 11.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 26%. The number of new paying merchants for store SaaS accounted for about 38% of the total number of new paying merchants.
Robinhood’s revenue in the first quarter was US$441 million, and its net loss expanded by 30% year-on-year
Robinhood, an American Internet brokerage stock trading service company, announced its financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. According to the report, Robinhood’s total net revenue in the first quarter was US$441 million, a year-on-year increase of 47%, and a quarter-on-quarter increase of 16%; Diluted net loss per share attributable to common shareholders was $0.57, compared to a diluted net loss per share attributable to common shareholders of $0.45 in the same period last year.
Ideal Auto's revenue in the first quarter was 18.79 billion yuan, and Non-GAAP net profit increased by 196.4% year-on-year
On the afternoon of May 10, Li Auto announced its financial report for the first quarter of 2023. The financial report shows that Li Auto’s total revenue in the first quarter was 18.79 billion yuan, an increase of 96.5% from 9.56 billion yuan in the same period in 2022, and a 6.4% increase from the fourth quarter of 2022. The net profit was 933.8 million yuan, and the net loss in the same period last year was 10.9 million yuan, an increase of 252.0% compared with the fourth quarter of 2022. In terms of delivery, in the first quarter, the total number of ideal car deliveries was 52,584, a year-on-year increase of 65.8%. In April, Li Auto delivered 25,681 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 516.3%. As of April 30, 2023, Li Auto has 302 retail stores covering 123 cities.
Policy/Report
Beijing releases policy on specialized talents in the field of artificial intelligence algorithms
Recently, the Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Innovation and Development Talent Summit Forum event released Beijing's first artificial intelligence algorithm field special talent policy - "Several Supporting Measures for the Implementation of Algorithmic Talent Gathering Actions to Create a "West Beijing Wisdom Valley"", in Entrepreneurship Space , Computing power support, algorithm trading, financing guarantee and other aspects give algorithmic talents a broad space to display their talents, and provide strong support for Beijing to accelerate the construction of an artificial intelligence innovation center with global influence.
It is reported that there are currently more than 40,000 core technical talents in the field of artificial intelligence in Beijing. Among the top 100 institutions in the world in the number of patent authorizations, there are 30 institutions headquartered in Beijing. The biggest highlight of the talent policy introduced this time is to expand the support of algorithmic talents to the key elements of industry segments, and provide precise support for the innovation and entrepreneurship of artificial intelligence algorithmic talents in 10 aspects such as entrepreneurial space and computing power support.
Fumio Kishida orders new artificial intelligence group to study economic potential and risk response
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday ordered the creation of a new artificial intelligence panel to study the technology's economic potential and how to address its risks. Fumio Kishida said that as the chairman of the current G7 meeting, Japan will seek to play a leading role in international rule-making around artificial intelligence. The G7 summit will be held in Hiroshima on May 19.
Investment and Financing
Yinjia Technology completed the B1 round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan
Recently, Yinjia Technology announced that it has completed the B1 round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan. This round of financing is jointly invested by Oriental Fortune, Shenzhen Venture Capital, and Shenzhen High-tech Investment. It is reported that the funds raised in this round of financing are mainly used for the research and development iteration of the company's high-end intelligent driving technology products, mass production of intelligent driving products, and overseas market development.
Founded in 2013, Yinjia Technology focuses on the research and development and commercial implementation of intelligent driving hardware, software algorithms and high-end domain control systems, and provides cost-effective, mass-produced L2+ advanced driving assistance and parking integrated system products.
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The National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center landed in Zhongguancun, Beijing
On May 10, according to The Paper, with the approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center, led by Beijing Microchip Blockchain and Edge Computing Research Institute, landed in the Beijing Zhongguancun National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone. It was officially put into operation on the 10th.
According to the operation plan, the National Blockchain Technology Innovation Center will accelerate the construction of ultra-large-scale blockchain computing power clusters, and strive to build a national blockchain computing power network composed of provincial and municipal backbone node networks and industry application node networks, forming a powerful performance Its digital infrastructure serves important industries and key areas of the national economy such as cross-border trade, supply chain finance, energy, production safety, and food industry.
China's first 12nm large computing power storage and computing integrated chip released, used for intelligent driving and industrial fields
On the afternoon of May 10th, the AI chip company Houmo Intelligent released the first domestic smart driving chip with integrated storage and calculation, Houmo Hongtu H30. The Hongtu H30 chip adopts TSMC’s 12nm process, is based on SRAM storage media, and is equipped with a digital storage and computing integrated architecture. The highest physical computing power is 256TOPS, and the typical power consumption is 35W. It can be used in edge scenarios such as intelligent driving and pan-robots. The product has started mass production this year, and currently includes the support of more than 55 customers, including OEMs such as Neolithic unmanned vehicles and Huanyu Zhixing, Tier1 and algorithm providers. At present, the Hongtu H30 chip is mainly aimed at the L4 level (unmanned delivery vehicle) of commercial vehicles and the L2+ (assisted driving) level intelligent driving field of passenger vehicles.
TSMC President Wei Zhejia: Artificial intelligence has brought about revolutionary development
On May 11, at the TSMC Technology Forum, Wei Zhejia, president of the company, said that artificial intelligence has brought revolutionary development, and jokingly said, "AI continues to evolve. This year my speech is not generated by ChatGPT, but it will definitely be next year." In addition, Wei Zhejia revealed that the company has a leading AI chip customer who uses TSMC to manufacture AI chips priced at US$600-700, completes the development of AI solution equipment and sells it back to TSMC at a price of US$200,000. The Powerful Value of AI".
