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BondGPT, a chat robot in the investment field, is launched
LTX, a subsidiary of Broadridge, an American financial technology company, recently announced the launch of BondGPT, a chat robot APP based on the GPT-4 model, for corporate bond investment. BondGPT is mainly for corporate bond investors, including hedge funds, traders, etc. It can answer various bond-related questions and help users solve related problems.
Yuntian Lifei: The company will rely on the industry "Know how" accumulated in the downstream scene
On June 19, some investors asked Yuntian Lifei Company a question on the interactive platform: Is the company's large-scale model a visual large-scale model?
Yuntian Lifei responded: The company will rely on the industry "Know how" accumulated in the downstream scenarios to create a large-scale industry model that serves multiple scenarios, provide algorithm platform support for the company to expand industry applications, promote the large-scale industrialization of artificial intelligence, and strengthen the core technical barriers.
Alibaba sells 50 million SenseTime shares at HK$2.267 per share
According to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange documents, on June 15, Alibaba sold 50 million SenseTime shares at HK$2.267 per share, reducing its shareholding ratio from 6.1% to 5.91%.
Recently, shareholders of SenseTime have repeatedly reduced their holdings. On April 11, Alibaba reduced its holdings of 40 million SenseTime shares at an average price of HK$3.4520 per share, reducing its shareholding ratio from 8.04% to 7.88%. Softbank Group reduced its holdings of 50 million shares of SenseTime on April 6, with an average price of 2.77 yuan per share, involving more than 138 million Hong Kong dollars. The shareholding ratio of the company fell to 13.95%.
Germany reportedly agrees to provide 10 billion euros in subsidies for Intel
According to Bloomberg News on June 19, people familiar with the matter revealed that Germany and Intel Corporation signed an agreement to allow Intel to obtain subsidies worth 10 billion euros to build a chip manufacturing plant in eastern Germany. German Chancellor Scholz and Intel Chief Executive Henry Kissinger will sign the agreement at a ceremony in Berlin later on Monday, the people said.
Google's latest AI model TryOnDiffusion, online shopping can also be "one-click fitting"
Recently, Google and the University of Washington launched an AI fitting model TryOnDiffusion. TryOnDiffusion proposes a diffusion-based framework that unifies two Parallel-Unets ("UNet" for short). TryOnDiffusion is able to preserve clothing details in a single network, and can also match poses and figures.
MediaTek responds to rumors of cooperating with Google to produce AI server chips
On June 19, according to Taiwan media reports, Google sprinted towards AI and sought cooperation from MediaTek to jointly build the latest AI server chip, which will be produced with TSMC’s 5nm process and strive for mass production early next year, symbolizing MediaTek’s official entry into the popular AI server Related chip fields. In this regard, MediaTek issued an announcement stating that the report on receiving Google’s large AI order is based on market rumors that have not been fully verified and incorrect reports, which have greatly affected the rights and interests of the company and investors. If any damage is caused by false reporting, the rights of the company will be protected in accordance with the law.
Evernote announces the opening of the usage limit of "Impression AI"
On June 19, Evernote official Weibo announced the opening of the limit on the number of times that "Impression AI" can be used. It is reported that Impression AI is based on Evernote's self-developed lightweight large language model Elephant GPT and a hybrid model solution combining domestic and foreign large language models, which can provide functions such as open writing assistants.
Mango Super Media: The virtual host "YAOYAO" has been used in many scenarios
On June 19, Mango Super Media stated on the interactive platform that the company's virtual host "YAOYAO" and intelligent guidance virtual person "Zhen Cheng" have been used in multiple scenarios; the recently launched "All Staff Accelerating 2023" passed Using technologies such as AR and AI, guests can become digital humans to participate in program task challenges, which effectively improves the content's focus and fun; in the future, the company will continue to explore new possibilities for the application of virtual human technology relying on its own unique content endowment.
Huawei expands patent income: charges patent royalties to 30 Japanese companies
On June 18, according to Japanese media reports, Huawei is collecting patent technology royalties from about 30 Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises. A person familiar with the matter from Huawei's Japanese branch revealed that Huawei is "currently negotiating with about 30 Japanese telecom-related companies." Huawei is also believed to be stepping up its efforts to collect such royalties in Southeast Asia. It is highly unusual in the tech world for large manufacturers to negotiate royalties directly with smaller customers. Typically, negotiations over patents for telecommunications technologies are conducted among major equipment manufacturers. Such negotiations are time-consuming and costly. In contrast, direct sales of independent products to small customers have greater profit margins. However, due to Huawei's sanctions by the United States, product sales are restricted and profits have declined, which has made patent fee income more important. Since patent royalties are not subject to trade restrictions, they may become a stable source of income for Huawei.
It is reported that TSMC has begun to prepare for trial production of 2nm chips for Apple and Nvidia
On June 19, according to market news, TSMC has recently begun to prepare for trial production of 2nm products for Apple and Nvidia . In addition, in order to develop the 2nm process, TSMC will send about 1,000 R&D personnel to work at the Fab 20 fab currently under construction in Zhuke. It is understood that the plant plans to start mass production in 2025. Under the same power consumption, TSMC's 2nm technology is 10-15% faster than the 3nm process; at the same speed, the power consumption is reduced by 25-30%.
Jinghe Integration: The company's automotive chips recently passed the reliability test of the company's customers' automotive 12.8-inch display assembly
On June 19, Jinghe Integration stated on the interactive platform that the company's automotive chips have recently passed the reliability test of the company's customers' automotive 12.8-inch display assemblies and are gradually being introduced into the pre-installation market. The company will continue to strengthen the layout of automotive chips.
Tencent Cloud Launches One-Stop Service for MaaS Large Models
On the afternoon of June 19th, Tencent Cloud announced the launch of MaaS (Model-as-a-Service) large-scale model service, relying on Tencent Cloud TI platform to build industry large-scale model selection stores, based on Tencent HCC high-performance computing clusters and large-scale model capabilities, for Customers provide one-stop large model service. Tang Daosheng, Senior Executive Vice President of Tencent Group and CEO of Tencent Cloud and Smart Industry Business Group, said that the industrial scene is the best training ground for large models.
At the same time, the Tencent cloud industry large-scale ecological plan was officially launched, including Donghua Software, Huayu, Shanghai Electric, China Information, H3C, Zhejiang Zhongkong, Yuanguang Software, Evernote, Taiying Technology, Benchmark Fangzhong, Jinzhengyou Chi and others joined. At the same time, the co-construction and cooperation of large-scale models in the Tencent cloud industry was officially launched, and Changan Automobile, Inovance Technology, Kingdee, Laiyifen, Weimob, and Yidu Technology joined in.
Meitu releases MiracleVision, a large-scale AI vision model
At the Meitu Image Festival held on June 19, Meitu released MiracleVision, an "AI vision model that understands aesthetics", to provide AI vision solutions for industry customers, and to build a model ecosystem with creators and developers.
Kechuangda: Rubik Rubik large model has cooperated with car factory customers
On June 18, Chuangda stated on the interactive platform that the company's Rubik cube Rubik large model has cooperated with car factory customers and has been applied in the voice assistant and 3D graphics of the smart cockpit. At the same time, the company's vehicle operating system for central computing will also be built based on the advanced technology of large models to achieve innovative AI human-computer interaction.
Investment and Financing
Beiyun Technology received hundreds of millions of yuan in strategic financing
Recently, Hunan Beiyun Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Beiyun Technology") has acquired Bosch Venture Capital, Great Wall Motors investment platform Great Wall Capital, Xinghang Capital (a private equity fund initiated by Xiaopeng Motors), Xingyuan Capital (a Geely fund) With hundreds of millions of dollars in strategic investment, this round of investment has gathered domestic and foreign first-line vehicle companies, new car manufacturers and Tier1 industrial capital. Funds under CICC Capital, Fangguang Capital, China Automobile Investment, Co-Stone Capital, etc. also participated in this round of investment.
Beiyun Technology was established in 2013. The core R&D team comes from the main research and development and construction of Beidou satellite navigation system. It has won the first prize of scientific and technological progress many times and has rich R&D experience. Based on the self-developed high-precision positioning chip, the company provides high-precision positioning solutions for smart cars. At present, the products of Beiyun Technology are mainly used in smart cars and automatic driving.
This core technology has completed hundreds of millions of yuan in round A financing
On June 19th, General Intelligent CPU Co., Ltd. completed its A-round financing of hundreds of millions of RMB. This round of financing was jointly led by Tongge Venture Capital and Sanqi Interactive Entertainment, followed by Xie Nuo Investment, Cathay Pacific Venture Capital and a well-known industry party, and additional investment by old shareholders NIO Capital and Qiming Venture Capital. This round of financing will be mainly used for continuous R&D investment and market expansion. Founded in 2021, this core technology is a technology enterprise focusing on the research and development of general intelligent CPU.
Tsinghua team Shengshu Technology completes angel round financing of nearly 100 million yuan
Recently, AI startup Shengshu Technology completed an angel round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan. This round of financing was led by Ant Group , followed by BV Baidu Ventures and Zhuoyuan Capital. The company’s current valuation has reached 100 million US dollars. The funds will be mainly used for the construction of the core R&D team to accelerate the R&D of multi-modal large models and application products.
Founded in March 2023, Shengshu Technology was jointly incubated by RealAI, an ant group and BV Baidu Ventures, a safe and controllable artificial intelligence solution provider, focusing on the development of multi-modal generative large models and application products . The team members are mainly from the Institute of Artificial Intelligence of Tsinghua University, and Tang Jiayu, the former vice president of Ruilai Smart, serves as the CEO.
Xincheng Semiconductor has completed hundreds of millions of yuan in financing
On June 19, Zhongshan Xincheng Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: Xincheng Semiconductor) announced that it has completed the angel round, Pre-A round and A+ round of financing of hundreds of millions of yuan. The angel round was invested by Loongson Capital, Quandexue Capital, Huiyou Capital, GF Xinde, and Zhongshan Investment Holding Group; the Pre-A round was led by CDH Baifu, Zhongshan Investment Holding Group, Huiyou Capital, Hefei Taipu Investment, GF Xinde participated in the investment; the A+ round was led by Beijing Beikezhong Development Qihang Venture Capital Fund, followed by Zhongshan Investment Holding Group and Zhuoyuan Capital. The funds raised are mainly used for product research and development, plant construction and equipment procurement. It is reported that Xincheng Semiconductor, established in 2022, is a provider of integrated circuit packaging substrate solutions. The first phase of the company's high-density flip-chip packaging substrate mass production plant was officially opened on June 19.
AI + cloud industrial software Sanweijia received hundreds of millions of yuan in round D financing
On June 19, Sanweijia, an AI+cloud industrial software company, completed the D round of financing of several hundred million yuan. The investors are Guoke Investment and Inovance Technology. The post-investment valuation will reach nearly 600 million US dollars. This round of financing will be mainly used to accelerate the iterative upgrade of its product matrix, and increase investment in research and development of technologies such as AI artificial intelligence, which will help 3D Home to focus more on the three major areas of cloud modeling, cloud rendering, and 3D vector AI. Research and develop the core engine to strengthen Sanweijia's leading position in the field of home furnishing design, marketing and production software.
Sunway Home was established in 2013. Starting from the vertical market segment of home furnishing in industrial software, Sunway Home has successively launched three major product matrices: 3D cloud design, cloud manufacturing, and numerical control system. Sunway Home believes that they provide "cloud" and "AI "Modeling/simulation/processing integration" cloud industrial software solution.
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UK appoints head of AI safety taskforce to study AI risks
On June 18, the British government announced that technology entrepreneur Ian Hogarth will lead a new task force to study the security risks posed by artificial intelligence. In April, the British government pledged £100 million ($128.17 million) to create a task force. The working group will examine the risks surrounding artificial intelligence and conduct security research. Last week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak positioned London as the future global center for AI regulation in a speech. The UK will host a summit on AI security risks later this year.
Princeton University launched the Infinigen AI model, which can generate 3D scenes of real natural environments
Princeton University researcher Alexander Raistrick has released an open source AI model called "Infinigen" that can generate realistic 3D natural world scenes. The Infinigen model can also be used as a generator of training data, which can provide a series of features including "object detection", "semantic segmentation", "pose estimation", "3D reconstruction", "view synthesis" and "video generation", which can be used in computers Vision-related AI for scene training. But the current efficiency of the Infinigen model needs to be improved.
UK allows driverless cars to be rented commercially
On June 19th, the United Kingdom allowed the commercial use of driverless cars for the first time. According to reports, the unmanned vehicle is remotely controlled by the operator to reach the passenger's set location, and then the passenger can drive to the destination by himself. After completing the order, the operator drives the vehicle back to the designated location. For safety reasons, currently, these self-driving cars will have a driver on board, but he is not required to operate.
