Abstract: On August 11, according to Lishui, Qingtian, Zhejiang issued a county-level metaverse policy. Metaverse enterprises and institutions supported by this policy refer to digital economy enterprises and R&D institutions (excluding trade and headquarters enterprises) that operate legally, pay taxes, and produce and operate within Qingtian County, including communication technology, cloud computing, blockchain, etc. Chain, digital twin, artificial intelligence, interactive technology, VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), MR (mixed reality), unmanned driving, virtual robot, brain-computer interaction, metaverse education, film and television animation, digital virtual human , Wenchuang IP and other Metaverse technology research and development, application, production, training and promotion of independent legal entities and R&D institutions.
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Zhejiang Qingtian released the country's first county-level metaverse policy, with a maximum one-time subsidy of 3 million yuan
Babbitt News, on August 11, according to the release of Lishui, Qingtian, Zhejiang released the country's first county-level metaverse policy. Metaverse enterprises and institutions supported by this opinion refer to digital economy enterprises and R&D institutions (excluding trade and headquarters enterprises) that operate legally, pay taxes, and produce and operate within the scope of Qingtian County, including communication technology, cloud computing, district Block chain, digital twin, artificial intelligence, interactive technology, VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), MR (mixed reality), unmanned driving, virtual robot, brain-computer interaction, metaverse education, film and television animation, digital virtual An independent legal person enterprise and R&D institution for R&D, application, production, training, and promotion of metaverse technologies such as people, cultural and creative IP.
Supporting policies include: 1. Rent subsidies; 2. Encourage metaverse enterprises to land in Qingtian. Metaverse enterprises (excluding trading enterprises) whose annual sales revenue exceeds 30 million yuan, 50 million yuan, 100 million yuan, and 300 million yuan for the first time, A one-time subsidy of 200,000 yuan, 600,000 yuan, 1.5 million yuan, and 3 million yuan will be given respectively; 3. Encourage the development of computing power cooperation in Qingtian, and issue computing power coupons with a total amount of no more than 10 million yuan each year to support enterprises in computing power cooperation (including the use of international leading platforms such as OMNIVERSE); 4. Support the research and development of key technologies in Metaverse; 5. Business subsidies; 6. Support the creation of application scenarios in Metaverse; 9. Encourage the introduction of metaverse manufacturing projects; 10. Guide financial support for the development of metaverse industries, support metaverse enterprises to finance through policy-based financing guarantee companies at all levels, and establish digital economy (metaverse) industries The development fund supports the development of the Qingtian Metaverse industry.
Xiaomi's large model was exposed for the first time, ranking No. 1 in CMMLU Chinese to large models
According to Jinshi's report on August 10, Xiaomi's large model MiLM-6B appeared on the C-Eval and CMMLU large model evaluation lists. As of now, MiLM-6B ranks 10th in the C-Eval overall list, ranks 1st in the same parameter magnitude, and ranks 1st in the CMMLU Chinese large model. Babbitt note, C-Eval list, full name C-Eval global large-scale model comprehensive test test list, is a Chinese language model comprehensive test evaluation kit jointly constructed by Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and the University of Edinburgh. CMMLU is a comprehensive Chinese large model benchmark.
Kunlun and Meta reached a business cooperation to develop a StarMaker VR version for the Quest 2 headset
According to the news from IT House on August 11, Kunlun Wanwei Group issued an announcement. Recently, Tiangong Technology, a holding subsidiary of Kunlun Wanwei, signed an agreement with Meta, the global leader in Metaverse, on the development of XR equipment products. According to the announcement, Tiangong Technology is responsible for developing the StarMaker VR version suitable for use on Meta Quest 2 and its iterative devices. Meta will evaluate and pay Tiangong Technology for business cooperation incentives according to the delivery of development milestones. StarMaker is a karaoke application, known as the world's largest music social entertainment platform, with more than 60 million loyal users. The VR version is currently available on the Oculus store and the Steam store.
Ali Dharma Institute opens 100 AI patent licenses for free
According to 36 Krypton’s report on August 11, Ali Dharma Academy (Hupan Laboratory) announced that it will open 100 AI patent licenses to the public for free, which will become the largest patent opening action for artificial intelligence in China. It is understood that the 100 AI patent licenses released by Ali Dharma Academy for free this time will be included in the first batch of national patent public implementation lists, and will be put on the shelves in Zhejiang Intellectual Property Exchange Center, covering many AI technologies such as image technology, video technology, 3D vision, etc. This field allows small, medium and micro enterprises to obtain AI technology dividends at a low or even zero cost, and accelerates the arrival of the AI era.
Nvidia releases CALM AI model: training virtual characters that can simulate 5 billion human actions
According to news from IT House on August 11, Nvidia recently collaborated with the Israel Institute of Technology, Bar-Ilan University and Simon Fraser University to publish a technical paper on the CALM AI model. Nvidia said that the full name of CALM is Conditional Adversarial Latent Models (Conditional Adversarial Latent Models), which is used to train custom virtual characters. According to Nvidia, 10 days of training in the real world is equivalent to 10 years of training in the simulated world. After training, the CALM AI model can simulate 5 billion human actions, covering human actions such as walking, standing, sitting, running, and fighting with a sword.
Ministry of Public Security: Strictly crack down on ghosts in the industry to leak personal information, and keep an eye on new applications such as ChatGPT
According to China Daily, Sun Jinfeng, political commissar of the Network Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, said at a press conference on August 10 that in response to illegal and criminal acts of infringing citizens' personal information, the public security organs anchored the source of internal leaks in the industry and cracked down heavily on "inner ghosts" in the industry. Since 2020, a total of more than 2,300 "inner ghosts" in industries such as telecom operators, hospitals, insurance companies, real estate, property management, and express delivery companies have been captured; key network platforms for buying and selling citizens' personal information have been captured, and a number of data middlemen and Material suppliers; keep a close eye on ChatGPT, cloud computing, blockchain, "AI face-changing" and other new technologies, new applications, and new formats, and attack while researching, and solve a number of new cases that use artificial intelligence technology to infringe on citizens' personal information; Follow the line to dig deep into the clues of downstream crimes, and jointly crack a large number of illegal and criminal cases such as telecommunications fraud, routine loans, Internet theft, and Internet money laundering.
Lucidworks Research Report: 93% of Companies Plan to Increase Investment in AI
Big data application search provider Lucidworks Inc. today released the results of a generative artificial intelligence study. Research shows that 93% of companies plan to increase their investment in AI in the next 12 months.
The study, based on a survey of more than 6,000 employees involved in AI technology decisions, also found differences in how companies plan to increase AI investments across regions. All Chinese companies and 98% of Indian companies were found to be preparing to increase their generative AI investments, compared to 92% in the US and 94% in the UK.
While companies have been found to be embracing AI, many still have a long way to go. The study found that, on average, companies initiated only 7.5 of the 80 identified best practices, rising to an average of 10.7 in the technology industry. The report also found that the entertainment, technology and consumer goods industries lead the way in terms of plans to increase spending on generative AI, followed by construction and real estate, financial services and transportation.
AI metaverse startup Futureverse to release text-to-music generator in early 2024
According to a Billboard report on August 10, Futureverse, an AI metaverse startup, will release the text music generator Jen-1 in early 2024, aiming to improve the problems found in currently available music generators, provide higher fidelity audio and more. Longer, more complex musical compositions. As previously reported, in July, Futureverse completed a US$54 million Series A financing led by 10T Holdings and participated by Ripple Labs and others.
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