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- Eight companies, including Baidu and Byte, officially launched large-scale model products to provide services to the public
- The new version of WeChat supports CarPlay calls, and you can make WeChat voice calls in the car
- Lu Weibing: Xiaomi's car manufacturing is progressing very smoothly, and the plan for mass production and listing in 2024 remains unchanged
- Intel joins the openKylin open source community to promote the application of Linux on PC in China
- Meitu: AI digital human generation tool DreamAvatar launched
- Huawei's net profit in the first half of 2023 is 46.5 billion yuan, and R&D investment is 82.6 billion yuan
- OpenAI expects revenue to exceed $1 billion in next 12 months
- Apple may launch AirPods with USB-C port
- It is reported that Apple will no longer provide human customer service on social platforms and support communities in October
- Google DeepMind releases tool to mark whether images are AI-generated watermarks
- Apple invites researchers to apply for special iPhone 14 Pro designed to find bugs
- Microsoft announced that it will stop supporting Visual Studio IDE for Mac on August 31 next year
- SQLite 3.43.0 released
- Firefox 117 released
domestic news
Eight companies, including Baidu and Byte, officially launched large-scale model products to provide services to the public
Baidu (Wenxin Yiyan), Byte (Skylark large-scale model), Shangtang (Day Rixin large-scale model), Zidong Taichu large-scale model under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Baichuan Intelligent (Baichuan large-scale model), Zhipu AI (GLM large-scale model) , MiniMax (ABAB large-scale model), Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (general-purpose large-scale model for scholars), the large-scale models of 8 enterprises/institutions are listed in the first batch of lists, and can be officially launched to provide services to the public.
Among them, Wenxinyiyan issued a document today stating that it is the first to fully open to the whole society. Users can download the "Wenxin Yiyan APP" in the app store or log on to the "Wenxin Yiyan official website" (https://yiyan.baidu.com) to experience it. It is reported that Baidu will also open a batch of newly restructured AI native applications, allowing users to fully experience the four core capabilities of generative AI: understanding, generation, logic, and memory.
The new version of WeChat supports CarPlay calls, and you can make WeChat voice calls in the car
iOS WeChat recently launched a new version v8.0.41, adding several useful new features, including support for CarPlay. CarPlay is Apple's smart system for cars that allows users to use some apps on the iPhone through the car screen or voice control while driving. iOS WeChat version 8.0.41 has finally added the CarPlay in-vehicle version, and WeChat will automatically appear on the main screen of CarPlay after connecting the car. At present, the function of CarPlay WeChat is relatively simple. It can only answer or call back voice and video calls, but cannot view or send WeChat messages. However, I believe that in future versions, WeChat will further improve the CarPlay experience.
Lu Weibing: Xiaomi's car manufacturing is progressing very smoothly, and the plan for mass production and listing in 2024 remains unchanged
Recently, Lu Weibing, partner and president of Xiaomi Group, revealed that Xiaomi's car manufacturing is progressing very smoothly, and even some recent progress has far exceeded expectations.
Lu Weibing said that the actual investment of Xiaomi Automobile is even greater. Xiaomi is doing the long-term layout of the car with the goal of entering the top five in the world in the future, doing full-stack self-research, and building a car factory by itself, so the cash flow The investment is even higher than the disclosed figure.
Recently, Lu Weibing and Xiaomi founder Lei Jun released a series of photos about car building on Weibo, which also sparked heated discussions. In this regard, Lu Weibing said that Xiaomi has just completed the summer test, and the progress has exceeded expectations. It will maintain mass production in the first half of 2024. The goal remains the same.
Intel joins the openKylin open source community to promote the application of Linux on PC in China
Intel Asia Pacific R&D Co., Ltd. has officially joined the openKylin open source community, and will promote Linux on Promotion and application of PC software and hardware in China. Intel will carry out in-depth cooperation with the openKylin community, establish the SIG group of x86-IA, and hold regular working group meetings to help openKylin's technological innovation based on the IA architecture, and improve the quality and speed of the development of the openKylin Linux desktop operating system.
Meitu: AI digital human generation tool DreamAvatar launched
According to Meitu’s official news, DreamAvatar, an AI digital human generation tool under Meitu, has launched the first phase of the “AI Actor” digital human service. With AI as the core, it serves productivity scenarios such as video content creation, video processing and editing.
The generation of DreamAvatar "AI actor" digital human does not require professional equipment, and can be easily done with a mobile phone. The user only needs to import the captured video material and specify the characters in the video, and the rest is left to AI to operate. AI will perform human detection, tracking, erasing, replacement, and background restoration, automatically replacing real people with digital ones. Using 3D human body pose estimation and driving algorithms, DreamAvatar's AI actors can perfectly synchronize their actions with real people.
Huawei's net profit in the first half of 2023 is 46.5 billion yuan, and R&D investment is 82.6 billion yuan
On August 30, Huawei disclosed the 2023 semi-annual report on the official website of the Shanghai Clearing House. The financial report shows that in the first half of the year, Huawei achieved revenue of 308.29 billion yuan, compared with 298.680 billion yuan in the same period last year; net profit was 46.523 billion yuan, compared with 14.629 billion yuan in the same period last year. It is worth noting that in the first half of 2023, Huawei's research and development expenses were 82.604 billion yuan, compared with 79.063 billion yuan in the same period last year.
international news
OpenAI expects revenue to exceed $1 billion in next 12 months
OpenAI is expected to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months from the sale of artificial intelligence software and the computing power to power it, The Information reported Tuesday.
Previously, the ChatGPT developer expected $200 million in revenue this year. The report also said that OpenAI is currently earning more than $80 million per month (currently about 583 million yuan), compared with just $28 million for the whole of last year.
In addition to ChatGPT, OpenAI also makes money by selling API access to its AI models directly to developers and businesses, and by partnering with Microsoft, which invested more than $10 billion in the company in January.
Apple may launch AirPods with USB-C port
In the latest Power On newsletter from Bloomberg, Mark Gurman broke the news that Apple has scheduled an autumn conference at 1 a.m. on September 13. In addition to launching four iPhone 15 series with USB-C ports , will also introduce new AirPods with a USB-C port. Gurman said in the newsletter: "Apple will update the AirPods product at the launch event to accompany the new iPhone. One of the highlights is the adoption of the USB-C port." (IT House)
It is reported that Apple will no longer provide human customer service on social platforms and support communities in October
According to foreign technology media MacRumors, Apple plans to cut off the after-sales consultant positions on social media and support forums. It is reported that hundreds of employees will be affected, and most of them will be transferred to telephone after-sales support. The report cited many sources, saying that Apple plans to cut off the after-sales consultant positions in X (Twitter), YouTube and Apple Support Community communities. After October 1 this year, users who contact customer service personnel on the above platforms will not be able to get manual customer service. support.
Google DeepMind releases tool to mark whether an image is an AI-generated watermark
Google DeepMind has released SynthID, a watermark tool that marks whether an image is generated by AI. Currently, it only supports Google's own AI image generation service Imagen. Users can choose whether to add a watermark when using Imagen to generate images to help other users identify AI-generated images or help protect copyrights.
SynthID uses two neural networks, one of which generates an almost identical image from the original image with slightly modified pixels. It creates a pattern that is invisible to the human eye. A second neural network recognizes the pattern, telling the user whether a watermark is detected. This watermark cannot be edited by editing or screenshots.
Apple invites researchers to apply for special iPhone 14 Pro designed to find bugs
Apple began accepting applications for the 2024 iPhone Security Research Device Program, which aims to provide security researchers with specially designed iPhone 14 Pro devices to more easily discover critical vulnerabilities in the iOS system. Founded in 2019, the program has successfully discovered 130 high-impact security vulnerabilities. Apple researchers can receive security bounties, with individual awards reaching $500,000. The iPhone 14 Pro research device provided by Apple has special hardware and software designed for security research, allowing researchers to configure or disable iOS security protections for deeper research. Only a limited number of participants each year will have the opportunity to receive research equipment, and the application deadline is October 31, 2023.
Microsoft announced that it will stop supporting Visual Studio IDE for Mac on August 31 next year
The Microsoft Developer Blog posted an update announcing that the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the Mac platform is starting the "retirement" process today. Visual Studio for Mac 17.6 will continue to be supported for 12 months, ending August 31, 2024. Microsoft stated that it will no longer develop new features for Visual Studio for Mac in the future, and will not add new frameworks, runtimes, or language support. In the next year, it will focus on security issues and release services and security updates.
Programmer Zone
SQLite 3.43.0 released
The database SQLite 3.43.0 is officially released. The modifications of this version include: adding the Contentless-Delete FTS5 index, which is a variant of the FTS5 full-text index. It does not store the indexed content, supports data deletion, and enhances the date and time For related functions, a sqlite3_stmt_explain(S,E) API has been added to change the EXPLAIN settings of precompiled statements. For details, please refer to the release notes: https://sqlite.org/releaselog/3_43_0.html
Firefox 117 released
Browser Firefox version 117 is officially released, and the most notable improvement of this version is the introduction of local automatic translation. Mozilla said that the entire translation process is done locally, so the test found that the translation speed is not fast. There is also a new "Translation" area in the settings panel, where you can install the language for offline translation, set the language, or automatically translate the specified website into a certain language. Other modifications such as enabling improved CSS nesting support by default, support for RTCRtpScriptTransform, support for math-style and math-depth CSS properties and font-size: math values, etc., see the release notes for details: https://www.mozilla.org/ en-US/firefox/117.0/releasenotes/