Abstract: In the United States, big names in the AI industry chain, including Musk, Bill Gates, Zuckerberg, Huang Shixun, etc., held an "AI themed closed-door meeting." The media revealed that their core topics were probably policy supervision, Issues such as data security and the ethics of AI. On the other side of China, Huawei Cloud, SenseTime, Kuaishou, 360 Group, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology... also held a "private meeting" to discuss the current status of the large model industry, how to commercialize it, and where new trends and opportunities lie. .
Although they are both AI, the focus seems to be completely different.
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U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee announces public hearing on artificial intelligence for September 19
According to a report by the Associated Press on September 15, the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee announced that it will hold a public hearing on artificial intelligence on September 19.
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According to a report by Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily on September 15, Adobe Chairman and CEO Shantanu Narayen said that the company’s recent plans such as Firefly, Express, Creative Cloud and GenStudio have made the company’s tools used by millions of users.
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According to IT House news on September 15, Horizon Worlds, Meta's "Metaverse" platform, started a closed beta test of the mobile terminal in late August this year. It has recently begun inviting Android users to experience it in advance and has launched a web version. Meta says an iOS version will be available in the coming weeks.
The Japanese government teamed up with a number of technology companies to create a Japanese version of “ChatGPT”
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a16z released a list of the top 50 most visited AI products in the world: ChatGPT, Character.AI, and Bard ranked among the top three
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Kuaishou launches AIGC new application scenario again, AI play review function has started internal testing
According to Jinshi News, on September 15, Kuaishou announced that it would start an internal test of the AI Wenshengtu function in the short video comment area - Kuaishou AI Play Review. By inputting various creative text, users can generate a large number of style pictures with one click, which makes comments more popular. Be more fun. It is reported that this is another AIGC capability that Kuaishou has explored and implemented in short video scenes after Kuaishou’s AI dialogue.
Is “Tmall Elf” planning to change its name? Insider: It’s true, and tens of millions of terminals will be upgraded and connected to the “big model”
According to the Shanghai Securities News, on September 15, it was reported that Alibaba’s “Tmall Elf” will be renamed, and new products with the XGENIE brand name have been exposed in some channels. It was confirmed from company insiders that new brands and new products will indeed be released on September 19. It was confirmed from the person in charge that at the same time as the new product is released, the products and services already sold by Tmall Genie will not be affected, and there will be at least tens of millions of sold terminals that can access "large models" and multiple AIGC capabilities through online upgrades. .
Maimai Gaopin released a game industry talent report: nearly 75% of practitioners have begun to use AI tools
According to TechWeb's report on September 14, Maimai Gaopin released the "2023 Insights on High-end Talents in the Game Industry". "Insight" pointed out that AI technology has gradually been applied to all aspects of the game industry, such as planning, art, programming, and operations. 74.95% of game industry practitioners have used AI tools to varying degrees in their work, among which many people use AI tools frequently every day. Practitioners used were 7.19%. Nearly 20% of practitioners have not yet used AI in their work, but they are also actively learning.
Investment and Financing
Nvidia and Amgen-backed AI pharma company Generate:Biomedicines completes $273 million in financing
According to Reuters, on September 14, Generate:Biomedicines, a drug developer that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to find new treatments, announced that it had raised 273 million from investors including Nvidia Ventures and Amgen. USD funds. The company said it will use the Series C financing to support its drug research and development in different disease areas such as cancer, infectious diseases and immune diseases.
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