"Geek Headlines" - the news circle for technicians!
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A quick look at the news in one minute!
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NetEase and Blizzard suspected of "reunion"
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Lei Jun responded that car production was slow and Xiaomi did not release products at the press conference
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The person in charge of Douyin responded to testing the AI search function: It is not yet mature.
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Google has been exposed to layoffs again, with 30,000 employees facing being replaced by AI
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Musk responded to Grok's loss of control: he was led astray by netizens
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Asking 10 questions to ChatGPT may consume half a liter of water. Global AI water consumption may reach 6.6 billion cubic meters in 2027
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Pika 1.0 is open to all users on the web today
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Robot serving the spoon: The world’s first AI fully automated restaurant is about to open
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Apple executive: Self-developed chips are the company’s biggest change in 20 years
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Fedora 40 plans to unify /usr/bin and /usr/sbin
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GTA 5 source code leaked
domestic news
NetEase and Blizzard suspected of "reunion"
After lengthy negotiations with many domestic game manufacturers, Blizzard finally chose to re-establish a cooperative relationship with NetEase. It is reported that after the cooperation is confirmed, the two parties will re-establish the national server operation team and test the server and related systems. Therefore, players may have to wait half a year or more for the game to be re-launched. At present, NetEase officials have not yet responded to this matter. Blizzard China responded: "Thank you for your attention. We currently have no information or updates to share." (36 Krypton)
Lei Jun responded that car production was slow and Xiaomi did not release products at the press conference
According to Xiaomi’s official Weibo, the Xiaomi Auto Technology Conference will be held at 14:00 on December 28. When Lei Jun was asked why Xiaomi was so slow in building cars, Lei Jun responded: "In today's automobile industry, it is really not difficult to save a car. Just find a benchmark car, do reverse engineering, and change the appearance, and you can quickly do it." Completed. But with two hundred new cars released every year on the market today, does Xiaomi still need to save one more? So, when the Xiaomi car team was first formed, we held a meeting together for three days and three nights, and only discussed a simple Question: Join Xiaomi, what kind of car do you want to build?” (NetEase Technology)
The person in charge of Douyin responded to testing the AI search function: It is not yet mature.
On December 25, a piece of news that "Douyin is testing the 'AI search' function, which can summarize answers from the intelligent search of the Douyin APP" sparked heated discussion on the Internet. According to multiple media reports, Douyin recently tested a new function in the APP called "AI Search". This is an artificial intelligence-based search Q&A service that provides answers to users. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Douyin said that the relevant functions are still under testing and are not yet mature. Industry insiders say this feature may be in grayscale testing and not fully launched. (China Securities Journal)
international news
Google has been exposed to layoffs again, with 30,000 employees facing being replaced by AI
According to reports, following the massive layoffs of 12,000 employees, Google plans to restructure its advertising sales department - which will put 30,000 employees at risk of layoffs. This time, Google’s departmental restructuring plan has made workers discover that in addition to facing an economic downturn and difficult employment, they may also be replaced because their performance-price ratio is not as good as AI. At a recent department meeting, Sean Downey, who is responsible for advertising sales for large accounts in the Americas, said that Google plans to reorganize its advertising sales team. People familiar with the matter said that Google will consolidate the department's employees, which may include layoffs and the reassignment of employees in the large account sales department responsible for overseeing relationships with major advertisers. Some employees expect Google to formally announce the changes next month. (New Wisdom)
Musk responded to Grok's loss of control: he was led astray by netizens
Neutrality and the courage to speak out are the selling points that Grok, the “Musk version of ChatGPT,” has been promoting. But recently, netizens have discovered that its answers are becoming more and more biased, and they can’t help but post comments and even @Musk himself. In the complainer's own words, Grok has begun to become more and more "ChatGPT-like".
Musk complained that the Internet information used to train Grok was too complicated and full of "arousing spam information," which was equivalent to indirectly acknowledging what netizens said. At the same time, Musk also said: The current Grok is just a beta version and it will get better in the future. (Quick Technology)
Asking 10 questions to ChatGPT may consume half a liter of water. Global AI water consumption may reach 6.6 billion cubic meters in 2027
According to research, if you ask ChatGPT 10 to 50 questions, you may consume 500 ml of water. Because training and running large AI models requires a lot of water to cool the servers. In 2022, Google used 21.2 billion liters of water, equivalent to 8,500 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Data shows that the computing power required for AI now doubles every 100 days, and may increase by more than a million times in the next five years. Research predicts that global AI water consumption will reach 6.6 billion cubic meters in 2027, which is equivalent to the annual water intake of Washington State in the United States. (NetEase Technology)
Pika 1.0 is open to all users on the web today
Early this morning, the Pika team announced on social platform X that access to the Pika 1.0 web page will be open to all users today. Access address: https://pika.art/Pika 1.0 supports various video styles such as 3D animation, animation cartoons, and movies. As long as your text prompt words are in place, whether it's Musk in a space suit, a cow walking in space, or a walking robot, it can produce the effect you want. Compared with other AI video generation tools, a major advantage of Pika 1.0 is that you only need to select the editing area and you can modify specific areas based on text prompts.
Robot serving the spoon: The world’s first AI fully automated restaurant is about to open
The world's first restaurant where robots and artificial intelligence handle orders and food is about to open in Southern California, USA. This restaurant called "CaliExpress by Flippy" will be run by a robot chef, subverting the traditional dining model.
Flippy is the world's first artificial intelligence frying robot developed by Miso Robotics, specializing in cooking burgers, cheeseburgers and fries. The company claims that Flippy can work alongside human chefs to improve dish quality and consistency while saving restaurants significant costs. (IT Home)
Apple executive: Self-developed chips are the company’s biggest change in 20 years
Recently, a video interview with Apple's chip director Johny Srouji and senior vice president of hardware engineering John Ternus on CNBC was broadcast. In the interview, Johny Srouji said: "For the past 15 years, we have been building a world-class team that is 100% focused on making the best chips for our products. This is a journey that I am passionate about." When talking about the future When the design of chips and components was brought in-house, Ternus pointed out that Apple initially tended to use other companies' technology when making products, but was subject to some restrictions. He believes: "One of the most profound changes at Apple in the past 20 years, certainly in our products, is how we now develop these technologies internally, and the most important thing is undoubtedly the chip."
Programmer Zone
Fedora 40 plans to unify /usr/bin and /usr/sbin
After merging /bin and /usr/bin a few years ago, Fedora developers proposed unifying /usr/bin and /usr/sbin in Fedora 40. The reason is that this move will help simplify the work of packagers and end-users, and further be compatible with mainstream Linux distributions. Developers say that Fedora has /sbin/ip, and Debian has /bin/ip; Fedora has /bin/chmem and /bin/isosize, and Debian has /sbin/chmem and /sbin/isosize; Fedora has /sbin/{addpart ,delpart,lnstat,nstat,partx,ping,rdma,resizepart,ss,udevadm,update-alternatives}, and Debian has the same under /bin. The Arch distributions were merged a few years ago, a move that will also make Fedora and Arch more compatible. (Solidot)
GTA 5 source code leaked
Hackers are trying to ruin the Christmas holiday for famous game developer Rockstar Games. They leaked the source code of Rockstar Games' still-selling game "GTA 5" through a Discord server, revealing that Rockstar is developing a sequel to the school version of GTA "Bully" and the sequel to "GTA 6" expected to be released in 2025. The development codename is Project Americas. "GTA 5" is one of the best-selling games in history, with more than 190 million copies sold since its release in 2013. Rockstar is still updating its online mode GTA Online. Rockstar has yet to respond due to the Christmas holiday. (Solidot)