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1. DingTalk Launches "AI Welcome万事通": Customizable Campus AI Welcome Assistant in 10 Minutes
DingTalk has introduced an intelligent welcome solution called "AI Welcome万事通," designed specifically for university orientation periods to enhance the safety and convenience of new student arrivals while reducing the workload on faculty and staff. This solution, based on DingTalk's AI assistant and knowledge base, can customize a 24/7 AI welcome assistant for schools within 10 minutes, answering questions from new students about enrollment procedures, campus life, and learning resources 24/7.
AiBase Highlights:
⭐ Customizable AI welcome assistant for university orientation, enhancing safety and convenience for new students, and reducing the workload on faculty and staff.
⭐ Covers four critical stages: pre-arrival, arrival, on-campus, and post-arrival, providing comprehensive welcome services.
⭐ Reflects the concept of digital intelligence, signaling a trend towards digital intelligence management in higher education, promoting the intelligent and humanized development of higher education management.
Details Link: https://alidocs.dingtalk.com/notable/share/form/v01AJdl6406WLx2qke1_dv19yqvsgs3oebp3pcjys_1qX0QQ0?dontjump=true
2. Moonlit Faces Response to Tencent's Participation in Kimi's $300 Million Financing
This article reports on Tencent's participation in the financing event of Moonlit, a Chinese AI unicorn, which has attracted attention. As a leading large-model startup company, Moonlit was founded by a professor from Tsinghua University and gathers top global talent and technology. The company has a significant financing scale, with shareholders including Alibaba and Sequoia China, among other well-known institutions. The Kimi intelligent assistant stands out in the domestic AI chatbot market with continuously growing traffic.
AiBase Highlights:
🚀 Moonlit Technology Co., Ltd. was founded by a professor from Tsinghua University, gathering top global talent and technology.
💰 The company has a significant financing scale, with Tencent's $300 million investment drawing attention, and the valuation reaching $3 billion.
🤖 The Kimi intelligent assistant stands out in the domestic AI chatbot market, with traffic continuing to grow, becoming the top-visited AI chatbot.
3. Xiaomi 14, K70, and More to Launch Full AI Features with Poco OS
Xiaomi Corporation announces the launch of new full AI features, which users can experience without applying for beta testing qualifications. The full AI features cover multiple aspects such as Xiaomi Input Assistant, AI Portrait, and AI Image Search. A gray-scale test will begin this month, gradually rolling out to different models. Users who cannot experience it temporarily need to be patient and wait.
AiBase Highlights:
🚀 Xiaomi Corporation announces the launch of new full AI features, which users can experience without applying for beta testing qualifications.
🔍 The full AI features cover multiple aspects such as Xiaomi Input Assistant, AI Portrait, and AI Image Search.
📱 A gray-scale test will begin this month, gradually rolling out to different models. Users who cannot experience it temporarily need to be patient and wait.
4. ControlMM: Multi-Modal Input for Full-Body Motion Generation from Text, Voice, and Music
The technology framework ControlMM jointly launched by the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Tencent has achieved a new breakthrough in full-body motion generation, supporting multi-modal input and solving many problems in full-body multi-modal motion generation. Through innovative methods and the introduction of new benchmarks, ControlMM performs excellently in various standard motion generation tasks, with superior generation effects.
AiBase Highlights:
🔥 Multi-modal control: ControlMM supports full-body motion generation from text, voice, music, and other modalities, enhancing control capabilities and adaptability.
⚙️ Unified framework: Adopts a unified ControlMM framework, integrating multiple motion generation tasks, improving generation efficiency.
🎯 Staged training strategy: Ensures the model's effectiveness under different granularity conditions through a coarse-to-fine training strategy.
Details Link: https://top.aibase.com/tool/controlmm
5. Samsung Begins Mass Production of Memory Chips for On-Device AI
Samsung announces the mass production of the industry's thinnest LPDDR5X DRAM chip, with a thickness equivalent to the thinness of a fingernail, to meet the AI needs of mobile devices. The new memory is not only as thin as 0.65mm but also has a thermal resistance performance improved by 21.2%, and exhibits excellent performance. Samsung plans to expand the low-power DRAM market and introduce more high-performance and high-density memory solutions.
AiBase Highlights:
🌟 Samsung begins mass production of ultra-thin LPDDR5X DRAM chips, aimed at meeting the AI needs of mobile devices.
📏 The new memory is only 0.65mm thick, thinner than previous products, with significantly improved thermal resistance performance.
📈 Samsung plans to expand the low-power DRAM market and introduce more high-performance and high-density memory solutions.
6. Play Upgraded! Runway Gen-3 Alpha Adds Start and End Frame Functionality for Image-to-Video
Runway takes an important step in the field of AI-generated video, supporting images as start and end frames for video generation, enhancing artistic control. This feature addresses key challenges in AI video creation and is well-received by users. Runway competes fiercely with other competitors, but public availability gives it an advantage. The new feature addresses challenges in AI-generated video coherence and artistic intent and is expected to have significant value in commercial applications. Runway is at a critical juncture, potentially raising substantial funds in negotiations, with profound technical implications that could reshape the industry.
AiBase Highlights:
⚙️ Image as start and end frames for video generation, enhancing artistic control
🔑 Solves key challenges in AI video creation, gaining user recognition
💡 New feature expected to have significant value in commercial applications
Details Link: https://top.aibase.com/tool/runwayml
7. Nvidia Secretly Scraping YouTube Video Data for AI Training
Nvidia has recently been exposed to secretly scrape a large amount of YouTube video data for training artificial intelligence models, causing legal and ethical issues. The management's bold and confident attitude believes that the behavior has been fully approved. Google points out that using YouTube data without permission violates the terms of service, and Nvidia's response has sparked controversy.
AiBase Highlights:
📹 Nvidia secretly scrapes a large amount of YouTube video data for AI training, raising legal and ethical concerns.
💻 Internal emails show that Nvidia executives believe this behavior has been fully approved, with a rather bold attitude.
📜 Google points out that using YouTube data without permission clearly violates the platform's terms of service, and Nvidia's response has sparked controversy.
8. AI Chip Startup Groq Raises $640 Million, Valuation Hits $2.8 Billion
Groq successfully raises $640 million, with a valuation of $2.8 billion, aiming to challenge Nvidia's market position. The company focuses on developing language processing units (LPUs) with excellent processing speed and energy efficiency. Groq is actively expanding its market, establishing partnerships with multiple companies, and striving to become a strong competitor in the AI chip industry.
AiBase Highlights:
🌟 Groq raises $640 million, with a valuation of $2.8 billion, aiming to challenge Nvidia's market position.
⚡ Groq's language processing units (LPUs) are designed for AI workloads, with excellent processing speed and energy efficiency.
🌍 Groq actively deploys government and international markets, establishing partnerships with multiple companies, expanding market influence.
9. Zhipu AI Announces Open Source of CogVideoX, a Video Generation Model Homologous to "Qingying"
Zhipu AI announces the open source of the CogVideoX video generation model, aiming to promote the development and application of video generation technology. The model adopts advanced large-model technology, meets commercial application needs, achieves efficient reasoning and fine-tuning, combines 3D VAE technology and Transformer technology, and generates high-quality video content. Zhipu AI ensures the quality of model training data by screening high-quality video data and addressing video caption issues. CogVideoX performs excellently in performance evaluation and will continue to explore innovations in the video generation field.
AiBase Highlights:
⚙️ CogVideoX model is based on large-model technology, meets commercial application needs, and achieves efficient reasoning and fine-tuning
🔍 CogVideoX adopts 3D VAE technology and Transformer technology to generate high-quality video content
📈 Zhipu AI ensures the quality of model training data by screening high-quality video data and solving video caption issues, with excellent performance evaluation
Details Link: https://github.com/THUDM/CogVideo
10. Using Location Data for AI Market Research, Startup Placer.ai's Valuation Soars to $1.5 Billion
In the era of rapid digital development, Placer.ai uses location data and AI technology to provide market analysis services for multiple industries. Recently, it completed a $75 million financing round, with a valuation of $1.5 billion. The company's annual revenue exceeds $100 million, and the number of customers is growing rapidly. It promises to handle data with a "privacy-first" principle, ensuring user data security and anonymity.
AiBase Highlights:
🌍 Placer.ai provides market analysis services for multiple industries through location data and AI technology, raising $75 million in financing, with a valuation of $1.5 billion.
📈 The company's annual revenue exceeds $100 million, and the number of customers is growing rapidly, reflecting a strong market demand.
🔒 Placer.ai promises to handle data with a "privacy-first" principle, ensuring user data security and anonymity.
Details Link: https://top.aibase.com/tool/placer-ai
11. Nvidia's New Generation AI Chip Blackwell Faces Engineering Issues, Delaying Release Schedule
Nvidia Corporation encounters engineering problems in the process of launching a new generation of high-end chips, leading to a delay in the product release schedule, challenging its leading position in the artificial intelligence computing market. Despite the decline in stock prices, analysts believe that the delay will not affect long-term growth.
AiBase Highlights:
🌟 Nvidia's new generation AI chip Blackwell faces engineering issues, delaying the release schedule.
🔧 The company's CEO, Jensen Huang, accelerates technological innovation, but engineering issues reveal challenges.
📉 The delay leads to a decline in stock prices, but analysts believe it will not affect Nvidia's long-term growth.
12. Apple AI Function Instructions Revealed, Unveiling Details of Future AI Assistants for iOS and macOS
Apple's latest developer beta includes several generative AI features, such as mail assistant, text rewriting, mail summary, photo memories, and message summary. These features reveal how Apple's future AI assistants will work, but users need to be cautious when exploring sensitive areas. After the new versions of iOS and macOS are released, users will be able to experience these AI features.
