Snap AI Chatbot Suspected of Violating Teen Privacy, UK Launches Investigation

A collaborative team from Ant Group, Zhejiang University, University of Liverpool, and East China Normal University presented ScaleOT, a novel cross-domain fine-tuning framework, at AAAI 2025. This framework achieves a 50% improvement in privacy protection and a remarkable 90% reduction in computational cost compared to knowledge distillation, without compromising model performance. ScaleOT offers a highly efficient and lightweight solution for cross-domain fine-tuning of billion-parameter models. The innovative nature of the paper secured it an oral presentation at AAAI.
Recently, WeChat's innovative initiatives in search functionality have garnered widespread attention. According to the latest news, WeChat Search has begun a gray testing phase with the integration of the DeepSeek R1 model, offering users a more intelligent AI search experience. Tencent representatives confirmed that WeChat Search is officially introducing the DeepSeek R1 model for testing, building on its enhanced AI search capabilities with mixed yuan large models. Users participating in the gray testing will be able to use the fully featured DeepSeek-R1 model for free, enjoying a more diverse search service.
OPPO announced today that its latest foldable phone, the Find N5, will officially launch on February 20 at 19:00. This phone is touted as the world's thinnest foldable phone, with a thickness of only about 4mm when unfolded and less than 9.2mm when folded. In addition to its ultra-thin design, the Find N5 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip and features a 3D-printed titanium alloy hinge, making it the world's only foldable flagship phone that supports full-level waterproofing with IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9 ratings.