India's Native ChatGPT Set to Launch, Backed by Asia's Richest

BMW Brilliance and ByteDance's Volcano Engine Partner to Drive AI-Powered Automotive Marketing

Recently, BMW Brilliance Lynk & Co Digital Information Technology Co., Ltd. (Lynk & Co) and ByteDance's Volcano Engine have partnered to innovate automotive marketing services with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. This collaboration leverages AI to achieve precise product matching and purchase recommendations, optimize content guidance, and enhance the user car-buying experience and dealer operational efficiency. BMW Group President and CEO in Greater China, Gao Xiang, stated that AI is key to BMW's creation of smarter and more considerate mobility solutions, and is being rapidly integrated into R&D, production, supply chain, product, service, and operations.

Beyond ChatGPT: OpenAI's Secret Weapon - A Practical Guide to Building Agents

OpenAI recently released a practical guide to building agents, a true handbook for AI practitioners! This guide will demystify the process of creating your own AI agents in a fun and accessible way. Get ready to learn the essentials! But first, what exactly is an Agent...?

Tencent Cloud's Wang Qi: Large Models and Knowledge Bases Empower Enterprise AI Application Landing

At the recently concluded 2025 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit Chengdu Forum, Tencent Cloud Vice President Wang Qi delivered a compelling speech on how enterprises can effectively implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. He highlighted that combining large models with knowledge bases is currently the optimal path for enterprises to achieve AI implementation. Wang Qi emphasized that Tencent Cloud adheres to a "core technology self-research + embracing advanced open source" multi-model strategy, a philosophy that permeates Tencent's comprehensive layout across underlying computing power, foundational large models, model development platforms, and intelligent applications. Image source note:

Chatbot Arena, AI Benchmarking Platform, Launches New Company

Amidst the rapid growth of the AI industry, Chatbot Arena, a crowdsourced AI benchmarking project, is expanding its reach by officially launching a new company, Arena Intelligence Inc. According to Bloomberg, Chatbot Arena aims to leverage this new entity to secure more resources, significantly enhancing the platform's functionality and services. Founded in 2023, Chatbot Arena is primarily spearheaded by the University of California, Berkeley...

Zhipu AI Secures 500 Million RMB in Funding to Support Global Open-Source Community

Beijing's Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund has announced an additional investment of 200 million RMB in Zhipu (Z.ai), building on its previous investment, to support the development of Zhipu's open-source models and the construction of its open-source community ecosystem. Zhipu is the first AI large language model company invested in by the fund and is currently the fastest-growing company. Zhipu has comprehensive accumulation in model capabilities including text, reasoning, speech, image, video, and code, a well-established commercial layout, and a developer community and enterprise user base exceeding one million.

Supermemory MCP: A Universal Solution Breaking Through AI Memory Barriers

Asia's Rise: DeepSeek, Massive Investment, and Data Centers Fuel AI Competitiveness

At this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, numerous business and political leaders gathered, largely agreeing that US tech giants dominate the Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscape, with China and Asia seemingly lagging behind. However, in the wake of the event, this perception is being challenged. First, a previously unknown Chinese hedge fund, DeepSeek, has captured global attention. Its AI division has launched a large language model called R1,

Zhipu AI Receives Additional 200 Million RMB Investment from Beijing AI Industry Fund

The Beijing Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund recently announced an additional investment of 200 million RMB in Beijing Zhipu AI Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhipu). According to the fund, Zhipu is the first AI large language model company invested in since the fund's establishment and is one of the fastest-growing companies in the field. Zhipu has accumulated deep expertise in model development across text, reasoning, speech, image, video, and code, and boasts a robust commercialization strategy, having established a developer community and enterprise user base exceeding one million. This investment aims to further support Zhipu's growth and development.

Microsoft Unveils New Language Model BitNet b1.58 2B4T, Requiring Only 0.4GB of Memory

OpenAI's New Inference Models o3 and o4-mini Spark Photo Location Boom, Raising Privacy Concerns

With advancements in AI technology, OpenAI recently launched its latest inference models—o3 and o4-mini. These new models are not only more powerful in text understanding but also possess image reasoning capabilities, quickly becoming user favorites. According to TechCrunch, more users are leveraging ChatGPT to pinpoint the exact location where photos were taken, a phenomenon sparking widespread attention on social media. The o3 and o4-mini models offer powerful...