Microsoft Invests, Outnumbers Meta! AI Newcomer Mistral Launches Flagship Large Model

Bill Gates: AI Reshaping the Job Landscape, Three Professions Hard to Replace

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently offered insightful perspectives on AI's impact on work. Gates argues that work isn't an inherent human purpose, but a product of scarcity, fundamentally relying on human intelligence to provide diverse services. He envisions an AI revolution transforming traditional industries within a decade. In healthcare and education, AI systems are projected to handle over 80% of routine diagnoses, drug development, and knowledge dissemination. AI's precise algorithms and continuous operation enable it to not only...

Microsoft CTO Predicts 95% of Code Will Be AI-Generated by 2030, Shifting Developer Roles

According to foreign media reports, Microsoft's Chief Technology Officer, Kevin Scott, has boldly predicted that by 2030, as much as 95% of programming code will be generated by artificial intelligence. However, he clarified that this doesn't signify the end of human involvement in software engineering. Scott explained that this doesn't mean AI is doing the software engineering work; the authors will still be human. It creates another layer of abstraction, as we transition from 'input masters' (programming languages) to 'prompt masters' (AI coordinators).

OpenAI Urges UK to Develop Forward-Looking Copyright Policy to Boost AI Development

OpenAI submitted a consultation response to the UK Parliament's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on AI and copyright, highlighting the importance of policies that foster innovation and aim to establish the UK as a European leader in AI. OpenAI expressed its eagerness to collaborate with the UK government, Parliament, and copyright holders to find solutions that balance the interests of all parties. OpenAI believes that while laws are national, technological advancements are borderless. To ensure the UK's competitiveness in AI, clear and innovation-friendly regulations are urgently needed.

Baidu Releases PaddlePaddle Framework 3.0 to Empower Intelligent Development in the Age of Large Models

OpenAI Establishes New Committee to Build the Most Powerful Non-profit

As an established non-profit, OpenAI is committed to building the world's best-equipped non-profit organization, aiming to enhance human creativity through historic financial resources and powerful technology. Imagine a model where a charity's investment capacity grows as the value of its affiliated companies increases. In OpenAI's vision, philanthropy is not merely the flow of money, but a fundamental form of support. Leveraging technology developed by leading AI companies, non-profit organizations will be able to...

PaddlePaddle 3.0 Officially Released: Supports Large Models Like Wenxin 4.5, Reduces Cross-Chip Adaptation Costs by 80%

Baidu's deep learning platform, PaddlePaddle, recently announced the official release of its new generation framework, PaddlePaddle 3.0. This release introduces five core technological innovations, including "dynamic and static unified automatic parallelism," aiming to effectively reduce the development and training costs of large models and support the infrastructure construction of the large model era. As the core infrastructure supporting large model training and inference tasks, PaddlePaddle 3.0 demonstrates excellent performance optimization. The framework already supports multiple mainstream large models, including Wenxin 4.5 and Wenxin X1, and through optimization...

Reply and AWS Partner to Drive Generative AI Innovation

Reply, a leading global systems integrator and consulting firm, recently announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate innovation and adoption of generative AI (GenAI). This collaboration will empower global enterprises to leverage the potential of AI, utilizing advanced cloud infrastructure and AI-powered capabilities. Reply, along with its subsidiaries Data Reply and Storm Reply, will work with AWS to develop industry solutions that improve process efficiency and productivity.

Microsoft Power Apps Introduces AI Assistant to Simplify Form Filling

Meta's VP of AI Research, Joelle Pineau, to Depart

Joelle Pineau, Meta's Vice President of AI Research, announced on Tuesday via Facebook that she plans to leave the company in May. A highly respected leader within Meta's AI research lab (FAIR) for over two years, she oversaw the company's innovation and development in AI. Pineau's departure comes at a crucial time for Meta, as the company plans to invest up to $65 billion in AI by 2025.

UK Think Tank Urges Relaxing AI Copyright Laws to Preserve Transatlantic Ties

The Tony Blair Institute (TBI), a think tank founded by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, has published a report recommending that the UK relax copyright laws for AI companies to facilitate the development of new products. The report suggests that stricter copyright measures could strain UK-US relations, particularly given the looming threat of US tariffs on British goods. Image credit: Image generated by AI, using Midjourney.