At the 2025 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), LG Electronics officially launched a series of new artificial intelligence (AI) services aimed at enhancing convenience for consumers in their daily tasks at home, in cars, and in the office. LG Electronics CEO Cho Joo-wan stated at the press conference that the company's goal is to redefine people's living spaces, enabling AI to integrate into every aspect of daily life. Cho emphasized that LG's AI strategy is termed 'Friendly AI', which focuses on a human-centered design philosophy.

The upcoming flagship series Galaxy S25 from Samsung is expected to offer a significant benefit to users. According to the latest exposed Google Android app code, Samsung may provide free Google Gemini Premium services for S25 series users, with subscription durations varying by model. It is reported that Samsung plans to release the Galaxy S25 series on January 22, 2024, with a possible official launch in early February. The most notable aspect of this announcement is

The Shanghai Municipal Cyberspace Administration announced the latest registration notice for generative AI services, aimed at further promoting the innovative development and standardized application of generative AI in the city. According to the requirements of the 'Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services', Shanghai has orderly carried out the filing work for generative AI services and registered services that call the registered model capabilities through API or other methods. As of now, Shanghai has added 9 newly registered generative AI services, bringing the total number of registered services to 63.

According to reports, Apple is collaborating with chip giant Broadcom to develop a custom server processor specifically designed to support AI services and features in its operating systems. This project is codenamed 'Baltra' and is expected to enter production in 2026. Currently, there are relatively few details about this project. At this year's developer conference, Apple's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi stated that Apple's intelligent technology would run simultaneously on local devices and private cloud servers, which would be provided by Apple.

With the development of AI technology, many difficult problems in learning scenarios are being solved efficiently. On November 1, Quark fully upgraded its 'AI Question Search' product, making the process of searching and solving problems faster and more capable. Users can find various new and difficult questions through their smartphones, tablets, and computers, and the AI will provide step-by-step explanations, allowing users to ask questions at any time. After launching the 'One-Stop AI Services' and 'System-Level All-Scenario AI Capabilities', Quark's AI capabilities are being applied to learning scenarios, helping users enhance their learning abilities and efficiency.

Recently, Accenture's earnings report wowed investors. The company's fourth-quarter revenue exceeded expectations, reaching $16.41 billion, a year-over-year increase of 2.6%. Particularly exciting is that Accenture's new business orders grew by 21%, reaching $20.1 billion, with orders for Generative AI surpassing $1 billion for the first time, totaling $3 billion for the year. Image source note: Image generated by AI, image licensed from Midjourney.

Recently, Google was sued by a company named Gemini Data for its newly launched AI service 'Gemini'. Gemini Data is a company that offers an enterprise-level AI platform and believes that Google used their registered trademark without legal authorization. The sequence of events is as follows: in February 2023, Google changed the name of its generative AI service from 'Bard' to 'Gemini', and prior to this, in December 2023,

Palantir Technologies has entered into a partnership with Microsoft to provide secure cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and analytical capabilities to support the missions of defense and intelligence agencies of the U.S. government. This news resulted in an 11% increase in Palantir's stock price, and Microsoft's stock also saw an uptick. The collaboration allows the U.S. government to leverage Azure OpenAI services to access large language models, Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, and Palantir's AI platform.

Google's star AI model Gemini has launched a significant pricing strategy that dramatically reduces the cost of API usage, cutting costs by nearly 50% compared to its major competitor GPT-4o mini. The input costs for the Gemini 1.5 Flash model have dropped by about 85%, and output costs by about 80%, making it one of the lowest-cost AI services on the market. This price reduction not only lowers the entry barrier but also supports over 100 languages, introduces context caching, and batch processing API optimization services.

The Shanghai Cyberspace Administration recently announced that 11 generative AI services have passed inspection and completed registration, bringing the total number of registered services to 20. This initiative aims to promote the healthy development and standard application of generative AI, implementing relevant interim management measures. The announcement emphasizes that services that directly call registered model capabilities through APIs or other means, especially those with public opinion attributes or social mobilization capabilities, must undergo registration. Existing generative AI applications or features must prominently display their registration number either in a notable position or on their product detail pages. This measure aims to ensure the safe use of the public.

Quark Intelligent Information Group announced on July 10th that it has upgraded its "Super Search Box," introducing a one-stop AI service centered around AI search. The AI search box in Quark 7.0 can understand user intent, aggregate high-quality content from the entire web, and provide accurate, direct, and efficient information in various formats such as text, images, and videos. It is particularly adept at handling complex logical analysis and interdisciplinary knowledge, offering users accur

iFLYTEK announced that the Spark Model can be integrated into mobile phones to provide AI services and participate in the creation of the CCTV audio media large model, which includes the AI animated series 'A Thousand Autumn Poems'. The establishment of the CCTV audio media large model research community allows iFLYTEK to leverage generative artificial intelligence technology to promote innovation in audiovisual media research.

The Guangzhou Internet Court's ruling on the AI services infringing on the copyright of Ultraman has come into effect. The defendant infringed on the plaintiff's Ultraman work copyright during the provision of AI services. The court ordered the defendant to pay 10,000 yuan in economic damages. This is the world's first effective ruling on generative AI service infringement.

Nvidia's net income increased by 265% in the fourth quarter, with founder Jensen Huang announcing Nvidia AI services. The company generated $22.1 billion in revenue, with net profit skyrocketing by 769%, exceeding expectations. The Nvidia AI supercomputer DGX can be accessed via web browser and is available on multiple cloud platforms.