On Thursday local time in the U.S., ChatGPT, Sora, and OpenAI's API services for developers encountered another outage, lasting over four hours. OpenAI reported a significant disruption starting at 11 AM (all times referenced in this article are local to the U.S.), but by 3:16 PM, services were gradually being restored. Regular users of ChatGPT might recall that there was also an outage earlier this month. On its status page, OpenAI indicated that this major disruption was caused by issues with its upstream provider.

This June, OpenAI decided to cease providing API services to China. Industry analysis suggests that this could affect some startups that rely on OpenAI's large models for secondary development.Recently, investors inquired on an interactive platform about iFLYTEK, asking whether iFLYTEK has any plans to accommodate domestic users who were previously using OpenAI's services, given that OpenAI has halted API services in China. iFLYTEK responded that since OpenAI's suspension of API services in the

Recently, Yi-Large and other series of large models officially launched on the Alibaba Cloud Bailing platform. This marks the first time Yi-Large has provided API services through a cloud provider. By leveraging Alibaba Cloud's comprehensive toolchain and abundant cloud computing resources, it will better meet enterprise-level needs.

Meitu Cloud Repair has released the Pro version, offering smart retouching API services. The Pro version features a new image processing engine, allowing for real-time previews. The smart retouching API supports multi-platform applications, enabling quick image output. The AI photography capabilities lower the barriers to creation. Meitu Cloud Repair has over a million users and more than 30,000 commercial photography institutions using it.