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In the turbulent field of artificial intelligence in 2024, there have been revolutionary breakthroughs in large model technology. With the emergence of OpenAI's Sora and the launch of significant products by several tech giants, not only has the market monopoly of GPT-4 been broken, but there have also been dual breakthroughs in performance and pricing. This year, competition in the AI sector has been exceptionally fierce, with 18 companies intensively releasing over 70 models, including outstanding works that surpass the performance of GPT-4. Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro stands out with its groundbreaking capabilities in long-text processing and video understanding.

In recent years, the number of readers in the United States has been gradually decreasing. According to data from the 2024 National Book Survey, nearly half (48.5%) of respondents did not read a single book in the past year, and less than one-third read for entertainment. Noted business author Seth Godin stated in a video call that this phenomenon is primarily due to people's excessive obsession with internet connectivity. Note: The image is generated by AI and provided by image licensing service provider Midjourney. Godin pointed out that people are reading books...

Recently, the 2024 State of AI Report released by Appen has garnered significant attention. Based on a survey of over 500 IT decision-makers in the U.S., the report reveals that generative AI has grown by 17% in the past year. However, alongside this growth, companies are facing considerable challenges in data management. Si Chen, Appen's Head of Strategy, mentioned in an interview that as AI models are increasingly applied to more complex and specialized domains, the demands for data have risen significantly.

Goldman Sachs mistakenly attributed the decline in OpenAI's ChatGPT traffic to data analysis errors, failing to notice that domain changes distorted traffic statistics, which raised concerns in the market about the outlook for AI stocks. In reality, Similarweb data shows that the number of ChatGPT users has increased by 66.2% over the past year, making it the most popular generative AI application. OpenAI announced that its weekly active users have reached 200 million, doubling from 2022, with rapid growth in enterprise business and a continuous rise in API usage demand.

As AI technology rapidly advances, the challenges of data acquisition are becoming increasingly prominent. Research from institutions like MIT reveals that open-source datasets such as C4, RefineWeb, and Dolma are facing stricter licensing agreements from the websites they scrape, posing significant challenges for AI training and academic research. The study found that even major AI companies like OpenAI are subject to strict limitations due to r....

Lately, Forbes published an article stating that automation driven by AI technology might be the key to solving issues such as immigration, declining birth rates, and retirement. However, strangely enough, automation is not part of the planned policy solution for these problems. Just like the U.S. federal government faced various issues in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, "speed of light" action was not one of them.Image Source Note: The image was generated by AI, provided by image authorizat

In January 2024, Leonardo.ai surpassed Midjourney to become the number one AI image generation product. In February, Midjourney experienced a decline in traffic. Leonardo.ai demonstrated stronger performance, while Midjourney faced pressure in maintaining traffic. Midjourney has issues with its image generation model and user retention, and its usage costs are relatively high. Leonardo.ai excels in user engagement and session duration, with a steady increase in unique visitors.

Apple Inc. halts electric vehicle development and shifts focus to AI projects. CEO Tim Cook promises shareholders to explore new frontiers in AI. Investors are dissatisfied with the unclear AI strategy as the stock price continues to decline. Apple's stock has dropped 12% this year, with market capitalization falling below Microsoft. Investors want Apple to demonstrate its significant position in AI. Apple faces sluggish iPhone sales, and new product sales growth seems distant. Wall Street is casting doubt on Apple, continuously reducing buy ratings. Analysts believe Apple may launch competitive generative AI products.

["Publishers are increasingly dissatisfied with algorithm-driven internet platforms, leading to a decrease in user visits to their websites.", "Search and social platforms have adopted an adversarial stance towards publishers, and generative AI technologies may cause irreversible damage.", "Publishers should focus on generating valuable content to attract loyal audiences, rather than relying on search and social platforms.", "The monopoly of tech platforms like Google has contributed to the decline in publisher traffic, and publishers should consider leveraging their own generative AI tools and first-party data."]

Ming-Chi Kuo expects Apple's MacBook shipments to decline by 25-35% year-over-year in the fourth quarter. He indicates that the total MacBook shipments for 2022 will see a significant drop of about 30% compared to the previous year. Kuo mentions that the MacBook faces challenges such as the end of work-from-home demand and decreased attractiveness of chip upgrades. He points out that if AI stocks are key suppliers for the MacBook, their performance should be monitored to see if it can offset the decline in MacBook shipments. Kuo advises a cautious outlook on AI stocks that serve as major suppliers for the MacBook.

DeepMind, a subsidiary of Alphabet, reduced employee costs by 39% in 2022. The net profit for 2022 saw a decline of over 40%. To improve efficiency, Alphabet merged the AI departments of Google and DeepMind. DeepMind plans to release Gemini, continuing its competition and innovation.

Oracle's Q1 revenue fell short of expectations, leading to a 9% drop in stock price. The company is accelerating the transition of Cerner to the cloud, which has slowed its revenue growth. Oracle is heavily promoting AI cloud contracts, having signed contracts worth over $4 billion.

OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced a decline in website traffic for three consecutive months in August 2023. The downward trend in traffic may be stabilizing. The start of the new school year is expected to positively impact the website traffic and usage of ChatGPT. Global traffic to the ChatGPT website declined by 3.2% in August, while the number of global unique visitors to ChatGPT's website saw a slight increase.

1. The Spanish site Gizmodo en Español, part of the tech website Gizmodo, has suddenly closed, and all Spanish editors have been laid off. 2. The site now fully relies on AI to translate English content to automatically generate Spanish articles, which are marked as translated by AI at the bottom. 3. Some Spanish editors have expressed their dissatisfaction on social media, and readers have also criticized the decline in content quality.

WeChat Literature Group's revenue in the first half decreased by nearly 20% year-on-year. Although net profit has stopped declining and rebounded, the outlook is far from optimistic. The number of paid reading users continues to decline, and users' willingness to pay is weak. The number of film and television IP adaptations by New Classics Media has decreased, leading to a significant drop in copyright income.

The Australian News Group reported a 75% decline in annual profits, primarily due to a drop in print and digital advertising revenue in Australia. For the first time, more than half of the group's revenue came from digital streaming, and it holds an optimistic view on the potential of artificial intelligence. The group is actively negotiating to determine the value of its unique content collection and intellectual property in the AI era.