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In the fiercely competitive AI industry, Google's AI division, DeepMind, has employed extreme measures to retain top talent. According to Business Insider, some of the company's AI employees in the UK have signed 'aggressive' non-compete agreements, preventing them from working for competitors for a year after leaving. These agreements not only restrict employees' career choices but also prevent them from participating in the rapidly advancing technologies within the industry for a full year. Reports indicate these employees continue to receive salaries during this period, though the specifics are unclear.

The competition among tech giants in the AI field is becoming increasingly intense, and a recent revelation has once again brought the undercurrents of industry rivalry to the forefront. According to internal communications obtained by TechCrunch, contractors responsible for improving Google's Gemini AI model have been comparing its outputs with those from Anthropic's competing model, Claude. This move has raised concerns about whether Google obtained authorization from Anthropic to use Claude for testing, questioning the compliance of their actions in the tech industry.

As a new wave of competition arises in the global AI video generation field, Chinese tech company MiniMax's 'Haibao AI' has made a strong impression with its remarkable performance. Data shows that this AI product, which was launched in April of this year, achieved a staggering 867.41% increase in visit volume in September, rapidly becoming the top product in global AI visit growth rankings. The core competitiveness of this product lies in its underlying technological support. MiniMax built Haibao AI based on the trillion-parameter MoE model abab-6.5, allowing it to compete with GPT-4.

AI programming sector experiences significant funding surge as Codeium, a new unicorn, secures $150 million at a valuation exceeding $1.25 billion. Led by General Catalyst with participation from Kleiner Perkins and Greenoaks, this round highlights market optimism for AI programming technology. Codeium's platform leverages its proprietary code models to simplify software development and enhance developer productivity. The funds will accelerate pr....

Microsoft, in its annual report to the SEC, has classified OpenAI as a 'competitor' for the first time, despite their close investment relationship worth $13 billion. This move may indicate a shift in their relationship and responds to the FTC's antitrust investigation into Microsoft's investments in AI startups. The dual role of collaboration and competition between Microsoft and OpenAI highlights the complexity and volatility of relationships i....

For the first time in its annual 10-K report, Microsoft listed OpenAI as a competitor, raising industry concerns about the potential changes in their partnership. Microsoft has a long-standing collaboration with OpenAI, investing $13 billion and providing exclusive cloud services. However, OpenAI's SearchGPT feature positions it as a potential competitor to Microsoft in the search domain. An ongoing U.S. antitrust investigation may impact their relationship. Microsoft's decision to relinquish its observer seat on OpenAI's board suggests possible changes in their partnership. However, experts point out that partners and competitors often coexist in the tech industry.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced a preliminary investigation into the relationship between Google and the AI startup Anthropic. This investigation is currently in its early stages and aims to assess whether the partnership could potentially weaken market competition and affect the UK market. Anthropic focuses on developing safe, transparent, and risk-controlled AI systems, having raised nearly $10 billion, with Google as one of its main investors, contributing over $2.3 billion. The CMA is inviting all 'interested parties' to participate in the consultation until August 2024.

A recent report by the renowned market research firm Gartner reveals that, based on a survey conducted by Gartner in December 2023 among 5728 customers, a significant 64% of respondents expressed a preference against the use of AI in customer service. More notably, 53% of customers stated that if they found a company's customer service using AI, they would consider switching to a competitor. These figures undoubtedly serve as a wake-up call for customer service companies actively deploying AI se

Another significant step has been taken in the field of code generation as the Knowledge Engineering Group (KEG) at Tsinghua University and the Data Mining team have launched their latest innovative achievement: CodeGeeX4-ALL-9B. This model is part of the renowned CodeGeeX series and represents the pinnacle of multilingual code generation, setting new performance and efficiency standards for automated coding. The CodeGeeX4-ALL-9B model is a product of extensive training on the GLM-4-9B framework

AI startup Anthropic attracts interest from investors amounting to $1 billion. It has rejected funding from Saudi Arabian sources due to national security concerns. The sale of FTX's equity was used to repay customer debts. Founders of Anthropic have the authority to reject potential investors.

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has recently secured a $750 million investment. They have reached an agreement with venture capital firm Menlo Ventures for additional funding. Anthropic will purchase cloud computing capacity from Amazon AWS to support artificial intelligence training. Companies like Google and Amazon have invested a total of $7.3 billion in Anthropic.

["Last month, Adam D'Angelo from the OpenAI board called Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi to ask if he would consider joining the OpenAI board.", "This move has raised concerns about the turmoil within the OpenAI board, particularly regarding Altman's position.", "In order to retain talent, Google has offered high salaries and launched special compensation plans, further enhancing its advantage in talent and technology by poaching executives."]

Cohere, a competitor of OpenAI, is negotiating to raise up to $1 billion in funding. The last funding round for Cohere was in June 2023, with a valuation reaching $2.2 billion. Founded by former Google scientists and members of the Google Brain team, Cohere is focused on developing large language models. The valuation obtained in the Series B funding round was more than 1.5 times higher than that of non-AI startups.

Intel's Gaudi2 technology matches NVIDIA's AI accelerators in large-scale language model inference. Gaudi2 shows better inference performance than the NVIDIA A100, with higher memory bandwidth utilization. The cost-performance ratio for both training and inference exceeds that of the NVIDIA A100 and H100. New data confirms Intel's performance in large-scale language model inference. Gaudi3 technology is expected to be released in 2024, bringing significant performance advancements.

Bob O'Donnell, president of TECHnalysis Research, believes Apple is falling behind its competitors in the field of artificial intelligence. O'Donnell stated that most people have not yet experienced generative AI in their work, and companies like Microsoft and Alphabet are expected to see a surge. The application of generative AI in everyday work is gradually expanding, with Gen AI versions of Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.

Nvidia surpasses Intel to become the highest-revenue chip company in the U.S. Nvidia leads the data center GPU market. AMD challenges Nvidia's GPU market. RISC architecture changes the computing hardware landscape. Market competition intensifies, with new entrants threatening industry leaders.