Zhou Hongyi, the founder of 360, recently announced that the company plans to launch a brand new search product this month, which will further expand 360's footprint in the field of artificial intelligence applications. Zhou pointed out that 360 AI Search, as one of the largest native AI applications in China, has proven that search is a direct and simple way for users to access and use AI technology. Based on this successful experience, the 360 team is committed to innovating on the existing foundation to create a more accessible and user-friendly AI tool.

Recently, the globally renowned robot vacuum manufacturer iRobot announced it will lay off approximately 105 employees, which accounts for 16% of its total workforce. This news was disclosed in the company's financial report, where iRobot's CEO Gary Cohen stated during the earnings call that this move, while challenging, fundamentally changes the way the company works with its partners, improving the efficiency of robot research and development as well as production. Cohen emphasized that iRobot has already...

Generating high-quality, temporally continuous videos requires a significant amount of computational resources, especially for longer time spans. The latest Diffusion Transformer model (DiTs) has made significant progress in video generation, but its reliance on larger models and more complex attention mechanisms has resulted in slower inference speeds, exacerbating the challenge. To address this issue, researchers at Meta AI have proposed a training-free method called AdaCache to accelerate video DiTs.

Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT and Llama have sparked a revolution in the field of artificial intelligence, but efficiently training these massive models while aligning them with human values remains a challenge. Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) has become an important training method for LLMs in recent years, but traditional RLHF frameworks have limitations in flexibility, efficiency, and scalability. To address these issues, the ByteDance Doubao Large Model Team has open-sourced an RLHF framework called HybridFlow.

Beijing Baichuan Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced the launch of its one-stop solution aimed at helping enterprises achieve private deployment of large models at a low cost while improving efficiency. This solution includes high-quality general training data across the entire link, two models: Baichuan4-Turbo and Baichuan4-Air, as well as a comprehensive toolchain for domain enhancement, meeting the needs of enterprises in various scenarios.

Recently, the corporate legal industry has witnessed an exciting transformation. The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) and Everlaw have jointly released a new report on the impact of Generative AI (GenAI) on the corporate legal industry. The report, titled 'Gen AI and the Future of Corporate Legal Work: Is Your In-House Team Ready?', reveals the rapid application of Generative AI in legal work and its profound effects on the legal profession. Image credit: Image generated by AI, image licensed from Midjourney.

As artificial intelligence increasingly integrates into enterprise workflows and products, the demand for Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) platforms is rising. These platforms assist companies in creating, testing, and deploying machine learning models more easily. However, despite the presence of several competitors in the market, such as startups like InfuseAIComet and major companies like Google Cloud, Azure, and AWS, South Korea's VESSL AI aims to carve out its niche by focusing on optimizing GPU costs.

Recently, a shocking case of AI voice cloning fraud has drawn widespread attention, highlighting the significant risks associated with this technology. Jay Shuster, a well-known consumer protection lawyer, nearly fell victim to this high-tech scam when the fraudster used AI to imitate Jay's voice, claiming he had been arrested for drunk driving and urgently needed $30,000 in 'bail money.' Astonishingly, the scammer was able to create a convincing voice clone using just 15 seconds of TV interview audio. Despite Jay having previously warned his family to be cautious of such scams, they still...

Kimi Smart Assistant, a subsidiary of Beijing Yue's Dark Side Technology Co., Ltd., recently announced that its Kimi API now supports online search functionality. This marks a significant enhancement in the interactive experience, allowing users to retrieve information from the Internet via the API. This update to the Kimi API enables developers to leverage this feature, allowing applications to 'surf the web' by automatically performing online searches and providing answers when encountering questions during conversations.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into our lives and work, providing convenience while also posing risks. Gartner analyst Mesaglio points out that companies may encounter cost discrepancies of up to 500% to 1000% when applying AI, primarily due to rising vendor prices and companies' neglect of cloud resource usage. While AI processes unstructured data to obtain more information, the costs are high. Additionally, AI applications may lead to 'productivity leakage', where employees may use saved time for leisure rather than work.

At the 2024 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Conference, Tencent's Vice President and Head of Cloud Business, Qiu Yuepeng, announced the official launch of the Tencent Hunyuan Turbo large model. This new generation of large models is designed based on the MoE (Mixture of Experts) architecture, achieving a doubling in inference efficiency with a 100% improvement compared to the previous generation, while significantly reducing inference costs by 50%. Additionally, Hunyuan Turbo also demonstrates outstanding performance in decoding efficiency, improving by 2.

Not Diamond is an innovative AI model router designed to automatically determine the most suitable LLM for responding to specific queries. By combining multiple LLMs into a meta-model and learning when to invoke each model, Not Diamond significantly improves processing efficiency while ensuring high-quality responses. This automated intelligent routing mechanism reduces the time needed for manual model selection, ensuring optimized responses for every query. Key features of Not Diamond include multi-model support, high

Cerebras Systems has launched Cerebras Inference, claiming it to be the fastest AI inference service in the world, achieving performance that surpasses traditional GPU-based systems by 20 times with significantly improved cost-effectiveness, particularly suitable for processing large language models (LLMs). Its 8B version processes 1800 tokens per second, while the 70B version processes 450 tokens, with speed and cost-performance far exceeding NVIDIA GPU solutions.

Recogni has introduced a revolutionary AI computing method called 'Pareto,' which employs an innovative logarithmic approach that enables AI chips to outperform existing technologies while significantly reducing energy consumption and operational costs when running large models. This technology is backed by prominent companies and venture capital firms such as BMW, Bosch, and Mayfield. Compared to traditional AI models like OpenAI's GPT-4 and Google's Gemini, the Pareto system significantly lowers energy consumption by converting multiplication into addition operations.